The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-10

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ttIynt inra JorIiy q item SetNd west Of Raleigh.
itSAeule IS sort OF focus Of this development
lHf% niNh'rS of them settle in that Vicinity. As
RUS N I'M" anis are lai.iy well 10 do and axe
aNtSN"ule Cl,os ii cy 10 into NIL sorts uf l,r-
dr''gS, oi" IN an asiNn Hn2iy snort s'""'o OF IN
"Ie Ve9Pittci! ANAL sma&tei by the naive pop'ut-
o D.. Many come from HCuNsylNanil aud Sow
l"iN NJ the New England states a;e large contrib
N'Vr. some ae II m ;he npr,nHest.
soVTu CAROLINA.
An accident occurred at Columbia Tuesday
Afternoon. re 'uitinG IN the death of llcnry w
Beechcrs coorcd child. nineteen months old
Wh'e IN charge of his sister, lradore seven
years OF age. lie was in some unaccouutab,o
way placed in . large lard can containing
clothes and gallon or two of water and when
taken out by the sister and carried to the
house, was SO far gone from drowning rs to he
| beyond rcSuStCation. \ CoToncr's inquest re-
turned verdict of "acCidental drowning"
NO one saw the affair and no definite infor-
nation regarding 1t could be obtained from
the sister. The can was just large enough to
contain the child drowned.
News has reached Columbia of a diabolical
outrage, which was pcrpcuated about ten days
ago, IN remote section of Lancaster county
One evening about dusk Mr. w. j. Black
man, well TO do farmer was at his farm
about fifty yards distant from his dwelling
loohlng after his stock, several persons set
upon him with clubs and beat him until they
supposed they had killed him, when they took
his keys from his pocket and threw him into
the stable. sam BlaCkman, n ColorCd boy
who lives about 200 yards of, was the first TO
apprsc any one of Mr.. Blacllman condition
lie says he heard the blows and supposed
MI. Is. was beating one of the
mules, so he went TO the stable and found Mr.
! BAckman lying i'll the stable rs he supposed
| dead. lie called to his mother and told her
! tnat the mules had killed LIr. B&ckman,
| They informed Mrs Hlacknan, who was
cooking supper, and they all three ran to the
stable whore AIr. BIacl>Inan was lying inscn-
Snle and bleeding proiusely from his wounds.
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a physician sent for in post haste. In the
meantime, while Mrs. Blackman was out look
ing after her husband the parties who COM
mitted the outrage entered the dwelling
through the front door. and going into the
room where Mr. Blackman keeps his safe, and
pocket, opened it and stole thore-
from n bag containing $4,000 in
gold, leaving untouched however, another bag
which contained 81, 900 in gold. The robbers
then fled. Mr.. Blackman's injuries were at
first thought to be fatal, and he lay uncon-
scious several days, but is now slowly improv-
ing. He received five severe blows on his
head, bruises and cuts on his body, and his left
forearm was broken. Upon rcgaining CON
seriousness he gave Information 10 the sheriff
which led to the arrest of Grin Bane, Andy
DeaS, Gilmore DcaS, Jim Barrett, Sanford Bar
rett, Stephen Knson, Fanny Barrett all white,
| and Sam Kelly, coored The evidence
against the accused is said to be conclusive.
KENTUCKY.
Court convened at Thompknsvillc Monday
morning and the grand jury Tuesday returned
into court three indictments against each one
OF the two Clarks, alias Reeves, brothers, and
Mallard The three men pleaded guilty to the
charges in two of the indictments one of
which was for burglary, and were each given
live years on each charge, or ten years each on
the two. To the charge of burning tho court
house, which is said to have been contained i'll
the Indictment, they pleaded not guilty, and
lV m InI to r,, fhO,,
The jury was out but few minutes and re-
turned q verdict of guilty, fixing each mans
punishment at twenty years confinement in
the penitcntiary, making the sum total of each
ones punishment thirty years at Frankfort.
ALABAMA.
DIR. Mary Walker, the celebrated female
physician of Washington ID, c., passed through
Montgomery, Sunday morning. en- route for
New Orleans She attracted quite crowd at the
union depot with her PANTS and boots and cutaway
cloak. In addition to this she wore n ludys hat
and mans collar and crayat The loafers around
the depot formed q circle around her like there
dog fight i'll progress, much to her annoyance
| News of shooting ARRAY which occurred
| Saturday, near Fleming's station, Tuscaloosa
| county, has reached Birmingham. A worthless
| young man named Joseph Num- had a fight
with a man at the station, and the latter was
taken to the house of n friend, a farmer named
Hutto. Num- armed himself and followed
lie was met in the yard by IIutto, who asked
INN to stop. Num- made some threats and
by the farmer, who was armed with shot
gun. The coroner's jury discharged IIutto.
Considerable excitement was occasoncd at
Montgomery Tuesday by the report that Sam
Behr, OF the firm of 5. Behr & Bros whole
sale grocers and produce merchants had COM
mitted suicide in his store, on Montgomery
street, near the Exchange hotel. An immense
crowd quickly collected. The doors of the
store were closed, and the police refused admit
lance to all, except the family, until the ar
M q VIII al On, tRtya. all
and n verdict was rendered in accordance with
the following facts:
Bchr had returned from dinner, and was
standing talking with customer outside the
counter, apparently in good humor. After tho
departure of the customer, Behr walked to the
rear of the store, and a few minutes later his
brother Abe was surprised to see him fall to
the floor. He rushed towards him,
Mortified to see blood gushing from
a terrible cash across his throat,
extending from ear to car. In fact his head
was nearly severed. In his right hand was Il
pon-lfnifG, with large bladG open and bloody.
An examination showed that lie had plunged
the blade nto,EiS throat Just below the left car,
up to the handle, and then, with great force,
drew it entirely across his throat. The wound
was CHASTITY, and death was instantaneous.
Behr came to Montgomery eighteen years ago
without q dollar, and commenced business. He
was shreWd and energetic, and soon accumu-
lated a handsome SUN, being reputcd year or
so ago to he worth sevcnty-iiye thousand dol
lars. lie lived well, kept fast horses, and was,
apparently. perfectly happy lie married a
year ago Miss otaincr. Of Arkansas, II niece Of
Rev. 5. liecht, the jewish rabbi Of this
city, but had no children. Lately hc had been
greatly troubled about business matters, ana
app1ehcnsivc that he could not hold ont much
longer, rendering him at times Respondent.
His liabilities are estimated at over twenty
thousand dollars, mostly due the National
bank of Montgomery. It's supposed that under
an impulse Of the moment he committed sui
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