West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-09-27
South and West.

THE official returns from the Arkansas
State election are oil In, and the majority Of
Eagle, Democrat. for Governor. is 1881.
JoHN CRUETZI, Of Baltimore, Md, was
choked to death by celluoid collar, his
head dropping on his chest while in drunken
stupor and his collar stopping the windpipe.
Two lives were lost, three persons fatally
injured and more than a score badly
wounded in q collision on the Baltimore and
Ohio road at Newark, Ohio.
AT Winfield, Ohio. Richard Jones was
sick OF typhoid fever. He asked TO 800 his
TO go near their father. Jones then delib.
eratcly cut his throat in the presence of his
wife and mother He lived only an hour.
sAM Brown, Desperate who boasted OF
having killed four men, was shot and killed
at HarLvil.e Mining Camp, Wyoming, by
Frank Williams, e cowboy.
ALEXANDER GoLpENsEN, who shot and
killed fourteen-y -year-old school girl named
Mamie Kelly in 1885, has been hanged in th1
county jail at San Francisco, Cal
THE entire business portion OF Washburn,
Wis has been destroyed by fire, causing a
loss Of over $4,000, with no insurance.
EIGHT cases and one death from yellow
fever were reported from Hendersonville,
n. G.
Az explosion and Gre In n -four mill at
Cleveland, Ohio, caused two deaths and
serious injury TO four other victims.
A HORSE thief named Wise was fleeing to
Manitoba with n number OF horses, when a
body OF armed settlers overlook him near
Turtle Mountains, Dakota, and lynched him.
THE business portion Of Florence, wls, has
been wiped out by IRE Fifty six buildings
were burned. Loss $4,000.
UP 10 late date the total number Of yellow
fever cases at jacksonville, Fla, was yB5;
total deaths, 100.
A MAN named Iverson who lived at
Steiners Fiat Northern California, shot and
killed his wife and himself while In bed
When found their babe, which was in bed
with hem, was covered with their blood.
HosTLIIIEs have begun afresh between
the Hatfield and Mccoy factions ia the Ken.
lucky Mountains The Kentuckians came
upon the West ViTginians at Pawpaw Noun
tain, where lively battle t1dk place. In
the melee two OF the West VirZinians were
killed and two more badly wounded. Nom
OF tho Kentuckians Was hurt.
GEORGE McCURDY. OF Canton, Ohio, aged
tweutyeight, while walking along the street
with his betrothed, Miss Lucinda Gonder,
dropped dead on The sidewalk dragging Miss
Condor down with him. They were TO have
been married the next week.
At Devine station, Texas. Callie Smith, a
fourteen year-o old girl, Attempted 20 start a
scattering the burning oil over tho girl and
her two sisters, Delia and Dosia, and her
only brother, oil Of whom --wero standing
around the stove watching her, and che
four children were burned 70 death in sight
Of their mother.
RIKoP's saddlery estsblishment and ad-
joining building, Paducah, KY, were do
stroyed by fire. Loss, t2o0,O0O.
THE rice crop In Georgia has bson almost
destroyed by the floods in the Savannah dis.
trict
ELuAH FUnr, veteran Of the Civil War,
was placed on trial At Kokomo, Ind, 10
make him divide a pension ne recently
received, with his wife. During the
progress of the case he killed his wife and !.
g. Blocklldge, her attorney, In the crowded
court room.
SrEAKER JOIN q. CARLISLE has been 70.
nominated by acclamation for Congress by
tho Democrats Of tbo Sixth Kentucky Die.
trict
MRs. &. J. DE LION, an elderly widow.
committed suicide in Chicago BY attaching a
rubber tube 10 On uniighted gas Jet, which
was turned on. and inserting The other end
beneath tho bed clothes, which she tucked
closely over her head and body.