Hillsboro recorder., 1888-02-23
SOUTHLAND D0TTINGS,
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS FOR
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The Social, Rsiislsus and Temperance
| Worid-Projscted EnterprIses-n -niar-
VI 4 riaEes. Fires. Deaths. Ere.
The Mississippi Legislature has applied
the pruning knife to all appropriations,
and cnt off about rs percent. on,ail bills
calling for expenditures of money.
The Memphis & Chaheston Railroad
Company has cut freight rates on grocer
les and provisions to- Sheffield, Ala,
nearly 40 per cent, In order to meet
competition by the tennessee River route.
Another railroad accident occurred on
the Port Royal q Augusta railroad.
About $50 o'clock one morning the
third. section Of the up through freight
train, No. "a, ran into the second section
at Beech Island, 8. c., ,s.r, MAJ
Ground was broken In Decatur, Ala,
for the grading and excavating for the
works Of the United States Rolling Stock
Company, that are TO be removed from
urbanna, o. Fifty acres will be graded
for the tracks and buildings Of this COM
pany.
Samuel Williams was walking in the
vicinity Of the reservoir, at Chattanooga,
Tenn, when he got lost in the darkness
and walked of into the water, which was
about 10 feet deep. No one being near
at the time, he was unable TO get out and
was drowned. E #E 83
| Governor Scales, Of South Carolina, on
consideration Of the case, commuted the
death sentence Of Lucian Rowe, colored,
to Imprisonment for ten years in the pen.
itentiary at hard labor. Rowe. was con-
convicted Of burglary at the Durham
superior court, aid sentenced to be
hanged. s.r ARA a.sy se.E
Fayeiie Malone. q railroad contractor
at Norris station, Ala, was shot and se-
riously wounded. The shooting was
done by Rev. John Sugarth, a Methodist
preacher. Malone was very drunk and
after abnsing Sugarih drew his pistol,
but the latter who was armed fired two
shots. .. a...ms...
4 A party Of eight persons, all colored,
crossed the river from la Reusite planta-
ton to Tymond's Fairview place, La, In
d skiff. The boat was old, and when the
party were returning and were within one
hundred feet Of their home landing, the
swells Of passing steamer caused the
skiff 10 90 to pieces, aud seven Of the
occupants were drowned.Ed
n The preliminary trial Of Detective A..
J. Sullivan, for the killing of Tom Ellis,
editor Of the Hornet, at Birmingham,
Ala, was conclnde1 recently. six Of
the best attorneys In the city were en-
ployed in the case, three on each side,
but when the evidence was all in, they
agreed TO submit the case without argrl-
ment. The defendant was discharged on
lhs ground that the killing was in self
defense. s.-grg .-. - ..-.z..s IT..
James Ford, who resides near Easta-
boga, Ala, was bitten n the hand BY his
yard dog. At the same time three Of his
cattle were bitten. Since that time two
81 the cattle have died, and tho other Is
wild with the rabies. Early last week
the first symptoms Of hydrophobia made
Its appearance with Mr. Ford, growing
worse until IL was pronounced BY
physicians and proved, aclearly developed
case Of hypfophobia.
Edward Best, Of Philadelphia, James
Parker, Of Indiana, and William Andrews,
Of Richmond, were arrested at Norfolk,
Va, for robbing the post 'oiiice at Sails.
bury, Nd. Best had on his person about
5000 In money, tin funnel for using
powder 90 blow open safe. and q bull.
dog pistol. Andrews had 800 and a
spool Of thread for use AZ 10 signal cord.
Parker had $3.50 IN money aud $500 iu
stamps, and bulldog pistol. The ex.
tent oi the robbery was about III, 900.
4 Anattempt was made 10 wreck q frcIgll,
train on the Memphis 4 Charleston Rail.
road al Paint Rock, sixty miles west oi
Chattanooga, Tenn. A freight car stand.
Ing on the siding was run down the
switch 80 that & projected about two feet
over the main track. A west bound
freight train running at the rate Oi
twenty-five miles IN hour, struck the car,
turning the engine over on its side and
wreckipg the whole train. The engineer
and fireman were badly hurt. -
Brack Cornett, better know as Captain
Dick, the. desperate and leader OF the
notorious train robbers, was shot and In.
siantly killed while resisting arrest, by
Deputy sheriff Alice, Of frio county,
Texas. Cornett's gang were the Original
Texas train robbers, having had no con
neciion with the Burrows and Block band
recently broken up and they were d,
lsnccr.sfui IN their career as therenowhcd
Frank and Jes.ie James gang which cx
cited such terror IN Missouri some year
ago. & s@
| The large dry Odsgcnenl merchan
disc establishment Of Thomas OConnor
at New Laredo, Mexico, was burned,
through the carclcssness Of clerk, VII.
struck amateh % light a cigarette Will,
drawing alcohol from a tank. An ex
plosion of twenty barreles OF alcohol fol
lowed, wrecking the building. The tota
loss g sss, 600. Mounted policemen
with drawn swords, forced spectators (,
assist iu checking tho enames. Two Amer
cans. not undcrstanding Spanish, werI
Iimpressed into this service afterrecciyinl