West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1883-12-07
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGs


lido visited him and attended tho funeral,
thus insuriug the spread OF the infection.
Is 1870 Mississippi had GS,O23 farms-in
1850 she had 15,205. Small farms aud
mixed farming are becoming the order OF
,he day la Mississlppi Every year more
land is being cultivated 10y white farmers
than before.
TItg manager Of the Atlanta Musical
Festival failed 20 furnish transportation Go
"a lot OF church choirs i'm ncighborins cities,
aud there is much discord i'm Georgia
music.
PARTICULARS OF tho recent cy,lone I'm
Arkansas show that the greatest damage
was done in lizard County, whore not only
| Melbourne, the county seat, was destroyed,
! hut La Crosse, five miles distant therefrom
as we'll. At La Crosse the stores of j. A.
Rou"y, r.. j. Ashley, q. T. Hunt, w. Il.
Baird aud L. A. Allen were ruined and the
contents blown away. wits Hotel is also
in ruins, and tho large Academy Building,
ono OF the beSt i'm North Arkansas, tx to-
tai wreck. one OF the churches was abso-
iutcly blown away. Three pcraons wero
killed outright and eleven seriously i'm
iured. Scvcntoon persons in all were i'm
| Jurod at Melbourne, and a number arc i'm
serious condition.
a NEGRO boy, Pete Jones, conf Aed In Jail
al Springfield, fonn., TOR carrying concealed
| weapons and attempted rape, was found
horribly manglcd ON the floor of the corri-
dor "A few nights ago, his head mashed into
jelly. The only other prisoner was
Ernest Northington, white man, a dcs.
pcrate character, charged with stealing n
mule. Jones was heard TO call for protec-
! tion during the night, but as he and North
| instou frequently quaIreled nothing was
! Thought of n until Northington informed
thd jailcr's wife that Jones had fallen
from the top of his cell door and killed
! himself
JusEPH L. MITCHELL, the neSso o who cre-
| oted sensation last June among the Good
Snmnritians OF Georgia, has been sen.
toncod 10 six years in the Penitontinry at
Atlanta. Mitchell was one of the trustees
oi the order, and by forging a check drew
nearly - 900 of tho orders money from the
Atlanta National Bank and skipped out.
lio was gone seven months, and was finally
found aud arrested in Little Rock
a LARGE meeting OF the colored voters of
, Charleston, >. C., has unanimously en-.
| dorsed Mayor CuurtenRy, Democrat, for
reelection. In doing so they adopted q
platform declaring that they recognized
| the fact that the interests OF the white and
colored races are inseparablc; that for tho
welfare and advancement OF Charleston IL
| is necessary that there should be unity,
peace and concord between tho racos and
that TO insure good government all party
aud personal prejudice should bo put aside
and union Effected for the right man I'm
tho right place. All tho leading colored
Taxpayers united i'm tho proceedings.
AT Taliadega, Ala, a few mornings ago,
Richard Simmons was shot through the
hoad and killed while seated at tho table
eating breakfast with his family. The
assassin fred tho fatal shot through n win.
dow from the outside and made his escape.
! No clue to The perpetrator OF the deed.
NEAR Whigham, Ga, the othor day, Al.
bert Bird made n desperate attempt 10 kill
his wife. Attacking her with a razor, no
inflicted several Wounds in her hand and
the back Of her head. His little daughter,
twelve years Of age, going TO her mothers
assistance, received painful wound i'm the
thigh. The timely assistance Of brother
| Of the husband saved the life Of the wife.
| Jealousy Is the cause OF the attempt.
THE only female physician in Denison,
| ToN., Mrs. Ellen G. KHlloch. recently died
| OF typhoid fever. She was n graduate OF
| tho University OF Michigan, medical de.
! partment. Her husband is Superintendent
of the public schools Of Denison.
CAPITALISTS and farmers from the West
and from Europe are purchasing large
| quantities OF land in Mississippi, and more
strangers have this year come 10 the state
inguiring for farms, than any previous
year since the war. In some portions Of
tho state lands are in good demand, and
strangers who are looking for lands are
generally well pleased
According 90 returns from forty-eight
~ the seventy-two counties Of Arkansas
their Hssessable values have increased
S2DOJJ0CO over tho returns for the same
counties iu 1882. VI the twenty -four coun.
ties not yet heard from do as well as these.
the total increase Of assessablc values in
Arkansas for the year will foot up quite
S3DODDODD.
NEw settlers md tourists are Hocking
into Florida by the thousands. The ar.
rivals No Jacksonville ARE put down at five
hundred daily. The New York manager
Of Che Florida Steamship Company says
two hundred and hfty por day leave that
city for Florida.
EN-GoYEHNOH BLACKBURN, Of Kentucky,
has been visiting friends boo Memphis. The
people of that city have not forgotten how
he came 90 their succor in the yellow fever
/ epidemic Of 1873 and 1875
TUE gypsum beds iu thc corner Of Hemp.
stead, Pike and Howard Counties. Ark, are
to be vigorously worked. a small railroad
is to Doc built to tlom from some point ON
thc Arkansas aud Louisiana Railroad.
IuE Blackwell Durham Tobacco Com.
pauy, of North Carolina, have bought from
tIe kbedivo the right 90 paint thoir trade.
mark, picture If the bull, on one Of tfs
pyramids of Egypt.
PALESTINE, Tx, can not discover ita
rea. financial condition. Since the doath
of thc Treasurer tho difficulty has existed
It hs reported tho city will bring sui,
against bis boulsmeu in order 20 force .
settlement of tho question.
THE 'Gip' brand of horses we're recentIy '
sold Dy Joseph Winter, Of Whitney. Tex.
to Amm1mou g. Hau. of Eastwood county
lor tGp1 Dr. number, SOME 800 head.
fAEwErs' ASSOCIATION has been or
enDIzrd boo Gibson County. Tenn.
rroFFssfovAL woman beggar. who
haa travelled over The state with a chill,
and monkey, tos settled in San Antonio
IeX- with 5000 iu cash and will 20 int,
business
FigHr occurred in Helena. Ark IA,
other d1y u whicba lawyer. prsacbet
and % c1pidor. were engaged. the rover
end brother aud the ouspidore cornfps, 90,