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bugg 2 to the ground. Fletcher had the
mu1zle Of his gun under his arm, and the
jar caused the gun to explode. and the
entire contents entered his body. Death
soon followed.
At Lumberton. Richard u. johnson
was on Thursday convicted of bicamv.
| and sentcrc ccd to five years at hard labor
in the pcntentiiry. johnson had three
wives, some living at no great distance
from each other, but it turns out that he
! is regular polygamist. He now CON
fesses, since his conviction, that he has
| fifteen wives. He declares that when
| ever he changes his residence, and this
was Of frequent occurrence, he remarked.
and he declares that he always found it
cheaper to marry than to move a family.
Rev. Dr. Fordyce NJ. Hubbard was
eonnd dead By his bedside at his home in
Raleigh. He was knecing in a posture
/ Of prayer. He was 80 years of age. an+
I was a native Of Massachusetts, where ',n
| married the daughter of United - Acc
Senator Bates. of that state. Fifty wars
ago he went to Ncwbernc, N. C., ard in
ls49 became professor of Latin in the
state university, remaining IT. ere until
| 1868. He then went to New York state
as rector of the Protcstar & Cp,scopal
church at Manlius. At fac time of his
| death he was preparing .. Srhool history
Of North Carolina for t - state.
At Carthage, NJ. n. johnson. leodinc
merchant, committee. suicide ITO COM
planned of being u'awv!i in the m,rnino
ana 4uit WORK az d went to two stores. al
each OF which ne purchased an ounce of
| iauuahu,h. lie then went to the resi-
dcnce "he' &C no boarded and retired to
MS room. lie ate hearty at dinner and
went u he'd, saying he was no, well. A
Pls''A shot was heard, and some school
| DO Is, who roomcd with Johnson, ran to
the room and found him dead with a
bullet wound in his breast, just above the
heart. He drank both bottles of lauia-
mum before shooting himself.
t.,"rgia.
| The quarantine of Savannah against
Blackshear has been raised.
William Hall was arrested in Catoosa
county, on charge Of stealing church
DELL from one If the churches in Chat
tanooga. He waived the necessary for
maiitles ir. securing requisition papers,
ana was taken to Chattanooga aud landed
in jail
ihe digests from all the counties in
the state have been received at the
Comptroller Generals office, at Atlanta.
ana the property in the aggregate re-
turned by ;he 13' counties IN Georgia
sum up sss2s, s63, 33l. But this does not
lnciuGe the property returned by The tax
aDle railroads in the state, which will
tggregate s29, 00o, 600. This makes
Georgia's Property return foot up the
snug sum OF 1856, s63. 33l. The d gests
from all of the counties show n net in
crease over last year Of Sl1, ,25s, OO2, and
the net gain in railroad property returned
will amount to 81, 900, 600, which runs up
the aggregate net increase for the last
fiscal year to SIS, 25S, ,OO2 In nine years,
Georgia has gained about $3.50. 600, 600
in taxable property on the digest, and
$50, 900, 900 in taxable railroad property.
Missouri.
John Riley, an unruly and desperate
convict, who has infringed the rules Of
the pententiary at jefferson time and
again, and who has attacked shop guards
on several occasions, met his fate on
Thursday evening at the hands of Joseph
Gresham, n guari in the shop of the
Glesccke Boot and Shoe Company, at the
penitentiary. Just after the whistle had
sounded for the men 10 resume work
after the dinner hour, Riley assaulttd d the
guard, knocking him down, striking him
a number Of heavy blows in the face and
kicking him several times while he was
on the floor. After struggling few
minutes, Gresham regained his feet. and
rawIng revolver, shot his ass liant
twice.
| Alabama.
Mayor Lane. of Birmingham. has de
clared a quarantine against Atlanta, Ga,
and instructed the officers to rigidlv en-
force it. No person who has been in
Atlanta within twenty days will be al
lowed to enter or pass through the city.
The mayor mortified the officers of the
Georgia Pacific Ia n ,ad that no train
crews from Atlanta would be allowed tC
enter that city, and no crew from this
city could 60 to Atlanta and return. The
quarantine Was declared OIL account OF
the number of Florida refugees now in
Atlanta, and the fact that they continue
to arrive there. II was a'so reported on
Thursday that there were two cases OF
yellow. fever In Atlanta.
Mississippi.
The following order of the state board
of health was promulgated and went into
oper; tion on Thursday: ION account
Of the increase of the yellow fever at
Jacksonville, Fla, it has in the opinion
of the executive committee of the state
beard of health, become necessary to
adopt more stringent measures for the
protection of this state. 1t is therefore
oid I'D that on and after this date, no
person will he p,rm ted to enter the
ate unless they possess certificate from
a health officer that they have not been
exposed to yellow fever
soWsh Carolina.
Cotton is arriving at Charleston at 'h'
rate of 2, 900 bales day. Very few
bales are packed with other than jut
bagging. as shippers reject all such bale
Us unmerchantable.
The produce exchange, cotton ex
change and chambtr of commerce. il
! Charleston, perfected p ans f'ar establi- h
ing a steamship line to Baltimore will
close rail connection to New York frou
, that point.
Harrison Spencer, a colored man
prominently identified with tie labo
party at Longview. was ,akCn from hi
home late at night recently BY member
of the party of his own color and hanged
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