Savannah weekly echo., 1883-08-26

elected were chosen from both Federal and
Confederate soldiers.
SHALLPox is creating havoc among Indians
in Minnesota. In two small villages about
100 deaths are reported.
| JOSEPH FULFoRD, a farmer Of Miller
county, Ga, aged about thirty years, with
the assistance Of two negroes, murdered
forty Eight years, sank the body
in creek, and then spread the report that
she had committed suicide. He paid the
negroes seventy-nve cents each for their
work. The crime was discovered, the two
accomplices confessed and Fulfor6 and one
of the negroes were hanged to tree by the
neighbors.
THE Kimball house, Of Atlanta, Ga, a
prominent Southern hotel, has been com
pletely destroyed by fire. The 800 guests all
made their escape. A total loss of about
81 900, 900 was inflicted.
FOUR desperate-looking strangers stole four
horses from Asbury camp-meeting in Monroe
county, Georgia. They were pursued by men
on horseback and captured in Mississippi.
The stock was recovered, and the four men
were taken into the woods and hanged.
president ARTHUR and party spent severa
days OF their trip to the Yellowstone region
in fishing in Wyoming Territory.
WHILE suffering from mental alteration the
wife Of United States Senator Allison, OF
Iowa, committed suicide by drowning herself
in the Mississippi at Dubuque.
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tennial as city by appropriate ceremonies
in presence Of the governor, mayor and lead
ing State officials.
JAMES NIXON is working seventy men near
| Cumberland Falls, Tenn, making railroad
ties. On Sunday night one of his men, named
Charles Slagel, who slept in the same bunk
with James and John Adair and man named
Claiborne, arose after his companions were
asleep and crushed their skulls with an ak
He then rif1ed their pockets, obtaining about
800, and escaped. Nixon put bis whole force
in pursuit, and Slagel was captured.
AT a meeting of the Georgia State Agricul-
tural society in Atlanta President Hardiman
spoke in favor of diversified farming and
home manufacture Of cotton goods,
hESlDENl hhIhIh CdukHO pOlHc IIlC LIOul
and members Of his party killed several ante
lopes and other game near the forks Of Wind
River, Wyoming Territory.
REV. r. G. SEwELL, Methodist minister
at Luling, Texas, was shot and killed by Law
renee Denman. The dispatches announcing
the tragedy say: 1.-THE causes leading to the
shooting are Of a domestic nature, and can
only be published on the trial Of the case. No
one blanes Denman, and yet the Rev. Mr..
Sewell is regarded as the victim of a conspir-
acy, as he asserted in an ante-mortem state
ment."
THE " "straightout" Republicans of Vir-
ginia, composed largely Of colored men, held
convention at Richmond and adopted a
platform favoring !; strict adherence to re
publican principles arll a protective tariff.
indorsing J. G. Blai2c " President, and con-
demning Malone.
WHILE thirteen men were being hauled to
the surface at a mine near the town of Red
ruin, cornwall, the rope arracneo 10 the car
in which they were standing broke. Twelve
Of the men were precipitated to the bottom
of the shaft and instantly killed.
A BAND of Apaches attacked a small State
guard at Nacari, Mexico, killing five of them.
They were pursued pluckily, having several
Of their number killed, but being in strong
force the troops were compelled to retreat.
The Indians drove off large herds Of cattle.