Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-11-30
South and West

The General Assembly of the Knights of
Labor has begun its annual session at In
dlanapOllS, Ind. Reports we're read showing
a vast decline in the membership of the Or
der as we'll as an almost empty treasury.
The Chickasaw Indians are on the point Of
an inter-tribal war to determine who shall be
Governor of the Nation in place of Governor
Guy, who was recently assassinated.
MISS BELLE BRIDEWELL, a teacher in a
school at Streator, ILL.,, was SO badly kicked
in the breast by boy whom she attempted
to punish, that she died in few minutes
JUDGE WOOD, in Indian polis Ind, drew
the attention of the Federal grand jury to a
reported conspiracy to influence voters a
large scale by the of money, and recon-
mended an investigation.
A PACKAGE containing $40, OO0 shipped to
Tacoma, Washington Territory, by the
Northern Pacific Express Company, has
been stolen by one of the clerks, who has
fled.
PETER SHIvELY, of Tordstown Ohio, who
is seventy-eight years old, deliberately killed
his aged wife. The couple had been married
for sixty years and had always lived peace
ably. Mrs Shively was eighty three years
old.
MEMBERS of the murderous gang known
as Bald Knobbers have lynched five men at
Ozark, Mo-, who as witnesses were instru-
mental in having David Walker, the Bald
Knobbers' chief sentenced to be hung.
OFFICIAL returns from all but fifteen
counties place the Republican plurality in
Kansas at 81, 0OO making it the banner Re-
publican State of the Union.
A WEST VIRGINIA construction train car
rying seventy men, was wrecked by a drove
of cattle rushing on the track. Nine men
were seriously injured and one killed out
right.
FRITZ ANsCHLAG, who was to have been
executed at Los Angeles Cal, for the murder
of Mr.. and Mrs. Hitchcock at Garden Grove
in January last and who also confessed to
the killing Of Julius Feugh a neighbor in
Butte county, in 1885, committed suicide two
days before the execution by taking strych-
nine.
The Chattahoochee Valley exposition has
been opened at Columbus, Ga.
CAPTAIN JOHN MILLER, a farmer living
near Jamestown, Indian Territory, who had
the name of having killed thirty-two men, has
been shot and killed by tenant named Jim
Ables, whom he attacked with knife
MAMIE TAwN, Allie Redman and Emma
Nickens, three young girls, were caught by
was cut off and Allie Redman was horribly
mangled, both dying. while their companion
with serious injuries.
LENDAUER BROTHERS & Co., the largest
wholesale clothing firm in Chicago have
failed for $1S1 ,652. IS.
1t is estimated that at least 100, 900 bushels
of corn between Evansville and Green River
Ind, have been ruined by the overflow of
the Wabash and Ohio Rivers.
HENRY w. KING, JR., son of a million
nalre clothing dealer of Chicago, was shot
dead in an Omaha (Neb.) hotel by a woman
claiming to be his wife
THERE indications of a hard winter in
Albuquerque, New Mexico, which may cause
a loss of millions of dollars to stock growers
JOHN Coon, of Berea Village. Ohio was
struck with a stone by his son Joseph while
trying to stop fight between the latter and
his brother Louis. The fathers neck was
broken and he died instantly
Mr.. CLEMENT HANBURY, brother of Lord /
Hamburg. of London, England, was found /
dead in his bed on his ranch at Brady, Texas. !
He was very old, and lived alone ten miles in I
the country.
ALREADY fatal billiards have begun in /
W estern Kansas, and the people have been /
compelled to leave their homes from fear of /
starvation. Ness City, Dighton, Scott City /
and many other towns are almost depopu- /
ated The people have had no crops and .
ire heartbroken.