West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-07-18
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS.

N G., was instantly killed, few days ago,
by the explosion OF some oNyhydrogen
which he was generating.
STEWART HALL, indicted at Charleston,
w. Va, for the killing Of Martin Moles last
fall, has been found guilty Of murder in the
second degree.
The Georgia Department OF Agriculture
IN Atlanta mas just issued "A circular con-
tanning the statistics Of commercial fertil.
izers inspected and admitted 10 sale i'm
Georgia during the session OF 1SS3-.4.
During the season there were inspected
l5l, $40 tons, all OF which was admitted 70
sale except twenty tons rejected as falling
below the standard required by law. This
is the largest quantity inspected for eight
years with the exception of the season OF
1SS0--Sl when il reached 1872 i0i tons. The
receipts arising out of the inspection OF
fertilizers for, the season were $50, 914.92.
After deducting all expenses, there was
covered into the treasury OF this amount
500, 1882.
Miss MARY G. Col QUIT, residing near
Sumner Grove, La, created tome little
excitement by arranging 20 marry "a young
man named W. &. Clarke, an umploye OF
the New Orleans Pacific Railway Compa.
ny, and at the last moment giving her hand
to young man, "A neighbor. nailed Dock
cry. A special adds: "Clarke and the
young lady were in the hotel parlor. in this
city, when dockery and his friends APP
lpeared, and the question was plainly put 90
har, (which do you want" She said
l"Dockery" A license was 40 once pro.
cured, and Rev. j. A. Hackett, of the Bap-
fist Church, soon proclaimed DOckery and
Miss Colquitt husband and wife. Clarke
left for home, in his buggy, with n sad look
on his countenance. The father, IL appears,
preferred Clarke, but as often happens, the
daughter preferred another"
The other morning heavy waterspout
fell near the head of brakes Creek, Madi.
son County, Ark, covering radius Of If
teen or twenty miles of Brush Creek and
iRichland Greek. brakes Creek and White
River soon overlooked their banks, and the
current swept everything before IL, dealing
destruction everywhere, leaving ruins be-
hind. Three women and three children
were drowned in Richland Creek. Several
houses were swept away near Huntsville
and the crops in many places ruined. The
loss TO property can not yet be estimated.
LEE CAMP, Confederate Veterans, of
Richmond, Va, has elected the following
trustees for the Home for Confederate Sol
diers and Sailors: Messrs. n. V. Randolph
and j. Il. McKenney, Capt. G. U. Williams,
Col. j. b. Purcell, Capt. IL. G. Jones, Gen.
Peyton Wise, Judge T.. G. Minor, Mai,
Lewis Ginter, Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, Hon. w.
w. Corcoran, Lloyd Aspinwall, Corp.
James Tanner, j. B. Pace.
THE reports from the mellon section are
anything but encouraging. About Albany
1T has been raining continuously, and the
melons are rotting in the patches. The
crop will not exceed one-half, and proba-
bly, three-eights will cover it. The same
state of affairs exists on the Savannah,
Florida 81 Western Railroad.
Mrs. THO. ROWLAND was instantly
killed, and her two daughters were serious.
ly injured, by lightning, near Springfield
Jefferson County, Ala, "A few days ago
On the approach OF storm she, with five
little children, descended into a cyclone
pit under the house. The lightning struck
tree in the yard, the roots of which ran
into the pit The fluid followed the roots
with fatal result. An infant in the arms
OF the mother at the time of her death was
not injured.
SENIORS LEMUs and Borges, of Guate-
mala, have arrived i'm New Orleans, bring.
ing with them some native curiosities, the
like of which has never been seen in this
country. One of them consists of a trio of
savage Indians Of the Cachiqueles tribe, of
Guatemala, with their celebrated marimba
or wooden piano, from which they produce
the strangest music ever heard. Another
Is the most wonderful specimen of the
human species ever seen. He is a dwarf
about three feet high, having an enormous
head. He is an Indian, captured in the
ct. ~
after long and dangerous chase. This
singular being is perfectly wild and unin-
telligible, uttering only such sounds as are
heard from the brute He is ferocious and
untractable to an extreme.
WILLIAM Il. EDMUNDs, a highly respected
farmer OF Dinwiddle County, Va, was
taken from bed by masked men, the other
night, blindfolded, carried about 200 wards.
stripped, tied to tree and horsewhipped
until his body was thick with bleeding
sores. Edmunds' aged father pleaded i'm
vain for his son. Several weeks ago, Ed.
munds' sister, whose mind is unsettled, left
! home TO pass the night alone in the woods.
| Edmunds and his wife, i'm bringing her
| home, had to use force, and she was badIy
bruised; hence the horsewhipping.
DIR. CHAs. a. STILL, Of Jackson, Tenn.
! was hIlttu Ny iiBuIUluH Jue OJnef evening.
! DIR. Still was born near Bowling Green,
| Ky.
/ THE Fort Smith, Ark, Oil and Compress
! Company is making extensive improve
/ ments in tho erection of large cotton sheds
/ to facilitate the storage Of cotton, cotton
/ seed, etc.
! JACK DAVIS, who was supposed to have
/ been the victim Of the tragedy at Cross
| Roads Church, Hampstead County, Ark.
| two or three years ago, is visiting his
fathers family at Mineral Springs i'm
/ that State.
! TRACK is being laid on the railroad er
/ tension TO Nashville, AK, at the rate Of a
! quarter Of mile a day. New steel rails
are being received constantly, and IL is con
| fdently expected that the road will be
completed 10 Nashville by August I.
/ NEAR Sutton Station, Texas, the other
/ Jay, a quarrel arose between Warren Mass
and Alex. Ward, brother.in-laws, culmi-
\ mating i'm Mass shooting and instantly kill
/ ing Ward with a double barreled shotgun
| Mass was arrested and jailed.
WEST FLORIDA IS now confident Of full
/ crops Of corn and cotton.
Mr.. MASON, ~ South Carolina, has in.
/ vented gin that docs its work without