West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-15
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGs

CAPTAIN JONI MooRr, conductor Of tho
| chester and Cheraw Railroad, was passing
through the car taking up tickets, recently
ma was I'm the act Of punching a ticke',
when he heard some ono cxclaim, "Dol't
DO that" aud turning was stabbed in the
! l"It breast above tho heart by Dr. T. L.
Marion, practicing physician of Rich.
hurS, =. {. the assault was apparently
without motive. Tho only way IL can 10
accounted for is on the supposition that tho
doctor was crazy. When the doctor saw
no was ioiled, in his crazy frenzy he won't
10 SlaShing seats with the knife. Shortly
"ttcrwnrd the doctor and tine conductor
again met on the platform OF the car when
another attack was made and the conductor
was about 20 pull the trigger OF "a revolver
"h the mailman, when his arm was STAYED
10y rev Frank Hnllam, an Episcopal clor-
Ryman' y no happened 70 step upon the
platform at tho time.
Girl named Fanny Murphy, teacher
IA wesleyan College and daughter OF J. ID.
MuIphy, Fort Worth, Tex, was tho ne.
clpient Of u box OF fuo candies n dav or
TWO ago In the box was a card banriu,,
the signature OF young gentleman NO.
qnaintance. Miss Murphy he'd been
"a'hcd 10y an anonymous letter not I'm cat
anything sent her and the candy was no,
touched. IL is learned that the candy was
he"Niiy impregnatcd with arsenic.
STATE SENATOR TERRELL, OF Texas, ro.
''I'ed an Anonymous letter rcceuilv.
threatening that IL free grass was inter.
I'r'd with 10y the Legislature, that ali tia,
waters IN the State of Texas, inclo,ed i'm
pastures would be- poisoned. The lcttor
created a sensation in view OF the lnv,tori-
,ylt it.it -
"' ihe cattle in certain sections OF tho
State.
The 81. Louis Post Disp,tcb recently.
published an exhaustive report Of IN, CON.
dition OF the fruit crops i'm the Mi. sis,ip.
pi Valley, which it summarizes as follows.
Ilinoi'-Thc peach crop is entirely killed;
cherries badly injured; bllckberries mud
black raSpberrieS killed to the snow limo.
pears touched 20 some extent, but red rn,u-
ueIriei, Strawberries, apples and otlrI.
fruits in good condition. Ken.
ueky-Inc peach crop severely bIigh..l.
s'iSsippi-Thc fruit buds all rigbt
nut fears arc felt OF wet frost i'm the sprin,,.
Inc prospects in Louisiana arc better than
Oicy nave been for six years. The winter
IN Alabama was SO severe as To almost
completely ruin the fruit crop, and garden.
crs have turned their attention To cultivo-
ting vegetables In Texas the peach and
other fruit buds arc in splendid condition.
only, as in Mississippi, fears arc felt of
iro';s in the spring. Arkausas-OnIv part
OF the peach crop has been injured. Straw.
berries promise splendidlv. and other fruits
are IN good condition, with tho execution
Of grapes.
MAN believed to be Jus.D. Girfou. of
Sh"Ihyvilie, Ind, was arrested at Dallas
Texas, recently, for fruuiu.cntIy
using the mails under the firm
nam' of Harry Morton & Co. N.
was receiving an immense number Of
letters from Indiana ond othor Western
states in reply TO an advertisement ,r.r.
ing TO furnish employment to all kinds of
mechanics and laborers, whom he tax.d
NIFTY cents each, He says lac formerly lived
IN Cincinnati and was a newspaper re-.
porter there. He was turned over TO thu.
Federal authorities.
MR. WILLIAM LAMBERT, of near Abby.
VhIe' Ala was recently murdered near tho
junction OF Cowart and Spring Greeks. I'm
Henry County, Ala. The top of his nool
was blown or MS throat cut, and IL was
otherwise horribly mutilatcd. Tb.r, f., ma
cue as to the perpetrators of this most
hendiSh crime. 1t is thought rol,irrv ,y..
some money with him.
IL tn case Of tho State against h. T.
and Ned Jenkins, for killing R.v. J.. Lime
Borden, at Mansfield, In, the other d,,-
the jury handed i'm the following v,,.,i =.
we, the jury, find Ned Jenkins not guilty.
In the manner and form charged: ani we.
the jury, find Ben Jenkins guilty. in tine
manner and form as charged; witbopt
capital punishment.
A DESPERATE encounter occurred bct,vca,,
two young Mexican5 ut Gel Gallo" CTpc
Rooste!) saloon, San Antonio, Tex. on th.
G.h. IL was typical of the Mexicanc.aroc.
ter. Hilario Lopez was drunk. and in Low.
with luoz Garcia. Bias VilarcqI ,yus
drunk and in love with the same gir'. To-.
PEI opened tine ball with q dagger. and vii.
.arr0l came TO time with q ~ix.noot,,.
Lopez went down with hole just above
MS heart, and Nillnreal had three wound
The girl marrics the man who lives.
AT recent meeting OF the monag.rs oC
the Interstate Drill, to be held i'm Houston
lex, May !, it was decided to ofT-rtb. foil.
lowing prizes: For in autrv. $4,000 10 mr.
1900 TO second aud 500 To- third. F,r
zouavcs, Sl.oJ); the latter, provided more
than one company enters. Congress will
te requested by the Texas members to sun.
ply the necessary tent ana camp euuip.
WcutS.
JANE ABEECRoMnIE, son or JUDGE j.
}. Abcrcrombic, of Opelika, Ala. stabbed
ana killed Henry Hart, Marshal ar ...
town. recently. Ahercromhic was it.r.
i'rinS with the tru.k hands 40 the da-..
when the Marshal asked him 90 stem 20 ,r,.
side.
a RAILROAD IS projected I'm Virqipi, sr..,.