Richland beacon., 1888-09-22

pie. on the Al,bama Great Southern
Railroad, near The Mississippi line, has
quarantncd against the word. No pas
senger from any point will he allowed
to get off at that point. Armed guards
met every train, and no amount OF
health certificates will enable passenger
TO stop there.
Gccr: n.
Augusta will levy tax of Ter cent.
in order TO get the city IN Shape for the
Exposition.
Mr.. Robert II. RicharlS, prominent
business man of Atlanta, died Of heart
disease while on visit to Ashcvillc, ). c.
Henry Kennedy, carpenter, of Au-
gusta. Supervisor Farm"r of the Pori
Royal X ,iiroal, - Higgins, and MIR.
Williams, a Doa,man, and an unknown
man and woman were drowned in the
recent floods.
The Georgia Railroad ran eight en-
gines and loaded cars on i.s bridges
across the canal at Augusta to keep them
from being spept away 10y the flood.
The bridges gave way under the eXces-
sive weight and several wrecked engines
is the result.
A cold-blooded murder was committed
in Atlanta Saturday night. A color,d
man named 81 Campbell, quarrelcd with
his wife late in the afternoon, and when
the woman had retired for the night, and
was sound asleep, Campbell deliberately
placed the muzZlc of a pistol close TO the
woman's face and fired twice in rapid
succession. killing her instantly.
sonth Carolina.
The lroak ng ou. of yellow fever at
Uendcrsonvlllc las created considerable
CONSERVATION at Chlrleston, Henderson
Vile being the Summer resort or large
number OF wealthy Charlcstonians. In
media,ely on receipt of the news of fever
at that place the mayor Issued orders
auarantining, it and this cOmplicatcs mat
tiers, as many women and children were
on their way home, having run from the
fever. No person from Hendersonvilie
or any place in that vicinity is allowed to
come to the city now without certificates.
Reports flom all set tons of the State
continue to be Of the gloomiest kind as
regards the crops. One Of the strargest
and most serious causes of the damage to
the cotton is the sprouting in the bous,
n feature which has heretofore been COM
paratively unknown in the annals of cot
ton planting. 1t seems that good deal
Of cotton was open when the fains began
about September first. The continuous
rain prevented picking. and the open
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seeds in the bolls are now beginning to
sprout, rendering the cotton useless for
market or any other purposes. Sprout-
ing is reported from almost every section
of the state, and what promised in Au-
gust to be the largest crop of cotton ever
D; ;oduced in this state looks now to be in
a verv bad condition.
North Carolina.
At Charlotte, Sunday, daring incen-
diary set fire to tie ice factory, and but
for quick work the building and ma
chinery would have been destroyed. The
factory had been idle since August LIST.
The incendiary had used quantities OF
rosin, cotton waste ard sHasings to start
the fire.
Fire broke out at Beaufort Sunday and
spread rapidly, burning the sheriff's Of
flee and three other buildings on Turner
street; Handlers and Hou C, on Dicken-
son street, and a two-story house occu-
pied by colored people. The Winfield
Chadwick building was partially burned.
Loss about $4,000 with very little in.
surancc.
The weekly weather crop bulletin, OF
the North Carolina weather service, says
that on account of the excessive rainfall,
reports as to crops are the worst ever Ie-
ceved, not one is in the the least favora-
bic, save those as to rice. Rot and black
rust are effectng cotton. Tobacco Is
growing green and canno. ripcn before
frost in many cases in Durham, Person,
Orange and Granville COUNTIES.
A white man named Claiiduas Parish,
Of White county; was before a justice OF
p' ace Saturday charged with com
milting an assaut { on his twe,ve-year-o!d
daughter. After hearing the evidence
of the child, her m .thcr and brother,
which was conclusive, Parish was com
mited TO Jail. The case caused de
c.dcd sensation. Parish was brought
here quietly to escape lynching in his
Own section.
A wreck occurred two miles cast of
Wayn, sboro, on the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad, on Thursday, which delayed
trains nine hours. A misapprehension
Of train orlcrs led t. collision
between the cast bound mail and q
fcight tran n.
S'eps have been taken for the construc-
ton OF In electric line Of cars from Rich
mond to the historic battl, fiells Of Seven
Pines or Eve Oaks. The distance is
seven niles, Il ousands Of old Union
soldiers visit the ftld annually from
Richmond, ut large expense. This line
will minimize the cost Of the little trip.
/ The directors of the Atlantic Il Danvllle
railroad have secured the money nccessa-
ry 10 complete the Inc to Danville.
Henry Williams, a star route mail car,
! rier. was arrested at JacksborO and
brought to Knoxville on a charge of r.
fling registered letters.
J.F. Lewis, of Nashville, has volun-
teercd to 90 to Jacksonville as nurse &c
wait upon yellow fever patients. He wat
furnished a pass by the railroad authori-
ties and left on his mission of mercy.
Jim Shackleford, farmer living or
Dog Branch, whipped his twelve year old
daughter to death. He had ordered th'
child to bring bucket of water from
spring. and because she did not come a
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