Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-08-25
soutb and West.

THE people Of Utica, Miss, indignant at
the provoked murder Of physician by
colored man of bad character, took the fell
low from the magistrates Office and hanged
him to tree in the village cemetery.
CROP reports from Northwestern Iowa
and Southern Dakota say that all grains
havo suffered from recent rains and cold
weather.
THREE constables arrested Andy Hamin,a
murderer, at Cumberland Falls, Ky, and his
friends attempted to rescue him. In the
spirited fuslade that ensued the three con-
stables were killed and the prisoner escaped.
ANOTHER fight between tn, Hatfields and
McCoys, in the Kent ucky vendetta, has re.
suited in three more killed and hve
wounded.
WOMAN suffrage has been adiudged uncon-
stitutional in Washington Territory.
CHARLES CRocKEn, the famous California
millionaire, and e-PreSident Of the South
ern Pacific Railway, is dad.
FREDERICK Won OvERKAMPF and Thomas
j. Mack, by means Of duplicate key to the
Chicago Postofice boxes, have been system
atically robbing the mails for months, the
aggregate of their thefts exceeding SlUD, 0oo.
FIRE at Stanton, Iowa. destroyed half the
business part of the town.
AT Peoria, ILL.,, fire destroyed grain
elevators and railroad property valued at
100000.
zEsTHE State Convention of Minnesota Demo-
Gratis was held ct st. Paul. and e. NJ. Wilson
of Minneapolis was placed in nomination Tor
Governor.
THE Texas Democratic State Convention
met at Dallas and nominated l.. S. Ross for
Governor, and T. B. Wheeler for Lieutenant
Governor
FIRE destroyed nine cottages in Louisville,
Ky., and while Mrs. Mary Brown was at
tempting to rescue her young niece from one
of the burning structures, both persisted IN
the flames.
AT Oneida, Iowa, lightning struck gang
of harvesters, killing one and fatally inJuring
another.
THE large rolling mills at South Chicago,
ILL.,, have shut down, throwing 300 men out
of work.
NEBRASKA Prohibtionists convened at
Omaha and placed full State ticket in the
field, headed by George E. Bigelow for Gov
ernor.
CHIEF MEscoTT of the Kickapoos, his
squaw and five children, have been killed by
lightning, in his cabin, on the reservation
near Netawaka, Kansas.
SIMON WALLACE, aged thirty-one years.
and his mother, aged hfty-hve, were burned
to death at Charleston, w. Va.
RACE troubles led to d terrible fight in
Frcetown, La. The colored men armed and
ensconced themselves i'll house, and after q
fight lasting an hour or two, thirteen OF
them were killed. None of the white men
lost his life and none is reported missing.
AsAwMrLL ct Blooming Valley, Mich. ex,
ploded, killing Engineer c. L. Dodge and
Orson Robb and fatally injlring MIR. Pros
ser, the owner.
IN railroad accident near Wilmington.
N. c., two persons were killed and three in
iured.
Mrs. REED, wife of N. NJ. Reed, a promin-
emit farmer Of Alexander City, Ala, was
found in bed strangled to death. The hus-
band has been arrested.
General Lew Wallace the distinguished
author of ben Hur" and lifelong friend OF
General Harrison, has just completed an au-
thorized biography of him. W. o.: Hensel,
staunch leader in national councils OF the
Democratic party, has just completed an
admirable biography Of Cleveland. with
bright sketch OF Thurman
HEAVY rains have fallen in Southern
Louisiana flooding many cotton and sugar
fields and submerging the railroad tracks.