Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-08-20
soon demolished. Miss Heard was killed
and Miss Cook crippled by the falling tim

and Miss Cook crippled by the falling tim
bers.
GEORGE H. LONG, President, and
Charles r. Howard, Secretary and Treasur-
er Of the Alliance Insurance Company, Bos-
ton, which has of late been closing up its af-
fairs for the alleged reason that its business
had proven improbable, have been arrested
and held to bail upon charge of embezzlng
the funds Of the company. Their deficit is
placed at $4,000.
CROW Doc, who shot and killed Spot
ted Tail, has been confined at Fort Niobrara
to answer the charge Of murder, to which he
is amenable under "whlte mans law" The
killing seems to have been coolly premedi-
tated and without any other provocation
than jealousy. Spotted Tail was about
starting for Washington, having been des.
ignated as one Of the representatives OF the
Six Nations at the coming conference.
L. r. WILLIAMS & BROTHER, a prom.
inent Toledo grain firm, have failed for from
$50, 900 to 800, 900, and gross irregularities
in their business have been discovered.
Both members Of the firm have abscOnded.
AT Benton, Howard County, Mo-,
deadly conflict took place between one Lang
ford and his wife on one side and Jackson on
the other. Langford attempted TO chastisc
Jackson for an alleged insult to his wife.
Jackson drew knife and was getting the
better of his assailant, when Mrs. Langford
interposed with revolver and shot Jackson
through the breast. Both men were thought
to be mortally wounded. Mrs. Langford re.
ceived few slight cuts.
MANY towns and villages in Western
Prussia have recently suffered much from
incendary fires. The fact that the inhabit-
ants are Jews leads TO the conclusion that
the incendiaries are jew -haters. Anti-Jew-
ish disturbances have again broken out in
| West Prussia and Pomerania.
The Atlantic FIGURING Mills at st.
Louis were entirely destroyed by fire, caused
by lightning stroke, on the night of the
! 18th. The flames burst forth SO quickly
following the stroke, and spread so rapidly,
that the men at work on the upper floors,
dozen or so In number, were completely
hemmcd in and were compelled to jump
from the windows. All were severely
burned and otherwise injured, and two Of
the unfortunates died during the night. II
was feared that several perished in the
flames. The mills were the largest in St.
Louis, having capacity Of 1900 barrels n
day. They were owned by the Atlantic
Milling Company, George Balm, President,
and the total value of buildings, machinery
and stock was estimated at about S2JO,O0O.
Insurance from $4,000 to $1,000 The mills
have been three times destroyed by fire,
Considerable surrounding property was
burned, the most important being the Fu-
ture City Oil Works, valued at 900.
BENJAMIN BIRD, colored, was hanged
at Jacksonville, Fla, on the 18th, for the
murder Of Policeman Nelson, also colored
during riot in June, 1880.
AT Visalia, Cal, Miss Maggie Blaine,
aged IS, was fatally burned while kindling
the fire with kerosene.
The Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America have recently held a ses-
sion at Chicago.
THE widow of ex-Presidcnt Millard
Fillmore is dead.
THE Governor of South Carolina offers
a reward of 5000 for the arrest Of the mur-
dcrer ofDcputy U. S. Collector Brayton.
FRIDAY, Aug. y, was the hottest day
ever experienced in st. Louis, the Signal.
service thermometer registering maximum
temperature of 1864.
THE steamer Laura Lee, valued at
$4,000, was sunk near Baton Rouge, La.
DR.. JOSEPH G.. HUGHES, formerly
Surgeon General of the State of iowa, died
at Keokuk from poisoning.