The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-03-08

very similar to it except that provision
will be made for the division of Dakota.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
GREENv1LLE, S. O., March la most
terrible burning occurred near Deans
crossing, about FIVE miles from this city,
about s o'clock last night. Robert Perry
and his wife. two resp spectable colored
people, and their children, left their
homes 10 visit William Williams, a
neighbor. After being at Williams,
house for short time the children, ac.
companied by Joe Williams, went home
to build FIRE. After short time an
alarm of fire was given. Perry and his
wife ran to their home and found only
the burning embers and the charred
remains of the children. The names
aud ages of the children are as follows !:
James Perry, nine years; Leila Perry,
seven years; Gaines Perry, four year, !;
Alex Perry, two years; Joe Williams,
three years. It is supposed that after
building the fire the children fell asleep
and we're not able to escape the terrible
destruction. The coroner's inquest was
held this afternoon. The jury returned
a verdict in accordance with the above
facts.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, March 1.-At II
o'clock this morning the Southern Pacific
fast train No. %, westbound, running at
q high speed, struck the bridge over the
Condo Greek, in Medina county, eighty
miles west of San Antonio. The struc-
! ture was apparently all right, but as the
! engine reached the further end the tim
bers gave way, and the remainder of the
train, consisting Of q heavy loaded freight
car aud the caboose, went down, crushing
into the creek. AS the Spanish name
aCondon implies, it is deep. in fact the
deepest in western Texas. The cars fell
fully fifty feet before they struck bottom
and we're shiYered into splinters. G. F.
Etheridge, q well known stock man Of
this place, was instantly killed, as well as
/ George Hardesty, brakeman, the latter
being mashed to 8 pulp. Conductor
{ George Davidson and Brakeman Z. Hall
had their legs broken. They we're injured
.ternally and are not expected to live:
There were no other people on the cars.
The dead and living were brought in
this evening. Etheridge leaves a family.
The bridge is supposed to have been
weakened by the recent rains.
COLUMBIA, s. O., March 3.-The court
sof general sessions will meet in Edge6eld
on Monday. There are always murder
cases in this county, but at the coming
session. q peculiarly diabolical murder
case will be brought to trial. Sixpersons
four men and two women-are charged
with the coldb dblooded murder of deaf
mute. The murdered man was the hus-
band of one of the women, who wished
to get rid Of fhim and marry another man.
She, it is charged, conspired with another
woman and her sweetheart to remove her
husband. One night, early in the winter,
the mute was murdered aud buried in
the garden, and his wife disappeared with
another man. Persons passing the house
saw the fingers and toes OF the murdered
man above ground and gave the alarm.
sItis probable thatSat least one of the
women and one of the men will be SEN
fenced to be hanged.
CLARKsv1LLE, GA, March Geo.
NV. Caradine, who lived two and one-
half miles from this. place, came to an
end on the 9th instant by his own hand.
He took strychnine. After taking, his
wife asked what he had taken. He told
her, but gave no reason for the act.
Being involved in debt is the only cause
that can be surmised. He has had q case
or two continually in court for the past
forty years, and now atithe age of seven
sty, lays all his litigation over. After an
inquest was held he was buried.
ABERDEEN, MISS, Feb. 29.-Mr. Da-
venport, teacher of the public school at
Rome, expelled one or two pupils recent
", Friends of the teacher on the one
hand, and those of the expelled parties
on the other, met at the schoolhouse
Monday afternoon. After matters were
thought to be satisfactorily arranged,
some difficulty occurred. James Bailey,
sJr.,Sfred six charges from his pistol,
instantly killing r. a. Rutledge and
fatally Wounding his son Edward. They
were buried in the same grave. Benja.
min Fish and Bailey son received light
wounds, and Bailey was shot in the side
and received q cutin the back.
P1cKENs, s. G., March 3.-Mr. w. 81.
.Ashmore; Of this place, came very near
having his dwelling destroyed by FIRE to.
day. They had been ironing on an old
quilt which had caught fire from the iron
and after they had finished threw the
quilt on the bed and left it. In few
minutes the bed was aiame. As soon
as the fire was discovered the town was
thrown into excitement, and had it not
been for the bravery of Sam, the Is year
old son of Mr.. .Ashmore, the house would
have been destroyed. Sam got severely
burned about the face as he picked the
burning bed up and threw it out of the
window. No other damage was done
except to the bedstead, which was scorch.
ed.