The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-15
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pal 4 few items must be noted
N NORTH CARoLINA.
v.ral papers report that a rail
.agineer named Shepherd, was
rol, IN the woods neal Laurinhurg
cav" No his daughter, aged five years.
Our lacked in the local guard house,
hs de his escape, fearing lynch law.
g u. =. hone, for the honor OF humanl
L. anj the fair fame of our State, that
- l~unatic, or unjustly accused.
1T is said he was drunk and
faII ON his daughter.
wilson Adcance: We regret to learn
NV little child of Mr.. Bunion Stott,
'nA rem or twelve years. was fatally
Ssra.I by his clothes accidentally catch
;,r fire. He lived only about an hour.
.>b>gLa, \. c. Dec. l0.-Amos Horn
1.oInredl, aged about 40, was arrested
,oodsy. charged with the murder OF his
sVn . lad of sixteen, by kicks and blows
with = wagon whip.
B,I,jgI, y. e., Dec. lO.-H. L..
W,,sop. railroad agent at Selma, n. c.,
aaJs an assignment last month and
Int 70 New York, where he was heard
.,om December ID. His wife has re
oe;ved a letter from Wilmington, Del,
nth = memorandum by the postmaster
s,.t;nr that the letter had been received
nndrr cover from Charleston. S. {. The
Litter was written partly by Watson and
nsrtlv by another person., and stated
hat he Watson) had been fatally
wounded by robbers in Baltimore and
was allowed to write.
L;ncolaton, " c., Dec. lO.-The
warehouse of the Chester 4 Lenoir n.
G. r.. at Chester, containing n hun
hired bales of cotton and Il quantity OF
other freight, took hie from aspark
from a LOGON tive, to-day, and was
tntslly consumed. Loss about SIS, 1000.
RferSbm.y, Va, Dec. lI.-La.t night
while the fast traiD from the narth WA
p.,.isg Rocky Mount Station, Oh the
Wilmington xnd Weldon Railrcsd, Il
p.,.cugrr coach with baggage spart
mtnt took drs fro1, the stove and va,
s~r,irclv consumed. Baggage valued
at 81, 500 ~. burned. The passenger.
escared without injury.
IN OTHER STATES.
N,<br,We Dee. lU.-John j. Yer
trsr, shot Scnstor Smith, of FeBtres.
county IN the Maxwell House. Tks
wound will not prove fatal. Vs:trees
had charged Senator Smith with bri-
Der, and corruption in voting for the
State debt bill. In tie Senate, y,stsr-
d.y Smith denounced Vsrtrees as d
liar, ard upon adj,urnment Nertress
sought him at the Maxwell HOUSE, and
,Aot him. Smith states that Ls was
sestsd reading u newspaper when Yer.
trees .pplozched and fired at hi.n with
out giving him any warning. Nertree's
friend, assert that Senator Smith was
in the act OF rising and drawings pistol
vheE Nsrtrees SHOT BIN.
Ia. On. Dec. l0.-By \ collision al
Cano. ury, on tue North London all
ws,. sven persons were killed and
NOR. ian sixty seven injured
PA arg, Dec, lO-Ihe boiler Al
the K ys,one Rolling Mills, exploited
comp e,elT demolishing the house, ano
killin- u man and seriously woundlng
fifteen .
Lgtrr.-Retwesn 2 and 3 o'clock this
nerpiag q frame boarding house, locat-
oil On Tho line of the Pittsburg seven
miles below the city was set en- IRE by
the explosion Of = lamp, and OF nifty
persons known to be sleeping IN the
bsil&ing only twenty-ei:ht escaped.
All were more or less burned. SO rapid
nal the progress Of the flames that
some ~ers literally rsasted to death
without the possibility Of an effort be
ing made to rescue them.
After the excitement had subsidized 4
list of those known to have been sleep
ing in the building last nlght WAS made
out. and it was found that ten men had
persisted in the flames, three Others will
die and eight are badly burned. The
scene at the ruins this afternoon wa.
desolats. The shanty stood at the open
ing OF a green hollow. and nothing re
manned but three black sned joists AMI
s.rt Of one door. On portion
OF q partially consumed straw
he'd were the remains of seven victims,
piled up in such confusion Is to give
the beholdcr An idea OF the horrible
.gCnv the victims must have suhersd
before losing consciousness. This BED
Wa, located under one OF the openings,
and it was evident from the positions OF
the bodies that the original occupants
- ~ 1thAra haI aTIJnhf
to fec through the opening, but had
become e~ptau.led and ~suffocated. They
were burned to unacceptable shapes,
and when the aosr of tie loft gave way
the charsd remains dropped to the
ground below.
st Louis, Dec. Sat the Horris
Mines, a few miles from East St. Louis,
the striking coal miners gathered this
morning. several hundred strong, and
established a Gordon around the pits,
through which the miners at work
would have to pass. The sheriff and
his poyse appeared and the strikers re-
treated. Later, they returned armed
with, reviewers. Affairs we're critical,
when the sheriff and his posse bravely
arrested several ring-leaders aud quelled
{ II the time.
A Pueblo Colorado special says: Last
spr;rg Christopher Shutrow was found
dead in bed. The coroner and physl
cians viewed the body, and gave a burial
certificate. A few weeks ago the body
was disin erred and shipped east where
examination resulted in finding d bullet
hole in the back Of the head, which had
been 50 plugged up with a wooden plug