Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-11-10
FEARS OF a NEGRO OUTBREAK
Excitement in southampton County, Va
over aTetrIfyiDg Threat.

over aIefrNyipg Inteat
The white people of southampton
county, Va, are apprchcnsiye Of an out
break among the negroes. kilograms
have been received at Portsmouth asking
for assistance in the event OF trouble, and
the mayor has n posse of citizens ready
for summons 10 case it should come. Yes
terday drunken negro told the servant
of white family inthat county that ut l2
O'Clock last night one thousand negroes
intended to slay every white person, from
the cradle up, IN Southampton county.
The white men at SewsOns, Franklin,
BOykios and BrauChville were well armed
and sent out scouts II learn what was
going on. II was noticeable that not q
single negro was to be seen at their usual
places. This gave additional color to the
report aud the women and children were
taken to the woods and guard placed
around them. The kilograms further
state that the negroes who work around
the railroad stations have not been seen
since yesterday afternoon and that the
people are preparing 10 defend their
homes. Thus far no intelligence of
trouble has been received, and it is
impossible to sag whether there is just
ground for the existing excitement and
fears.
Southampton county was the scene,
some years before the war; OF bloody
slave insurreCtion, and it is not improb
| able that the traditions of that time have
something TO do with the prevailing ap
| prehcnsious.
| SHOT by a JeRIous Husband.
John Bells wife attended prayer meet.
| ing at what is known as Hickory Hill
church, five miles south of Germantown,
Tenn. Whilo she was standing in front
of the door young man named All Nor.
man rode up, and, greeting her familiarly,
asked il Bell had returned She replied
that she did not know. Norman said he
would like to see her, bat did not care to
do il if her husband was about. " I'm
afraid he might cut me off il he found me
going TO see yOu," Norman added. The
words were hardly out of his mouth when
| Bell appeared at the corner of the church,
| not ten feet away, and raising shot gun
| which he held in his hand exclaimed
" Yes, I'll cut yOu oil" He fired as he
! spoke, aud NOrman's horse taking fright.
bore him off up the road distance or half
a mile, when his rider fell bleeding to the
| ground, the horse striking him several
times with his hOOTs as he fell. He was
picked up short time afterward by his
friends and found to be badly wounded,
\ surgeon was called IN who pronounced
his wound fatal. Bell escaped in the dark
ness and has not since been heard OF
Eatai ATray Betweon UoIored mon.
Two co.ored men, Anderson and Mont.
gOmory, had 4 fatal ARRAY at the Virginia
hotel, Couey Island, Friday morning.
Montgomery struck girl who was with
Anderson, when the latter struck him
back. Montgomery went to his room for
pistol and came back TO the bar room,
whore he found Anderson armed waiting
for him. Everybody else got out and the
two chased each other all round the bar
room. Finally Anderson got the dead
wood on Montgomery and shot him in the
right breast. Montgomery was taken to
the hospital and will probably die. An.
dcrson was locked up.