West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-03-21
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINuS.

sports.
CONGRESSMAN STEWART, OF Texas, is tho
tollcst member OF the House. lie measures
few inches over six feet.
TuE timber business in Southwestern
Georgia continues TO grow in value.
GrN. RouERr TooNBs owns several
thousand acres oCland in Texas,
PuNCE REID, colored man OF Bam.
borg, = c., was presented with n lfe.timc
pass over the South Carolina railway for
waving down train whcrc tho cyclone had
passed and upturued some of the crosstios
and otherwise obStructed the road.
IT Is authoritativcly stated that 1880
people visited the caverns OF Luray last
season.
TuE -four trade OF Atlanta Is said TO
amount TO SO,OOO,0OO year. ono dealer
alone sells 100000 barrels. valued at
$500, 900.
TuLLAnoMA firm is now shipping
1000 dozcn eggs per week.
PULASKI, Tenn, BARRIERS are no longer per
mttcd TO have their shops opcn on Sun.
days
luE Memphis Electric Light Company
has reduced tho price Of lights from zoe. TO
oOc pernight whore lights are used no
later than midnight.
AJEwlsH family named Hirsch consist
ing OF the mother and four children, who
had proicSscd tho Christian religion and
peen oStracizcd 10y their own race, lived ON
IA farm near Bakers Station, near Nash.
vile, Tenn. Rosa lIirsch, n daughter
about twenty-four years old, has bcen
insane for several years. She was loose
In morals. Her conduct was source of
great annoyance TO tho family, especially
her brother, who is seventeen years old.
The brother and sister have had frequent
Quarrels recently, and few days ago
Ghcy concluded TO fight IL out to the death.
The girl armed herself with large pocket
knife, and the brother took "A sharpencd
| casc-knifc. They locked themselves i'm "a
room OF the house and fought tin the girl
| fell dead, almost literally hacked 90
| pieces. The brother took the body OF his
murdered sister, buried 10 and then left
| ON the first train, saying he was going TO
| Texas.
NEAH Gaines' crossing, Sumter County,
Ga, the other day, a little ten-yenr-old col
orcd boy, child.of Henry Taylor, a clever,
| industrious and wcll.to-do.black man, was
| burning off broom straw I'm
| field when he lay down and went 90 sleep
| The fire reached him aud caught his clothes
| lIo raised the alarm aud trod TO escape,
| but before the laborers working I'm the field
near by could como TO his aid the poor
child's flesh was burned TO crisp.
A FAT ladies' ball wasGiven at Baltimore,
| "A tow nights ago. IL was leap year en-
tcrtainment, and conducted on the strictest
rules governing such affairs. Ladies' tip
| ping tho beam nt 300 pounds and over trip
| ped around as gaily and seemed 90 enjoy
themselves as much as ifthey only weighed
| 100. At the entrance scales were stationed,
| and each lady was given card certifying
| as 10 her avoirdupois. The lightcst weight
| allowed i'm the promenade was 200 pounds.
| The fat ladies did not dance the entire eve
ming, but preferred 90 SIT at the little tables
along the sides Of the room and partake al
refreshments. However, when the band
played the "Kiss Waltz" "Come FIy with
Me-" "Freo as Bird ,""Gently on Tiptoc
! Stealing" and kindred melodies, IL would
en'ice them from their seats. There
was over POO people present, and over 100
Of the ladies' were fat.
A CHARLESTON dispatch gives the par
! ticulurs OF the surprise and capture Of the
| elder Cash. Began Cash, the son, escaped.
! Old Cash has been taken TO Columbia.
| {. d. SHARP, last August found guilty Of
| outraginB Amanda aud Emma Clark, aged
| sixteen and twelve, has been sentenced TO
be hanged at Gainesville, Tex, April -.
The Arkansas Supreme Court has re.
fused new trial 10 Wright, one of tho
! Howard County murdorers, and nnirms the
! decision OF the lower Court sentencing him
| TO death
! Tom HUGHEs writes from England re-
! gretting that he viii not bo able to.visit the
/ Tennessee Rugby colony this year. but foels
well represented there by his two sons,
| four nephews, and any quantity Of cousins.
/ He means 20 form n real Rugby school
| there which win draw IN tho SONS Of Eng.
lishmen who are now buying Southern
lands In large sections, and thoro viii be
| room I'm the school Tor as many American
/ boys a. choose N attend.
! Is Coffee County, Alabama, Miss Har-
we'll had n dispute with hor sister, Mrs.
| Hughes, and stnDDed her fatally
! IN q collision Of two trains near Julictte,
I Ga, q few nights ago, an engineer and fire.
man were killed, two other persons wero
/ wounded, and the locomotives and freight
cars were demolished.
/ WHILE dance was in progress at Dal
las, Ga, the other day, q pistol ~lot sud
/ donIy rang through the room. and ono Of
the young ladies foil to the noor with
\ painful but not dangerous wound in her
] leg n is supposed that ono Of the dancers
had a pistol IN his pocket which was acct
. feutaily discharged. Inc cEprit did not
/ disa.-a his identity.
IRIS reported tnot "a four.foot vain of coal
/ has been discovered on Walker Mountain,
/ four miles west of Sparta. Tenn.
/ The strawberry crop of Florida will be-
/ very large tHis year
/ A LfGuLuorse 20 Doc buHt ON sauibcI
I Island on tHo south coast of Florida.
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