Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-04-07
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bus, Ga, has been destroyed Dy nre lnlrby-
four hundred bales of cotton, forty rolls of
bagging, three hundred bundles of ties,
twenty barrels of syrup, forty-one bales of
domestics, besides other property on storage,
were burned. The Columbus bagging
factory had on storage $1l, 900 worth of bag
ging. The loss is estimated at $500, 900; in
surance on the building and contents,
s145,000.
The Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas
Pacific Railway Company, lessees of the Gin
cinnati Southern Railway, have made Or
rangements whereby their trains, both
freight and passenger, will run to Louisville
over the Lebanon Branch of the Louisville
and Nashville Road. This gives the Cincin-
natl Southern control Of the shortest route
from Louisville to Chattanooga and all points
South and Southeast.
Runners and scouts bring information to
Fort Benton, Montana, of the most daring
raid by the Cree Indians who belong prop
erly beyond the Canadian line, that has been
made in many yeara. The party, supposed
to have numbered two hundred braves, are
represented as moving down the Marias
river, killing cattle and other stock as they
so.
Intelligence has reached Richmond, Va
that by order of the Governor train has
been seized on the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad, and also on the Valley Railroad,
for taxes due the state. The Norfolk and
Western, and the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac railroads have paid their taxes
in cash.
The Eureka cotton mills at Mount Airy, N.
c., have been entirely destroyed by fire.
The fire is believed to have been started by
incendiaries for the purpose of robbery.
The mills were of brick and four stories high.
The loss on the buildings and machinery are
estimated at $50, 900; insurance $15,0
Captain Eads maintains that there is dam
ger of the bulk of the water of the Missis-
sippi river finding its way to the gulf through
the Atchafalaya outlet, and in that event
New Orleans would be left on the banks of
dead lagoon.
The Williams sewing machine factory, in
the suburbs of Montreal, the largest estab-
lishment of the kind in Canada has been
burned. The loss is estimated at between
$500, 900 and 100000.
The Pennsylvania House of Representa-
tives has passed the congressional apportion-
ment bill to second reading. 1t gives the
republicans fifteen districts and the demo-
Gratis thirteen.
Middle and Southern News.
The legislative committee of Arkansas re
port State Treasurer Churchills defalcation
to be $233,OOO.
John E. Hamilton, treasurer Of Augusta
county, Va, has issued large printed hand
bills at Staunton Offering for sale, on April
., the property of the Baltimore and Ohio
| and Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Com
| panies, which has been levied on for taxes.
| the tender of tax receivable coupons having
| been declined.
The house of Duncan Doles, mile north
of Byers's Station, Ohio has been burned.
Mr.. Doles, who was 9S years old, lived alone.
His dead body was found under bed, with
il rope around the neck. It is thought he
was strangled by robbers, who set the house
IN fire. A considerable quantity of gold and
silver coin and some melted money were
found in the ashes. Mr.. Doles had large
amount of money about the house, and
| caves large estate.
At Lafayette, Ga, W iliam Banks ard
Green Cunningham were hung for the MUIR
der of II. II. Reed.-Fred. Z. Waite W 9
hung for the murder of Tadd Kyser, It
Franklin, Texas.-Nick Walker. colored
was hung in Augusta, Ark, for the murd
pf Tom Jenkins. The hanging all occurrt d
pm Good Frid'y.
Mr.. John K. Cowen, Counsel for the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, has given it as his
opinion that Virginia must accept her bond
coupons for taxes from the railroad compa-
| MES.
| Governor Cameron, of Virginia, has ex-
pressed determination to enforce the col
lection of taxes under the provisions of the
''Riddleberger bill"
South Carolina shoe manufacturers conf
plain of the competition of the state prison
in their lines of goods.