Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1886-04-22
NUMBER 2S.
SOUTHERN NEWS eLeAnlNes.

placc near kastlaud, Tex, the other daV
IN Which one man was killed aud two
Others seriously wounded, one OF whom
will die. The scene was the open prairie.
about n mile south of town. John aud Tom
Ellison on the one hand and W g. Hardin
on the other. Tom Ellison was shot through
the breast by bullet from Hardin's pistol.
lie expired i'm few minutes John Ellison
and Hardin perforated each other with
bullets Hardin can not live. and John
Ellison u seriously wounded
Tur cars Of the Capital City street rail-
road, Montgomery, Ala. commenced run.
ming the other day by electricity Tho
trips are regularly made, aud every thing
works perfectly
An his residence, in Hoarne, Tex.. Or.
bassett became involved In quarrel with
n man named Hughes. The latter grabbed
the Doctors pistol with the intention OF
shooting him Mrs. Bassett seeing her
husbands danger hastily secured q rifle
aud commanded Hughes TO drop the pistol.
Hughes refused 20 obey the command and
continued To advance threatcuingly upon
DR.. Bassett, whercupon Mrs. Bassett nred.
mortally woundipg him
H. V. BEAzLEN, OF Crnwfordsville Ca.
has killed over i,2OO partridges during tho
last season
MAJOR BALLARD, OF Madison, Ga, killed
white crow amid a dock OF black mates.
IL was perfectly white with the exception
of it, head, which was ~ black as those
OF the other crows
Miss JENNIE NIcHoLr. OF Nashville.
Tenn, caught a strange bird near that city
the other day which Is supposed 10 bc "A
species Of wild guinea hen. Its body is
gray, and IT, head il iet black It's feet
are partly webbed, aud IL has n long ivory.
colored bill with jet black tip
Tnr execution OF Morris, at ClarksvilIc.
Ga set for the 10th, was postponed hs
having made application for new trial
GovERNog BATES, cf Tenncssec has APP
| pointed Hon. w. &. Whtthorue 20 succeed
| Howell r.. jackson os United states Sena-
| tor
JouS Caldwell is In Jail at Wilkesboro,
| y. G., charged with the ruin OF his own
daughter and the murder OF her child. The
| girl n but fourteen, and at last accounts
| was said 90 be dying
NEoRo, residing in the vicinity Of
| Faulkner's Gap, White County Ark. went
| 20 the house OF Thomas Aldrich, and find
| ing little twelve year old son of that gen
tlemsu at home, captured the boy aud took
| him into the kitchen, where hot hre was
burning, and toasted the boy alive over tho
| flames The chld's piteous cries caused
~
the man dropped his victim and left The
| boy Is reported as being In a critical condi.
tion, the ticsh on his body aud legs being
| cooked to n crisp
THE old MOravian town OF Salem, n G
has not permitted any liquor 20 enter the
place for one hundred years. II IL the ban
ner temperance town Of the country
GEoRGA gentleman. who makes "A liv.
| ing poisoning rats and tanning dogs hides,
advertses for wife. He frankly describes
| his charms as consisting principally OF n
bald head nnd cork leg As he has an in
come OF only from o. to o. per week. hs
must be student Of Edward Atkinsou's
| system OF domestic economics
Az Atlanta COW fell into q deep we'll n
few days ago and her owner was unable 10
hoist her out, 40 he brought many loads Of
shavings from noigbboring planning mill
and dumped them into the we'll A. fast
a. they fell the COW tramped them under
| her feet, and thus came 10 the surface and
walked away
SUITS have been begun az Raleigh ~ c..
against the Governor and Auditor ois
| State, with the object Of forcing and levy
| ing collection Of the special taxes inn
| posed in several acts Of the North Caro-
lima Assembly OF lSsG9. under which the
special tax bonds OF North Carolina were
issued These bonds aggregate sii ,OOOOOO,
and the special taxes imposed were sufil.
cient 10 meet the annual interest. subse-
| quent Legislation forbade the State officers
10 collect these special taxes. and an
amendment 30 the COnstitution forbid tho
LegiHlature 70 pay any thing, either on the
interest or principal. without submitting
the matter ~ the people Before this suits
have been brought In the Federal courts
without avail b enforce the rights of tho
auditors.
IL connection with the visit of Jenerrop
| Davis 20 Montgomery the fact Il recalled
that Ia the Capitol at Montgomery. Ala. is
religiously preserved large Bible. printed
/ by the American Bible Society I'm 1851. ond
bearing upon the ny-leaf this sentence
/ The oath Of office as first President OF the
Provisional Government of the Confeder.
/ ete states Of America was administered 10
Jefferson Davis upon this Bible by Howell
I Cobb, President ~ the Provisional Con
\ grcss, a. the front portico of the Capitol n
/ Montgomery on the 18th day of Februarv
/ q. - lsSl' The book 10 may b. added ia
still used IN swearing in governors of tbs
\ State
MoEeAy CoCvrY, O. was anxious t,
have an election on prohibition but thrrs
l appears ~ be n hitch in the wav fn f,e
enumeration of counties In the reeisfra-
I hvu Dill tue name of Morgan la omitted
though it appears in che head notes The
comptroller general has replied 90 en3fuir
les ~ the effect that there o. no registration
law for Morgan. A. reaistration is neces-
sary in an election under the local option
bin. The county will have ~ remain wet
until relieved by legislative action
on Inc Elberton road eighteen miles
| from Washington. Ca. lies the magnificent
farm ~ Mr Henry HiI. which contains
2.,00 acres. 900 upland and go river bot
l toms 1900 acres of This is under coItiea.
/ tion this year This farm is cultivated by
~ hands. both on the tenant and wage sys-
tenn. The product last year was. Cotton
/ lfs bales corn. 800 bushels. wheat 90
bushels, oats. GOO bushels peas 80 bush
els ground peas. $50 bushels sweet and
Irish potatoes 20 bushels proyenderof of sll
kinds. f0O00 pounds
CHAHLEs GRAY was found insensib'o from
loss ~ blood On the street. az Troy. Ala.
with several fatal knife -thrusts in his body
Before be- died be- placed the assassination
on Alexander Thompson. Thompson has
fed
GEosog FstsuEs was Telling a lrco iu
West Virginia iust above Catlettsburg
Ky, when a limb struck him on the back of