West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-04-25
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEASlNGs.

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cm'dren w'ro tokcu sick, and one died,
after lying totally unconscious Tor three
weeks The other ;wo are very low aud IL
i, hardly proboble that they win live Il
Is generally believed in the ncighborhood
'u't thr sickness ut these children was
caused hN drinking the milk from tho COW
while She wa, Effected with hydrophobia.
Al th" time she Wa, hit and before the fam.
lN suspected tha; amy thing was tho mat.
'rr th" ro" was mukcd aud the children
allowed To drink it
REUUY Johnson tcoioroul. Of Sbrev.no,,t
l'., chokcd his wife To death the other
morning. lie then titled her mouth FUN OF
Tnnt and called in the ucighborS. telling
thcm sho struuSlcd to death from going to
sleep with snun iu hor mouth Johnsou was
placed M jail. There * bitter feeling
among the colored people against him. IL
rs stated that he murdered "a woman soinc
time since in Red River Parish
JAMES RILEY aud VIM. WhiteAidcs, ac-
cnnpli''S ui the uotcd contractor and
huiId"r, James Burns, who were arrested
some weeks ago while IN the net OF blowing
open the mpncN-sntc ot May, x Fawbush
and lodged ir jail at ToNarkaua, Ark =, in
DEFAULT ot bail, to await the sitting or tue
pistrc, Court, mHdc their escape hv brnak.
ing through two floors, one of sheet iron
aud the other of brick three feet thick, aud
then tunnehug their way some six ~ oight
fee; underground. Their only tools were
an oyster can aud tin.platc.
lr rs woll known that i'm tho dry counties
ot Georgia the most popular method Of oh.
tanning supplies of whisky is by the jug
line. This iS especially SO on Christmas,
when thousands of jugs are expressed to
moo H. H.. 1.
ting. The United States authorities have
been looking into the matter, aud arrived
at the conclusion that the express agents at
the towns of the dry counties should take
out license for retuihns spirituous liquors
before thov receive the &. -. u. charges
\ test casc viii be made.
II Burleson County, Tex, a negro
named Gibbs murdered the wife OF l.. 4.
MOORE, prominent farmer, because She
would not allow him TO take supper with
the family. Citizens caught Gibbs, chained
him 20 post and burned him TO denth
TERRIBLE destruction, injury to person
and loss of life was caused by cyclone
recently ia Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama
aud adjacent territory.
SOl rH CAHOLINA rice planters are hard
atwork again planting their crop. SO far
tine season has been fine.
WILLIAM LANDsBURG, Of the firm Of NJ.
NuSsbaun * CO., Of Macon, Ga, and j. X.
B. Danforth, entry clerk OF the firm, had "A
dispute i'm reference 10 the amount agreed
upon FOR the lattcr's salary. On the 18th
Dnnforth went TO the store, and. without Il
word of warning, shot Landsburg five
u'nss, killing him instantly.
y. a. iluAN, of Jacksonville, Fla, cigars
aud tobacco, has assigned. Liabilities
$1,000; assets, SO 900.
~ th" past two years Macon, Ga, n CITY
wiihn population OF $4,000, has expended
r3OjOooJ IN building. Upwards of - 900
uDJ was expended iu "a single year, ana
most of 1t Tor stores and warehouses.
\ DFAD frog was found in church or.
gan ~ Georgia. H. i, supposed that the
creature was frightened to death bv choir
rehearsal
TEXAS is out Of debt, but it's cilie, and
towns instead Of ofproGting by the good ex-
ample, ar" issuing bond, as fast as possible
some OF them are calling halt and pro.
testing against piliug pJ,OOD,OOD debt on II
mulion.dollar town.
Iri reported from Tuliuhomn, Tenn.
hnt th" recent cold weather hn, Killed all,
"r nearly all, the apple. u that section Of
country. tn" peach crop will also he
failure.
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"n''. '' 'h' "eiRhporhood ~
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