The Washington critic., 1889-06-08
EARLY MORNING NEWS.

way Yesterday. Cornelius Means. col.
ored. armed with double-barreled
shot gun, approached negro named
Preilan. standinp M tho denoi and be-
gan firing on him. Preilan fell. rid.
died with bucksbot. and then Means
attacked tbe nrostrair victim will, his
gun clubbed. The stock was broken
from then bnrrel. then with the barrel
Means dealt Preilan n blow ON the fore.
head. crushing his skull After This
Means fred three n;stol halls throuoh
tbe crushed sl,nll preiian vas dead
7 before Means had s,onned Ms brutality
Means claims tbat P,rIlan had ,sedmrsd
I tbe formers doucbter. and then mar.
ried another woman Means is intel.
/ ligent and has The rasnsci of both
races, lie was arrested
News COMES of tbe singular death of
a lad 10 wears old named Alfred Odom.
who lived with his father. a miller. M
! Gelkeys. SIX miles from Rutherfordfon'
a small town In the mountains Of West,
mn North Carolina. Last Monday the
boy had n difficulty or disa orecfnent
with his father early in the norning.
and the father threatpned 10 whin t,ie
son, Alfred left the mill carrvInr n
rifle. Shortly after his disanueayanoe
tho report of n p,,n wos hoard and n
voice calling. Mrs Thomas Elliott who
was near rushed 10 the mill where
upon the floor law vouno Odom with n
wound IN his head Tho hall Mad
,,nssetl ithrmiuh the brain He lived
ionp enouph to saw tbat the SHOOTING
was accidental.
Yesterday afternoon A railroad meet.
ipg was held nj Danyille1 Va TO dis.
ouss the hest nlon to get Weste,.n or
tension of the Atlantic and Danyille
road. The meeting was addressed by
Up. Harrison, representing the All.
lantic and Danville, d. S. Pierce.
president Virginia and Kentucky: i.
J Turner Moorehead, president Cape
J Fear and Yadkini Valley. and E. B.
! Withers, president Danyille and North
I Carolina road The plan is to build
from Danyille to Madison. N. o., on
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley. and 20
thence to connection with Norfolk and
( Western. A committee was appointed
10 recommend the best route and report
to the meeting of citizens next Friday.
/ The Secretary of the Navy has In.
structed the Mare Island Navy. Yard
TO build at once clinker- built whale
boat, to be constructed Of the finest ma.
terials and handsomely finished, which
will DC sent as present to King
Mataafa of Samoa in recognition Of
the valuable services rendered by his
men to the wrecked American vessels
at Apia. The boat will be sent in
charge of three officers survivors of
the hurricane. who will also carry an
autograph letter of thanks from Presi-
dent Harrison.
John Feaster, alias John Henry VII
/ liams, and Charles Il. Colston, both col
ored, were hanged yesterday in York
vile, S. G., for the murder of w. c.
Abernetby, white man, who was q
merchant at Catawba Junction, S. G.
The deed was committed last january
for the purpose of robbery. Both
/ claimed to be innocent, and Colston,
i who had confessed his guilt, said that
his confession was false.
Superintendent Bell reports that the
mails throughout the recently flooded
district are being promptly dispatched
over the regular routes, the mails for
the South being sent o-day via the Long
Bridge. There is still an accummula,
tion of mail matter at the large distribu-
ting offices. but he anticipates that
everything will be handled promptly,
as usual by Monday.
Sixteen houses were burned at Eu-
taw, Ala, Yesterday. The losers are as
follows: w. r. Mcknight, Miss G.
Lockard, G. II. Howell, s. d. Little,
II. Chapman, w. T. Smith, Wetmore
6 Wetmore, Altman ,S Patton. ]. O.
Scruggs, Arlington & Branch, Mr..
Rogers, d. w. Pruitt. ID. l.. Kirk
land No insurance. The origin of
the fire is not vet known.
Mrs Charles F, Adams, widow of
the late Hon. G. F. Adams and mother
of John Quincy Adams and Charles +.
Adams, president of the Union Pacific
Railroad, died Thursday night. aged 81.
at her home at Quincy, Mass. Three
children survive her In addition IN ,hose
observation-disclosures and Henry Adams
and Mrs. DR.. Henry p. Quincy.
Henry G.. Potter of Ohio has been ap-
pointed by promotion, 81 600. To be
chief of the Mineral Division. General
Land office; Henry G. Pizer of Kansas
to be disbursing agent of the Geologi.
cal Survey; James NJ. Hutchins of
ninnesOta speclai agent OF tne deneral
Land Office.
The engine-house of the Salisbury
mine at Ishpeming, Mich. owned by
the Iron Cliffs Company. was burned
Yesterday T,oss ON mocb;nn,, anJ
S,,;id;n% sno noo' ,,,. " ;',n.'aJ NV T'u
,',i.s pu,'ins, Too,ooVi paruy insureu. me
the new machine, = IL secured n'e u''
General MANAGER r. T. Words of
Fairbanks & Go . lard ,efinery, % GnorSa m
louis s1Rsi9tsnssa' and 9Sss asrse G1 as s