Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-04-23
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

was burst in and two men rushed
into the room. lie seized his rifle, which
was standing near the bed, and fred, hitting
The foremost burglar. Both fled down the
stairs after the shooting and Mr.. Wilson arose
from his bed. He found finger marks in
blood on the plastering at the west window,
and about 12O feet from the house found the
body Of young man behind stone wall.
1t proved to be that of Arthur Foster, stu
dent Of theology at Phillips academy. He
had been shot in the left arm, the ball pass
Ing into his chest and through his heart. A
few minutes afterwards Luther Foster, twin
brother Of the killed burglar, appeared on
the scene, and confessed that he and Arthur
had conspired to burglarize the house. lie
said.his brother fell dsadafteyj cumming from
the window.
STocKToN's gang of desperadoes are
still depredating in Arriba County, N. NJ,
and committing murder. Adjutant-
Frost reports from there that he can not or
ganze his militia to fightthe desperate gang,
being unable to obtain transportation from
hNaSi iVi hio aims uhu VthOl VpuiPmOhps'
L. II. PHILLIPS, farmer of Liberty
Township, Warren County, Iowa, horribly
maltreated his wife, and drove her from the
house. Twelve Of the neighbors subsequent
ly armed themselves and went to Phillips
house, for the purpose, as alleged, of protect
ing his wife, who had meanwhile returned
to her home. A melee occurred, in which
Phillips was shot dead. The parties en-
gagged in the affair have been put under ar
rest and held for the Grand Jury to deter
mine their responsibility.
The employees of the Consolidated
Street-car Company of Cincinnati struck on
the l4th for an advance in wages, causing a
general stoppage af street-car traffic on all
the lines controlled by the company, which
comprise some thirteen different routes,
covering all the principal thoroughfares in
the city. The Covington and New
port employees also voted to take a
hand in the strike. The rate of
wages heretofore paid has been from$1.50 to
$1.75, employees being required to work fif-
teen hours per day, not excepting Sunday.
The advanced rate demanded is $500 and
1925 per day. The company express de-
termination not to accede to the demands OF
the strikers, and say they will have no diff
cIlty in supplying their places at the old
rate OF wages.
JAMES DALEY, proprietor of the Con-
naught Creland) Telegraph, has been ar
rested under the Coercion act. The arrest
caused considerable excitement.
REV. w. MORLEY PUNsHoN, the dis
tinguished English preacher and author, is
dead.
PARNELL, addressing Land League
conference at Dublin, characterized many
of the provisions of the Land bill as ilusory,
particularly the provisions for securing free
sale. The bill, he said, would not benefit
tenants in arrears. Dillon said the bill, il
passed, would destroy the power of the
Land League, and warned the tenant farm
ers against being led to accept it. AresO-
luton passed declaring the bill inadequate.
CADET BUCK, of Texas, who shot
John G. Thompson, Jr., OF Ohio, student
preparing for West Point Academy, has
been tried and acquitted.
A PosT-MoRTEM examination held on
the body Of Hattie Deuel., the Iowa City fast
ing girl, showed that there was not single
drop Of blood in her body, and that hel
stomach was entirely void of substance. The
body weighed forty-fye pounds.
AT Goffstown, N. H., an octogenariar
named Franklin Aiken was overcome by
smoke and excitement IN trying to save
his homestead from fire, and was burned tC
death.
AT Red Oak, Iowa, on the 14th, 9
young lady named Sadie Spencer was struck
by locomotive and literally torn t. pieces
AT DeGraff, o., on the 14th, Jonathan
Thatcher and Jacob Rowley quarreled about
some house rent, and Thatcher was stabbed
in the neck and abdomen. The wounds are
severe but not fatal. Thatcher was formerly
editor Of the DeGraff Banner.
THREE large petards thrown into
houses in Madrid, Spain, caused considerable
damage to property. No one hurt.
ELMORE T. COBB, son of one of tht
wealthiest men OF Cleveland, o., blew hi
brains out on the 14th. ....
A DELEGATION of Virginia Republi
cans, headed by Congressman Jorgensen
called on the President on the 10Th and beg
ged him not to recognize Malone nor t,
encourage any Republican coalition witt
him.
Col. A. j. BROAD, Head Paymaste
Of the U. S. Army, just returned from Whit
River Agency, Colo, says he thinks Ut
war almost certain. The settlers are il
arms in anticipation OF an outbreak. Their
are about seventy families in the Uncom
pahgre country, and only 100 soldiers at th
cantonment, while the Utes can muster 70
warriors. The settlers have petitioned tn
Governor for protection.
HENRY DUERsoN (colored) wa
hanged at Des Are, Ark, on the 10Th, TO
the murder of his wife I'm the autumn of 1879
Several thousand people witnessed the exc
cution.
THE billiard match in New York Cit
resulted-Schaefer 1000, Slosson 2,7S0.
Two brothers, Josephus and Aristotle
Bass, at Magnolia, n. c., had dispute owe
some work on the 10th, when the younges
pulled out razor and cut the other
throat from ear to ear. ...
j. G. UNsER, Cincinnati Post-offic
clerk, has been detected in robbing tn
mails.
Mrs. JOHN SIMMONS, her 4-year-ol
son, and her mother law, Emily Parker
were murdered, the l4th, south of San An
tonic, Texas. F.S. Phillips, sheep -herdel
is under arrest charged with the crime.
w. J. MUNDEN, member of the Low
or Ho,,se of the North Carolina TegiSlature