The Iola register., 1882-12-29
THE SOUTH.

4 A fire at Newport, Ark, recently destroyed
$3.50, ,0CO worth Of property
s. Van Ward, an old citizen of San Antonio
Texas, was recently robbed and murdered By
highwaymen. ,,Na.s NtA YNNyu 4,
In drunken row at Hartwell. Ga, Joe
Davis killed VIM. Henley.
One morning recently, ]. II. Keeley, apromi-
nent farmer of Nevada County, Ark, was
found dead in the road, four miles from Pres:
cott.s The examination showed he had been
murdered, knife wound being found over his
heart. As his money was in his pocket-book,
it was evident that robbery was not the object
Of the crime. A man understood to have Q
grudge against Keeley is so strongly suspected
that warrant was issued for his arrest ~
John Woolf, Memphis, Tenn, tailor, re-
Gently committed suicide by taking poison.
Cause, mental depression.
During a recent hail storm at Huntsville,
Texas, Deans milling house was blown down,
killing Albert Driden and four negro women,
who had sought shelter. Three or four Others
were wounded.
The Land and Cattle Company Of England
recently purchased = ranch located in the Pan
handle Of Texas, paying therefor S40o 900.
The ranch has an area Of thirty by forty miles,
and on it are 1.30O cattle and 200 horses.
A riot at Lincolton, N. C., originated in an
attack of train hands upon the Paymaster, and
created great excitement. The Town Com.
missiopers called out the local military com
pany, which arrested thirty Of the leading
rioters. Repeated threats were made by negroes
to burn the town. Citizens kept patrol day
and night. State troops were ordered to the
scene, fFt.rr.s..E.a. -,rx,, s.... .a
The Governor has issued certificate of cleo
tion to G. G. Dibrell of the Third Congress
sional District of Tennessee. This is the dis
trict of which three counties were Omitted BY
the Legislature in the apportionment act,
which caused q discussion as to the va idity OF
the act.
Ex-Gov. Benz G. Humphreys, of Mississippi,
died very suddenly at Vieksburg, last week.
GENERAL.
A famine prevails in Carrick, County Done
gal. Ireland. People are living on Indian
meal. Twenty-Five hundred people are said
to be In great danger Of starving.
J. C. Kretchnian, United States Consul at
Greytown, in an account Of the late fire at
Kingston, Jamaica, says: "Everything is gone.
The entire business part of Kingston is o
mass of ruins, and the suffering and want are
indescribable. The steamer Alvo was com,
PEELED to cut loose from the dock and stand
out in the harbor. Sparks poured upon us
and the heat was intense. For a time II Looked
as thought the steamer would be burned. The
panic-stricken people streamed down upon
the wharves in their efforts to escape the
flames. The Alvo's boats were sent ashore,
and upwards OF $50 refugees were fed and
cared for on board the steamer. The authori.
ties Of Kingston have ordered that shingle-
roof buildings shall no longer be erected"
Stone Pashs, late Chief Of Staff in the
Egyptian army, has resigned his commission
and intends to return to America. .s..H.. q.
The Car commuted to imprisonment at
hard labor the death sentence Of a woman who
wounded the Governor Of Tschita. H..4. ..
The Chief Of Police of Montreal, Canada,
received notice from Scotland Yard Of great
diamond robbery in London, and Offering
reward of $3.50 for the capture of the thief.
While the cage was descending the Harden
burg mine Germany recently, the chain
broke and the cage fell, killing twenty per.
sons. -a
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