Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-06-11
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
THE Illinois General Assembly ad-
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sengers being compelled to hand over their
watches and other yaluabes. On
the same night the same gang took posses
sion Of store at Poncho Springs. They
compelled everybody present to hold up
their hands and ordered the proprietor to
turn over the contents of the safe, amount
ing to about $3.50. They then departed. The
leader of the band was recognized as Charles
Allison, former Deputy Sheriff of Conejos
County.
THE National Woman's Suffrage Con-
vention met at Providence, r. l., on the
30th. Many leading advocates were present
Addresses were made by the President, Mrs.
Elizabeth A. Merriweather, of Memphis, and
others.
JOHN T. FITZPATRICK and e. 7.
King, recently in the employ of the Iron
Mountain Railway Company, the former as
express messenger and the latter as brake
man, are under arrest for having in their
possession several valuable medals belonging
to Gen. Grant and supposed to have been
stolen from his trunks, which were broken
open while the General was en- route to Mex
lCO uDOub plti lobs uO WV IlNi Spp Oh u
spree and indiscrcetly displayed the glitter
ing badges tached to their lapels, which
led to their arrest by detectives employed
by the Railway Company. 1t is not known
that Gen. Grant had ever discovered his
loss.
A DARING and successful robbery oc-
CURED at Nortonvile, a small railway sta
tion between Topeka and Atchison, in JEFF
fersOn County, Kans., on the night Of the
3Oth. About 10 o'clock, as G. C. Mccarthy,
Postmaster and dealer in general merchant
disc, was preparing 10 close up his store,
three masked men entered the establish
ment, and covering Mr.. Mccarthy and his
clerk with their reyolvers helped them
selves to the money in the snfe and on the
counter, where Mr.. Mccarthy had just
laid the days funds, securing in
all about 81 200, all of which, with the eX-
ception of about 5000 United States money, +,
belonged to the firm Of Messrs. Mccarthy &
Layson. The work was quickly and quietly
done by two Of the men, the third standing
guard at the door Of the store. Mrs. Nc
Carthy and two other ladies were present at
the time, but the fellow at the door pre-
vented their escape or the giving of the
alarm, and when they had completed their
work they quietly walked off, and it is be-
| lieved took the train South. The telegraph
was put in requistion to effect their capture,
but the rascals made good their escape.
THE American horse Iroquois, owned
/ 1,,N 4 o,;Iln n,.l tIa nnpl,,,
at EPSON on the LIST. Peregrine, the favor
ite, came in second. This is the first time
the Derby was ever won by an American.
E. l.. STICKNEY, mining-man, en-.
tered Denver (Colo.) boarding house
while the inmates were at table and opened
fire on Mr.. T. Campan, real-estate agent
Two shots struck Campan, causing instant
death, and another pierced Mrs. Deverau>
through the heart. The latter shot was ac
cidental. The murderer is under arrest
Campan's atten ions to Mrs. Stickney wert
the cause of the sanguinary attack.
JOHN CoYLE, JR., of Marietta, Pa
shot Eva Meyers, servant girl in his ia
theirs family, for resisting his attentions, an(
then attempted suicide.
AT Seguin, Texas, Miss Knight, L
yeals old, kindling fire with kerosene, wa
burned to death by the explosion of the can
SOME forty persons were more or les
burned by explosions of gasoline during
fire at Springfield, Mass.
A GAINESVILLE (Tex.) dispatch says
John Thompson shot and killed Deput
Sheriffs Charles and Sam Meredith and I
Krilht, who attempted his arrest upon
warrant for carrying concealed weapons
Thompson escaped into the Territory.
BURGLARS entered the store of A. II
e. j. T. Major, at Aulvile, Mo-, on tn
morning of the 1st, and blew open the safe
The explosion set fire to the store and th
flames communicated to adjoining build
ings, nine in all being destroyed.
Two men were killed and numbe
, of others injured by boiler explosion {
Philadelphia, Pa.
CARELESS craftsmanship during
. shooting tournament at Denison, Texas, rt
, suited in serious injuries to five little boy
, The failure is announced of the OIL
| Pioneer Mail Company, A. Arnot, of S
I Louis, Mo-, President
, THE ring-leader of the anti-Jewis
riots at Kief has been sentenced to three an
: n half years penal servitude and the loss
a his civil rights. His most active accomplic'
have been sentenced to eighteen months
0 and twelve others to short terms of in
2 prisOnment.
ADELBERTUs MILCHtzNEY, an e,
a communicated Catholic priest of Chicag,
$ was found dead in his room on the I'd und
circumstances which strongly point to TO
play. His housekeeper, woman name
Q Julia Angeleske, went out on an errand abO
d noon, and upon her retJIn found him lyil
d dead, covered with blood, and the roo
# showing evidences of a desperate struggl
d A gold watch and some other valuable pro
+, erty was missing. The priest had been e,
n communicated for alleged immortality, al
If there was a bitter feeling against him on L
r part Of some Of his former congregation, b
J. cause he refused to give possession of Trir
l. ty Church, of which he had charge.
J. NEAR Fidelity, Jersey County, ILL.,,
s. few days ago, lightning struck a carria
le containing Mrs. Grain, her two daughte
j. and little granddaughter. Mrs. Grain W
20 instantly killed. and her tw0 daughters we
IL both rendered insensible, one Of them, NJ
m Corney, having since died from the effects
l. the shock. The other was paralyzed, a
Is will probably never fully recover. The lit
y girl escaped unharmed.
y - AT Senatobia, Miss, on the I'd, Pre-
~ McCracken, Deputy Chancery Clerk Of II
20 LCounty, and barber named Blount, had
encounter which resulted in the killing