The bee., 1882-12-23

A dispatch reports much sr.;,.
Stokes county, N. O., over the lisoo-IlI .uieilI IN
sale OF Mrs. Aired Jenkins to Mr. Nj PIN on he
well, neighbor of her husband for o-oO 'iIoe
vendors explanation of the tron-ro,, - Inc
that che wanted to move away. and r,lou ra Is
able to take his wife, while the veD5oa r"S not
her because he was ''tired of Iiv;ra = 'Ook
No compulsion was used, for Mrs T,o1 oue
'cheerSully agreed to the sale.~ ana lDAins
ferred herself to GlidweIl witbort Uans
lection, and now expressed herself =. %,
fectly happy and contented" in bo~ pef
home. ueW
The Atlanta (Ga.,) Constitution saws. ar. &.
well understood in financial Circles al
Gordon's trip to Europe, so far a. nl,.;. ,.'
bonds of the Georgia Pacific RaiI,o.5
concerned, was failure. He did NOT a;
pose of single bond.
Richmond county, Ca, has sDbsc-;s.,
100000 to the Augusta, Elheton and Chic
Railrood, and Augusta, $4,000. TbsoHo.s'
of the road feel confident of the success, -
the enterprise.
In the Hastings Court, at Richmond "
B. Meredith and VIM. A. Smith. students -
the Virginia Medical College, arrested Ias,
week while attempting to rob a grave in
Oakwood Cemetery, have been each sen.
fenced to six months in JAIL
The report of the secretary of the Lynch.
burg Tobacco Association shows that LG7o
$40 pounds of tobacco have been sold in tho,
market since October 1, a decrease of nearly
1,0OO, O,0G0 pounds as compared with the cor.
responding period of last year. The falip,
of has been occasioned by bad weather.
James Lyons, the oldest and one of tbs
most prominent lawyers of Richmond died
at his residence aged81. He was for mapv
years in public life.
The Wytheyille Enterprise reports that Mr..
d. q. Thomas, president of the Bank of All.
ingdon, has failed and made dn assignment
His liabilities are said to amount to about
$4,000. The failure is said to be attributa.
bic to injudicious stock specuIatlons
A dispatch from Dallas, Texas, says: "a
man giving his name as George Coleman has
victimized the City National Bank of Dallas
to the amount of $500 by clever forgery.
A week ago he presented a draft on the
Hanover National Bank of New York for
$3, 300, issued by the Exchange National
Bank of Norfolk, Va. The transaction turn-
ed out all right Coleman presented an.
other draft of the same Norfolk bank for
S8, 500 sn another of its correspondents, the
National Park Bank of New York. He
wanted Sc, 100 in cash, and the balance he
left to his credit. Though the transaction
was artisically executed, suspicious arose
and kilograms exchanged revealed the swim
die. There is no trace of Coleman
A fire broke out on the steamboat Central
City after leaving Monroe, La, and she was
burned to the waters edge near Fenners
bar. The boat and cargo are total loss
Fully insured.
Arevenue officer at Alfalfa, Ala. whileat
tempting to arrest Bob Thomas and nj
Williams, two moonshiners, shot and killed
Williams and dangerously wounded Thomas
Two brothers, George and James Fraley,
were arrested in Comanche county, Texas.
charged with stealing cotton, and were placed
under guard at Hazel Dell. At midnight
mob armed with shot-guns overpowered the
guard and hung the prisoners on the sams
limb of a tree.
= Revenue Agent Chapman. at Atlanta, Ga,
reports that ten Illicit distiileries. 4i,O00 gal
Ions of beer, low wines aud whisky were
seized and destroyed. and SIX Illicit distiIiers
arrested in PiCkens county. Deputy Mar
shall Fitzsimmons, who accompanied Deputy
Collector Crawford. had his conveyance cut
to pieces by illicit distillers.
At Wadesboro', N. c., Charles Perkins,
revenue agent from South Carolina, attacked
VIM. Henley, an editor, for having publicly
denounced him. Henley shot Perkins three
times.
Nine prisoners recently escaped from the
Pleasauton, Texas, Jail have been stealing
horses and shooting at citizens at night.
They carried a Mr.. Lewis to the woods and
riddled his body with bullets.