West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-10-01
SOUTHERN NEWS eLeANlnos
Cotton Markets.

Nav oRLEANS. Cotton firm; middliug,
9sc.; low middling SlAc good ordinary,
Sc. not receipts 6,2SS bales; gross receipts
',6i2 bales; exports to Great Britain, 10
bales sales, 90 bales; stock, 81, ,Q35 bales
MEMPHIS. Cotton steady. middling,
P',c; receipts, ais bales: shipments, IL
bales stock, haaS bales sales, 100 bales.
SACmIi0ous parties at Knoxville. Tenn
early the other morning tore away the cor.
ner-stone OF the new $4,000 Methodist
church, aud escaped with the copper boxes
containing valuable documents.
WIN Of gold has been discovered in
paying quantItTeS on the farm OF Major
smith, near Newport, Cocee County, Tenn.
SCORES OF people are nocking To tho place.
JouN NEAGER, aged twcnty.six years, n
farmer OF BraNton County, w Va, blew In
his gun just before going out TO hunt, when
u was accidentally discharged, the load
passing directly through his head, killing
him instantly
FRANK = HuMrnRiEs was hanged at Mil.
ledgcville, Ca, for murder and rape OF two
iodies-Carrie Raincs aud Ella Humphries.
his kinswomcn, on March g. He confessed
his guilt 10 the sheriff but made no state.
mcnt on the scafrold
WRIGHT HELpoN, colored, To bc hanged
nt Edgchcld, =. C., on the 2lth. Tor the rob
hery aud murder of wealthy planter
named Logrono, in November, 1884, was re.
priovod tin Octobors
ApNiCEs from parishes I'm which Louisiana
oranges are principally grown report that
the crop rs n complete failure this year II
usually averages from thirty 60 CITY mil.
lion year, hut will not lao Que million this
year, IN consequence OF the severe freeze
last winter.
a TERRIFIC boiler explosion occurred at
the Top mill Wheeling, w Va, the other
evening, hy which the engineer, John EN-
cry, lost his life, and Foreman Hornbrook
and others were injured Emery was
standing directl in front Of the boilers
whom one of the flues burst, knocking him
several rods The escaping steam literally
cooked his body He lived until next night.
when ho died In intense agony. He wasan
ohicor of the First West Virginia Volunteer
Infantry, and was just about 60 take pnrt
in the reunion nt Wheeling.
MRs G. A. RUpoLrH, twenty three wears
old, bride Of six weeks. shot herself four
times in the breast, dying shortly after, at
her home In Baltimore, Md. No cause rs
signed.
GEohoE NJ. E,nLER, city marshal Of
Longview nj Marshall, Tex, Rns killed in
a difficulty with l.. l.. and l.. w. league.
father and son, of Gregg County.
sng mp stairs in his store, henrd somo one
breaking in He came down aud saw two
men. lie was fired upon, and forty buck
shot took effect In his stomach. He died
in about an hour.
Two PRINTERS, with Kansas City cards in
their pockets, were struck by "a bridge over
n creek eight miles from Memphis, Tenn,
on tho L. aud n. road, the other morning,
and knocked from the roof Of the pssenger
car, whore they were stealing ride Both
were killed instantly. Their names wero
u. T. owen aud Cohen.
A srECIAL to the New Orleans Times
DcDOcrdt from Lula, Miss, saws: George
Hartley, express agent and postmaster at
Lyons, Miss, who absconded several days
ago turns out TO be a defAulter To the Post
Office Department. All the stamps and
cash are missing and nine registered let
tors have bsen rined Of thoir contents.
NEW YoRK'~ Chamber Of Commerce has
sent $4,000 60 Charleston. x. &.
a rgw days ago a dog belonging 20 John
Campbell, Of Argenta, Ark, showed symp.
toms OF hydrophoba. Before ~ was slain
10 bit another dog and n calf The latter
died within twenty -four hours showing
every sign Of madness White men we're
chasing tho dog, and the animal ran into
tho yard Of Colonel w. J. Duvai, and bit
bis ten-year-old boy ON both hands. IL also
bit three. year-old girl Of Campbeirs
The boy was sent 20 Beebe and q maidstone
applied 10 his wounds. This stone adhered
repeatedly, and he was brought home, no.
leved 10 be cured but on the 24th he was
very low, aud IL is feared that geuuinc
case Of hydrophobia will develop.
MrssIssPrr is Justly proud Of her female
industrial college ~ Columbus.
GgSEHAL "RoONEY" LIZ was nominated
Tor Congress in the Eighth Virginia district.
He Is tho youngest son Of the late General
Robert y. Lee
Az interesting event took place M the
Confederate Soldiers Home Richmond,
Va, few days ago The Home Is Just he
yond the city limits in beautiful grove
-Four or FIVE hundred Of the leading society
people were gathered there under the oaks
20 SEQ Miss Minnie Davis daughter ~ tho
~ President of the Confederacy, invested
with the badge Of the membership Of r.
Leo Camp, of which she has recently been
made an honorary member. Miss Davis
Whh bVfu w ihfuHipuu ~ HOuUu OF the guns
that Numbered against the Capitol Of tho
{ onfederate States, and on this account
shc has been called tho Daughter Of the
ConfedcraCv.' The exercises wore simple
and Informal General Charles j. Ander-
son. of the Volunteer state Infantry, and
Major Thomas w. Brandeu. Of Confederate
artillery fnmc escorted Miss Davis to the
Home Captain John Maxwell on behalf
OF the R T. Lee Camp, presented her tho
badge She accepted it gracefully, making
q rc-ponsc n few words In an almost in-
audible tone Of voice After visiting tho
various cottages and shanking hands with
the old veterans Miss Davis returned to the
city
RoBrrt ErAN-oS, Of Smyrna Tenn.
drove 20 church and hitcbcd his horse out
side. When he came ont the horse had
disappeared The land under had caved in
ton feet deop
TgN years oRo paper box maker died
ia New Orleans, leaving his widow with
nothing but knowledge of bis trade She
went 90 work u her attic room making
boxes. and was 80 successful iu getting or
dtrs thnt she had more than she could DO.
She hired help. added room after room.
and now hires thirty five bands She frav-
els for her own house, taking long drum
ming tours through Texas and Louisiana
and Is getting rich fast
WV. Madden, the colored convict who
u Gel