Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1885-12-31
SOUTHERN NEWS oLEANlNos.


J. NJ WAprEtd's gin. house and mill at
Society hin, X G., WIRE burned a few dave
ago. John Mal,oy, colorcd. pci,sbed ina
the prcss box and two colorcd boyS ws,e
badly burned.
AT orocnvtll~. GR., Chunk Mclcndcn
shot and killed his fatherin- law. Judge
Rufus Johnson while the latter vac co
deavoring 90 collect a rental account Nc.
Lenden married Miss johnson year egn.
against her fathers consent The same
trouble existed when job nson'a othor
daughters wero married. aud a. n consc-
qucncc there was much irritation all
around When johnson approached Me
L"nden he had in his hand revolver. Mo
Lendcn warned him not - approach. which
warning was UNDECIDED. when both mcu bc.
gan firing Johnson fell dead under Nc
Lenders frlc, hut not bcforc he had NOR,
tally wounded Mclendcn, who H. now dy-
ing
AT Orlando, Fla, Enoch Cortor -hot aud
killed l.. ID. Beasly. policeman.
ruu decision In the Atlanta Oo., election
case wes against the liquor men. who win
appeal
BESfANtS LEu tcolorcdl. while working
| In garden Ia New Orleans was called out
| by James Jackson icolored) aud shot ,p
death. Jackson escaped
ID. NJ uRAnAM, OF Pulaski Tom. n prom
inent and wealthy cerriaR,, manufacturer
committed suicide on "a train near Hunts
villo, Ala, 10y shooting himself through ths
head No causc is known
| WniLE n miner named Trcut wa. going
home from hts work Bt tho Cabin Creak
mines near Charleston, W Va be wns
struck on tho head with "a rock by another
miner named Douglas. There was no
quarrel, but Douglas had been drif king aud
struck the first man he mot Trcnts head
was crushed and thcrc arv no hopes Of hts
recovery.
LrruIn CLAoGETr was a arrested ,son!e DAYS
ago and lodged I'm jail at Rockville, Md
for attempting an indecent assault upon D,
seven ye1r-old daughter Of John 1.iscr. oi
Mcchnnicsvillc, Montgomery County.
Christians morning n number of resident,
OF Mechanicsville met aud resolved a. lynch
the would-bc ravishcr They started for
Rockville, but Sheriff Miller, hearing of
their movements put Claggett on train
and took him 10 Frederick, whore ho IL nos,
In Jail The .lynching party was greatly
enragcd when they found that their victim
had escaped, aud sworo vengeance. but
finally quioted down and returned 90 their
| homes
LEE SEWARD and georso Footo are in
jail at Hunt-ville, Ala, charged with mur
dering old man Philips OF Gurleysviiln. a
few night- ago, by setting fire 70 the house
aud burning him mp. Another man, Dicl
Childrcos, IN said 20 be- implicu tod In the
affair. One of them has made n ontcssion
He says that all three OF brm got cotton
and oil at Clubhouse. stuffed this cotton
saturated w th the oil la the cracks ~ tha
house and set fire q H. ThDy deny killing
Phillips before burning the house, tut thor,
II strong evidence that thev did 80. a. "A
4ledRc hammer with blood on ia was found
near the house.. and witness heard Pail.
lips begging them not - KIN hifn (soorgr
Footo attempted suicide b. cutting hlt
throat with "A horse lancet Ia, had la his
pocket. He made four cuts, ssvering the
windpide aud Rulle,. aud II not expe g.,
20 live. He confessed when told thnt IA,
could not live. saying SsWsrd and Chill
dress put pistol - bis 'ad and made hin
go 70 the calHboos" There the other
threw matches in and set the place ou fire
aud told him n be did not say he had hear,
Phillips say hs intended t0 set fire 20 ia.
house they would kill him Poote says h,
did not then know Phillips Wa ia III,
hOuEa
who shot the ssducer of biz wife nca,
Oreenvilie, Tenn, last year. and whOse tria
and acquittal aroused .i-h widespread in
terest, died 90 the r..sid snce Of Colonel X
Nesbit, near Marietta Ga, few days ago
OF congestion ~ the lungs Al the time o
bis death he was editor in chief Of the Ia
diannpOlis Sentftsi. and iu Georxia tom
porarfly On visit o. friends IT, leave
one son. Griffith. NJ present attending "a
University Of Georgia. at Athens
LAEsE numbers Of negroes are passin
through Chattanooga, Tenn. from sOut
Carolina, Georgia and Florida The *,
dus - greater this year than ever before
aud - n commanding unusual attention
Over one thousand negroes have gon
through Chattanooga iu The last few week.
and transportation - being arranged o.
fully four thousand more, who will leav
within sixty days Ats low estimate ove
ten thousand viii leave the state name.
this seasOn They ssy tad crops M
high rents are driving tbem West The
90 principally % Arkansas
\ -tSstE locomotive on the T.ouixyiIi,
New Orleans aud Texas Railway th- 0tfs
day pulled into NeF Orleans e. train COZ
taining ifi cars The total weight of li
train was over 10000 pounds and .t ra
nearly IS mile long The distance trav.r.,
was l4l miles, and fhe time consumed
hour and - minute
SOrrHEuS cotton mills turn out the b..
u coarser fabric Their ambition b. Q
compete with Sew England in fine mant
factnres This rivalry is beginning i
earnest
HrgH HtHzrss died of paralysis 1f CD
brain, aged eighty years ~ Bolivar. Tenn
a feN days ago For more than half % cd
tury b. Uas dry goods merchants there
THE jau az Curieysvilie Ala nner
miles east ~ Huntsville. vas 80 uu fIs.
daylight th- other morning by nntu.t
parties aud burned q man named rhI
lips. uho bod tsrn arrested anI iarksf Of
Tor being drank peH,hed n ibs nsm-
A. Montgomery Ala. the other dst 90
Alabama Conference Df the M q Cturr
south. he unanimous vote Df4ssed nn
change Dol the church name
q ytHlfEE- end dairymens ,snsentil
elu te beid i1 jackson. Trun Frirua.
5fN Boo which reprrseutativst g-nm f.au.
lana. Mississippi. fcnneesee sud krutucl
among thr soItheru htafes and ipo.
Minnesota. Wisconsin. Illinois M.eh.ra
and Indiana on fhe part ~ tb- Northei
States, viii meet
Tns other morning tre jan 90 ho,kin