Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-03-07
South and West.

A LANDSLIDE occurred on the mountain
above the Suislaw River, at Florence, Ore,
burying the house of A. F. Andrews and
killing Mrs Andrews, her daughter and little
son. Andrews and an elder son were thrown
into the river, and after floating on the debris
all night, were picked up several miles below
in an almost dying condition.
AN express train was wrecked on the Wis,
consin Central road near Mellen Junction
and six passengers were injured, but none
fatally.
A FATAL railroad ollision occurred at
Coaling Ala, in which an engineer was
killed and a dozen persons injured.
WHEN the case of the men indicted for at
tempting to bribe the Cronin jury was called
before Judge Waterman at Chicago, the four
defendants pleaded guilty.
THERE is great excitement in Lathrop
No. and in the surrounding towns over
crusade inaugurated against liquor. The
movement is spreading rapidly, and all the
women have abandoned domestic duties to
attend meetings.
THOMAS BRYANT a sixteen-year-old boy,
shot and instantly killed his mother at Butte,
Mont, because she refused to give him
money.
THE Atlanta Chamber of Commerce held
its first annual dinner; many Northern men
were guests.
CARLO BRITAIN, colored, shot and killed
D. <. Gairard, a rising young lawyer at
Manchester, Kentucky. The murderer
capped.
AUGUST GERDING and Peter Lindsterwalter
were instantly killed in freight collision
near PlacervilIe. Cal.
THREE men have been killed and several
badly injured in a street riot at Harper,
Kan.
THE color line has resulted in a split in,
the Louisiana and Mississippi Department of
the Grand Army of the Republic. There are
now two sets of officers.
jim BUTTS and Ed. johnson, both colored,
were hanged at Perry, Ca, for the murder
of Captain Miller.
A DEPUTY UNITED STATES MARSHAL was
waylaid and shot at Quincy, Fla, by men
accused of election frauds.
THE National Electric Light Convention
which met at Kansas City expressed Opposl-
ton 60 executions by electricity.
THE SALEM III National Bank has been
robbed of $40, 900 in cash and some securi-
ties. The burglars drilled through the vault
door entered the vault and blew open the
burg lar proof safe.
DENNIS HARDRIcK, colored, While fighting
drunk, fired into a crowd of dancers at
Santa Rosa County, Fla. and shot four per
sons, two men and two women. One of the
latter is dead, and the others fatally hurt.
A PASSENGER train on the Monon route
collided with a freight train two miles north
of Mitchell, Ind, and three men were killed.
Two Cincinnati Southern freight trains
collided at Melville, Tenn, and Engineer H.
Grow, and Brakeman William Gray were
killed. The collision was caused by the neg
hgence of the f1agman.
ONE wing of the insane asylum west
of Little Rock, Ark, has been burned.
The loss is between $50 900 and 800 The
four hundred patients were removed to the
ground floor, and although indescribable
panic prevailed, there was no loss of life.
THE Terre Haute Milling Company's -four
ing mill in Indiana has been burned. Loss
100000.
IT was discovered in Salt Lake City that
an attempt had been made to steal the re-
cords of the Utah Commission.
The steamer Louise of the Jacksonville and
Mayport line, ran into an obstruction near
Hunters Mill, on st. Johns River, Fla, and
was sunk. One man was drowned.