Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-26


Private Secretary to President Garfield.
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GENERAL ECKERT says twelve hun
dred miles ofWestem Union wires viii be
laid this year toward Mexico and the Pacific
- The general outlook for the winter
wheat cropis considered favorable, with a
prospective, yield about the same as that of
last season. IL = ~.
The Navy Department has purchased
the whaling steamer Mary and Helen, for
$lOOQ0o, 70 be sent in search of the missing
Arctic explorer Jeannette.
THE United States of Colombia has
made contract fora cable north and south
from, thu AIsthmus of Panama, to connect
withthe International lines. - N-
THE Pope's encyclical letter has been
issued procaimng the jubilee from March
10 to November for Europe, and to the end
OF the year for the rest OF the world.
IT is not believed that Alexander I'll.
will in any material way modify the repres-
siye policy against the disaffected in Russia
which was carried out by his father. -
a ITS@as understood on the 18th that
the Democratic Senators would resist by
parliamentary devices, all attempts Of the
Republicans to elect new officers Of that,
body. M
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 17th
Al, ,ipo IN
Mr.. Gorham for Secretary Of the Senate,
and Manistree, of Virginia, a Readjuster
and friend of Malone. for Sergeant-at-
Arms.
THE Mexican Telegraph Company's
cable from Brownsville, Texas, to Vera Cruz,
via. Tampico, has been completed and con-
s t4ratulatory messages have been exchanged
- between the Presidents of the United States
and Mexico
{ CBRIG. GEN. EMORY UPTON, U. S. A,
committed suicide by shooting, on the 18th,
near San Francisco. Gen. Upton was
-well-known authority on military tactics,
Sahd author.of york onthat- subject. The
cause of his suicide is not known.
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Hon. EDWARD SERE, Consul General
of Belgium to the United States, has arrived
in Chicago to investigate what may be
termed the pork scare. It is said that rep
resentatives from Spain, Portugal and Aus
tria will nstigate similar investigation. q
SSt THE Stockmen's Convention, held at
Caldwell, Kans., elected S. S. Birchfield,
President, and Robert II. Crawford, Secre-
tary. The Cherokee range was divided into
six districts, with n captain for each, and
May fixed as the date for beginning the an
nual roundup.
On St. Patrick's Day, Mr.. Lowell, the
American Minister at the Court Of st.
James, received a telegram from the Presi-
dent Of the Knights of st. Patrick, of st.
Louis, expressing sympathy with Parnell,
and requesting Lowell to forward the tele-
gram TO Parnell. ,...ttH .-.tI..
A. BOX containing forty pounds OF
gunpowder with lighted fuse attached was
found byR policeman on duty near the Lord
Mayor of London's residence on the night OF
the 10th. He eXtinguished the fire and took
1the,boX to the police station. There Is no
clew TO the guilty parties,
.h1ACCoRDING to reliable information
Orange Free State farmers are in very un-
settled condition and only awaiting a suff
cicnt excuse to join the Beers. They regard
the strong renforcements coming from
Eugland with suspicion, as indicating an
nexation Of the Free States.
-oIGEE. GRANT has resigned the Presi-
dency OF the Worlds Fair, in consequence,
as is said, Of his Mexican engagements. 1t
is known he has been for some time dissat-
listed with the slow progress made in raising
funds to carry out The enterprise, and has
expressed doubts as to its ultimate success.
The gGIObe-DemocrGt' Washington
special of the 18th says that Representative
Farwell and Senator Logan have locked
horns in contest over the Marshalship ioi
the Northern District of Illinois. Senator
Logan champions the cause of "Long'
Jones, while Mr.. Farwel's man is Stilwel
ALEXANDER Ill. has, by q specia,
ukase, summoned the peasants to take the
oath of allegiance. A decree is published
granting persons deported to Siberia, with
the loss Of civil rights permission TO. en-.
gage in commercial or professional pursuits
after three years. good behavior. The same
privilege will be accorded political exiles
subject to the approval of the Minister of the
Interior Another nitro-glycerine plot has
been discovered in st. Petersburg. The po-
lice have taken possession Of small shop
y 1cuth which was found the entrance to
mine leading under the street where the late
Emperor was accustomed to ride. mum
Der OF arrests have been made.
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AN alleged fraudulent iand-titlt
scneme of gigantic proportions has been un
earthed by United States Detective Tyrrell
and a number Of arrests have been made o
parties said to he criminaly implicated II
the swindlc. Chief among these is Rober
L. Lindsay, st. Louis lawyer. Addison
Burns, an attorney and real estate agent
and IL. r. Mcclellan, Notary, in Pittsburgh
Pa. ; Orlando Van Ilise and John X. COrwin
attorneys and real estate agents, and GeOrg
Linn, all OF Cleveland, are also under arrest
rhe land involved in these transactions lie
in Southeast Missouri, and comprises, it i
estimated, from 100000 to 100000 acres
Thisland was owned by the Government
and under the act Of 1854 was opened up 70
sale to actual settlers at afew cents per acre
Ii is now known that the Land Register a
Jackson entered these lands in the names @
persons who never appeared dlefore him i
person; parties who omadeapplicationf for Ian