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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-22
GoyERNMENTs-Dull but firm.
STATEs-Dall but firm.

STATES-Dal out nrm.
RAILRoAps-Dnll; sales 1924 900.
SToCKs-The stock market was much
less active to-day. The tone Of the deal
ipys was again fsverish and weak, though
the final changes are about equally divided
between gains and losses. The opening
figures were very little changed either
a The market made some slight ad-
yances in the first few minutes, but soon
began to yield and under the lead of st.
Paul and Northern Pacific preferred mate
rial declines were established In the first
hour. Lake Shore then came to the front
and the market took on q better
tone, recovering somewhat. The movement
was aided by the strength in New EGG
land after noon, but it eliminated by l p
m. Louisville and Nashville again dis
plsyed msrked weakness and the rest OF
of the list responded, losing all the previous
advantage. Missouri Pacific became spec
ially weak in the last hour and the market
finally closed quiet but weak, at irregular
changes for the day. The final changes,
except Losses Of II in Louisville and Nash
vile, and l per cent. in Northern Pacilc,
are for fractional amounts only. Sales
232, PAS shares. Quotations closed bid as
follows:
Adams Express 14o; American Express
II; Canada Pacific, 81; Central Pacific
IS; Chesapeake and Ohio liz; do preferred
frsts 14s; do seconds ISL; Chicago and AL
ton 100; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
ll2t; Delaware and Hudson, 1888; Della
ware, Lsckawanna and Western l42i
Denver and Rio Grands, 20; Erie, 294
do preferred, est; Fl. Wayne, $50; Hi
nois Central us; Lake Shore, 1914; Michi'
gan Central, 50; Minneapolis and st. Louis,
8; do preferred, 10; Missouri Pacific.
S0l; Northern Pacific, 27s; do preferred,
81; Chicago and Northwestern 1l2; dc
preferred, 142; New York Central, 1893
Oregon Transcoptinsntsl, 29i; Pacific Mail
80; Peoria. D. & E., 25a; Pittsburg, 156
Pullman Palace Car, ia; Reading, 52S
Rock Isls13, 1865; st. Louis and SaE
Francisco, 32s; do preferred, 72f; frs
prefsTrad, 112; ST.. Paul, Minneapolis ant
Manitoba, 104t; 81. Paul and nrpshs, 39s
40 preferred 105; Texas Pacific, 24s
Union Pacific, 59s; United States FL
pres, 10; Western Union, s3i.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-22

An excellent chance for baker, The schn
macker property In Moundsville, ". Va Al
baking facilities. with Q nneand long established
run Of custom, $500.
Green House property In MoundsviIle, ". Va
Good buildings, hot-beis, office, etc. Greer
House at present filed with valuable plants and
towen- A good business established. Very 1t
te competition, and In easy reach Of the cit,
Two desirable lots in Moundsville, each 5oxlo
feet, $500 each.
Stove foundry. situate In MoundsyiIls, ". Va
All facilities for stove making; all necessary pat
terms. etc. o. 5000,
Some frtclaS properties In Wheeling and
vicinity, also in Ohio.
Apply for particulars to
DAGG & CARVER,
Real Estate Agents, 1915 Market Street,
sep5vb Wheeling, W. Va.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-22
Do NWN NIV0~
To leAYe the oyster bed

The oysters food consists Of such minute
Organisms that float fresly in the water, @
constant current made tiny hsirs sweeping
u~nsuspectirg miuutae into its slit-hke
mouth. 1t DOES not lead ~ untroubled
existence. Sponges tunnel in its shell,
dog-whelks bore deaf holes in it and suck
its iuices, aud the stsr-ish waits for 1T to
vspe and then inserts an i~nsinuating hn-
ger in it's home. But the young oyster is
is exposed 10 still greater dangers during
ITS period of active life. Il is exceedingly
sensitive to cold and yields readily TO an
Indictment season. IL is q ssyory morsel
and likely to be snapped mp by some
marine monster, and when it would fair
settle down q current is likely TO sweep II
20 some uufayorsble spot, where it may
choke in attempting TO find a safe an6
comfortable location.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-22
Bradford.
Titusyille.
Rfttsburg.
WOOL
PHILADELPHIA.

