West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-05-23
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGs.

W" "lh'' daN hN iaIlng through the hntch'
way at the Pratt Ginning Company. Netp
phi>, Tenn.
TiF jury in William Spcncc's case at
Nashville Tenn, charged with the murder
Of his >on.inlaw, Ed. = Wheat, brought in
verdict OF murder in the first degree A
motion Tor new trial was entered.
DR.. J.G. CNRtLl, President ot tho Board
of Health of the city of Richmond, states
q In letter To the DiNpdtcb that the popula.
uon of that city Is NOW 13.aa2. an increase
OF nearly 10000 in the past four wears.
! j. :. WILKINS, jewclcr, Memphis, has as
signed
! Miss SALLIE PEorLrS. young lady
twcntN-eign years ofagc, residing with her
| widowed mother at SomcrVillc, Tenn, sui.
/ cidcd a few mornings ago by shooting her.
self IN the forehead with u Colts revolver.
| III health is said to have hcon the cause OF
her rash act. She belonged 10 a highly re-.
| Spected family, and was the general favo.
rite of large circle OF friends.
IN tho African Episcopal Conference, AZ
Baltimore, recently, n motion for conciiia.
! tiQn toward the rcbelious churches at
| Charleston, SC, was voted down. \ rcso.
luton was passed giving wormout itmerant
preachers 500 per year. resolution
condemning rtuolism, the wearing OF
gowns, and prohibiting ministers from pro-
claiming apostolic succession aud socerdo.
talism was passed l95 TO H.
/ TINS failure OF Emile Dcsmet, at Moss.
! point, Mississippi, creates excitement lie
owned two mills and cut about 80, 900 feet
of lumber daily. The chief loss falls upon
the log gcttcrs aud supply men, which will
| bring disaster to hundreds in Jackson
County There is no statement OF liabih.
i.a4 Al.
| timber merchant ot Mobile, is involved
MrssRs. SMITH and Dixon, Of Orange
County, N. c., trapped and caught AZ
muskrnts, minks and coons the past winter,
and killed POO squirrels and nine wild tur.
keys
CAPT. II. NJ ANDREWS, OF sumter, =. c.
aged %, started FOR Boston, Mass, ON Il Pc
destrian tour He expects to make the 81
tire journey ON foot and is confident of his
ability to do SO.
ALBERT MILLS, sentenced To hang
at Natchcz for wife murder, has been T.,
spitcd till July lG,h.
Four Illicit distillerics have been de-
Stroyed in Pittsylvania County, Nirgnia,
and three men captured.
HARRY GRADY, colorcd, was lynchcd i'm
Efingham County, Georgia, the other night.
lie attempted TO outrage a white lady.
MEAN ColtaN, Grant Parish, La, few
days ngo, Frank II. Page was waylaid aud
murdered by VIM. Saunders, colored.
THERE is wood pulp factory near Au.
| gusta, Ga, at which the expedition with
which paper could be manufactured was
recently demonstrated A tree was cut i'm
the forest at six o'clock i'm the morning.
was made into pulp and then into paper at
six o'clock In the evening, aud distributed
among the people as "a newspaper by six
O'Clock the next morning. From a tree in
tn" forest TO printed newspaper, being
read by thousands, i'm the brief round of
twcnty.four hours.
PILoT LAMRof the steamer City Of Yazoo,
reports on the 18Th, cut Off through Cole'.
Creek, point two miles below Water.
proof, La, shortening the river from nine
miles around to quarter mile straight
through, making the river straight for sew.
'rnl miles This leaves Cypress Grove.
Gum Ridge, Roscdalc, aud Coles Creek
Point upon the lake. rho ostenmernttcmpt
ed to 90 through the cut or, but the eddie.
prevented. Pilot Lamb is certain that on
the down trip the steamer can en@iIv
make the pnssngc, aud also thinks before
the winter goes down the cut off will be- the
main channel.
THE Achleys and the Tuckctts fought a.
at dance, ina Madison County. Ala, the
other night. One Of tho Tucketts was killed
ana another fatally wounded, and two Of
the Atchleys were perhaps moriallv
wounded.
THE Charlotte ". e., Obscrrcr gives the
particulars Of a strange and desperate sui.
eide which took place on the railrond n
mlle aud half north Of Salisbury. As the
| train approached that point white man
was seen standing on the side of the road
with hie head down near the rail ns II
listening 10 th" sounds Of the wheels As
the train ncarod him he stood erect for n
moment then threw himself ncross the
trnck and was Immediately run over and
manglcd 10 death. Hc is unknown.
BENJAnv W. RfcHAnDsov, editor of tho
Union Bridge IDdor, shot Robert Wright
young prncticing dentist a. Union Bridge
! Carroll County, Md, a few days since.
The ball lodged in the shoulder, aud the
wound Is severe, yet not necessarily fatal
| The shooting was done i'm a quarrel arising
ont Oi a dispute about social gathering.
Richardson asked Wright 90 take back hi-
remarks. Tue doctor refused, aud Rich
urdson deliberately shot him he surrcrd
cred himself 10 the authorities, aud was re-
leased on bail. Richardson is widely
} known as q journalist, having occupied Tho
editorial chair in several localities in IN,
South aud West.
Ar Athens, Ga, the other day several lit.
tIe negroes, while playing upon the street,
discovered that ono Of their number, aged
nuYut seven years, was afraid Of frog.
They began % throw chips a. the child,
telling him they were frogs. AZ last one oi
the chips fell upon the cnild's neck and
slipped down his pnck I- set up % fear
'uI scream when b.. companion ran away
laughing The child was discovered lying
boz tho street with ps,m, and carried
uome. Fprtw day, and uight- one spa.n
followed another boo quick succession, and
b. is doubted if b. can live.
s sNGLr English syndicate owns $500.
O01 eeres ot land in Texo.. and tits stated
that corporations and individuals 300 Eu.
rurr jointly hold ~ total OF 20Hi1 ,OOO acres
BOO fn.s country, or more than uslf as much
land a- there b. boo tne whole Of England.
Tug fisheries about the head of Ch.sa
poeKc Bay are taking large numbers OF
herring.
TuE fruit trees and strawberry vine.
around Humboldt. Twu., 1re loaded dowI
with Fruit Farmers have hccn shipping
. | .uuvberrir. to tho Northern markets Iat