West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-30
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS.

was Inspector General of the FIRST division
ntlt"Nas Volunteer Guards. Ito was i'm
Galveston ON business, and while on the
street tho freshly healed wound opened, and
three iio,hlds at blood were lost before tho
now could Toe s,nuuchcd While the phv.
siclans were lahoring stay the fatal fow
IN ncighhoring store, the Colonel sat
/ cooliy smoking q cigar aud chatting to
friends, The post norton examination
showed that the knifc penetrated a. far
ns tn" outer surface of the stomach.
Deceased was aged forty three, aud leaves
widow and two daughters. lie earned a
brilliant record i'm the confederate service,
nhd att"rward became ono of the most sue.
ccsNfu real estate agents in Texas. ncgoti.
htihS millions ot aCrcS to numerous syndi.
Gates. Wren has been arrested.
STATISTICS relative To the number aud
production of cottou-mlls in the South are
being constantly produced, aud Indicate
an extraordinary progress in this branch OF
manufacturing. The latest al hand show
. that there are now IN tho South 81 cotton
mAls, with I,2,6, ~ spiudlcs aud u SIS
looms, whilr at the time the census was
. taken in 1851 the South had only lSD mills
/ with 'tSNSl spiudlcs aud l5.212 looms Tho
largest iucrca," i'm the number OF mills
was mndo I'm North Carolina, whore a Gain
of i3 mill, and ,io1 spindlc,i, exhibited.
while Georgia madc an Increase of IGD. 1855
. spindl"s and - mills. I'm 1850 the value of
the manufactured cotton produced at tho
South wasa little over ~ ,0oo. .OOl. while in
lSS' the value had risen 10 between S8S..
OOo,OJ0 and St1,ODl,OO0.
THE Louisiana Legislature elected JRmo,
B, Eustts u. ), Senator, to succeed Mr. Jo.
mas. The committee invest igatiug election
frauds in st. Martin and Iberia Parishes.
Recommend the Impeachment OF Thco.
fonl"Iieu, Republican Judge iu the Twcn.
ty.hrst District.
An English and German syndicate la,
purchased ono million acres Of land in
Florida, upon which it ispropo,cd to settle
German cmigrants, who viii reach America
this summer.
MARK MOORE, living six miles west OF
Mahalnl,, Miss, Shot his wife fatally and
then grossly assaulted his step.dnughter
intimidnting hcrwth a piston Ho was
found hanging To tree the next morning.
Moore was from Kentucky, and was well
connected IL" had killed six men
Young man In Gainesville, Ga, became
intoxicated, the other night, and mndc hi,
bed n the street During the night somo
mlhchi"Vous fellow purloucd his pants and
Ic't a small pair of boy, pants with him.
lie presented strange appearance ON the
streets the ncxt morning clothed i'm knee.
brccchcs.
Ar Inngicr Island, Va, the other dav.
DR.. Pitts called Dr.. Walter, a rival pbvsi.
clan, into hi, c1ire aud shot him dead. The
people attempted 20 lynch @sft, but were
prevented. The murderer was jailed.
~ Jackson County, Ga, few days
since Asa Shields and Charles Wise.
whii" playing cards, disputed abou. the
amount waScrcd. Upon being called
Ilai "hicIds became greatly Infatuated, and
WIN piece oi fruccIail crushed i'm TN,
Skud OF Wise, tine wounded man sinking In
death on the spot. The murderer escnped.
~ hrrricn County, Ga, the other dny.
Aierk McN"il spoke impldcntIv TO Dan
Purdy's wifi" In a meeting which look
place later Purify attempted to punish Nc.
Neil, whom the latter drew out a pistol and
shot tho husband dead.
ANDrEw MucuELL was accidentally
Killed, n few nights ugn, iu Chatinroogn.
Tenn. ot lawn party by .Icn Lee. Tho
'"p were close friends, aud attended tho
party in company. While saunterir,
through the lawn Lee picked upa gun ,,hich
bee saw leaning against tree. lie exam.
med ii casually, and suppo.ing it 10 bc
uuloadod, pointed it, plavfullv an Mitchell.
in" latter srn.p'd tho barrel aud lowered
% with tine remark: "1cs unlondcd Guns
mat do mi tic killing" 40 that iluclure
ih" weapon yns di-rhargod. the load pt,,.
in@ through Mitchell, legs near the ildgh.
producing instant death.
ir i- expected npot not loss than e. GlO0O1f
10" tEci+ of p'achc, viii be shipped from
in" Delaware aui Maryland peninsula.
ihi- summer, and tho rro. of .rnIl I,.,rios