PHILADELPHIA, September q. W
Quiet but firm; Ohio, Pennsylvanis
and West Virginia Xxx and above 31a32ci
X 29a30c; medium 34s35c; coarse $50
SAC; Michigan, Indiana and Western Tine,
or \ and Xxx 26s2sc; medium 3Ss34c;
coarse 323s33c; fine washed delaine 4 and
Xxx 32s34c; medium washed combing and
delaine 35a372c; coarse do 34s35c; Cansda
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-22
FINANCE AND TRADE.

Money 1 1-2s2 Per Cent.-Goveruments
Dull but Firm-Stocks Lower-Fiour
Observation-Disclosures Active.
NEW YORK, September 2l.-Money on
call easy at 13a2 per cent closed offered
at ! per cent. prime mercantile paper 4ia
II per cent; sterling exchange quiet but
steady at 48i1a4SS.
GoyERNMENTs-Dnll but firm.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-22

washed combing and delaine 31s32c; tub
washed 36a38c; medium unwashed comb
ing and delains 27s2sc; coarse do 25s27c;
Eastern Oregon 10a20c; Valley Oregon 29c,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-22
Address Registered Letters to
new 0ELEAHS HkTI0HAL nAHK
Kew Orleans, La

BESETBE4 thA,tas p esoacs o; asner.!I
Bsaurogard and Early, Who ara In ohslgS OF th.
drawings, IS = guarantee OF absolute tSirnega anc
Integrity, that the chancaa arc all equal, ard
inst no one osn possibly divine rhst nlE-Ss
viii draw q prize.
"8EMEnBEH, also, inst the payment OF
Prlzs. Is GUARANTEED ny FOCR Ma.
TloHAL RANKS Of View Orleans, and the
TIckei arc signed by the President OF al Inst
tuition, whose chartered rights are recognised
In the highest Courts; therefore, SewNe OF sny
limitations or anonymous enDsurss" SSS'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-22
b, 2 sc RAILROAD

Bsllsire and zsnesvtlethroagh pessenge train
leaves Bellsire at 9 o. g. m, arrives Rt Bsllaire Mt
4l0 y. NJ
woodSneld passenger train leaves BellstIe at
81 o. y. m, arrives 81 Bsllatre at 500 O. m
Surnmer1eld Accommodation leaves Bellatr ~
l2OO m, arrives at Belisirs .. 11Jo q. nc.
AL trains daily e5ceptSuRdSy. OsreAlSoad
ard Time nom Bellatra.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-22
Mbeelins Rss;stsr
TrausLers' SuiM

a RRIyAL AND DErARTURk OF TRAINs-
cAExrLASArIoNo OF RsExRxrsoR MARKS: sDAlly.
.S1nday excepted. tAonda; excepted SUR
day only. saturday excepted.-7S Meridian
Nay rs, 1855. Wheeling time. which n Just one
hour earlier han Central Time:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-22
DRx

E~p fars
NEW YURR, September 21.-Dry Goods
There Was q larger demand at jobbing
hands, but with agents spot business was
OF moderate proportions.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-22

S,lH Prizes amounting ,Oa, $40
NoTE-Tickets drawing Capital Prizes are not
entitled TO terminal Prizes.
Es-For Club Rates, OF any further information
stating yonr resi5enSe' with STATE. Connty stretat
and Number More rapid return mail delivery
will be assured by your enclosing an Envelope
bearing your full address.
Send POSTAL NOTES, Express Money
Orders, or New York Exchange in ordinary lei.
ter. Currency by Express lat our ,expense) 3D.
dressed M. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, La,
Or; M. A. DAUPHIS,
Washington, ID. q.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-22
,asr Sal..
TOR SALE.

