Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-06-19
THE SUNNY SOUTH.

One hundred officials of the T.. 7. v &:
g. are at Brunswick, Ga. Their annual
convention began Yesterday.
Chattanooga is to have republican
evening paper. -Four city and govern
mcnt officials are at the head oft.
K, W. Everett has been endorsed by
| Polk county Georgia. Farmers Alliance
as the fit representative tor congress.
A jury has been secured in the Hcnirns-
wag cmbczzlcmcnt case at Jackson, Miss,
and the cX'Statc treasurer is now on trial.
A colorcd girl named IIardaway is un-
der arrest at Petersburg, Va, charged
with putting glass in the food Of her en-
ploycr.
Col. John Terry, one of the most fore
most men of Birmingham, is dead He
was gallant soldier in the Confcdcr-
ate army.
Evangelist T. X. McCarty. of Pied
mont, Alabama, has been holding forth
converts.
". X. Lewis, of Johnson City, Tenn,
committed suicide by taking morphine.
Dependency was the cause. He had
been dissipating.
Lizzie Gathor. a colorcd woman of
Knoxville committed suicide Tuesday
night by taking morphine. A taithlcss
lover was the cause.
An iron safe fell on Major T. ]. Yates
at Lynchburg, Va, but that gentleman
was lucky enough to get out with no
more than n broken leg.
Ed Hutchinson, an rronaut, fell from
his balloon in Knoxville while ascending
for the purpose of making a parachute
jump and was badly injured.
Sam Hardy. Salem, Va, negro, was
shot by n negro policeman while resist
ing arrest. sam was arguing with ra-
zor with another colorcd man.
Captain Darby and the fireman of the
steam tug lightning were almost in
stantly killed near Newport News, Va,
by the explosion of a steam pipe.
Congressman John NJ. Allen will sue
coed himself from the first district OF
Mississippi. His opponent, Captain X.
l.. Houston, has withdrawn from the
! rc"".
James Rogers, birmingham fifteen
year old boy, shot himself accidentally
while out hunting. lie walked bravcly
to his home but died shortly after from
loss of blood.
Miss Julia Masters, a young girl, was
struck by lightning at Franklin, ky..
and instantly killed. Her sister who
was walking a few feet ahead of her cs-
capped unhurt.
7. a. Marvin n noted bigamist has Just
finished term ia the Virginia pcnitcn-
tiary and has been released. lie tells u
terrible story of the treatment Of the
convicts in the prison.
a co!orcd society took refuge in a col
ored church at Columbus during thun-
der storm. Lightning struck the build
ing and four men were shocked. None
were seriously hurt and will recover.
Birmingham is kicking because its CEN
sus is not panning out as was expected
and is taking the cnumcrators to task
for it. They missed newspaper Office
and that is bad place to pass by il
they didn't want to hear OF il.
The Hon. {. {. Shorter, of Fuiaula,
speaker OF the house of representatives
oi Alabama, died at his home Monday
lie was one of the most gifted young
men of the State, and had served u num-
her OF years in the legislature.
In the house. Mr.. Williams, of Ohio,
presented petition of cX-soldicrs OF
Dayton, Ohio, for the enactment of u
law prohibiting the sale, Use, manuiac-
turc, or importation Of banners or flags
representing confederate flags or the red
| flag of anarchists.
A freight train on the Newport News
and Mississippi Valley railroad was dc.
rallied at kcrrvi'lc. Tenn, by striking I,
COW. The engine aud ten cars were
badly wccckcd. aud Engineer Gwinn, oi
| paducal, ky., aud an unknown tramp
were crushed Ia death. Rush Marshall.
fireman, was fatally injured.
Charles Holly and Wilmer Mills were
assaulted by desperate near Monte.
;allo, Bibb county, Ga, and Mills was
fatally wounded. The guilty man ssup.
posed to he Barlow Thrashcr who is
wanted in several places and who is hiding
in that vicinity. \ revolver was the wca'
pom used.
7. McOuaid, Mayor OF Jacksonville
Fla, was assaulted by City Marshal
Virgins and is seriously IL not fatally in
|jurcd. Virgins used billy and after nc
compishing his work at once left the city
II is supposed that he has gone to tn,
south Of Florida. The assault grew on,
Of an old grudge.
Barksidc, Alabama, white men offended
the negroes of that town and the latte,
armed themselves with rifles and startct
out to "do or die" The whites ais,
armed themselves and the town is nov
IN the throcs oi a race war Nobody II
reported killed. A sheriff aud posse o
TWENTY-FIVE men have gone to the sccn'
Of action.
At Kcyscr, Va, the big Touring mill o
l.. A. Rizcr & Co., was DESTROYED by fire
with the Riz,r building near by. A mum
bcr Of other buildings were damaged
The loss is S25,OOO. At Parkcrsburg
: "OPENS brick yard with all the shed
aud drying apparatus were burned
Loss $4,000. Both fires are believed [,
have been the work of inccndiarics.
Ex-Statc Senator Swaysc, a negro pol
{ itician, was found hanging to a tree II
East Fcliciana parish, La., where he ha,
= gone to work in an election for the bcnt
fit of the Louisiana Lottery company
! legislative candidates. This parish wa
| Swaysc's old home, from which he ha
been driven and warned to stay ava
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