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and commenced pelting the house witt
rocks. This brought Helms to the door
with an order for Moses "a leave the
premises Moses cursed and threatened
Helms, and fight ensued. Helms drew q
pocket-knife and stabbed Moses in the
throat. killing him instantly. There was
an old grudge between these men, and
Moses went 10 Helms house for the pur-
pose Of settling H.
W. K Wilson. Of Dinwoody, Ca, disap-
Peared recently with the widow " hts
brothcr-tn-law, J. {. Adams. Wilson was
administrator % Adams estate, and Il
short ss.ooo ~ Ss.0o Mrs. Adams left
three children absolutely destitute.
Thomas Jefferson was sentenced NJ
Memphis, Tenn. recently, TO be hanged
January II for III. murder OF William
kagland on October - last Ragland
was hack-driyer. Jefferson surprised
him IN the room with a woman who was
Intimate with both os them and cut his
throat.
fire broke out in Pickens, Miss, few
days ago, and the following business
places were destroyed: ID. W. Brit's res
taurant, y. divers drug store. Hugh
fuckers saloon. Blair 4 Furgesou's gem
eral store and Gus Rousseil's barber shop.
Detectives WickliS and bloomfield. Of
Peducah, Ky, recently arrested Green
Foster and Green Cobb at Mercer for
train ROBBERY. During the past few weeks
much freight has been stolen from the
Newport News & Mississippi Valley ears
between Paducah aud Louisville. The
crime was traced to Foster, who IS an EN-
psoye of the road. After the arrest he
confessed and implicated Cobb As an ac =
complice. Part % the plumber has beon
found in an old deserted coal mine.
boiler at Wilcox's steam mill near
Evergreen. Ala, exploded = few days
since, killing four men and wounding
several.
\ creditors bin against J. II. Mckenzie
< Co., ot Wayuesboro, Ca. charges that
the firm Is insolvent with liabilities from
| sS0,0s1 to 100000.
The Georgia House of Representatives
has appropriated 500. .0nD for the common
schools ot the state. The bill will prob
| ably be passed by the senate.
FIRE broke out In cottage in La villa.
Fla, few days ago. and eight houses
were destroyed. including several stores
and shops; loss $4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. II. Manslip. worthy and
| highly respected citizens OF Jackson.
Mss, celebrated their golden wedding at
their family residence recently.
The boiler % the cotton gin on @. W.
| Turner's place, near Montgomery. Ala. =
Pew days since. exploded. killing Geo.Tur-
uer ard two negros outright and wound
| lng seven others.
| Charles Burns. painter. was shot and
killed On the street in Padacah. Nv. a
Few nights ego. Policeman william
Mount was arrested On suspicion os hav-
| ing fred the shot, but protested his inno-
cence- The martler remains a mystery.
RABBIT A. r. Levy, % Chicago. who was
arrested IN that city some time ago aud
taken back u New Orleans charged with
| having obtained certain mortgage notes
| By fraud. was tried in the latter city and
acquitted
Since the result OF the LATE prcsiden-
| tial election became known there has
been great activity amon, the moOnshin-
.rs in the mountains os East Tennessee.
The nIountaineers rarely read papers. and
many Of them think the revenue law has
| been repealed By the Republicans, hence
| they are very bold in the making 81 Illicit
whisky. \ bis raid on thes~ Wild
CATERS Is organizing and will soon be
made.
A violent explosion " blasting powder
took place in the Reineke coal mines, near
Burlington, KY, few evenings since,
which resulted in the de ath of Alex Ash
ley, Ed Rear and Titus Merritt, three
miners. and in the destruction of 500
worth Of property.
The body of William Spry, Of Davis
County, y. c., was found lying on the
door OK his room. in pool Of blood. few
lays ago. There was ballet hole III his
leg from which he had bled 10 death.
Sprv, who was an ex-conyiet. had been
charged with incendiarism in Davie Coun-
ty. and evidence was accumulating against
him.
Harry Smart, charged with the murder
II Meisner Green and Bell Ward, who
we're found floating in the river at Louis.
vile, K; :, last summer, was found guilty,
and the sentence fixed was death Smart,
On another count OF the same charge, was
convicted several weeks ago, and SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for life.
Notwithstanding all efforts made to
capture him. and the large reward offered.
Eugene Bunch, the train-rohber, il l. nogg
definitely known, Is In the vicinity Of New
Orleans, and Is liable to be heard from At
any unexpected moment.
Mrs. John Lee, working in laundry az
Chattanooga. Tenn, with her hair hang
ing down her back, got too close 10 re-
yolving pulley, a few days since, which
caught the hair and ierked her head
against the shaft, fracturiRg her skull and
injuring her fatally.
As VIM. CarReal, farmer, residing
south Of Guthrie, Ky, was attempting tn
cross the railroad, driviny team. few
nights ago, a train % freight cars sudden
ly came Epon him. and, striking his wagon.
demolished it, killed his horses anil in
iured him so seriously that little hope was
entertained Of his recovery.
Robert W Page was boiled to death at
Atlanta, Ga, few days since. He was
an emplOye Of Weller's slaughter house.
While under the influence Of liquor he fell
into the large kettle kept full of hot water,
n ut1icitI hogs we're ==-i!!ss!!esl He had bean
In the kettle over an hour when found,
and his body was boiled almost into Jelly.
Nine hundred and fifty telephones, here
tofOre the property Of the National I'm
proved, Crescent City and New Orleans
Telephone companies, were burned at
New Orleans, few days ago, under the
direction Of Frank Is. Knight. OF the
American Bell Telephone Company, of
Boston. These instruments were adiudged
By the United States Court to infringe the
patents % the Bell company. and as they
could not be utilized they were destroyed.
Jacksonville refugees are returning.
A queer race struggle Is imminent in
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