TOR SALE.
Avalley Grove. eleven miles eat Of Wheeling
ON the National Pike. and In Eisht Of railroad
station, q large dwelling and stable sndsuficieni
land for good garden WIN sell for 3, 5oo, which
is len than cost Of buildincs
JAMES L HAwLKY,
tyS1 l4o Main Street
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-22
SrtsfS,
L~auiaiara Ntate LaI cry CampanY

Louisiana state Lat cry Company
incorporated by the Legislature In 1868 fol
Educational and Charitable purposes, and rs
franchise made q part Of the present State Con,
s~titutiou, In 1879, by an Overwhelming popular
vote.
Its Grand Extraordinary Drawings
take place Semi.Annuaity, June and
December), and It's Grand Single
Number Drawings take place On each
of the other ten months I'm In year
and r all drawn tn public, NJ the
Academy Of Music, New Orleans, La.
I'VE do hereby certify TIA, We snpsrytss ,oe a,
rsnsGnsuts cor all the Monthly and Semi-Annua
Drawings Of the Louisiana State Lottery Cen
pany, and In person manage and control the
ducted With honesty, fairness, and In good faith
toward sl parties, and we authorize the ocmpsny
to ass this caTIiscats, wiz fscRtmtisS OF our -
u,tuss7 a.ssnrsi IN Is advertisements"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-22

w on and amer Monday, April 30, 1855, trains
on the Wheeling and Elm Grove Railroad viii
ruu as follows.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-22
SUNDAYS

SUNDA15:
Leave at 7O0s m. and run every hour, except
Church Train at 9:l5 p, u. Leave Wheeling Park
At 500 a. n. and run every hour until 1000 p. m,
except Church Trains, which will leave the
Park at 945 3 N. and wheeling at l2:l5 and
9:l5 .. N. Q. HlRSCH, SupL
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-22

NC tns undersigned Banks and Banker vii
say all Prises drawn IL The LoliSisns State Lot
Isries which may be presented At our counter.
r. N. wALMsLEY, Pres. Louisiana National
bsps
PIERRE LANAUX, Pres. State Natl BanS,
A, BALDWIN, PreA New Orleans Est'l Bank,
CAEEI A0HE, Preet Union National BAni,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-22
PRTRDLHUA
New York,

-
NEW YORK, September 81. -Petroleum-
Opened steady st 92ic, to below last
nights close, and after q slight advance in
the early trading became heavy and sagged
off 70 9lsc; a slight recovery then occurred
and the market closed steady at 9l5c,
Sales 1,234,0 900 barrels.
OH City.
on City, September 21.-Petroleum-
Opened at 92c; highest 92}c; lowest
9lsc; closed at 912c; sales 1,0sO, 900 bar
rels; clearances 2, 742, 600 barrels; charters
rs, 1865 barrels; shipments 1888 barrels;
run 1897 barrels
Bradford.
BRADFORD, PA, September 21.-Petro-
leum-0pened at 92tc; closed at 9lsc;
highest 92sc; lowest 9l3c; ciearances
1000, 900 barrels.
Titusvflle.
TTTUsvILLE, September 21.-Petroleum
Opened at 92sc; highest 92sci lowest
s1sc; closed at 9lic.
Rfttsburg.
PTrrsyURe, Pa, September 2l.-Petro'
eum-Dull but frmer; opened at &c;
closed at s1}c; highest 92ic; lowest s1sc.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-22
Its Pounds 60 I7s Pounds

have taken several bottles OF CancqrS Ee-
Shont tais tin laSt year. when commencing ieS
A. I weighed rs pounds and to-day weigh
- : ESQ CAMPBELL,
L. p Washington, d.. c.
SorE-The CUdcuTa ReSolvent Is beyond al
doubt the greatest blood Purlher ever 0om-
pounded.
Soll eve-yTnere. Price, CUTICURA,. Soc; soar,
10 REsOLvENT, 81. Prepared oy the ForrSh
No. IN CEySICAL Co, BoSroS, Mas.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-22
Msdhixsl
Sore FROM KNEE TO ANKLE
s.,. entirely gone. Flesh - OF
JIseAse Leg diminished one-thira
A., sixe. Condition hopeless. Cured
On C~utIeura Remedies.

