Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-07
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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seriously hurt.
AT Dallas, Texas, on the 9th, run
away team collided with slrcct-car, killing
one passenger, lad Of Il, fatally injurlng
another and breaking the clr-driyer's hip.
A SINGULAR accident happened the
other day at Colusa, CAL, which resulted in
the death of Prof. G. A. Kern, Principal
of the Public School. He was taking book
from the shelf OF his library, when he
knocked down pistol. The weapon struck
the lower shelf and went off, the bullet en-
terlng the Professors abdomen, passing
through the bowels and lodging in the left
hip. He died within twenty-four hours.
A DESPERATE encounter is reported
to have taken place in the northwestern part
Of Clay County, Texas, near the Little
Wichita, between party of frcighters and
a gang of desperadOes, In which the former
had Albert Boland and George Armstrong
(colored cook killed and Peter Ethridge
wounded. Their horses were taken and
wagons burned, The desperadocs had one
man wounded, but how badly il not known.
In an Overcoat left by the wounded man was
found a cipher letter from Captain Payne,
dated at Hunnewell, HANS, Dec. IS. 1t will
probably lead to establishing his identity.
Mr.. j. w. GIBBONS and wife, who
reside near Ashland, Ky, went visiting the
other night, leaving daughter, fourteen
years, Miss Emma Thomas, seventeen years
old, and son, Robert Gibbons, at the Glib
bons homestead. During the night villains
came to the house and horribly maltreated
the girls, after which they saturated their
clothing with oil, set the house on fire, and
killed young Robert Gibbons, who was at
tempting to give an alarm. All three OF the
dead had their heads split open with
Ratchet. There was no clue to the murder
ers. One thousand dollars reward is offered
| for their capture. The Gibbons house was
| burned to ashes.
EDWARD HOPPR, a German resident of
College Point, Lorg Island, on Christmas
morning put two bullets through his wiie's
breast, causing instant death, and then shot
himself through The heart with a similar re-
suit. Hoppe was man of dissipated hab-
IFS and had been on drunken carousa on
| Christmas eve.
THE store of J. II. & j. B. Prince, ut
Green Plains, near Petersburg, Va, was
burned the other night, and two clerks,
named respectively Glover and Murrell,
persisted in the flames. 1t is supposed that
the men were murdered and the store set
on fire by tramps.
DIR. &. II. RosENHAUER, of White
House Plantation, eight miles from Pine
Bluff, Ark, was assassinated the other
night while sitting in his library, being fired
at through the window with shotgun.
Suspicion rests upon Lee Chew, Chinaman
OF Little Rock, whose wife, white woman
known as Stella Smith, had been living with
the Doctor Ostensibly rs housekeeper. Ros-
enhauer was native of Prussia, about AZ
years of age, and highly educated. He form
ely resided at Arcola, Dade County, Mo-,
where it is said he has a family.
HENRY B. Comfy, a Philadelphia
clerk, recently died from hydrophobia, the
result of wound inflicted by 4 dog over
three years ago.
SCARLET-FEvER has assumed an epi-
demic form in New York City. For the
week ended Dee. q, eighty-two deaths oc-
Cured from the disease.
HASKELL, HARRIS & Co., private
bankers at IIiIlSbOro, ILL.,, have suspended,
with liabilities of about $4,000 and availa-
bic assets Of probably less than half that
amount. The concern was I'M old estab-
li5hed one, OF good repute, but seems TO
have been run for years with little or no
capital.
Two men charged with murder, rob
berry and arson have been lynched in South
ampton County, Va.
THE steamer Paris G.. Brown exploded
her main steam-pipe when eighteen miles
above Arkansas City, on the 28th, scalding
thirteen persons, two very badly. Several
rousters jumped overheard, and three are
missing, supposed to be drowned. Only
one pa senger was slightly injured.
JOHN EDMoNDs, an old and respected
citizen OF Paramount, Leavenworth County,
Kans., died from the carelessness Of a young
physician. Dr.. Coffin, who administered
, powdered opium by mistake for powdered
rhubarb.
In attempting to cross the Kanawha
at Charleston, W. Va, Peter Herring and
his two sons were drowned.
AT Fort Concho, Texas, on the Goth,
Il street shooting ARRAY occurred between 9
gambler and bartender, in which both
emptied their revOlvers regardless Of the
: passers.by. Mr.. John Pendeton, we'll
known citizen, hearing the shooting, came
to his door and looked out, when one OF the
\ flying bullets struck him in the breast
: piercing his heart and causing instant
, DEATH
, TWELVE prisoners escaped from the
Y Shreveport (Lal Jail on the night OF the
/ 9th, by making a breach through the iroG
E cage and then piercing the brick wall OF thu
5 Jail Three of the escaped prisoners were
S under sentence Of death for murder, two o
them to be hanged on the 3Oth. 1t was be
Y lieyed they would he recapturcd.
t Mrs. NJ. +. KAPPEGE, of New Orleans
i gave her -year-old boy a pistol to pla!
a with, at the same time showing him how t
Il aim it. The child pointed the pistol at hi
= mother, it was in some way discharged, an(
n Mrs. Kappege fell to the floor dead, tn
d bullet having pierced her brain. OF cours
II she "did not know it was loaded"
A sANGUINARY encounter is reported
y from Round Oak, Jones County, Ga. J
,. young farmer named Jack VIM. Gray inter
u fered with q negro dance and was fatal
stabbed by three negro brothers, Bob, Henri
and Ak Jackson. Gray fired into the broth
ers, killing all three, one dying on the spot
one before reaching the door, and the othe
= a few hours later. Gray crawled out of tn
!, house and died on the steps.
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