The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-01-07
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Memphis, Friday night, Matt. Rice shot and
fatally wounded Dave Scott both colored.
An iucendiary fire at Clarendon, Ark.
early Thursday morning, destroyed propert,
\ to the amount Of $4,000.
Richard Barnum, his wife and two
Z children were burned to death at Shannon
Miss, Saturday night.
! The Byerly post mortem shows that
ex-Gov. Yarmouth inflicted six wounds on
his assaiIant, five of which were necessarily
fatal.
The cotton exports OF Savannah
amounted to .73s bales in 1866, and for only
three months Of the present current year to
0,79O bales.
The supreme court OF Georgia, in the
cases brought by certain bil-holders against
the Mechanics bank Of Augusta and its stock
holders, decides that the bill-holders are en-
titled to recover.
! Reports from Montgomery, Ala., state
that the negroes are rapidly contracting with
planters for next years work. There is less
talk of going west, and better feeling pre-
walls than for years.
At Lamar, Barlow county, Missouri,
Sunday night, an unknown man rode up to
the county Jail, AID, through one of tho win
dows, shot and Killed Hyronimous, the muir
derer Of Col. Morris, and fatally wounded his
accomplice, Dixon. and then escaped.
Two notorious horse-thieves named
!. iom Cox and George Alexander, who muir
dered Mr.. White at Springfield, Mo-, last
October, were killed last week near Okmulgee,
Indian territory, by Detective York, of Spring
field, and another outlaw named Kinch West
was mortally wounded.
The sheriff Of Claiborne county, Ten
nessee, Henley Overton, died from pistol
shot which he received last week while in the
discharge OF his official duties, in arrestipg a
man named Lefor1. The sheriff also shot his
prisoner, who fell upon Overton, and died
Immediately. Both mon were Of respectable
families.
A dispatch from Helena, Arkansas,
says the steamer John B. Maude struck an old
sunken barge last night about midnight, while
near or at what IL known as o. X. Lanking,
forty miles above Helena and sunk in about
twelve feet Of wator. No livos were lost. It
Is believed the boat and cargo will not prove
atotal loss, but the river is rising go fast that
ne isjn great danger nnloss speedily raised.
f7Hxs k1fuSP Columbus,
80 clrday. M. W. Murphy, the chief of
- n, while attempting to arrest some drunk
en- desperadoes, from CuseLta Ala, was NOR
tally wounded. Milford Bagley, one Of the
> eapSradoes who attacked the police, died on
Sunday morning. The friends OF the assail-
ants, having threatened to break open tho jail
and rescue Bon Bagley, the outraged citizens
determined to deal summsrily with the sur
viving murderer. Tho sheriff called on the
military for assistance; they responded and
remained on duty all Sunday night, thus pre-
serving the peace.
A report comes from Versailles, KY,
OF q serious ARRAY at that place between white
mon and negroes. Il appears that q party Of
boys engaged with party Of negroes in throw
Ing hrs-crsckers at each other. The sport
hilarious and not harmful, until horse
YesSl SlDnred upon the scene, who resented
tIeec|it wisgQyn BY the negroes by firing
ont Y your comm, Tho negroes returned
rem ter the kindneg1 Of white mon,
ssN enong you, and expod, resulting
cTi smcation ff0m this last t1ad Tie
}S e1eeemst ~ II "a ( e -
,.s. eye I ie honor to be. gentlemen,