v,rtbra wears was almost crippled with an
~ S1rs ley nom my knee down 10 my ankle,
,Ss sSin wsS estirely gone, ana tne nesa VS.
one "a Snrnrsble IL had diminisheo about
SonIISiCa ire Ire Of the other, and was IN .
QUE cnn5iiion. Ane' tryi2g all kinds OF
Missiles and spending hundredsot dollars. ron
IeSutSS M norylirf whatever, l MAS persuaded
Wiz - CItirura Remedies and the rSult
nlIowS: Amer three days noueed de,
HNiS.S o. snEe far the better. and 81 the enc o.
,%o months vas completely cured. MY hesh
va o. over a wear got sound. b hesn BE-
49, oS ~ Srow. sndtoday. and for nearly " yeaS
sau wy 10 l. as we'll as ever IL was, sound 10
49, nsnscL and not = Sign OF The disease 10 De
eNClS 5 a. AHERN,
see" Dubois Dodge Co, Ga .
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-22
cATARR ri
TRY the CURE 5AY-FEVEE
CATARRH

CATARRH
"A a ctses-s ~ the mucous membrane, generally
originating IL Lhs usSs' passages and maintain
lug IT, stronghold IN The se4G. From thts point
% sends tNrg = SOl-OUGrs virus inio the scUach
and Though Jhe Digestive organs, cCTruptng the
blood sad producing ctuoE Troublesome end
dagger = symptoms.
ArG.tnlC = aEpliSc INTO aaCl nnstrl and y
Agreeable. Price 80 GEMS 81 druggists; by NAL
~ HztarpJ, e. cents. Ely BROTHERS, No. So
Warren Sf-anf Nov NN~E a~u3SNcdek9
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-22

pIaECIoss:
J. n. VANCE, 5 HoEkaEMEK'
JOHN ". BROWN, W. ELLINGHAM,
l.. s. DELAPLAIN, A. w. KELLEY,
JOHN EREW.
Drafts issued on England, Ireland, Scotland
and all points in Europe
my2 JOHN J. JONES, Cashier.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-22
OHIO v E RAILROAD

Time Table taking e6ecs May nh, lsS Pas.
senger trains will run a. f~oiloWB-Centrl Tine.
ain daily except those marked thu I
which do not run on Sunday:
snuTu pouxn ma i M mo nm n
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-22
r.rr,bIe Suffering From skin Disease

rsrrtbIe Suffering skin ntseSse
have been a terrible sun rer for years nom
,,sssSss az the skin and blood. and have been
ooSDiSsd 10 shuu pubic places by reason OF my
SisSsuriug humfS HsVe had t5e best o. pnS.
SsSaSs and sp,ut hundreds Of dollars, but got
sC eS r,th ' uSNd the CutieUra Remedies,
xbt,b have cured me, and len my skin as clear
anu my IDA NAY BASS,
Olive Branch p. o., Miss
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-22
ELY'S
CREAM BALM

ClosApSSS enc
Nasal PaSSa-
gee, AnaysP Pain
and lnhamnnS-
ton, Heals the
Sores, Restores
the Senses OF
T 8 ) { q . u O
Smell.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-22

Through Tickets and Baggage Checked TO al
w. J.. ROBINSON, Gent Pan, Agent.
Psfkersburg. w. ".
FRED HUsEMKN. Trsv. PAn. Ast
Wheeling w Va
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-20
THE LATEST REPORT.
1t is Believed to be Authenticate Negroes
Retreat to the Swamps and are Stubborn.

