Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-01
HDUTHERN~ GOSSIP. !
INTERESTING. BOILED DOWN
FACTS AND FANCIES. .evs.lsl

Aecidenfz On Land mud ehl Sea- New Enfsr-
prises-suicides \, Religious, Temperance
med Social aInsferss0 IftpsaEhs
AnankRewn miscreant changed the
switchsof the Port ROYAL Railroad track
between Yemasscc and PortlRoynl, and
heloconiotiye Of an up-freight train ran
OIL aadwas badly damaged. Dis sslt "
MI. Paupert, an einploye of 1fhe New,
Orleans, La, Cotton Exchange, was ais.
covered to have robbed 1t of S20y006.r
Haupert, who was under the treasurer Of
the. ESehaage had access 70 itssecu1ities.
II. Cate, q; promincnt, preacher Of
GnAftano6ga, feiiffii..,T ff a. Committed suicide
BY drinking whiskey into which he had
put some poisonous drug. No cause il
known except his melancholy feeling for
weeks previous.
The grand jury of DeKalb superior
court has found four indictments against
Maj. j. w. Green, general manager of
the Georgia Railroad, for running freight
trains on the Sabbath day later than the
hour allowed by law.
A report made by the authorities of the
North Carolina penitentiary shows that
there are fourteen hundred and ten con-
yicts, of whom two hundred only are in
prison, nearly oil the. remainder being at
work on railways. ,, .r-ss .s..,aran i a7s
The switchmen and yardmen of the
Georgia Pacific Railroad, at Birmingham,
Ala, about fifty in number, struck
against d reduction Of wages. The COM
pany ordered d reduction of twenty-five
cents per day in the wages Of the men,
and they refused to work. ..-.., qss
The frame building of Asbury s. Sons
gas works, at Greenville, 8. c., caught
lire through the carelessness of a colored
man. The fire burned rapidly, making
blaze which illuminated the city for
squares from the fire. The property was
uninsured. The town will probably be
without lights for several days. ~'+3
Paris mountain, which is issituated about
five miles from Greenville, s. G., pre-.
sen:ed grand sight, the whole mountain
being covered by forest fires. II is re-
ported that the fire is rapidly nearing the
residence of Colonel !. Il. Hunt, but as
yer no damage has been done beyond the
burning Of trees
A boiler in shingle mill at West Nil.
willie, La, on the Texas. g. Pacific Rail-
road, iexploded, instantly killing Charles
Hill, of Toledo, Ohio, and John Stephen
son, of Beanmont, Texas, both white,
and scvmalr Banks, oflPlaquemine, La,
colored. Thirteen others were seriously
hurt. a #N T. aa5l@ at@ IA
The Augusta, Ca. Exposition directors
elected John W. Ryckman, who is now
there. general MANAGER Mr.. Ryckman
has had considerable experience in that
line. lie was connected with the New
Orleans, Kansas City, Louisville and At
lanta expositions, and Is recommended as
an energetic gentleman.
Montgomery, Ala, has sensation in
the mysterious disappearance Of John
Vim, an agent of the Singer sewing ma
chine company. Winn left Montgomery
some weeks ago or more, to 60 into the
lower part of the state to collect for the
machine company, having in his posses
sion 81. 900 in notes. lie has not been
seen since. ts5 MAN a#68
A special meeting of the state board Of
agriculture will be held in the next ten
days. II will make arrangements for
carrying on work at the present farm, and
will als0, In connection with the trustees
Of the Agricultural and Mechanical Col.
lcge, arrange the final details as to the
work on the building ofthe college some,
what. 1t may be begun the first Of April.
Both Houses Of the. Legislature Of Mis-.
sissippi have passed q bill providing fol
the pepsioning Of the Confederate SOL
tlisrs and sailors Of the state who lost q
| leg or an arm in the service, or were In.
caIacitated l5S wounds for manual labor,
and who need such aid. They are TO be
allowed $50 u year. The provisions Of
| the hill include the unmarried widows Of
soldiers who were killed, and the disabled
colored servants of soldiers.
WI. Chambers, now In New York,
tclegmplls TO Montgomery, Ala. that Che
/ line for the proposed new railroad be.
tween Montgomery and Map!esyille Is
now being located, 10 ascertain the cost
Of building the .road, and ifthe estimates
submitted by Mr.. Chambers are verified,
the East Tennessee, Virginia 4 Georgia
Railroad Company viii indorse the bonds
Of the Great Northeastern, and the road
will be pushed through. s s
The Alabama Supreme Court affirmed
| thc decision of the City Court In the case
of Yellowstone Kit against Hon. 4. q.
Randolph, Judge ot probate. Judge
Randolph required Kit 10 pay q lircHse
tax of k3s5 for peddling medicines with
music. Kit paid II under protest, and
entered suit in the City Court to recover,
and Judge Arlington decided that hewas
not a pcddlcr and entitled % recover.
Thc-casc was appealed, and again de.
cided III kits favor. -.
The British bark Crown Jewel, from
Oran, Africa, for Philadelphia, landed u
Delaware ilFtalMater the master and
crew of the schooner Edward q. Taulane,
Of Somcr's Point, n. j., which was aban.
duned water-logged on February 18th In
latitude 1918, longitude s3i0. The
Taulane sailed from the sati Ia river,
Georgia, on February stl,, for New York
with d cargo of lumber consigned 70 the
| Hilton lumber company. She sprang q
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