The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-11-03

feet The discovery has created great
stir among the people.
NORTH CAROLINA.
State Secretary Polk announces that
the time of the meeting of the National
Alliance is changed from January 16 to
December 5, at Meridian, Miss. Dele
gates were appointed to represent the
state alliance as follows: S. p. Alexan-
der, of Mecklenburg; L. L. Polk, RAJ
leigh; d. NJ. Payne, of Robson; j. G.
Beaman, of Sampson, and Elias Carr, of
Edgecomb.
A man named Dixon, aged about rs
years, arrived at Greensboro and related
most startling story. He said he had
been overtal1en by two armed men,
whose intention to first rob and then
hang him was evidenced by their calling
him to halt, at the same time demanding
his money and producing a rope. The
interference of boy with gun, how
ever, prevented the double crime
of highway robbery and lynching.
Dixon halls from the West, and had on
his person a ticket stamped at Kansas
City, Mo, to Raleigh, N. c., also about
papers, checks, etc., to cover several
thousand dollars.
At Shelby, on Tuesday night, fire
broke out in Wray block, originating in
the engine room of the aurora newspa-
per. The town is without fire apparatus,
and nothing could be done The block
was consumed. The occupants were the
Southern Express Company, Babbling-
ton, Roberts u Co., wholesale and retail
stationers and printers, Gardner & Quinn,
wholesale and retail druggists, ID. G.
Webb & Son, general merchandise, the
Aurora and Babblington, Roberts s. Co.,
lob printers.
TENNESSEE.
julius Ochs, the treasurer of the Times
Printing Co., died at Chattanooga of
chronic bronchitis. He was 63 years old.
Samuel Dickson, Of Philadelphia, Pa,
filed in the court of chanccry at Knox
Vile, bill of complaint against the
consummation of the lease of the East
Tennessee, Virginia q Georgia Railway
to the Richmond 81 Danville.
Charles Emory was killed by train
on the East Tennessee Road, near the
east incorporation line in Chattanooga.
He was standing in the middle of the
track as the train approached and re-
fused to heed the signal of the engineer.
A mammoth enterprise is now on foot
by which Chattanooga is about to secure
an expenditure of large amount OF
money on river improvements. II. G.
Cook, of Clinton, Mass, is the leader in
the movement. The syndicate which
Mr. Cook represents will buy all boats
plying between Decatur, Ala, and Chat
tanOOga.
Joe Williams, Hardie Pope, Hardy
Lewis and Jack Bailey made their es-
cape from the Jail at Kingston, on Tues
day. When the sheriff and jailer opened
the doors the quartette pounced on them,
and after securing the sheriff's pistol
made a break for liberty. After lively
chase in which a large number of citi.
zens joined, the prisoners were all re-
captured.
A fight commenced at q festival OF
colored people out on the Shelbyville
road near Murfreesboro, which was free
ly participated in by all the attending
merry makers. Pistols were drawn aud
During this skirmIsh a negro named
Frank Rucller attempted to play the part
of peace-maker and was slain. The
crowd then repaired to their respective
places of habitatlon. After the fight
three pistols were found and
eight chambers were found empty
which had been discharged at the time
of the fight Nine shots were fired.
The sheriff thinks he will be able
to find one more pistol, which
will account for the nine shots.
There is pretty good evidence against
Alice Sanford, as she had No. 80 pistol
and every chamber was found to be
empty. The negro who was killed was
well known throughout the county. He
was considered very influential among
the colored people and was quite promi.
nent politician.