The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-06-13
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

R1DGEwAY, s. o., June GO. r.
Means, respectable negro, shot and
killed Alfred Priolesu, also colored, on
the street at S q. m. for the seduction of
his daughter. The negroes are much ex.
cited, and threats of lynching have been
made. The local constabulaly are fully
able to protect the prisoner, who surren-
dered himself Immediately.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, June 7.-The
southbound lightning express train of the
Alabama Great Southern, due here at 2
o'clock this morning, met with a serious
accident about one and half miles north
of Carthage, Ala, on the trestle known
as the Carthage gravel pit trestle. The
trestle was on fire and before the engineer
discovered 1t and could stop his train he
ran into it. The fireman jumped from
the engine. Seventy feet of the trestle
was consumed, also the engine, mail car
and baggage Car. Most of the mail was
saved. No one was hurt.
CARTHAGE, Tenn, June 5.-Two little
daughters of Lou Russell, near here, were
poisoned yesterday in remarkable man.
ner. They were playing around the yard
and ate some red roses. Both were taken
violently i'll in short time, and the elder
girl died last night. The younger linger.
cred in great agony until this morning,
and then died. Investigation shows that
the roses we're full of little green insects,
and these ale supposed by tho physicians
to have been poison. The girls were
seven and six years old respectively.
RED OAK, TO-. June 6.-J. /. Cleayer,
farmer living near here, died yesterday
from the effects Of a peculiar accident
which happened two days before. While
going after load of hay his team stopped
in crossing ditch, and to urge them on
he tapped one of the horses with a pitch.
fork. The animal kicked, striking the
pitchfork and driving the end of the han
die against the farmers side. He weat
on and loaded up the hay, but soon after
returning home Inflammation of the
bowels set in and death car4e after great
suffering.
WICHITA, KANSAS, June 8.-This sec.
tion was visited by a most severe storm.
The Western part of sedgewick County.
and the Eastern part of Kingman County
suffered most, and space twenty miles
long by i've miles wide was swept over by
cyclone. A farmer named Rogers and
his family were killed, and many others
were rendered homeless. Heavy rain and
hall followed, which laid low the grain
and fruit crops. In West Sedgewick
County many houses and barns and acres
of crops were leveled to the ground.
UTICA, N. Y, June l0.-Word vas
received here this morning that terrific
wind storm passed through Port Leyden,
Lewis County, and the lower portion of
Jefferson County, about four o'clock yes.
terday afternoon, uuroo6pg houses, over.
turning trees, fences and buildings, and
doing much damage. The steeple of the
Catholic Church at Port Leyden was
blown down and the Methodist Church
was moved in such manner as to make
it dangerous. One house was picked up
and carried about 100 feet, an old gentle.
man and lady therein being injured.
The most damage was done In q path
about eighty rods wide, though the trees
and fences we're overturned on wide
territory. The wires are all down and
particulars cannot now be obtained.