Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1886-02-25
SOUTHERN NEWS oLeAnlnos.


Georgia, Alabama, North and South Car
olina, and East Tennessee, left Chattanoo.
ga. Tenn, the other night for Utah They
were congregatcd by the Mormon elders,
who are at work throughout the South, aud
VIII be followed by as many moro within
the next two or three weeks. There arc now
nearly three hundred elders at work In ltho
different Southern States.
BustNrss failures in the Southern States
aud in Canada continue above the av-
cragc.
ORANoE trees reported To have been fro
zen TO death at ocala, Fla. are now in
bloom
j. \ DEvAND has been appointed General
Freight Agent OF tho East Tennessee. vlr-
ginis and Georgia railroad
TmE General Robert r.. Leo monument.
for which Charles n Nichaus' dssign was
accepted, will be erected at cost OF si5O,.
600 by the State OF Virginia, In one OF tho
parks OF the city OF Richmond IL will
stand 100 feet above the james river
THr greatest religious revival in tho hfa-
tory OF Union City Tenn, is ia progress at
the Methodist Church. A large number OF
conversions have been made There are
from Fifteen TO twenty conversions ever
!, , service, which ia held morning and eve
ming
GaLL,rIN, TENN, by ordinance, has re-
duced the whisky tax from tie5 to eco
GALLarIN, TESS, has inauguratod meas.
urcs looking toward tho erection Of "A $40.
GO public school building
ooRREsroSDENr writing from Colum.
bia, Tenn, 20 the Nashville american, says.
Judging from the way seed potatoes. oats,
81 - auH ta.-.
moving To the country, spring ia near at
hand. Farm work has commenced again
In earnest. There has been an influx Of
Northern farmers during the winter who
have either purchased or rcnt.d farms.
immigration Il not rapid. but where an
occasional ono drops in II pavos the way
Tor many more In tho future for havs
never found ono Dissatisfied with the soil
or climate There Is room aud a welcome
for all"
IuE corpses OF two unknown negro boys.
aged eight and ton years, rospcrtfvclv.
were found ticd 90 the foot OF n sapllng i'm
the woods six miles from Savannah
Ga. The corpsos were tied together with
ropes and strings Of muslin. bound about
the hands and feet The mouths of tho lads
were filled with leaves and clay, and each
was gagged Around tho nccka were
ropes which were fastened % the sapllng.
Each OF the bodies was lying face up
wards, and only forty yards from
the track 81 the railroad Beyond
fsw light spots in the neck NO
marks Of violence were noticeable
on any part Of the corpsos. Life had civ
IDENTITY been extinct two or three days.
Three days before, John Graham, an insane
negro, thirty years OF age, who lived In n
cabin at point not far distant from the
spot where tho bodies were discovered.
disappeared from home with him lived
his mother, his wife aud two children.
The mother went out 20 look for the miss
ing son. She had not gone far whom a
flock OF buzzards attracted her attention.
ooing to the spot over which they were
lowering she discovered the corDzes "A al
ready described. Other negroes Joined.
and continuation Of the search ended in
finding the missing lunatic crouching and
Shivering behind tombstone in "a grave.
yard near at hand He was taken 10 his
bons and placed under surveillance The
coroner's investigation developed the fact
that he had slain the boys while insane a.
a sacrifice ~ God He ~ incapable Of giv.
Ing connected narrative OF tho killing. but
says he mo, the boys aud went 40 70
Heaven and prayed with them AZ Gods
bidding, he says, be annOinted them with
water, but when he reaches this point in
his story bo invariably piunges into a dis
connected and meaningless harangus. shiv-
ering as II chilled by the remembrance Of
some hideous deed. the death Of bis VIC
tins was accomplished BY stranziinR.
Near their corpses was found a tin can con
tanning part Of tho water which Graham
had used in Amounting them. Tho lads are
believed % be the sons Of John Bird, col
ored
OK the plantation OF J. r. Fitzgerald.
RUSSELL County, Ala, George Davis follow
ed Arch Reams into the wood and poured
the contents of double barr "A shot sun
into the unsuspscted mans back This
falling % kin him quick enough Davis,
opening bis pocket knife plunged 10 twics
into keams' throat and then beat bis head
10 n Jelly with the gun barrel Dav vas
last seen going towards Columbus Ca
Tho trouble grew out u the seduction q
Reams' sister By Davis
JoHv Jackson. while crossing che
bridge near Oakdaie Junction. near
Chattanooga. Tenn, the other after
noon. vas struck by the south hound
Cincinnati Southern train His right lsg
vas cut OF and internal injuries wore sus-
tained, from which be- died a few minutes
afterwaFd
TnE chain gang. consisting - Ten o.
twelve county cOnvicfs while gorkinr On
The Mount Pleasant pike, mile wstr of
Columbia, Tenn, made break for liberty
few days ago. and 10 Is reported aIl zoe
away except two, who we're shot b. Wll
Porter, tho guard, and Lewis Marshau =
leading c0lored politician. The latter rs-
naiued quietly az work on bis rock rIe.
Deputy Sheriff Nelson is in pursuit. q ths
convicts. bot none have been captured rs
yet One report Says they made an attack
on the guard and that b. shot n seIf A..
fonse Another that they simuitaneou.iv
broke and run and che guard sdot two n
them The convicts we're in the employ n
NJ Horace Rainey. ias owner of the pike
a q F0srga alias John Wilson. arrested
recently for working cute small change
swapping Fwindle. escaped from tie clty
I prison no Birmingham. Ala ere other
morning by extraordinary dsxseritv and
strength With tbe help ~ a rope. which
BE- made ~ bic underciofbes and p'ece of
/ chain. be- managed 90 make a small boie in
/ biz cage and worked his way tarouEh
A vEGED named Geo. Gray. concealed
/ himself by che side on road leading ous
/ from Pine Biun Ark along wbIch 10
knew an ola man uamsd Fireenf would
I an1n rass When Nrnarrt came ODD.