West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-01-18
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS

| blc increase OF cotton manufacturing inter-
sSts in the South i'm tho last three years.
! The figures show there are now 3ii cotton
mills i'm tho South, having .216.A22 spin
! dies H,Si3 looms, while i'm 1850 there were
only iSl mills, with 7lS0So spindlcs and
| lj,222 looms. In 1880 the valuc OF manu-.
! tactured cotton produced was a little over
! S2l,0oO,Ooo. In 1881 IL has risen to So, ,OOO,.
900 or SiD,O0O,OOO. During the last three
years aud a.half about $50 600 ,OO) has been
Invested in now and old cotton mills aud
machinety, the bulk OF which was paid To
Northern and Western machinery manu-
facturcrs.
JIM CRUMMIDY, a negro, was hanged
few days ago at Eastman, Ca, for tho
murder of James Mitchell. When tho
Sheriff and assistants opened his cell door
Crunmidy attacked them with "a small
knife, woundinR two assistants. lilo was
seized, bat managing TO free his arm, in
hictcd a terrible wound i'm his own throat,
becoming unconscious. lie was carried to
the Scn0old on IA strctcher and supported
until the drop fell. Death was inStanta-
neous.
The Memphis Funding Board OF tho tax.
ing district, who have the settlement OF
the debt OF the old city of Memphis, pub.
fishes "a report which shows that OF tho
estimated debt OF S5,OOO,OOO they have
funded 80 100000, of which S35O,OOO was
Judgment. The time for funding expires
| January 81.
| DANIEL =. OSWALD was killed near
| Laurcll Hin, La, by DR. Charles Howell
the other day. Both are well.kuown and
highly connected.
THE temporary failure i'm payment OF
Austin, Tex, city bonds was owing to de.
lay Of mails. The city is i'm the best posi-.
BILE financial condition, and had fully pro-
| vided 20 meet the bonds when due. Au.
thorities there learning of the failure, i'm.
medintely telcgraphed the full amount TO
New York. There was more than sufficient
money in the treasury TO meet every obl-
cation out.
THE Legislature OF Mississippi convened
on the Sth. c. G.. Reynolds was elected
President pro tenn Of the Senate, aud w.
NJ ldge Speaker OF the House.
Mrs. LUCRETIA II. PATTERSON, wifo OF
ex-senator John j. Patterson, Of South
Carolina, died of heart disense, at Wash
ington on the Sth.
CoRNELIUs RYAN, of Jackson, Miss, was
shot fatally on the Sth by John Hansberry,
livery stable keeper. Ryan fred twice
ut Hansberry without effect. The difficulty
grew out Of n dispute about recent cleo
ton.
lN the Texas Stock Mems Convention at
Austin, Tex, resolution petitioning the
Legislature not TO pass herd law occas-
| ioned lengthy diAcussion and IL Yng
finally tabled hy siSty-hve TO forty.eight.
resolution was adopted requesting the
Legislature 10 pass severe measures TO cor.
rect the grievances tho public suffer at tho
hands OF pasture owners; also, IA law
making fence cutting felony. The Com
vcntion on the last vote stood: Free grass,
| y; property rights, 10l. 1t is nscertainod
that the Legislature on joint ballot would
probably vote - FOR free grass TO 100 for
property rights.
GOVERNOR MCLANE, of Maryland, i'm his
message, recommends the consideration Of
neediui Legislation placing greater limita-
ton upon hours OF labor, and for the pro-
I viding for the organization OF trades
unions,and the collection oflubor statistics.
AN cnterprising individual Of Atlanta,
Ga, buys confederate notes at one cent each
for all bills below $1,000, and twenty five
cents for that denomination, and then sells
them 10 Northerners as curiosites.
IN the Tcxas Legislature on the 9th,
Senator Traylor introduced bill which,
If adopted, viii compel pasture owners to
divide up their holdings, and will, to n
large extent, solve the fence question by
cutting fences according to law.
p. THE Columbus Female College at Column
! bus, Ga, burned down on the morning Of
the 9th. The fire originated from n defect
, i've nue, and when discovered was so far
. under way that IL could not bo controlled.
, Hydrants were frozen, and the iremen had
difficulty % thaw them. All the inmates
were aroused in time 90 escape. The build
cost $4,000, aud was insured for S2O, 900.
The furniture was insured for 5000. The
Z entire loss is estimated a. about so, 900.
, Loss over insurance probably 5000 Tho
b college was the property OF u stock com
, pany, g. X. Glenn being President. 10
! owns about $4,000. II was established
seven years ago. was iu Gourishing con-
3. dition, with an attendance Of about ono
hundred aud twenty young ladies. IL will
be rebuilt.
, AT recent camp-mccting which a
newspaper correspondent attended, near
q Greenville, S. g., there wero about 800
8 negroes present, prominent among them
g old Uncle ST, Aunt Thisby, Aunt = arity,
!, fat old Aunt Mary Magduleno, who had
y | charge Of the music, Uncle PyramiC, Julius
Felix, Tarsus, Balaam, Balsam, Patience,
- Angy, Virgil, and two Homers, Tasso,
: Junius, Judge, Pompey, Cleopatra, Junior
y Hector, Ulysses, Jordan, Jupiter Pison
Q Olympus, Cain, Aunt Lily and Uncle Corn.
j wallis.
. THE heaviest snow-storn for many year,
9 fell recently a. Wilmington, ~ g., with
\ cold and brisk northerly winds. Snow
d covered the ground 90 the depth Of two OF
= three inches.
4 A MINORITY report laid before the Fraud
j. Board at Austin, Tex, recently, calls a..
= teution ~ the provision OF tho Constitu.
8 ton prohibiting sales OF public land except
p 20 actual settlers and in lots not To- exceed
ono hundred and sixty acres. The report
Q recommends that where tho law nas been
I. violated the legislature direct officers "a
I proceed 20 tho recovery Of the property
!. and the return Of the money 20 tine PUG
y chasors. Immense tracts arc involved
Q The report says: eve want no princi
pslities eating out the heart Of our state
THE Governor Of Mississippi in his mes.
sage recommends that public printing b,
lot % tho lowest bidder. and that district
attorneys ho paid fixed salaries. lie op
pos Doe Zee system
FDrE Young mon have rrru arrested 10,