West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-01-25
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANIYIS

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| Antoguolt, I'M Rome, Ca, a few evenings
| ago. and made am Insulting y oposal To a
| young lady in the Storc, "A relative OF the
| PROPRIETOR Tho lady Indignantly rcpclled
him. That night the lady told Antognou,
| ahd lac started in search OF the drummer i'm
tue morning, and o>picd him coming ont o.
| tle ,otcl. lie mmcdiatclv grabbed hin,
| 10y the throat, threw him down and gave
him q sound beating
hoMuLUS \. BoNHoMvM, aged dftv.Nvc
| years, an Italian, was arrested nt B.lu.
| more the other day aud contnitiod To- {au
| charged with obtaining sums ot money IN.
der false pretenses. Bouhomum belong.
| TO New York, where he met Alcxande.
bickery, Frsnchman, Bonhmnum repre-
| sehted himself as agent FOR "A North Caro-
hn7 colonization society. Bickery fcll an
| easy victim, as did numbor OF others IN
! New Nork. Bouhomum would apres &,
furnish purchasers twcnty.flvo ucrcs at 81
per acre, with farming implements and a
house To live I'm. Tho products raised ON
| the farm werc TO be shipped 10 New Sorl,
and sold there on the market, tho money
! for the same To hc refunded tho colonissi..
For several mon,hs North Georgia has
been agitatcd over the wonderful pcrforn.
| anccS of Miss Lulu Hurst, a fourtcrn.ycnr
| ola girl, VINO has developed remarkable
| powers or magnetism. 10 was claimed by
| credible Witnesses that sho could m1ls
! chairs upon which mon wero seated move
around I'm mid-oir III, opcra-houSo i'm
! Rome, Ga, was Engaged for a display of
tho girls powers a fcw nights ago, which
was LARGELY attended, with tho arst people
OF the place. After several remarkable
foats had been performed, Mr.. q. J. Brv.
ant, wcll-l;nown citiael, was called TO the
stage as ono OF tho Investigators. lie did
not manage the chair to Suit tho Girl. aud
without word OF warning, hor "a
| thor seized the chnir, and belaborcd
Mr. Byront numerically ON the head,
! driving him or tho stage Tho audience
was panic-strickcu, as it could SOC no cnuse
! Tor the savage attack, oNccpb that Bryant
knew too much for tho girl. Tho perform
ance broke mp in confusion.
a CURIOUS suit i'm equity hns iust boon
! brought in the Fulton superior Court. az
Atlanta, Ga, by Thomas King in order Go
establish The status OF bis wifo aud chill
drcn. Mrs. King, ms young girl, was
married in Montgomery, Ala, in 1862 and
her young husband won't Immediately t.
the front os soldier. It was rel ported that
be was killed In the first battle of Bull
| Run La 1865, in full belief OF the death of
/ her husband, tho widow was wooed and
won 10y Thomas King. The couple moved
| TO Lagrange, Ga, whore they lived happily
until last year, three childron being born
| 20 them. One year ago Mr.. King was
| shocked to hear that the longmissng hus.
| band SIN lived. He inmedintely sopn.
rated FROM his wife, nnh was inclined to
! sue FOR divorce. IIo was advised that the
marriage having beon II nullity such case
could not be s"ttlcd by divorce.
| FREDEHCN H. DOMINICK was sued by
Jacob Epting for $4,000 damages nt New
| berry, >. c., the other day. Ia February,
1883, Dominick had Epting arrested on
charge of perjury. but tho grind jury
| found no lin. EptiDg now alleges that the
| suit was OF a malicious nature. D1minick
is one Of the richest farmers in South Caro-.
lima, running, it is said, forty diTcrent
plantations notwithstanding his wealth
the female members of his family work with
plow and hoe like other hands.
RECENT dispatch from Abilene Tex,
| says: Near the Colorado River last
night tho San Angelo stage, south-bomd,
was halted by four mounted men, who
robbed the mail-sacks aud passengers.
They then delayed the coach until the ar
| rival Of the north.bOuud stage. There was
large quantity Of registered matter south
! bound, and ~ is believed the road agents
mado heavy haul"
| EDWARD GRFAyEs was waylnid and mur.
! dered ON the night of the l2th, near Crys-
! tai Springs, Miss, on his way homo.
! REV. JOHN ID. BERGER, member Of the
| Order Of Redomptorists, and assistant pas
tor OF st. Alphonsus Church, Baltimore,
died on the l3oh, a. the nge of ioIty.four.,
! OGLErHoRPE and Madison Counties Gn..
are il "a Torment over "a social development,
| in which tho color lire was not respected.
| In the former county lived n pert young
| sixtcen-yeor. old school miss, Muttis Martin.
| Near by lives John Childcrs, 10 Iuulutto.
with some education The disappearing,
| o the girl several days ugp gave rise 90 "a
search for hor, when attention WA. drawn
| 20 tho fact that Childcrs was also mlssiuy
! Reports from Madison arc 20 the eT,c,
that the couple were living i'm that county
as man and wife, tho white bride bairg
| devoted 20 her cOlorcd lord. 1heudieuut
! populaco attacked tho cu1in whore tho
/ couple lived, and dragged Chuders on int,
/ the woods, whcroit was proposed Go lynch
| him. H. was decided, however, 90 take him
to jail and let thclaw tnkeits course.
! THE recent severe cold weather damaged
the orange groves Of Alsbama 20 tho ex-
| tent OF sl,OOJOJO, and 10 is estimation chat
an equal amount has been lost 900 Mobile
| County alone from tho damage done 90
| vegetables. I'm Florida, many of The orange
| growers, warned by the Signal Service Of
| the approaching cold, built fires iu their
/ groves and saved their trees.
| Is the Texas Senate ON tho 12'h bin
| was passed that all the public domain ex.
| cept homcstoads 30 actual sottlors, bo
! donated % the public schools Tho
| judiciary Committee favorably reported
! bills making fenco cutting 20 felony, with
| two 10 five years in the Peuitentary, and
| the killing of fence cutter iu The act of
/ applying the nippers unsuitable homicide.
/ J0E DEAL and Gus Shaw, farmers, had
| difficulty ON their way home from JACKSON
/ Miss, recently. Deal struof S1aw Win
| club, frscturing his skull oui causing
| death
TRE Pioneer Machine Shops st Covinr.
/ ton, Ga., ,have resumed work ono hundred
nou viii ro employed Trick & Goa. OF
I Wayuesopr1, Pa. back Tlom1s Camp
manager. With $4,000
GEsyg CorEvr. iu the ca fen por5 az
North Carolina, is noted tor tall and igrre
men. I..r. were bl" 1uU DID. .l iI Chat