West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-07-23
SOUTHERN NEWS GLgANINGS.
Cotton Markets.

nominal; net aud gross receipts, 80 bales;
,tock, a1dN bales weekly net and gross
'cceipts, 400 bales; exports coaStwise 2b1
Dalcs sales, Jil bales.
NEw ORLEANS Cotton quiet net rc-
'cipts l35 bales; gross receipts, lh2 bales;
RlcS, lOO bales; stock. pr, S,'5 bales; weekly
net receipts, 8,ia5 bales; gross receipts,
t42t bales exports TO Great BRIT an. ils5
bales. to the continent, 'i1 bales coast
wise lQlh bales sales, |, $50 bales.
MrWrnl~ Cotton was quiet on the 10th,
with the following price rnling Middlng,
Nttc.; receipts, Hll balcS; shipments, B3
bales stock, ~ az bales; sales, lA0 bales.
81 Lurts Cotton: receipts, 81 bales;
shipments l53 bales; sales, 10 halos; stock,
Il 52' bales; market quiet, hut firm mid
ilnR, aRc
Lori-vulE. Cotton quiet, middling,
odH'sc
LIGHTNING struck two daughters Of J. y.
Doocy, nt Buford Springs, Va, causing
instant death
TuH strike at the August 0sD factory
was in progress on the 10th. The Enter-
prise Mill shut down because of strike In
the card and picker room.
Tnr trial OF II. - Blair. of rarkersburR.
W Va on the disbnrmcnt pr, cceding, ro-
ultcd In n disagreement ot the jury.
TuE waters OF the Alabama river have
not been clear since May, 1884,
a coLoRrp laborer named Isaac Knowles
TOOK morphine with suicidal intent ut d.
Knoxville, Tenn, the other day, and died.
Domestic trouble and dependency.
COLONEL JuNIus Il. WHEELER, formerly
| professor at the West Point Military
Academy, died nt Lenoir ~ c., fow days
| ago.
RICHARD TowNsuEND, colorcd, who muir
dercd contractor In Florida and also
killed Florida sheriff who followed him
| to Lowndcs County, Ca, to arrest him. was
hanged at Valdosta, Ca
| Hos. GroRGP 7, BAuNFs was unnni-
mously rcnomnated for Congress 10y tho
| Tenth Georgia District Democratic Conven-
| tion.
! SAMPSON RowIAND and George Solomon,
| both colorcd, were hanged at Donaldson
| Vile, La. In February, 1884, Rowland shot
| aud killed benjamin Gersdorn while the
| latter was under the influence Of liquor.
| The trouble between the two IL is believed,
| was caused 10y "A woman. George Solomon
last January stabbed and killed Henry
| Smith in an alteration.
| TnERE was riot among prisoners n tho
| city Jail in Richmond, Va, few days
since.
| GEoRGE Blows, murderer serving a
life sentence in the Dnde County GuD
| coal mines wns restored TO freedom u frw
days ago, 10y Governor Mcdaniel ~ re-
ward for declining To take part in tho re-
| cent insurrection.
| JosErH SHEAHER. ~ farmer living nonr
Forest city, Ark, shot aud instantly killed.
| Albert Bird. Tho trouble originated ia an
| alteration over ten cents.
GEoRGE HARRIsoN, colorcd was haugod
at Shreveport, La. for the murder ~
| George Allen. Alien had ordered Harrison
| 90 leave his promises, aud he shot Allen
| dcnd while he was standing in his own
| doorway. The prisoner was cool and self
| possessed to the last and acknowledged tho
| murder. He said he was rendv md an
| nounced his willingness To- go. He said no
| believed he would at once enter heaven.
JACK BRAsswElI, colorcd. was lynched
| near Flat Ford, Bullock County, Ga
| Brasswcll had ravisod aud horribly NAL
treated Dolly Woods, n little siN-ycar. old
| girl while on her way TO school She idcnti-
| fled him after his capture and he confessed,
| saying that he would have killed the child,
| but thought her dead when he left her 4
| crowd of one hundred whites aud blacks
held conference, and gave Brasswell tho
choice Of Icing burned or hanging himself.
He choose hanging, climbed a tree fastened
a rope around his own neck and limb Of
the tree but then refused 90 Jump or A
negro climbed mp tied Brasswel's hands
and the crowd pushed him Oft with n pole.
His body was riddled with bullets. The
child IS not expected 20 live
N.,,,... V.,.... I.-... Hy.-1-stt-
Tenn, has n second tongue growing under
the natural organ. This case ia puzlling
the physician in attendance as none ot
the medical works mention any similar
case.
| WILLIAM REID. while bathing in Flat
creek near Shelbyville. Tenn, few weeks
ago, began 30 feel around under rocks for
FISH Ho caught what he thought was
fish, but upon bringing u 20 the surface
found b. TO be q large water moccasin.
The snake bit Mr. Reed on the thumb but
~ H. was killed nothing was thought of IL
until n few days ago. when Mr. Reeds hand
began ~ swell. throwing him into violent
fever he became delirious and wanted 90
bite every one who rnuc near hiA bed. 10
| required the combined strength of several
men 10 couGnc him 90 his bed Several
| medical men were called BOO aud aI their
| .Hnrt- seemed iruiticHH, ~ the symptoms
Voron nli similar ~ those o. rascs Of hydro.
phphis The constant attendance nud kill
ofph,-icians however pulled him through,
and Do" i- now getting we'll
JouN Wtfrtv-. % negro. logged tbs
steps of white woman named Amanda
Miller uoor Bovco Tenn the other night
ON arriving home Mrs Miller told hor
story. wbcroupDu Amos Gardner went ont
uhcrc Williams was and shot him through
ihc neck Tho wounded man vill die
sIr,r Rr>ruor rho desperate. vas
taken go Livingston. Ala the Other dov,
and jailed. That night ~ halfpast eight.
amob surrounded the Jail overpowerod Tho
iai'er and lonknd him 10 bis room They
then .e.zod Rautroc. hurried him out OF the
jail ward and hung him
JNr- Sfr,ENs colorcd aged forty vas
arrested 900 somerset County. Md charged
with an outrage upon Mrs Trchern. white.
oged eighty iIe was committed f1r trial
rrv, which has been iufesting tho
ueighborhood Of Pilot Grove. Tex. for .cv-
cral weeks. the other day tore ~ pieces
and devourcd one year old child OF a
farmer living on Burns troct Nothing
was left of the child bv the beast but the