Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-07-02
THE SUNNY SOUTH.

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Kirain Muldoon and other sports
gave an exhibition at Meridian, Miss,
last night.
Knox county Tcnncsscc's new Jail is
completed. With the shcrifl's house il
cost SlJ 900.
The commencement exercises of the
University OF Virginia are being held at
charlottesville.
Georgetown, s. c., is stuck on its
graded school system and has voted to
maintain them Tor another year.
The citizens of Augusta, Ga, have sent
n small colorcd girl who was bitten by a
mad dog to New York for treatment.
Frankie Truss, u three year old Bir-
mngham boy, fell out of a three story
window and escaped without broken
bone.
Chattanooga is to have a 81 ,OOO, 900
warehouse. II is to bc used by all mcr-
chants and farmers who may wish to
store goods or products in it.
Albany, Ga, is going to celebrate July
4, and one of the attractions will bc a
chicken pie seven feet long and five feet
wide. 1t will contain ten dozen chick
| ems.
A. {. Zimmerman and ]. NJ. Bowdan
were killed in a wreck ON the Alabama
Midland at Josephine, Alabama. Five
cars jumped the track and three were
wrecked.
Andrew ]. Dunn. n brakeman ON the
Louisville and Nashville fell from a NOV.
ing train near Boylcs. Alabama, and n
heavy train rolled over and horribly
manglcd his body.
Walter Fischer, son of August Fischer
Of Orangcburg, $. G., was bitten on the
foot by a poisonous snake. His body has
swcllcd to twice its natural si1c and he is
in a critical condition,
Harry Toolc, the proprietor of the lar
yes. gambling house at Anniston, Ala,
has fled to parts unknown. a threatened
prosecution for bigamy is supposed to
have accelerated his movements.
DR.. Willis +. Wcstmorcland, who is
said to have been the most prominent
surgeon in the Southern States, died at
his home at Millcdgvillc. Ga. He was u
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Mr.. Rcavcs of Randolph, Alabama, got
howling drunk and tried to end his faith.
cr-in.law's S earthly career with knife.
The old man however filled him full OF
lead and there is general rejoicing in the
household for Rcavcs was a hard case.
The whites of O'Ncill Parish, La,
raidcd tough negro settlement and
killed George Howard. Three other ne
Sroes were wounue" 'nu III ,''s Me'e ,"ne" %
RON 'w.hly, ". 'I"u M"' "'.
cause on tnfea's '''"' ny '"' "'S'oes y"
'Ne W'"'es'
Phillip Schneider was arrested while
attending the dedication services of u
church at Chattanooga on Il charge oi
instiratinp his brother To set fire to his
lphillip's place of business. The brother
ahu J, ~ n,omn' .o,p,.u, ~. u,.' "'
'es' III H's"'"'' VII '"' s''''' '""S@'
For the past eighteen days the maxi
mum tcmpcraturc at Columbia, s. C.,
has not once been below 90 degrees in
the shade and most of the time il has
stood between % and 100. In the sun
il has run up to % degrees higher. The
oldest inhabitant acknowledges that IT
'akes '''e o"Ne'''
Six thousand miners are on n strike n,
birmingham, Ala, and between 5000
and 1000 furnace laborcrs have been
forced out bv the miners strike. The
strike was ordered because Of the re.
iusal of the owncrs to acccdc To a de-
maud for ten per cent. increase in
wages. II is the biggest strike ever
KNOW" !" '"'' s'''''"'
Gnllatin, Tennessee, has lust had cy.
clone in which two people were killed
and ten wounded. The African Mctho.
dist church was blown to pieces and the
roof cavcd in on the congregation. The
public school building was injured hut
not badly and many private residences
were damaged. A heavy rain accompa-
ncd the wind storm.
Mrs. II. l.. Scgmau wife of I.candcr
Scrmau, of Grccnvillc, s. C., ran away
with negro and went To Atlanta.
| There the authorities fired them out and
they returned To Grccnvillc and rented n
house and were furnishing il when the
husband had warrants issued and caused
their arrest. They are a very tough
pnir.
| ,, -, ,,..,.,,., ,,..,: .,,
cred at the train to see lohn l.. Sullivan,
| who PASSED through there on his trip
from puryis. Miss. TO New York. The
b;puu was asleep. however, and the hero
worshipcrs were Obliged to content
themselves with looking at the car that
drew him and his manager, duncan II.
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