Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1888-08-11
North, East and West.

Grasshoppers are causing terrible rava-
ges near Ottawa, Canada.
The paper mills owned by George
Friends at Lockland, Ohio, has been
totally destroyed By fire. Loss $40, 900.
The organization of the Southern
railway and steamship association has ex-
pired by limitation. and the Southern
Freight pool no longer exists.
BARLEY Campbell. the dramatist. who
has for some time been confined in an
asylum for the insane, is dead.
The suicide of Maggie Jones, an in
mate of house of ill fame, Sunday
night, was the eighth suicide in Birm-
ingham, Ala, within four weeks.
The military have been called upon to
quell small disturbance with some un-
ruly Indians on the San Carlos reser-
vation.
A young man named Matthew Byrnes
jumped from the Brooklyn bridge into
the East river. He was picked up by a
passing vessel in dying condition.
Charles alias 'Blinky" Morgan, the
principal figure in the Ravena rescue and
murder of Detective Hulligan, of Cleve-
land, was executed at Ohio penetentiary
at Columbus.
AT Pittsburg, shortly after $50 o'clock
Saturday morning, May Patton, Of Johns
town, Pennsylvania, shot and killed
Charles DeKnight, well-known young
man of Lavrenceville, and then blew her
brains out. The tragedy took place in
the Metropolitan hotel, corner of Grant
street and Seventh avenue.
The American Cotton Oil Trust COM
pany had its annual meeting in New
York and report showed net earnings of
50, ,020, ,444, which is about % per cent
in excess of last years business.
The extreme hot weather prevailing in
Arkansas the past week has proven fatal
to out door laborers. Wednesday not
less than four persons at Little Rock
were so overcome by the heat that they
all died before morning
Four thousand laborers. employed on
city streets, of Duluth, MINI, in clean
ing away the debris of heavy storm,
struck for an increase in pay from $3.50
to So per day, and received their de-
mands.
Reports from Bibb county. Ala, state
that the moonshiners are still in the coal
mine drift, strongly guarded by citizens.
George Snyder was the only one killed
on Monday night.
There was another frightful wreck on
the Cincinnati Southern railroad in
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avoidable accident, but resulted III much
damage to the company and the death of
four men.
1t is reported on good authority that
Isaac ii. Vincent, ex-State treasurer, of
Alabama, who is now serving sentence
OF fifteen years for embezzlement of
1928, 900 of the States money, will soon
make full confession.
After comforting on details for three
weeks, the officials of the telegraphic
cable companies signed agreements by
which the disastrous war of rates between
them is ended. On September 1st the
rates will be advanced to 81 cents per
word.
Saturday night three masked men ap-
DCdlCu tnt HOuot VI 0Ohitn l(OuI,
aged S6 years. farmer, six miles north
of Dayton, Ohio, and after beating the
old man into insensibility, secured 49,,
900 in cash. The robbers have not been
captured.
Frank Mount, convicted of an at
tempted outrageous assault upon Annie
Rudolph, aged seventeen, and Maggie
Connors, aged ten, at New Brunswick.
N. j., was sentenced TO the State peni-
tentiary for ten and fifteen years, the
terms to run consecutively.
Advices from San Carlos, Arizona,
says: At the sub-agency. Wednesday
night, some shooting was engaged in. 1t
is feared that serious trouble will termin
ate Ten Apaches are still missing.
Miles has every company Of the troops
in the territory in the best possible con
dition for active campaign. All are
moving to the most available points 10
meet quickly any emergency which may
arise.