West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-01-11
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS


house in Bryan. Tex, the property OF James
| /. EdvnTton, which has been thcrc nine.
Years, MIR. Burlington. who is rcmtmb- .cd'
| nN many for his ecccutricities, rcma, kcd.
| 'h"i when he placed IL there that he " ouldl
''iu 10 for h,t,cu cents. lie had bccni
| 'H'rcd u a, which ho refused. The storage.
| ON the cotton now amounts To $50
INTERPRETATION boy recent, disap.
pe"r'd from his homo in Savannah, G A., and.
atter search OF two days was fouad with
Two suspicious looking men, who sdd they.
were going To take him out West and ioinI
Buffalo Bill. The boy was rcturnSd TO his.
homo and the men arrested.
The amount of Alabama coal sold in
New Orleans FOR the twelve mon .hs ending
| December l. was GGG,S79 barrels against
| 2lG,ooo barrels in 1850.
DURING the last year Texas had n. .5;l
indictments for fclonics and misdemenn-
| orS. or G,GA OF these that came 10 trial.
4'-jl were convicted and 2,2;iS acquitted
The damage done " the nood in Louis
lana, last year, from broken lovccs Is esti.
mated at SlSolo,ooo. This estimate has
been prepared % induce Congress 90 make
hhorol appropriations toward now levecs.
lllE skating rink is a very popular resort
with the Memphis bellies ami beaux
LANnRKUM X BUrLER, OF Agusta, Ga.
dry goods, assigned ON the 2d. Liabilities,
SaS,OlO; assets, $4,000
FREIGHT train broke through a bridge
on the Chester and Lcnoir Narrow.gauge
railroad, near Charlottesville. n. g., aud
Joseph Henderson, tlroman, and VIM. Sim.
mons, brakeman, were killed.
REV. NM. &. BITING, a distinguished
slumnus OF Richmond College, Richmond,
Va, has presented 20 the museum Of the
| college rare aud interesting collection OF
| specimens from tho f0muos Luray cave.
There arc over one hundred varieties, com.
| prising staluctitcs and their corresponding
| stalugmitos, hclactitcs. aragonitcs, and a
| great many beautiful and curious crystaIi.
zations in the shape Of sponges hearts,
| pebbles, pipc.stcms, shells, roscr. etc.
| The specimens OF polished stnlagmttc.sur.
| faces are very rich
AT Concordia, Bolivar County, Miss, n
| few days ago, two negroes, uamcd Ed. and
| Louis Carver, assaulted Pat Dillon, an
Irish laborcr employed at work on tho
Memphis & Nicksburg Railroad, aud beat
him over the head with beer bottles, i'm.
hictlng such severe wounds that hc diod a
short time after. The two negroes succeed.
| ed in making their escape.
Two months ago, r. W. Weathcrsbv,
Sheriff OF Madison County, Miss, was bit.
ten 10y mad dog. a violent case Of nv
drophobiu has developed, and his death is
| regarded inevitable.
the cases OF Albert Davis, Tom Lee nnd
Abram Watkins, who were sentenced TO be
hanged at Winston, n. G., December 2s, for
tho murder OF a colorou man, have been
| taken TO the Supreme Court.
bridge, on the Texas Pacific Railroad. DE.
ccmher 20. The structure is now completed,
aud trains are crossing it. regularly. Work
ON the bridge, which is situated I3J miles
west OF New Orleans, begun i'm September.
1881. The high water caused IA suspension OF
labor in tho winter months. Much trouble
was experienced ON account of the rapid
changes taking place, the river gcttiue
deeper and wider. Since June, 1883, day
and night forces have been constantly cn-
pioyed. The bridge, ,O4j feet long. con-
sieis OF two fixed spans Of 253 fcot, one
Of lG3 feet The draw span is 3O3 feet.
The piers arc OF wrought and cast iron
cylinders filed with concrete; tho foundn
tiOus arc in no case less than 10 feet be-
low high water and from 70 TO llj feet be.
low the ground. Tho cost Of the structure
was about half million dollars.
NEAR Conway, s.. c., ON tho night Of IN,
%, Cornelius Baker stabbed and killed
james Chestnut, his sou.in.law, i'm drunk.
en- quarrel. The result OF n fcud Of long
standing. Baker fed, and posse IS in
pursuit Chc,tnurs w.fe Is expected IN
die from the shock. All arc respectable
whites.
FLOYD Brooks, young brother Of A. j.
Brooks s,principal merchant utofVcrbeuu,Ala
was .atally stabbed on the 2d, by Thomas
Faulkner. Faulkner had fought brother.
in-iaw pf Brooks and the latter accostc d
MIN about 20. Faulkner drew % largo dirk
and stabbed Brooks just above tho heart.
Faulkner was a student in tine VorbeuH
Academy and was drunk at the time.
Faulkner escaped.
TIE receipts of cotton 90 Mempui, this
season now aggregate 3lj aJ2 buio.. and arc
a,2'S bales less than for last year to tnis
same time; also iG,fi3 more than the ycar
before. Wifh tho exception of fIast YEAR,
she receipt are the heaviest ou record
IHE richest coal deposit of the South OK.
lists iu Alabama there being several vnrie.
ties, not ~ sreak of q cine variety of can.
mel coal Tunro Be- small supply i'm
Georgia, Arkansas. Texa, and tho Indian
Territory, and none in Mississippi or Lou.
isiaua.
a HFnD law continues 10 receive favor.
abIo cou-i liberation iu Texas, as 20 possi.
hIe soIutiYn of tho frnro.cutting troubles.
Itmav bo said iu Co., favor that 10 nas
worked well i1 California and other
States.
As idiotic inmate Of The Rome County
(Ieuu1. poor house succeeded iu oscauiug
from bis k.eprr aud whereabouts wac
not known far several days, when nis body
was found i1 the woods near tuo poor
house. In" coroner's iuyy decided that ho
had frozen to death
NEw frames have just been put in the
I1scaIno a, Ala. yarn mills. md more will
be- rddei. running tle number of spiuIlos
up w 5000. Thcy spin $50. "A, and aII they
can mako Is taken uy tho cotton mill at tho
next d.o.
sIARSF, FLh., w.II IIro box car Tor a
temporary JAIL Tuisis good scleme. es.
uae.aIy us means of diving tue tramp
question. WHOM fhe tll s. uu &c cau bo
boz .0eIon n. mitt..and ruin into ono oi
tur f..HIr f.0H. mHuus
IHE ms.n ...arar. rftba ~ .r.h
aorN.y report traI. good. Tu. g...r.
W.Htn. um.uo mrsm. poera .se
ve.ympIaIv ntHe South.
Ma %. 49, I.HuhS, of ue Pleasant
lane section. EI..0. County. s.. uas