It is Believed to be AUthentic-Ihe Negroes
Retreat to the Swamps and are Stubborn.
New ORLEANS, Dec. 1.-THE following
special dispatch from Columbus, Miss, to
the Picayune, is the latest and Is believed
to be an authentic account of the Missls-
sippi tragedy: Several gentleman reach
ed this city this morning from Artesla,
bringing news of the wholesale slaughter
of constable's posse near WahaiaB, q
small station on the Mobile d. Ohio Ry.,
near Macon, Miss. On Friday last q
negro and white boy got into fight.
The white boys father attempted to sepa-
rate them when he was set upon by the
negro. The boy and his father were ter
ribly beaten. Yesterday, the white man
swore out warrant for the negroes ar
res, and Constable Cobb went to the ne
groe's house to execute 1t when he was
attacked by a number of negroes and
beaten. He then summoned posse of
II men, apd went yesterday to arrest the
negroes. The posse was fired upon from
ambush, and five were killed outright, and
six wounded, more or less seriously. The
News spread rapidly and the negroes were
strongly reinforced. Wahalak telegraphed
along the line for help and Meridian re-
SDOnQ6O Wlbn dDOub "Cil
armed men. They were Joined at every
station, and reaching Wahalak marched
tmm ediately to the scene of the blood
shed. The negroes were barricaded, and
refused to surrender or give up the dead
whites At noon the forces were sup
posed to be about equal, and what the
result is no one knows. This afternoon
news was received that the belig-
erent negroes have retreated to the
swamps and are stubborn, while
the non combatant negroes are fleeing
to the woods it terror. Capt. Mcdowell,
f;the Columbus rifemen telegraphed the
Sheriff of Kemper county that his men
were ready if he should ask
the governor for military assistance.
The telegram was not delivered as the
sheriff was not in town. There is con
siderable excitement about here and
news of the developments is awaited with
utmost anxiety. A special from Macon,
Miss, says: "It is reported this evening
that seven of the negroes implicated were
shot this morning.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-20
GREAT JOY IN DAKOTA.
Everything Working Charmingly for Divisio
Not Particular Just Where.

Everything Working Charmingly for Division
Not Particular Just Where.
ST.. PAUL, Dec. ia Huron, Dakota,
correspondent of the Evening Dispatch
sends the following special to that Pc
per:
At this end of the line every thing is
working chermingly for division and
admission. South Dakota went on record
three years ago on the question, and has
never finched from the forty sixth
parallel or Seventh standard, it is i'm
material which. Now North Dakota has
held large convention of representative
men who unanimously declare them
selves favorable tol dividing upon tha
same line. Last of all come the leaders of
the entire democratic party of Dakota and
call meeting in Mitchell next Thursd day,
Dec. 20, TO elect delegates to Washington
who will intercede with the democratic
congressman to divide and admit the Da-
kotas during this session. The convention
of next week i, called and managed and
composed of democrats. None others
need apply. So things are working har-
moniously here: even Aberdeen has
ceased to whimper. In South Dakota
fully three-quarters of the press are out
spoken for admission under the SiouxF alls
constitution The Platt bill will suit Us :.
Indeed, we've grown so desperate at our
condition, after brooding over 1t for
years that we are ready to accept state
hood with division from any party at any
time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-20

impossible to pool, and the long haul reg
uleted the short haul. The dishonest
methods of rate cutting and other means
to influence the course of traffic
resorted TO or devised during the
two years / 90 not hesitate to say
are unprecedented in the whole pad rec
ord of the past. When asked why 1 do
not give information and institute pro
ceedlngs under the law / may say that
while l am morally sure these things are
done, cannot furnish legal proof. 1t is
this absence of good faith which brings
the railroad system to its present condi-
ton, and threatens to carry it still lower.
To attribute it to the interstate COM
MERGE act is an utter mistake. If that
act were totally repealed tomorrow it
would produce but temporary relief.
The railroad system must heal
itself. But in saying what l have
said DO not mean to imply
that in my Judgment the interstate com
merce act is q harmless, much less useless
piece of legislation. On the contrary I
am very sure that it is not. Its pres
ent effect and future results are exactly
those which its trainers never contem-
plated. The process of gravitation and
are concerned, was going fast enough be-
fore, but the interstate commerce act
has given it new impetus, Under the
operations Of the act smaller local rail-
roads throughout the country are being
ground out of existence. It is the
long haul which brings in the
profit. Smaller independent rail-
roads cannot have this, and are being
forced, whether they like 1t or not, into
the maws of the few great systems into
which the railroads of the country
are rapidly crystalizing. Thus
the effects of the act are being
felt at the smaller distributing points,
which are deprived of their market, for
those who formerly bought of them can
get the same goods on better terms from
the larger and distant oenters. Contrary
to every design of those who framed
the act its provisions had lent new i'm
petus to just those forces it was intended
to hold In check. The Interstate COM
merce act, acting on the tendency of
natural forces, is rapidly driving
Us forward toward some grand consol-
idation or railroad trust scheme
Even this from my point of view, 1 can
not regard as a thing to be dreaded. I
am very sure the great consolidated cor
poratiOns or even trusts, can be held to
a far stricter responsibility than the pu-
merous smaller and conflicting corpo-
rations. A well devised rail-
road clearing house scheme wouls
prove in practice whether so intended or
not, in direct line of the enforcement
of the Interstate commerce act in all its
better features, and it has many such.
If I were asked for concrete propositions
I would say delay, at least for time,
prevent too rapid tendency toward cry
stallization or consolidation by repeating
the features of the Interstate commerce
act which are preoipitatlng events in that
direction"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-20
MONDAYS DEsPATCHs CONDENSED.
John Bright has suffered a relapse.


