The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-11-09
South and West.

A TUGBoAT exploded her boiler in Mobile
bay, sinking Immediately and carrying down
the captain, mate and a colored fireman.
The cook also died from in iuries received and
the engineer was painfully hurt
A MACHINE for picking cotton in the field
has lust been completed and testel at Sum-
ter, S. c. Practical farmers say that it is
destined to create revolution in the agricul-
tural interests of the cotton States.
DURING terrific storm III Bourbon county,
KY, a residence, a stone house. was blown
down, and the whole family, four people,
were killed Tobacco barns were DESTROYED
and the contents blown away.
A FIRE at Charleston, S. c., destroyed 400
bales of cotton. causing a loss Of about $780,
0u0
S. j. HuDsoN Of Belvidere H.. who came
to Waupun, Wis, recently with two children,
in search of his runaway wife, found her
dressed in mans attire and calling herself
Frank Dubois. She was living with Gertrude
Fuller, having been married to her early last
spring at the home of the brides mother
JOSEPH HOLDER, an industrious coored
man of Tombstone, Ga, and two white men,
were in pursuit of five negroes who had
stolen some of the formers hogs. While
asleep they were attacked by the five ne
groes. and in the fight which folio wed
Holder and three of the robbers were killed.
BANTER STINGLEY. city marshal at Sail
da, Col, was fatally shot while attempting to
arrest Frank Reed, a cowboy, for stealing
cattle.
THE first bale of cotton ever picked from
the field by machinery was exhibited at the
Charleston s. c.. cotton exchange IA few
days ago, and attracted general attention.
The condition of the cotton was pronounced
as good as hand-picked cotton of the same
grade.
AMONG the entries at the Louisville Ky.)
dog show were seven CANNES valued at $1,000
each
A NEW company, whose capital is to be
$4,000, 0O0, has been formed at San Franc s.
co for the purpose of building a railroad be-
tween that city and Denver, Col.
Two eel red men and the keeper of
morgue in Richmond, Va, have been arrested
fdt stealing corpses
MAJoR-GENERALJ JOHN NJ. SCHoFIELD, who
succeeds General Sheridan in command of the
division Of the Missouri, has arrived at Chi
cago and as umel formal command.
A FIRE at Savannah, Ga, destroyed 500
houses, frame buildings mostly occupied by ne
groeS, a large cotton factory containing 900
bales of cotton, and other property, causing
an estimated aggregate loss OF 100000.
The charred bodies of three IeOple-a white
man, negro and a colored woman-were
found in the ruins OF the cotton factory and
several other persons are believed TO have
persisted.
As freight train on the Southern Tactic
railroad was crossing the Santa Anna river
bridge near Cotton, Col, a wheel broke and
eighteen ears were prociIitated into the river,
causing heavy loss. Two tramps were
killed and two brakemen injured
A voLI Ely of shots was fired into crowded
circus at Kirg,land, Ark, tie bullet, ross-
ing through ali part, of the large audience
One of the performers, n contortionist, was
strucS, and died in the ring.
A IRE which broke out in Garfield, Col,
extended to store containing COO pounds of
giant powder This exploded. hurting blaz-
ing timbers aud fragments of buildings in
every direction. The postofiice, the hotels,
and, in fact. the entire business portion of
the town, was destroyed.
! NINE bodies were dis overed in the ruins
on the second day after the fire at Savannah,
! Ga.