Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-04-09
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

A PARTY of cowboys creating a dis
turbance at O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb..
were partially disarmed by the Sheriff md
went away, but soon returned, and cow
boy named Harry Deans shot the Sheriff.
barnard kearns, through the heart, and the
Deputy Sheriff was also wounded.
MRS. ALBRIGHT, widow, living a
few miles from Youngstown, o., hung her
self with skein of yarn to a beam in the
woodshed, She was in her usual good
health and spirits, and no cause is known
Tor this act. On receipt of the news her un-
Gle, John Elizera, living two miles away,
fell dead. Mrs. Albright. leaves five chill
dren.
lT is understood the President has de-
cided to recall Gen. Longstreet, Minister to
Turkey, and appoint him United States
Marshal for Georgia.
JACK RoBERTs, one of the gang of
desperadoes operating in Southwestern Col
ofado and New Mexico, was hanged recently
by the vigilantes. :
JOHN p. I. DAVIES, a prominent citi-
zen of HarrodsburS, Ky, and apracticing
lawyer, committed suicide by placing re-
vOlver against his forehead and blowing his
brains out. 1t is supposed that he was suf-
fering from temporary alteration of mind,
caused either by pecuniary affairs or by Ill
health. He was the son of Maj. Win. Davies
and nephew Of late United States Senator
John B, Thompson. He leaves a wife and
several little ones.
MISS LIZZIE FRAME, an estimable
young lady Of Gibson, Guernsey County, o.,
was terribly burned while attempting to ex.
tinguish fire in the yard of her mothers
residence. She died in fourteen hours.
Mrs. Eliza Frame was also badly burned in
attempting to save her daughter.
ANN ELIZA JONES, an aged lady, a
resident Of Bridgeport. o., committed sui
eide by hanging herself to cothes-prOp in
the yard Of her residence. Before taking her
departure she drew up deed giving her
body to DR.. Cook, in payment of debt of
$l7 held against her. The doctor will claim
the body.
cdr" BUCHANAN, of Philadelphia,
has made confession, giving list of for
eign diplomas sold and catalogue OF ad
dresses, including more than five thousand
names of persons who had corresponded
with him. He shows that fully twenty thou
sand "bogus" diplomas are current in
America and forty thousand more in Eu-
rope.
THE majority Of the immigrants thus
far have come from Germany; Ireland con-
tributes the heXt largest number; there is q
falling off in scandinavian immigration
while the numbers coming from England
and Holland are larger than at this time last
year.
BACA, the last of the undisposed Of
murderers of Conkling, editor Of the SocorrC
On. NJ Sua, was hanged by posse on his
arrival at Socorro from Old Mexico, where
he had just been captured.
THE total coinage of the United
States MINIS during March was $l305S, ,lG1
of which S2,3OO0O0 was silver.
The jury in the famous libel suit O.
Alice A. Early against Wilbur f. Storey, o
the Chicago Times, returned sealed yer
dict awarding $500 damages to the plaintiff
This is a virtual victory for Mr.. Storey, as tn,
suit was for SO, 900 damages. AT forme
trial a verdict for $4,000 damages was re
turned, and Mr., Storey at one time offereV
to compromise for s., 600.