West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-04-25
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.LuMBERToN, Ala, ffty-fve miles north Of
Mobile, has been totally destroyed by fire.
AN extremely malignant and mysterious
disease resembling in some respects scarlet
lever has broken out In Illinois. A dozen
eases have proved fatal. The disease usually
runs its course within thirty-six hours.
MEREDITH STANLEY jumped from the Gin
innah Southern Railroad bridge over the
kentucky River. The height of the bridge Is
sS5 feet He jumped into twelve feet of
water and was uninjured.
THE "orange Belt' Railroad, from st.
Petersburg, on Tampa Bay 154 miles) 10
Sanford, Fla, has been formally opened
THE worlds conference of the Latter Dav
Saints or Mormons at st. Joseph, Mo, has
adjourned. The next conference will be held
April O, 1880, at Lamar, Iowa.
Law PRINCE, colored, OF Savannah Ga.
In 1T Of religious frenzy, killed his four
year-old child.
The United States Grand Jury at Port
Townshead, Washington Territory, have
found twenty-five indictments against Will
am Harmed, ox-Special Deputy Collector;
sleven against Herbert Il. Beecher. ex-Treas.
lry Agent, and twelve against Quincy A.
Brooks for stealing from the Government.
JOHN r. USHER, OF Kansas Secretary Of
he Interior under President Lincoln died Mt
'he University Hospital, in Philadelphia,
while undergoing surgical operation.
THE subscription for the Georgia Con-
iederate Home, started at Atlanta reached
t55, 900 in a weeks time.
JOHN JACKSON, President and proprietor
of tho st. Louis Grain Ele gator Company. and
prominent and wealthy citizen committed
suicide by hanging In the Office of the
elevator.
EDDIE GALLERY, eleven years old. of
Chicago was accidentally shot and killed by
his mother
CHARLES +. HATCH, President OF the
Wisconsin, Minnesota and Pacific Railway
Company, and T. II. Lockwood a real
estate dealer and capitalist. formerly OF New
York, both committed suicide i'm Minneapolis,
hinn.
The Governor Of South Carolina hos
granted full pardon to two colored lynchers
convicted Of murder, his ground being that
they had simply followed the example OF
white men, who had never been punished.
DAVID LINDSAY, q farmer over sixty years
old, living near Ann Arbor, Mich, shot and
killed his adult son in drunken quarrel
Gus SUNDERLAND, a colored boy. living at
mosely, 8. c.. was left by his mother 10 take
care OF n younger brother and getting tired
u the job put rope around the baby's neck
and hung II 10 the rafter of the house Tho
child was dead when found
A CYCLONE swept over MONTGOMERY
County Ala. Two men were instantly
killed by lightning and several others were
shocked and seriously injured Houses were
blown down and damage done 10 young corn
and cotton crops
TERRIBLE forest fire in Patrick County.
Va, swept everything before it One man
six horses, large number Of hogs and cattle
and ab0ut2OO dwellings and tobacco barns
were CO. o-.sumod. Many poor people are left
in destitute condition.
JAMES a. sExToE has been appointed Post.
master 40 Chicago.
w II. PETuT, aged sevonty-two his wife
and his son, Washington. got into n fight NJ
kearney, Neb., over loaded gun The fQnt
ended when the gun went of and blew fhe
old mans head to atoms
The schooner Rio Iupton capziesd In Al
bcrmarle Sound m. g. The Cop.-ic and ono
Of the crew were drowned
CHARLES FUEK, q cigar manu. -t,-ar. o.
kankakoe, Ill shot his divorced vie rrtal'y
and then killed himself
THfHTY-F1vE residences and busi1ess rou-.e
in Muir, Mich, were burned
wOEDEHFULLY rich discove ~ Of copD.r
was mode a. Duluth. MINI. hy worf.rne1
sxcavating for public building Ste.