Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-05

AhD obO0AlOl u nAs nOdNh1
laden with cotton, sank 30 miles below
Natohez. No lives lost gRRsE
ALBERT BRUNEI, aged 1S, died of
hydrophobia at New Orleans on the Goth,
having been bitten by a dog six weeks pre-
viously.
JAMES TELLER, aged 81, of ,Tomp-
kmsyille, Ky.,w shot while standing in his
own doorway, the ether night. William Smith
is the supposed murderer, and he is under
arrest, together with Feller's wife and step
daughter, who are held as accessories. Mrs.
Feler ran off with Smith some months ago,
but her husband took her back again. She is
described as being good -lookhg, but having
bad character.
AT Ash Grove, Shelby County, H.,
Mrs. Nancy l. Forbes fell into an open fire.
place, holding her infant child in her arms,
The child was burned to death, and the
mother was very painfully burned about the
head and face With her clothing nearly
burned off, Mrs. Forbes ran quarter OF q
mile to her father's house, where she died
in great agony.
THE boiler in F. W. Meyers soap
factory at Louisville, KY, exploded on the
22d, killing Meyer and injuring his son
William.
THE National Association of the Veter.
ans OF the Mexican War met at Louisville,
KY, on the 22d, about two hundred being
present. fFE lffEb hr
Mr.. A. S. MITCHELL, an o,d news
paper man, formerly of st. Louis, died a
Hot Springs, Ark, on the 23d, Of pneu
monia. rff. .fsrltr ef.f .-s,
JOHN JACKSON and Frank Otto, EN-
ployed in livery stable at Nebraska City
were burned to death. The stable caugh
fire, and, while attempting to rescue III,
horses, the burning hay-mow fell on them.
HARRY MARTIN, aged Is, of Noun
Blanchard, o., fatally shot himself in tn
stomach while showing his new revolver Il
some friends. tsff b
GLADSTONE met with quite a seriou
accident on the oath. While stepping fror
his carriage he fell, striking the back OF hi
head on the carriage step, cutting itseverely
Ilc VIII nc laiV up ioi SOinV lilic. -.
Four men were recently found kille,
in a whisky hovel between Bacon Springs an
Fort Wingate, n. NJ. There was evidence /
show that card party had been in progress
which probably ended in general shootin
melee. The proprietor of the place havin
left, no further particulars can be obtained
ROBERT HADFIELD, an old and we
known resident OF Buffalo, N, Y, formerl
connected with the press, while labOring I'm
der mental arrangement shot himse
through the head, causing instant death
He was 67 years old, an Englshman by brit
and son Of Robert Hadfeld, the noted Lii
eral, who represented the Sheffield Distri'
in Parliament for over 40 years.
JOHN C. MORRIS, a well l-known res
dent of Indianapolis, committed suicid
while temporarily deranged.
SEVERAL more Chicago dealers /
butterine have been fined for selling the
adulterated goods without advertising j
} character. They appealed, and will make
test case as to the validity of the ordinanc
under which they are being so vigorous
prosecuted.
The Seventy-first New York Regimen
left for New Orleans on the oath to partic
pate in the Mardi Gras festivities. Tn,
stopped over in Cincinnati one night, whe
they were entertained with public recel
tion and banquet.
A RAILROAD accident near Longviev
Texas, on the 24ib, injured twenty person
some OF them seriously.
; Two passenger cars on the New Je
sey Midland Railroad went down an en-
bankment near Ogdensburgh, took fire al
|, burned up. The passengers (some dozen
number)s and train men all got out aliy
some slightly scorched, and all more or le
hurt, but none fatally.
THE French bark Fannie, from Phi
adelphia, Sept 80, for HayIe, laden wi
petroleum, has never been heard from sin
she sailed, and is undoubtedly lost with
on board, twenty one persons.
n THIRTY-SIX successive shocks
r earthquake occurred at st. Michaels, in {
@ Azores. One church and 2JO houses ha
$ fallen. Several persons were killed.
THE International Cotton Exposit;;
!. of Atlanta organized with II. T. Kmball
President and Senator Brown Chairman
|, Executive Committee.
, GEN. NEY, Due d'Elchingen, W
e found dead at Chatillion, in France,
: forehead pierced bya bullet and pistol
,, his hand. Gen. Ney was the grandson
IS the famous Marshal Ney.
JOHN VANDERHIEDE was hanged
% Shelbyville, KY, on the 25th, for the mu
der OF negro. This was the second exec
tion in this county Of white man for Xxi
Y ing negro, the first having occurred in Is
g Z. o. HAYDEN, a WIFE murderer, W
II hanged at Windsor, VT, on the 25th.
u Mr.. VIM. II. H. RUSSELL, a we
known st. Louis lawyer, was murderou
assaulted in his office, on the 25th, by
- client named Philip Brady, who felt a
grieved at the slow progress of suit in viii
he is interested. A riveting- hammer "
the weapon of attack, and but for timely
Ie sistance Mr.. Russell would doubtless hi
,e been killed. As it was, he escaped wit
4, severe scalp wound.
e. A TERRIBLE tragedy is reported fro
'e Waverly, Lafayette County, Mo. Two you
rs farmers living near there, VIM. Pickett a
re Martin Ross, became engaged
a an alteration, when pistols W
Sc drawn and each shot the other. Pickett v
tn instantly killed and Ross fatally woundt
o. Pickett leaves a young widow; Ross Y
unmarried. ~
10 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDING GS
- FEB. 2l.-The Post-route bill passed
nc Senate. The conference report on the Ar