Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-02-26
Personal AND GENERAL

darby way of reprisal for the Coercion bill.
The President says he will look after the
matter,
F. A. McCLAIN, in the employ of the
Roberts Torpedo Company, was driving
along the highway, fifteen miles southeast of
Bradford, Pa, in sleigh, with 200 pounds
OF nitro-glycerine. The horses became
frightened and ran against a bowdcr, caus.
ing an explosion. McClain was torn to
mince-meat, both horses were killed, and no
evidences of the sleigh could be found.
THE Lancashire (Eng.) golfers are
on strike.
LIEUT.. PIERCY ROPER, Royal Engi-
neers, was found shot dead in Brompton
Barracks. A revolver was found lying some
distance away. The murder is believed to
have been committed by +, nian.
THREE steamers have been chartered
to convey British troops to South Africa.
OF crew of eighteen men of the ship
Neomanton, lost on the coast of Newfound-
land, only the Chief Mate, McCreechy, and
Seaman Dooley were saved. ,rr. f|
AT Lee Mines, Colo, a giant-powder
cartridge laid under the stove exploded,
Four men were injured,
THE small-po is said to be spreading
badly In Chicago. .t.ltfF V7rF nd
GEORGE M. RoUsH, wealthy stock
raiser, living near Bloomington, ILL.,, died
about three years ago, Of what was thought
to be heart disease. 1t is now reported that
Peter, the second son of deceased, died re-
Gently in northern Iowa, after making The
confession that he murdered his father by
Vt his bedside. i'# Y ri JGf
ALL branches of labor in the mills at
Fall River, Mass, have voted to strike, the
date to be kept secret. IaaA se.fE f
The Bayou Lafourche packet As
sumption exploded her donkey boiler at New
Orleans on the 10th, killing negro laborer
and seriously injuring several other persons.
THREE children were fatally burned
at Danielsonville, Conn.,, while kindling the
fire with kerosene. Their mother was badly
burned in trying to extinguish the flames.
AT Robinson's Camp, near Leadville,
CoIo., on the 10Th, Jack McIlhaney, po-
liceman, shot and killed George Harbor,
miner, and was himself shot and mortally
wounded some time later by an unknown
assassin, doubtless in revenge for killing
Harbor, which the latter's friends claim was
entirely without justification. There was
great excitement throughout the camp,
which was heightened by the influx OF num-
ber Of armed men from Kokomo, an adjoin-
ing town, some Of whom were friends Of the
miners and others in sympathy with the So
called "law and order" party. A serious
collision seemed likely to occur between the
opposing factions. VI
THE st. Louis police imbroglio has
been settled by the deposition Of Boand as
Vice. President Of the Board Of Commission
ers and the reappointment Of McDonOugh as
Chief, with plenary powers.
SEVERAL cases of trichinosis have oc-
Cured at Rondout, n. Y. q
EIGHT Indians lost their lives by the
recent floods in the neighborhood Of Ilges'
| camp at Poplar River.
| The headquarters of the Land League
are to be removed TO Paris. 1t is alleged
that mail communications have been tam
pered with by Government officials, and all
important communications will henceforth
be dispatched by special courier In the
House OF Commons, in response to an in
| qlIiry, the Home Secretary said the power TO
open letters in transit through the post is
reserved to the Home Secretary for exercise
in exceptional cases. He declined to make
any statement as to whether it had been re-
Gently exercised.
THE boiler in Bush's mill, in Isabella
County, Mich, exploded on the 10th, kill
ing Andrew Gearheart and wounding four
others.
THE United States National Bank of
New York has been organized with Gen.
Grant, II. Victor Newcomb, II. +. Vail,
Morris X. Jessup, Henry B. Hyde, Logan G.
Murray, W. X. Trayers and John J. McCook
as Directors. II. Victor Newcomb becomes
President and Logan G. Murray, Cashier.
PIERCE's Palace Hotel, at Buffalo, N.
Y, was entirely destroyed by fire on the
| uOIHlIlR VI lIlO l1Oos1 pcbO,VVOy iubul
ance, $500, 900.
THERE are sixteen cases of smallpox
at Calliope, Sioux County, Iowa, 43 miles
north Of Sioux City, and they are unable to
procure nurses for the sick or help to bury
the dead, and are also cut off from supplies
Of coal and provisions. Sioux City has been
called upon to aid the stricken community.
GEORGE RICKETT, a planter, his
daughter Martha, and colored man, were
drowned west OF fWeathersford, Tex, by the
falling Of bridge over Thompson's Creek.
THE Missouri Valley Bank at Kansas
City suspended payment on the 18th, after a
brief run. The bank officials claimed they
would be able TO resume again in few days
and pay dollar for dollar. The bank holds
about $3.50, 900 on deposit. The institution
has been for some time considered in g
shaky condition, on account Of limited capi'
tai and unsafe risks.
JOHN Woop's house at Washington
Village, near Pittsheld, Mass, burned or
the morning OF the 18th. Wood and his
eight children barely escaped. He then re-
4 tUrned to save come goods and was burned
to death.
V. SMELL, of Crescent City, ILL.,, was
instantly killed by railroad accident on the
Wabash at East Hannibal, ILL.,, on the 18th
MRS. ANN MCCARTHY, of Cliftor
Place, Brooklyn,N. Y, fell and broke al
oil lamp which set fire to her clothing. Mrs
Eliza Martin rushed to her assistance wher
her clothing also took fire. Both wOmeI
were fatally burned.
AT the close of the Laprade murder
trial, at Springfield, Tenn, on the night o
the 18th, mob rushed into the courtroom
| took tho five ,nurdprprs IN the Vpranda a