The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-03-17
SOUTHERN NEWS.
MISSOURI.

Inc residence Oh hOOelt ". OnTlstle, NJ
Psttcnsburg was burned down Sunday night,
the 9th ultimo. The family were at church
4 On the first Tuesday in April next vote
is to be taken whether the people of Linn
county will build new $4,000 courthouse
or not.
A petition is in circulation 10 Noisway
county asking the county court to submit to
the voters OF the coutty the question of
building an $780, 600 courthouse and jail.
A negro man and woman called at the
house offs citizen in Cedar county in the
night nearly frozen TO death. They were
"footing it" from Kansas City to Spring
field. 1t is feared the woman's hands and
fee. will have to be smputa,ed.
William Gurley, living on Sweichheimer's
fsrm rear New Home Bates county, on the
2Srd ut., while feeding stock in his yard fell
f.om small load of hay aud broke his neck,
not speaking after be .ell. Mr.. q. came 10
Bates county from Iowa about two years
ago.
The church building at Panther valley, 10
miles south of Msrshiield, was burned about
daylight Sun Ivy morning, the 9th ult. tn
building was n two-story structure, the upper
part beng used for school purposes. The
loss amounts to over thousand dollars, with
no Insurance.
The recent high water caused the river
bank in front of the city of New Madrid to
cave IN 50 feet or more, leaving the building,
occupied by w. r. Mason as furniture store,
extending twenty feet over the bank, and it is
feared it will DO a difficult matter to keep it
from wrecking. The ware house belonging
to L. Ii. Digges WAS made total wreck.
William Head WAS drowned in small
tributary stream of Blsckwa.er, in johnson
county, Saturday. Ho had been to shooting
match in company with seven or eight 9th
ers, and they attempted to cross the creek on
tree felled across. The water was high and
full of ice. Mr.. Head lost his balance and
fell into the water and was seen no more.
w. Vanbenthusen, living on his farm two
and half miles southwest of Rich Hill,
recently discovered a splendid vein of coal
on his place, two and q half to three and a
half feet ir thickness. 1t is of the very bes.
quality in Hich Hills mighty basin Of coal
weeltn. 1t is brilliant, very hard and pure
remarkable in its purity and edges within
degree to canal coal, or nearly SO,
On the 24th ult., man by the name of
George Macon, living on the st. Francois
river, in the edge Of Wayne county, was
shot from the bushes by some unknown per-
son, while cutting wood near his house, and
instantly killed. His wife heard the report
OF the gun and went out to see what was the
matter, and found her husband lying desd
with bullet mole through the back of his
neck.
In the morning of the 25h ult, at Charles.
ton, while Charlie Shelby, the messenger Of
1. v .,,l,
at the depot y vslise containing money
packages 10 the amount OF $3.50 was cut
open and the money taken. Suspicion
rested on tine night operator, Frank Oryis,
and detective Of the company succeeded in
obtaining a confession from Oryls, who told
him the money WAS hid in an oyster can
under the depot, where they found it. Orvis
was arrested snd sentenced to two years in |
the penitentiary.
A.csrp weighing pound was dipped out
OF a pond at Versailles.
Prot. Jones Is suing the Newport board of
education for services rendered.
Paris has only small supply of coal,
which is held at twenty-six cents bushel.
Martin Luther has just died near Coving-
ton. he was negro, seventy years old
Lettie Shropshire, negro woman, lO5
years old, is dead in the bourbon county
poor-house.
The child is born at Washington, says the
Covington Commonwealth, and lis name is
Mediocrity.
The Dispatch reports that a revival in the |
colored Methodist Episcopal church, at
Frankfort, netled lS9 converts.
james w. Peathergill, barkeeper at the
Rees house, Winchester, took dose of NOR
phine Monday, and died in few hours.
Craig Carr, q with So in the Hicks vii.
liams murder case Mt Covington, being una.
BILE to give bond, has been placed in iail to
await the trial.
The treasurer of the Newport board of
education's report shows receipts amounting
to ST. $50 81; expenditures, S2,27S 30, lesv.
ing n balance OF Sl04ll AZ.
The sheriff of Clark county is on his way
to North Carolina with one Leander Fsrris,
who is charged with committing murder
in tina state some time ago.
William Conway, farmer living near
Falmouth, is missing. When last seen he
had considerable money on his person, aud
MS 1iNAos iSni hc hos uscli uluVuoTcu ana
robbed.
Paris G. Brown, Of Newport, we'l.known
river man, has found bis fourteen year old
boy among party Of tramps at Evansville,
Indiana. He has been missing from home
for some time.
The Danville correspondent of the Lex.
ington Transcript thinks Lieutenant Cover.
nor Can,rill ought TO be governor because he
refused to pander to = "mawksh sentiment
ality" and pardon Vonierheide.
Elijah Carter, the negro VIII, was son.
fenced last December at Lexington to tho
the peniteniisry for life for stealing twenty.
three pigeons, has had his case reversed by
the court of appeals, and will get now
trial.
Two teachers in tho West Covington
public school are trying to teach aud Keep
straight two hundred boys and girls. The
pare, Is don't think they. can do II properly.
and In consequence things arc not us lovely
As they should 10 in that end of the
district.
Joshua and Jerome McGraw arc brothers.
farming noar Falmouth. They raised
tobacco in partnership, aud Josh got held of |
81 900 received for the crop, aud putting II
in his pocket tolls jerome o whistle for hi,
share. The injured brother will appeal to
the courts.
MISCELLANEOUS.