The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-01-31


2Sd in Walker county, Ga, on H. II. Rudd,
a respectable farmer aged as years. He
was found in his doorway with his head
split open with an az and a frightful cut
from an Ak in his breast. Two negroes have
been captured. There were threats. Of
lynching them.
A body Of disguised men forcibly took
from the Jail in Russell comfy, Virginia, two
white men named o. +. Farrell and Evan
Griffith, confined on charge of obtaining
under false pretenses, about eighteen thous
and dollars worth Of cattle from graziers
Of that section, Nothing is yet known Of
the disposition made of the prisoners, but
it is believed they were lynched.
Webster sued Taylor in Chicago for
alternating his wite's affections, aud was
elated when the foreman Of the jury said !:
1--WE find fer the plaintiff" but correspond
ipgly depressed BY the rest Of the verdict
"And award one cent damages"
CoRsIcANA, TEx.-Judge Bradley SEN
fenced Joseph Millgrove, a white man, to
four years Imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary for marrying negro woman. Served
him right.
Hon. Edward Mcpherson, Clerk of the
House Of Representatives, at Washington,
has made up theroll of the next House. All
the districts are represented except the
Sixth Louisiana, Second Mississippi, and
Third North raral;nn
United States Senator Plumb, of Kansas,
used to be the foreman of little newspaper
in Xenia, o., Of which Mr.. Whitelaw Reid,
Of the N. Y. Tribune, was the editor.
At Atlanta, Ca, w. c. Kemp killed him
self in the presence Of his wife, who now
threatens to suicide.
Strawberries from New Jersey no ot-house,
were sold in New York last Saturday at
twenty-five cents piece. They were sold
in little baskets holding from four to twelve
berries. Hot-house peaches are now selling
in New York at So each.
Mrs. Lucinda Rose, OF Monroe county,
Ga, is seventy.four years Of age, has las liv.
ing descendants, thirty-one dead, and, being
an accoacheurs, has Sficiated at the birth Of
1853 Of the aforesaid pOsterity.
Prof. Sumner, Of Yale, declares that the
worth Of the Pendleton bill will depend en-.
tirely upon how it is enforced"
Col. o. II. Irish, chief Of thebureau Of en-
craving and printing, died on the 9th
Ed Garrett, colored, was hanged at Tex.
arkana, on the 9th, for the murder Of his
wife.
At, Amite City, La, VIM. Lowry was
shot and instantly killed on the street
by Taylor Ard. An cid feud existed be.
tween the parties, and threats had been
made. They were hunting each other with
shotguns, when Ard got the drop on Lowry,
and he went Immediately to the happy hunt
ing grounds, load ofbuckshot having pass
ed through his head.
The Nebraska House Of Representatives
passed'a resolution calling upon the supreme
court for an opinion upon the constitution
ality of a railroad commi ssion. The court
decided unanimously that railroad com.
missio N similar to those of Illinois or Iowa
would not be constitutional in Nebraska.
At Memphis, Messrs. Roper and Flanagan,
engaged in theretail grocery business, made
an assignment for the benefit of their cred.
itors. Previous to this, however, they had
received FIVE bales of cotton from colored
man engaged in farming in Arkansas, who,
when shipping the cotton, instructed them
to hold it for him and not to sell the same.
They disobeyed his instructions and sold the
cotton, but in making their assignment fail
ed to mention him as one Of their creditors.
For this they were indicted by the grand
jury for fraudulent breach Of trust, and at
their trial to-day were found guilty and
each sentenced to one year in the peniten-
tiary.
Mr.. Alfred Robins and wife, of Shelby.
Vile, Ind, were divorced year ago for in.
compatibility Of temper. Mr.. Robins went
to California. Last month he returned, and
on the l4th inst, they were again married
toHhWhoptVWhb ht's HAu u ppcC VI war lhSb
week. A negro killed white man, and
was jailed. A mob of the murdered mans
friends, who wanted to lynch the murderer.
attacked the Jail with arms and a piece Of
cannon, but were driven off by the Sheriff
AID his assis tants.
At Vincennes, nd, Charl es NJ. Wetzel, a
young attorney brutally whipped his ex-
sweetheart, Miss Annie Stewart, with cane,
one night last week. He was arrested on the
charge Of assault with attempt to commit
murder, and placed under bond.
Judge Thomas NJ. Bowen, a silver-mine
millionaire, is the coming man for United
States Senator from Colorado. The bonanza
men are getting the bulge in the Federal
Senate.
The friends Of women suffrage in Oregon
are to begin their campaign ip behalf Of the
amendment to be submitted to the vote Of
the people, by a meeting to be held in Pert.
land February IS.
The Maginnis cotton mills, at New Or
leans, will soon duplicate their machinery
throughout, thus doubling their labor and
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