Hillsboro recorder., 1888-02-09
SOUTHLAND DOTTINGS,
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INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS F0R
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he Social, Religious and Temperance
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. riuRes. Fires. Deaths. Ere.

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Speaker Carlisle, On account of sick
ness, will not speak at Atlanta, Ga. 1
Thirteen colored men wore arrested I'M
Athens, Ga, charged with running s'blind
tigers, and we're each fihed $50.
Gray Poole, negro deaf mdte, was
found in the fireplace at home n, Raleigh,
N. IC., with the top Of his head cooked
nearly to q crisp IA 41Moa4a'ssl =
A. great ice gorge in the harbor at ISL
Louis, Mo-, gave way and boats and bar
ges were damaged to the extent Of thous-
ands of dollars. aaai5# 1s sllsl Fast. stsi
A careful estimate of the cattle losses
in Texas, resulting from the recent severe
blizzard, places the number OF mead lost
at between 1000 and ,20Ot seHR'4ss4a1 q
Awreckg occurred near, Ladiga, Ala,
on the East Tennessee, Virginia g Geor-
gia road. The freight ran off the track,
upsetting the engine, ditched seven cars,
and hurt two brakemen., s,afa n.
One hundred laborers employed on the
extension of the railway from Scotland
Neck, N. O., to Greenville struck, de-
manding an increase of wages, which the
contractors refused to allow.
Charles Ackerman, switchman in the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad yards, at
Birmingham, Ala, fell from a moving
train and was crushed to death. He was
2s years old and unmarried. ~ es+ i.
Judge John II. Hull, Of Sylyania, Ga,
died at the home Of his sister, Mrs. Scar
lett, in Camden county. He was one
time Judge Of the circuit court and for
many years postmaster at Sylyania.
While engaged in his Office, Col. w. ID.
Gale, one of the best known citizens Of
Nashville, Tenn. was stricken with total
paralysis, and is not expected to live. lie
served on Gen. Leonidas Polk's staff dur
ing the War; 3 hsa .Et.ff} ri z a
George Bankston, who is alleged to be
the most expert burglar and COW thief in
Atlanta, Ga, was shot and dangerously
wounded on Decatur street between Col
hns and Calhoun, by PaiTolman Wooten,
from whom he was try:.g to get away. O.
Six colored and two white conyiets,
escaped from the = Coalburg mines, at
Birmingham, Alas by digging out of the
shaft where they were M work. They
dug out on the opposite side Of the hill
from the prison, and their escape was not
discovered until night.
A fire started in one of the compart.
ments of the IJnion Cotton press at
Charleston. S. c.. the principal owner OF
which il the firm Of Pelser. Rodgers &
Co. Two thousand bales of cotton were
destroyed, involving loss of over 800, :
600, fully covered by insurance.
ye,joystone K;t came near breaL;no
| bis neck dnrinr his show in Montgomery
| Ala He sIinned from a bigb hoy where
he was orating and full baeJxwar,ls
Some gentlemen eauoht him inst In time
to prevent the back Of his neck from
striking a heavy n.barred chest. '
Miss Arethusa Weller Kansas citv
who created a sensation IN fiat citv by
ber strange ACTIONS and whose mind he.
came nnbalanced a. ! result ~ her ot,en-
dance unon the San, Jones revival maet-
mos was adiudged insane Inv tl,e county
clerk, and ordered to be sent 10 the in.
sane asylum.
In accordance with n petit;on signed
bv the nresidents a. several Commercial
EXCHANGES Of New Orleans Ia. and
many Sromineut .renresentative citizens
| GOV. Nichols issued 4 cali for an immi,
| 0rntion Convention To meet Al that city
/ MarcI, sth fhcIol,feet beins, "a ancourao o.
immigration TO the state ~ ~
Twenty-Five of the prominent citizens
i of oneIika- Ala. MET AZ lthe First M.
tionai bank 10 take steps In Organizing
4 cotton factory. A committee of five
consisting Of Major A. Barnes. chairman;
/ N. p. Rcnfroe, Il. NJ. Greene. @. j. Sud.
Il dith and H. BIT. Montgomery, was ap.
pointed TO canvass the town and report.
Marshal Tom Brown, Of Kingston.
Tenn, shot and instantly, killed Taylor
/ Bowlin. During the day' Bowlin had
been arrested BY Brown, and when he
gained his freedom he said hewould kill
Brown on sight lie went TO Browns
residence and attacked him, when Brown
shot him through the head with pistol.
The Atlanta d sirectorv canvass
sbows thai. there are tom chartered and
private banks. with an aggregate capital
of a.. 2c5. 600; that there are i40miles oi
streets and 100 separate streets, 2IO miles