West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-07-19
South and west. .

Six drunken farmers engaged In n free
fight at Mansfield, Mo, and Ave OF them
were killed.
Delaware peach growers in convention
reoentiys cent " at Dover, estimated their crop at
l2,OOO,OOO baskets, OF which the Pennsylvania
railroad can transport $500, 900 baskets.
COUNTY JUDGE PULLIAM, OF Hardinsburg,
KY, shot and killed man engaged in litiga-
tion before him who took exception 10 some
of his rulings.
Gus BooLEs, bootblack Of Denison
Texas, nineteen years old who murdered
William Morgan in the Creek Nation a year
ago, has been hanged at Fort Smith, Ark.
THE entire business portion OF Lake City,
the county seat OF Missaukee County, Mich,
has been destroyed by fro.
CITIZENS OF Joliet, Ill, placed obstruc-
tions on the track of n railroad, TO the build
ing OF which they objected, thereby derail-
ing the construction train and killing the
engineer and three Italian laborers
FouR persons-two men and two children
lost their lives in the burning of a farm
house near Sault Ste Marie, Mich.
WILLIAM LANDTETH has been hanged at
Dallas, Oregon. for tho murder OF his step
daughter. Simunie Ellis Antle last January,
under circumstances OF peculiar atrocity.
A TRAIN ran into land slide near Iafay-
cite, Ind, and killed three train men.
AT Henderson, KY, Robert Ryan a colored
man, sixteen years old, stabbed and killed
Riley Hancock. white, sixteen years old
Three men started with Ryan for the JAIL
when they were overpowered by a mob, who
hanged the murderer.
T.. j. ICosTA, n young man prominent I'm
business and social circles OF Birmingham
Ala, committed suicide by shooting himself
through tho hoad. He WAS to have been
married the next week to n prominent and
wealthy young lady OF Charleston, =. @.
A DISASTROUS rain storm prevailed at
Il n
family OF four persons named Williams was
drowned.
SERIOUS floods are reported as the result OF
continuous storms In West Virginia. The
loss by damage to buildings, crops, roads
and bridges is estitated at over 500 900, and
some lives have been lost.
BERNARD KRUGG, a farmer, and his wife
quarreled In n corn6eld, near Grafton, Neb.,
about the price of a pair OF rubber boots A
battle with hoes followed in which Krugg
was killed by his wife
A FEUD between the Rose and Fusion
clans has eliminated in n fierce battle inside
the Laurel Fork (Tenn.) meeting house dur
ing the progress of the sermon Six men
were killed and "A dozen more or less seriously
wounded.
SEvEN-EIGHTHs OF the town of Suisun,
Cal, have been destroyed by fire.
BY the spreading Of rails construction
train was hurled Off iifty-foot trestle at
Cameron, Mo, and four railroad employees
killed.
MISS HATTIE DEBAUN, aged eighteen, has
been murdered at Tecumseh, Ind, by her
aunt, Mrs. Mary Junkins, aged thirty-two.
The unfortunate girl went into the Junkins
orchard 20 take few apples, when her aunt
killed her with musket.
CHAIRMAN HoGE, of the Grievance Com.
mittee Of the brotherhood of Engineers and
Chairman Murphy, of the brotherhood OF
Firemen, have been arrested at Chicago ON
the charge Of conspiracy TO blow mp with
dynamite portions Of tho Chicago, BurIing-
ton and Quincy Railroad.
Two brothers named Combs, mere chill
dren, were sentenced 10 imprisonment for
life in Breathitt county, Ky.--one for
numbering younger brother, and tho other
for killing his younger sister.