Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-04-16
Personal AND GENERAL.

DullulnBs swept away, and thousands OF
head Of stock drowned. Railroads are ru-
ined, and all sorts of property damaged.
A UKAsE has been issued atSt. Peters
burg ordering an election for 22S members
Of a temporary Council to assist the Com
mandant of the city. All landlords and in.
dependent tenants may vote. The late Car
had projected the extension OF this plan TO
the whole empire.
The Porte agrees to cede Kholoun
to Persia as demanded by England and Rus
sia In accordance with the treaty Of Berlin
SEVEN lives were lost by the upsetting
of boat on the Ashley River, near Braneh-
vile, s. c., on the 9TH. ~ VI tf ~ j.
FRANCISCO TNnNo, sheep ;herder,
was lynched near Lompoc, Cal, for rassauitg
ing and numbering Mrs. Sargent.
The damage in Spain by floods is es-
timated at $1,OO0,0O0, and thirty thousand
persons are said to be in want Of provisions.
The workingmen of New York are
demanding an increase of 50 cents day in
their wages. In many instances it has been
aireauy SranIeu'
B. f. HARRINGTON, an outlaw, was
shot and killed in Mount Princeton, Colo,
while attempting to escape from the officers.
The Iowa State Brewers Convention
met at Dubuque on the 9Th. rg
The Society of the Army of the Ten
nessee met at Pixies Opera house, Cincin-
mott IN tho gth Ga,, SItnrp,on ,,,oeiJod ond
read a sketch of the Battle Of Pittsburg
Landing, illustrated by maps and charts dis
tributed among the members. After the
days session was concluded, the Society
assisted at the unveling of the Mcpherson
statue in Fountain Square.
CARTER HARRISON, Democrat, has
been reelected Mayor of Chicago by about
5000 majority, and the balance of the Dem
ocratic ticket by somewhat smaller majori-
ties.
The Chilians threaten to levy $4,000
each on fifty Peruvians as sort Of war in.
demnity. The Peruvians protest, but it is
not likely that their protest will have much
effect. sE
In Russia-Poland the peasants refuse
to swear allegiance in United Greek church
es. They demand to be sworn before Cath
olic priests, and have driven away Greek
priests. The Governor Of the province de-
clares they must take the oath in Russian
churches.
The Khomnis and other Berber tribes
threaten some OF the French settlements in
Algiers, and French troops have been dis
patched to the frontier to act against them.
THE Illinois and Mississippi Canal
Commission has arranged for Northwestern
convention at Davenport on May %, the del
egates to be appointed by the Governors,
Boards of Trade and Farmers Clubs. The
object of the gathering is to invoke the aid Of
Mississippi to the lakes.
A FEARFUL accident occurred at
Johnson's Touring mill, Monroe County,
Ark, few days since, resulting in the
death of two men, Burrows and Jackson,
and the probably fatal injury of several
others, including Mr.. johnson, owner Of
the mill. The casualty was caused by the
bursting of one OF the millstones. The build
ing was demolished by the force of the ex-
plosion. a PM
The recent deaths from trichinosis at
Hoboken, n. j., it is now alleged were due
to eating sausage imported from Germany.
THE Parkison Hotel at Orange, Fla,
has been destroyed by fire. All the guests
escaped. The loss is $l2, 900.
AT Washington, Ca, +, Galloway
was shot and killed by his brother-in law,
A. Smith. The trouble grew out of a bus-
ness transaction. Both OF the gentlemen are
prominently connected.
EX-CONGREsSMAN PRICE, of Iowa,
has been offered, and has accepted, the office
of Commissioner Of Indian Affairs.
THE widow of John Brown, who was
hung at Harper's Ferry, is in Washington
seeking a position under the Government,
as she is poor.
AN Illicit distillery has been captured
in Somerset County, Pa, with $50 barrels OF
whisky. -Four men were taken prisoners
and brought TO Pittsburgh for trial.
MosT, publisher of the London Social.
istic organ, the Freiheit, was committed fol
trial on a charge of having in the columns Of
his paper melted the people Of foreign
State to sedition and rebellion, and bail was
refused.
THE continued illness of Secretary
Blaine, according TO recent Washington
| l. parin,,alry Ia1 h,,l l.;
friends. He is now laid up at his residence
His disease is stated as acute rheumatism.
This is aggravated by over-exertion. Blaine
is harder worked than any man in the Cab.
met, and his friends are fearful of its pros.
trating him.
THE Grand Duke Nicholas Constan.
tinovitz has been arrested and interned in
the castle belonging to his father, the Grand
| Duke Constantine, brother of the late Car,
near st. Petersburg, on suspicion of being
concerned in political intrigues in favor o
his father. 1t is not known whether the lat
ter was party to the intrigues.
The rolling-mill at Topeka, Kans.
owned jointly by the Union Pacific and At
Gibson, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Com
panies, burned on the evening Of the It'll
Loss about 100000. From 200 to 300 mel
are thrown out of employment.
ARCHBISHOP FEEHAN of Chicago wa
formally inducted into his exalted office ol
the 7th, with most impressive ceremonies
Six Bishops and 12O clergy participated il
the exercises, which took place in the pres
ence of large audience at the Cathedral o
the Holy Name.
DAVID Ross, arrested on suspicion o
numbering John Barenberg, wealthy bach
elor farmer of Greenfield, o., has confesse
the crime, but claims to have killed him i
self.defenSe. Ross formerly worked 10