West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-07-04
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANISsS

Parker were sentenced TO be hanged tho
18th OF July, 'hc former Tor the murder 81
Rurrell Ross, and the latter for killing his
ucphew. An Colorcd,
THE Corouor'S jury, In tho case of tho
i"ath hy poison, a. Dallas, Tex, OF Casper
Wharton, formerly OF Louisville, failed 10
ascertain whether IL was administered hy
llmSelh A companion Of his is held on
'uspicou for tho action of the grand jury.
Tits rilns have greatly hcncftted the cot.
\ ton crop iu tie utlatdS ir Texas, aud It is
/ now thought the yield will oXCeod those of
/ lSS2.S. Tho bottom lands have beeh fr
I planted, and farmers now predict the larg
/ st cotton crop FOR years. The grain crop
/ r. the largest ever made in Texas With
I isht rains early in July. and freedom from
.ne cotton worm, tito cotton y yield this year
/ will not bc less than ,1oo,OOO bales.
! DIR. q. w. RARWApALL was murdered n
lew nights ago i'm a Fl. Worth, Tex, phar.
macy. 10y a sadlcr named Tackaberry.
/ rh" lottcr entered the drug store in u
/ drunken condition, aud began abusing
/ Sarradall, who was about TO rise from his
hair when T0ckaherry placed pistol
/ against the druggist, breast, aud fired,
/ Nllng HIM instantly. Tho murderer
/ escaped
] y
| Hankinsvillc, Ca, put catfish in his wou
and 1t has grown from two inches iu louSth
| 20 sixteen. Every year when the well is
'lcnncd the fish Is carefully caught, ani
I replaced after the cleaning.
/ a rAHrY ot ticn digging i'm tho bed Of a
| Try pond near Americus, Ca, the other
lay, found "A live alligator at the depth Of
| seven feet IL was eight feet long and was
| in torpid condition.
! TuE Brazos County (reS) school lands.
/ comprising 1000 acres, i'm CLAY Aad Ar.
,hcr counties, were sold at auction in FORT
Worth, the other day. Tho lands were
/ bought hy the Wichita Land q Cattle Com.
puny at - an acre. This Is considered the
/ best price ever obtained in the State for
school lands.
rmE loss throughout the State OF Mary.
land 10y the heavy rainfall OF few nights
. ago was very honvy. The damage was
heaviest in Carroll, Cecil, Frederick ond
Washington Counties The roling-mills oi
Jhe Mccullough Iron Company at Rowland
VILE, Cecil County, were damaged SlOO, 900
The four.mill and stock owned by James
/ Davis and George Christie were damaged
5000. Christie & LogNn's cnunery was
washed away, together with the machinery
sud fifty thousand cans Of goods. The
/ county bridge at COnowingo, Cocil
County, and q span Of the railroad bridge
at the same place were carried away. Ia
Hartford County the damage is placed at
| tljO,OOD. The hlnt.mnl Of WhiteIord
Brothers, on Broad Creek, was swept away,
rntailing a loss OF $4,000 The Oldest resi-.
dents OF the counties say they have never
known OF such a disastrous storm to visit
a a
short OF S50O,OOO
Dock WALKER, a gentleman Of color
| was hanged at TeNarkana, Tex, on the
27th, in the presence Of 1000 people. IL.
died game, undergoing the ordeal with
perfect indifference. In January last
! Walker snapped shoes with negro nam ID
Lucius Grant Tho next day Walker
wanted 90 trade back, Grant was obdurntc.
and Walker sent "a load Of huckshot through
him. 10 the last Walker asserted his limo.
cence, declaring that ho acted in self de.
Tense and that his life vas sworn away.
Ike LADDEY, negro, twenty-five years
! old, captured near Hubbard City, was
jailed at Whitney, Tex, on the oath. with
i'm the past few months hc made three dcs-
pcrate attempts to outrage white women,
| succeeding i'm one instance. After mid
night a crowd OF scyenty-hye horsemcn en-
tered the village, battered down the doors
Of the Jail, took Laddey thcrefrOm, without
much resistance, and hung him 90 tree.
Tho Vigilantes cut the negro's ears Off, nno
left a written statement defending the Kill
ing.
IHE nearest salt water 10 Floresville
Texas, is one hundred miles away, yet
Robert Lacscy says that after the hail
storm Of a few days ago, he picked up n
genuine reddish, yet alive, which weighed
ten pounds.
CoLoNEL HoRNEr, ono Of the oldest citi.
lens Of Randolph County, W. Va, and one
II the most foarlcs, bear and panther hun.
| ,ers iu the State, committed suicide n day
or two ago by drowning himself in tho
Cheat River. His cont, fishinglincs, gun
and tobacco pouch were found near the
/ place where be drowned himself
Mas. MARTHA SAUNDERS was killed by n
lash Of lightning at Jewcps lanyard, NJ.
Mimi County, Tenn, fow days ago, while
standing In the door of her house.
PRoF. DAVID JORDAN, late OF tho Indiana
State University, has accepted a cal. 20
catalogue the American fishes in the Brit.
. ish Museum.
W. r. MoHRrsOv, n telegraph operator oi
. Buffalo, is undcrarrcst boo Monterey, NIX.
/ Tor forging draft ON a San Antonio (TeII
bank
MR. VANCE, Of Spring Place, Ca, has n
pear tree bro his garden, ~ the dwarf va.
riety, which rs six fecthigh, and which con.
tains 40 finely developed pears.
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