Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-07-14
TELEGRApHIG NEWS.

tally wounded Charles MARSH, u
carpenter. They are neighbors and
their wives quarreled about some
trivial matter. This the husbands
took up, which resulted i'll their NOR
tai combat to-day.
A negro name Hugh Lawson, who
raped a voting lady last week and
mutilated her body in most fendlsh
manner, has been arrested and lodged
in jail. There is great danger OF his
being lyuched. A mob of men con
gregated in front of the jail last night
with that purpose in view, but were
deferred by strong sheliif's guard.
Excitement is still high, however.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, July l1.7-Sun-
day morning Frank Conway, lessee OF
the Johnson plantation, twelve miles
from this place, was shot and danger
fously wounded by one of his work
men, named Walters, with whom he
was quarrelling. Conway is widely
known, being nephew of ex Gov.
Conway; Of this city.
CINCINNATI, July 1.-THE United
States signal service thermometer here
registered 1885 at 3:l5 yesterday
afternoon. Ordinary thermometers
registered from to 8 degrees higher
in the shade. The heat was the
greatest on record here. This coroner
was called to attend thirteen deaths,
all from congestion of the BRAN, sup
posed TO have been superinduced by
the excessive heat. There were twelve
sunstrokes, though no fatal cases were
reported up to midnight. In Coying-
ton, KY, there were six cases of
sunstroke yesterday, four of them
fatal.
CANTON, Miss, July I1.-From
reliable information received and
dispatches seen Neshoba county, on
Saturday, instructed for Major Banks
dale for Governor. Forty-fve deleg-
ates, out of iitty-two, in Lowndes
county are rStone for Governor, and
in Lincoln county forty out of fifty
country delegates are for J. NJ. Stone
for Governor, Gwin for auditor, and
Myers for secretary of state.
HENDERSON, TEXAS, July ll.-On
last Saturday Bohemian living in
this county went from home, taking
all his family with him except little
girl about nine years old. When he
returned in tho evening he found the
child Lying dead on the floor. Her
neck was broken, her skull crushed
in and her body covered with cuts
and bruises. A negro girl was ar
rested on suspicion of committing the
deed, but an examination proved her
entire innocence. At present there is
not the slightest clew, and the citizens
of the county are greatly excited over
the mysterious affair.
Houston, TEXAS, July ll.-JustiCe
Brashear has been engaged all day in
the examination of the case of Bob
White, colored, and w. H. Cowhart,
suspected of having murdered W. H.
Gleason, about two days ago. Glea-
son was found floating in the Bayou
with his head cut off, his bowels re-
moved and otherwise mutilated. The
body was naked and had a piece cut
from the breast, another from the arm
and another from the leg, 1t was re-
ported to-day that Gleason had his
name tattooed on his body with In
dia ink just where these cuts were
made, and that the white man Cow
hart knew of them. There was other
strong circumstancial evidence point
ing to Cowhart as the murderer.
FREDERICKSBURG Va, July H.
Silas Massey (colored) was shot in
the breast and instantly killed on Sat-
urday, near AcQua creek, Stafford
county, by Capt. 5. s. Lee. Massey
was numerically beatinga white wo-
man, his paranfour, with q heavy
stick, threatening to kill her, when
Capt. Lee commanded him to desist. |
The negro then assailed Capt Lee
with great violence. and in trying to