The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-07-31
SOUTHERN.

BY the explosion of gas-main at
Wheeling, w. Va. Superintendent Dillon OF
the gas-works and Samuel Darrab were bad
ly burned. Four others received sight In
juries.
Miss Helen Owens, q simp mind
ed lady OF good family. eloped from Ammo
Arundel Co., Md, with a coal black negro
employed about the residence of her brother
in-law. DIR. Henry Richardson.
The explosion of an oil can, used in
starting a fire. resulted I'm an explosion at
Plano, Texas, by which two children of John
Ransdale were burned TO a crisp.
Near Chesterton, Md, two thousand
men engaged in q riot at negro campmeet-
ing, in which one person was killed, ten flu
tally injured, and a number of others seri-
ously cut. A dispatch from Chesterton gives
the following particulars OF the Bloody affair:
Excursions were run TO the colored camp
meeting In Jarreifs Woods, near worton
0ation, in this county. from several points
In Maryland and Delaware. From Milling
ton, I'm the latter State, came a crowd OF men
who had feud with the negroes OF this vi
cinity. The 1900 negroes on the grounds had
been drinking whisky all day, and were In
good humor for q fight One of the
Wilmington men commenced TO illtreat
the horse OF negro from this town and
preoiptated a row, in which 1000 men par
ticipated which listed nearly three quarters
of an hour and during which fully one thou
sand shots were fired. The mob became
thoroughly Infatuated and carried on
guerrilla warfare from behind trees until a
Sher.G's posse, 200 strong, charged through
the woods into the center of the camp. The
newcomers had arrived by special train
from Chariestown, and promptly scattered
the rioters right and left, capturing
eighteen of the ring-leaders. William Ash
ley, of Millington, was found dying with "A
bullet through his body. Razors had been
used freely, and nearly every man captured
was bleeding profusely from wounds inflicted
by these weapons. Many of the Millington
party were also hurt, but escaped. About
ten men were fatally wounded"
The act of the Virginia Legislature
prohibiting School Superintendent from TAX
ing part In POLITICS has been declared uncoa-
stitutional by the Court of Appeals.
John He'll, clerk in the German
Bank ut Wheeling, w. Va, struck a match
In the vault. II appears that the gas had
been escaping all night, and the explosion
which followed swept He'll across the room
with a singed face, Ind blew out the glass
front of tho building.
An Illicit distillery conducted by q
moonshiner named Polk West In Overton
County, Tennessee has been seized by the
revenue officers, who have destroyed 1000
gallons of beer and still OF 100 gallons
capacity.
The tannery of Charles T. Sauer e.
Co, at Louisville, valued at 100000, was de-
stroyed by fire. Capt Hickman, OF the Fire
Department. received what may prove TO be
fatal injuries.
The wall of o mill at Lexington,
KY, collapsed, being forced out by the
weight of 5000 bushels of wheat. Two
men were buried under the grain and de-
brs, one being killed and the other MORALLY
hurt.
Victor Eloy. wife murderer, and
Kendrck Holland (colored), who killed
his mistress, we're hanged ut New Orleans.