Both east and west bound trunk line
rates, through and local, were advanced
today, according to a notice given the
7th inst.
The president has approved the act
making deficiency appropriation for
the contingent expenses of the house of
representatives..
4 man believed to be southern mer-
chant landed at New York and tried to
smuggle in $4,000 worth of diamonds.
They were seized.
The steamer Jasper, on it's way from
Worthington to Glasgow, foundered off
the Brighton coast. Her crew number
ing eleven persons, was dro.sned.
Frank T. Sweenie, fire marshall of the
Town of Lake, the stock yard suburban,
of Chicago, and a veteran of the late war,
suioided by cutting his throat. No cause
assigned.
The Union Light, Fuel and Gas Com
pany, of America, organized under the
laws OF Illinois, has obtaiued important
concessions from the Mexican govern
ment, for the introduction of water, fuel
and gas into ell the cities and govern
nent buildings throughout the republic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-12-20
THE MISSISSIPPI TRAGEDY.
The Cause and Result of Conflicting Stori

The Cause and Result of Conflicting Stories.
New ORLEANS, Dec. IA special to the
Picayune from Vest Point, Miss, says:
News reached here this Taorning of a
horrible tragedy enacted at the quiet
little village Of Wahalak, Miss, 40 miles
south of this city, on the Mobile d Ohio
railroads.&c. night, where four white men
were killed outright and eight wounded,
three mortally, by volley OF lead from the
hands of a desperate mob of negroes.
The only particulars learned are as
follows:
Two months ago white farmer living
a few miles from the almost desolate vii
lage, lost his gin house, together with
eight or ten bales of cotton by fire, which
was evidently the work of an incend1ary.
Sus picion was at once directed to one or
two negroes living in the vicinity, with
whom the farmer had had some trouble.
Officers in the meantime had been
searching for evidence against the ne
groes. At a late hopr last night, suf'
ficient evidence having been secured, one
of the negroes was approached by an
officer, who demanded his surrender.
The negro became furious, and terribly
assaulted the officer, after which he made
his escape. This attack on an officer of
the law aroused the indignation of q
few white citizens in the neighborhood,
who organized themselves to cap
ture, not to mob, the fugi-
tive. The woods in the vicinity were
secured, but without result. Not a trace
of him could be found and it was decided
by the posse to act in a body and sur
round his premises. They had proceed
ed only few miles IL the direction of
the negroes house, when from ambush
came deadly volley. Fifty we'll armed
negroes composed the mob. After every
white man had fallen to the ground the
negroes dispersed. The horror str1ck-
en- people have autographed for
aid. Seventy-fve we'll armed
men left Meridian, Miss, at 10 O'Clock
this morning for the scene of the tragedy.
West Point will furnish more help as
soon as the necessary advices can be had.
The re ports from the scene of the d1sas
ter are conflicting. A Picayune's Macon,
Miss, special says: The people here are
excited over the killing of Henry Maury,
Cobb and Vaughan, three prominent white
men in Kemper county by negroes
and the wounding OF other white men
| No negroes were killed or wounded
Twenty young men of this city have gone
| to the scene of the trouble. The negroes
are said to be we'll armed and are a s.
sembled en- mssse, and seem determine
to fight it out. Various rumors exist
Il is feared these will be bloody work to-
night.