Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-09-21
South and West

The Wisconsin Democratic State COnVen-
ton assembled at Milwaukee and nominated
James Morgan for Governor.
ABE MANN, of San Francisco, cut his
wife'S throat in fit of jealousy and then
committed suicide.
JOHN FORD, prominent citizen of Column
bus, Ind, while insane from typhoid fever,
killed his wife and one child and severely
wounded another child.
LOUIS LARSON, a factory operative in
Chicago, went into iron cylinder to clean
it, taking lighted candle and bucket of
benzine. He soon screamed. The cylinder
was filed with flame. No help could reach
him, and he was roasted to death.
THE State Convention of Colorado Repub-
licans was cOnvoked in Denver, and Oh the
fifth ballot j. A. Cooper received the nomi-
nation for Governor.
THE boiler of thresher exploded at Ellen
dale, Dakota, killing five farmers who were
operating it, and scalding three bystanders.
THREE farmers were killed and five bruised
and Scalded by the explosion at Seymour,
Ind, of old worn -out steam thresher.
GENERAL WILLIAM TERRY, the Comman-
der of the famous Stonewall Brigade during
the Civil War, was drowned recently while
fording Reed Greek. near WytheviLe, Va.
THE three year-old child of Reuben Chap
man while playing in a field of m1let at
Coitsville, Ohio, was caught by moving
machine and had both feet cut off, causing
death.
town of Jennings, La, has been destroyed
by fire.
The South Carolina Democracy met in
State Convention at Columbia, and j. T.
Richardson and W. L. Mauldin, the present
incumbentS, were re- nominated for Governor
and Lieutenant Governor.
The Minnesota Republican State Conven-
ventiOn assembled at st. Paul and nominated
William r. Merriam for Governor.
Ex-CoUNTY TREASURER JOHN c. GRAVES,
of COrydon, Ind, has been found to be
defaulter to the amount of S14, 900.
AN internal tribal war has broken out in
Indian Territory over the recent election, In
which Governor Gay of the Chickasaw ma
tion was elected by fifteen majority.
A son of Albert Banta was killed at Brag
town, Ind, by his head being bitten OFT by
vicious horse.
CHESAPEAKE and Ohio railroad bridge
over New River, Ohio, has been carried
away by flood. Loss $4,000.
PRAIRIE fires have inflicted great damage
in Edmunds and Mcpherson counties, Da-
kOta.
THE Congaree River, in South Carolina
rose twenty feet in twenty-four hours, broke
its banks, and did 81, 0J0,0O damage to cot
ton and corn.
JOSEPH HOFFMAN, Tax Assessor of Wash
ington county, and James Holt. prominent
planter, were sitting on the Brenham tIeXaS
public square, engaged in conversation
when shot from a gun, heavily loaded with
buckshot, instantly killed Mr.. Hoffman and
fatally wounded Mr.. Holt. The shot came
out of the darkness and nothing could be
learned as to the identity of the assassin.
THREE acres of shops in the lumber district
of San Francisco were swept away by fire,
causing a loss of over S1,OQ00O0.
THE train conveying John Robinson's cir
Gus collided with freight at Waynesville,
Ohio and five circus attaches were killed.
The engine of the freight train and five
coaches of the circus train were badly
wrecked The loss toproperty was estimated
at $50, 600.