West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-03-28
SOUTHERN NEWS GLELNINGS.

county, bu., rccVutlV Quarrclca over the
possession ot some lumber. ending in Nc.
Loan keeping possession of II. Lamb went
home and hrUudcd over his trouble until
hc worked himself into frenzy. Armiug
himself with "a shotgun, hc proceeded 20
the residence ot Mclean, and, seeing his
victim standing ON the doorstep, aimed his
gun ami fired, Mclean being peppcrcd
with small shot. Lamh then rctrcatcd,
keeping the house covered with his gun
until hc reached small clump of trees,
whore Inc reloaded with large shot. Run
ming quickly across the field he again np.
pro1cncd the house from the rcnr. NJ
Loan, who retired within his house, then
appeared with pistol. Tho two men then
Kept advancing upon each other until they
reached a distance of about thirty PAGES,
when Mclean, carried away hv great cx.
citcmcnt instead %: firing simply threw
his pistol at Lamb The lattcr at once
pulled down on him, cNclaiming: "Nou
coward, take that" Mclean threw mp his
hands and fell dead. Lamb turned and
ran and has not hccn heard from since.
VIM. Rowlus, noighbor, has hccn arrest.
ed as am accomplice.
a TEUHInLE cyclone passed through por
tion of Cherokee County, Ala, near Al.
b"rtsvillc, the other night. IL was about
half milo wide, aud touched tho
earth only for six miles. Absouto de-
structiou marked It's puth. and cvory house
went down before It, Mrs. Tidmorc and
Mr.. Hess were instantly killed, and
MIR. Tidmoro aud tho family of
Frank Farmer wcro seriously i'm.
jurcd. One man, name unknown, was
blown from IA wagon and torn To atoms
,,l
were completely demolished and crops are
badly injured, Trees were torn up by their
roots aud fences in somc instances blown
hundreds OF yards. a cloud burst occurred
during the tornado and the entire country
was Hooded.
Tur Virginia General Assembly closed on
the lotn
ii. j. MuFFErT, jr., has been elected Rail
road Commissioner OF Virginia.
AT Pocahoutns, Va, the citizons' relief
committee have taken measures TO provide
relief for the families who lost their "brend-
winners" In the awful mine calamity thcrc,
ana provide labor for those nblo to- work.
Two little colored children were brutally
murdered and two others mortully wounded,
ON the place OF o. r.. Usher. near Augusta,
Ga, few days since. Tho father and
mother were i'm field az work.
TWELVE hundred eases containing ls.-
600 cans OF oysters were shipped in one
order by a Ncwbern, n. c., firm one day
recently.
THE late cold snap killed nearly all tho
vegetables throughout Central Alabama,
and farmers are unable TO replant in many
localities, owing TO excessive rains.
A ooLoRED lhhorer ON Mr.. John =. Hair.
ston's plantation at Goldvillc, Newbcrry
County, s. c., found three Portuguese gold
coins in field last week, bearing date 1870.
They were near the size of gold eagle,
and were perfectly bright.
GEN. j. A. SMITH, Superintendent Of Pub.
lie Instruction in Mississippi, is to
toe lmpeached upon "A charge OF intem.
pcraucc.
j. f. GossETr, W. G. Crockett and a man
who called himself Hammerhcad were
playing draw poker at Big Bottom, Tenn,
the other day. The stakes were very
heavy. All the men were slightly intoxi.
Gated. Hammerhcad was raising his on.
poncnts out df the game, ana wncn accused
Of cheating he drew a revolver and shot
Gossott and Crockett dead. Ho was ar.
rested by Captain Curemach aud is now
Jailed.
Two negro boys, aged sixteen and eight.
y
liam Hardcman, OF Amcricus, Gu, were
joking one another about some girls. Cor
don said: 81 am tired Of this" ana whip.
ping ont pistol, fred bail into Hardc.
mans right eye, from which shot nc died
Gordon is in Jail
MiLLIChS aud Clark, suspected OF mur.
dering old mnn Rodgers and wife, i'm Oua.
chitn Parish, la, resisting arrest the other
day, Mlliran was Killed. Clark escaped
THERE h. knitting department in the
Normal School az Hampton, Va, where ne
groes and Indians are educated and trained
20 industrial pursuits. The equipment Of
this department consists Of twenty. ve
hand machines, and the institution has pro
duced rs many as 1900 dozcI. mitlcns ami
wristlots in one year.
a MAN named VI Kinney was killed the
other day by bis wife at Ncwcomb, sixty
miles north ~ Knoxville, Tom. McKn.
noy, who wns drunk, had been abusing his
child. His wifc interfering, hc threw her
down and began choking hcr, when she
shot him dead with pistol she had can
cenlcd boz her clothing.
MHs. GEorGE vs. BLACKWELL was assault.
cd fow nights ng0 at her residence I'm Bir.
miughan, Ala, 10y % negro, who chokcd
her, compelling her 90 give mp koys with
which nc opened trunk and took there.
FROM $40 and some articles Of clothing.
Mrs. B.uokwelrs husband happened 10 he
absent at the t,mc.
JHE Mississippi Legislature ad iournod on
the 18TH, siur dIn.
HoN JAS. r. SWANS, prominent citizen
Of Dandridgo, Tenn, dioda fcw mornings
since OF paralysis. Hen1s Formerly Cir.
cult Judge, and neid other important posi-.