The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-11-16
NEWS IN GENERAL.

ArLANTA.-Aleck Melvin and wife, col
ored, came st night to the store of E. Fair
cloth, near Albany, Georgia. On Faircloth' s
+ refusing the woman credit for goods, they
both began abusing and insulting him. This
brought row in which Faircloth was
stabbed with a knife. He ran into the store
l and seized an axe helve, which the negro jerk
: ed out of his hands, and with it struck Fair
cloth over the head killing him. The murder.
er is at large.
CHIoAao.-Arrangemen for the National
Tariff Convention, to be held in Chicago, on
November Is, have been perfected The at
tendance will be large, strong delegations hav
ing reported from North and South Carolina.
Alabama, Louisiana Mississippi, Kentucky
and Missouri, and all of the Northern States
will be represented.
| WILMtEGroN-A four-year-old son Of John
Fox was killed to-day by bull dog belonging
to John Doran. The dog broke its chain,
caugh: the boy by the throat and horribly
maagled him, causing almost instant death.
LITTLE Rock, Nov. I2-The trial of W. L.
Bland for the murder of D. D. Carthey Is now
in progress in the Circuit Court OF Greenwood
and is attracting ooasi Iarahle attention
Bland killed CLrth,y because the latter re-
fused to treat him Professionally without paw
ment in advance. The murder was exceeding.
ly brutal Carthey being shot down on the
public highway before he coulI offer resist.
ance. Brand narrowly escaped l. nching. He
took change of venue from Crawford conn.
ty, where the murder occurred, to Sehastian
county. The defense is insaRity.
LAEE PRoyDE4cE.-John jackson. A negro
about 40 years of age, committed a rape upon
a little negro girl about 10 years Of age on
the Miller plantation, in the parish of Madi-
son, few miles below Villa Vista. The Young
girl is in very critical condition. Jackson |
made good his escape after committing the /
act and thus far has not been captured The
colorsd people residing in the neiehborbood
where the oHense was committed are very
much exeitel over the affair, and have turned /
out en- masse, and are securing the country
for the purpose of capturing Jackson.
TuscALoosA.-While Cups circus was mar.
forming Lere, an alteration took place he.
tween white man AID negro, in which the
negro man was shot and killed by the wbita
man. a crowd Of negroes collected and Il
showed some disposition to lynch the man,
but were PREVENTED by the prompt int fer
enee q several prominent citizens. Every
thing is now quiet
Texas murderer named Robert Hines
was arrested Wednesday in Little River
county He is charged with the murder Of /.
Tear old boy in Brown county, Texas. While
lls trial was in progress he made HIS escana
ne came to this State, settling near Richmond. !
lnd being OF pleasing address he soon made 4
trends, and was regarded a. good citizen.
1e woed and won beautiful girl and was
'ery prosperous, and his arrest on on az
harge Of murder fell on the community ill.,
thunderbOIt. His giri-wife is said 20 bavs
,een driven temporarily insane BY the sboek
u crime was committed in 1877 The Oh. !,
y. Texas. 'Ouu 4
VIM Arrow, Of WiIksbarre, has run 49, :
nth his brothers wife, Women shouId 80. t,
Dol with beau and Arrow. y
We are shortly to have pretty dru0 o,a.L. il
nree o1the students At the Philadelphia CT e
'ge Of Pharmacy are girls. e
p, LoUIs.-A specialize the Republican fro.. al
ustln' Texas says that the State Capitol ~.
arned % ashes Loss. $500 OOO. The arob;ve.
the kspablic Of Texas, bAttle-aavs 80 q
lAno monument were destroyed. Tre..
iarism L the supposed cause. ~
Eureka Springs, BIZ authority Of H. a.
nor, = now declared city Of The sr.t-eIss. in
INN Two years and three months from ;. &c
hlalng 2. the hrst cabin il has become se,oa
population in the State ssssha AZ
Afra Sallta F...xat -
aionel sandy Faulkner. ~ ar;s;.s NJ i.se q
1nsAy Traveller died in Little ~. e, ~ sol
sek. 4 Tie age Of ffty-fve vears - -. rol
W EemArkAhle for her teasstw - 81 - sin
years waa knon i ~ -. Aos sever to
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