Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-10-28
Southern News.

The body of Bob Taylor, the late leader of
the Taylor gang, reached Loudon, Tenn, in
charge of the officers who shot the miscreant
while resisting the attempt to arrest him. The
gang captured railroad train on the 14th of
September, numbering Sheriff Cate and Deputy
Conway of Hamilton county, and released
their brother, John Taylor from custody. The
Taylors, for whom $4,000 reward is out
standing, made their way to Missouri, where
Bob was shot and killed by Sheriff Goodall, a
few days ago, in an attempt to arrest him.
The National Cotton Growers Association
concluded its annual session at Little Rock,
Ark. It was decided to hold worlds cotton
fair in 1884, and to establish farmers and
planters mutual life insurance company.
Frederick Kunnecke and JOS Lock, con-
victed OF having counterfeit money, have been
sentenced to three years Imprisonment at
Baltimore.
Joseph N: Dolph was elected United States
Senator by the Oregon Legislature. Mr..
Dolph is Republican, and is the law partner
of ex-senator Mitchell.
The new bridge of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road over the Missouri river, at Bismarck,
Dakota, has been formerly opened to traffic.
During the morning services, the second
parish Baptist Church at Calais, Maine, caught
fire from defective chimney and was destroy
ed. Loss $1,000, insurance $1,000.
fire in Saller Bros, clothing store, at st.
Paul, Mimi, caused by an electric light wire,
occasioned loss, mainly by water, estimated
at $50, 900.
Admiral Hugh Young Purviance, aged
eighty-three years, the Oldest officer of the
United States navy, and the last male repre-
sentative of distinguished Maryland family,
died at Baltimore of the inirmaties of age.
A despatch from Greensboro, N. G., gives
an account of duel between Edward johnson
and Charles Williams, the weapons used being
whips. The fight, which was about woman,
took place near the old battle field of Gulford
Courthouse, on Sunday afternoon. Each
procured h 9rsewhip, and, in the presence Of
fifty people, the fight began. Both men
stripped to the waist, and cut each other for
three hours, quitting only after being utterly
exhausted. johnson was so badly cut that
his skin hung from him in shreds. Williams
was alsO IeTrlDly punished. DOM are IN q
very critical condition.
Thirty-seven new cases Of yellow fever and
one death were reported at Pensacola, Fla,
on October 81. The total number of cases to
date is 2,007 and 1853 deaths. son of Hon.
J. M. Tarble, mayor Of the city and collector
of the port, lies in an almost hopeless con-
dition.
Burgess & Affords stables, in the Licking
ton (Ky.) stock yards, have been burned.
Twenty mules, worth 5000 each, and twenty
five short-horn cattle, worth from 500 to $500
each, were burned.
| William Fl. Irby & Brother, tobacco dealers
and cigar manufacturers of New Orleans, filed
a petition of insolvency and made surrender
of their property to their creditors. Liabil-
tiles, $64 1888; assets, t24,279, including over
$4,000 classed as doubtful. The creditors
meet November %.
At Tarboro', N. c., Constable J. J. Durford
arrested Louis Guilford, colored man, for
assault. On the way to Jail the prisoner drew
a razor and slashed the officer across the
abdomen, inficting mortal wound. Gull
ford then ran off, but was afterwards cap
tured, but not before he was shot and fatally
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