Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-11-21
SUMMARY OF SOUTHERN NEWS.

The Southern Cotton Harvester Company.
whose co,ton-picker had satisfactory trial
on the Piedmont Exposition grounds, al At
lanta. a few days ago, has made contract
with the Van Wrinkle Machine Couplny, Of
Atlanta, for the building ofcotten.pickers.
In the County Conrt ut Bensam. rexss sara
Adore. Of Washington, H. c., and Jsne and
Mary +, Murray, of Fairfax, Va, filled
petition for the partition ofthe famous Thomas
Green estate, valu~a at 81, 100000
THE Rankin Manufacturing Company,
wholesale clothing house, Nashville, Tenn,
made an assignment for the benefit Of credi-
tors. Assets Si9S, 00o liabilities siSS,0oo.
Tight money snd bad collections are said to
be the cause
AT collinsville, Ala, gang of fifteen white
men, all we'll dressed captured the railroad
station and lay in waiting for passenger train
No. |, Of the Queen and Crescent Road from
Cincinnati, fer the purpose Of robbing it. An
officer appeared and drove the gang away
When the hain arrived four of the gang re-
turned and attempted to board it. Citizens
and trainmen fred on the robbers, who fed
to the woods. One, who was slightly wounded
was arrested.
W. J. HINE, member eff the firm Of Hine
Il kidwell, brokers and commission mereh-
ants, birmingham, Ala, committed suicide in
bis room in the Victoria Hotel, Birmingham,
by shooting himselfin the head. lie was in
debt and had failed in business. lie was fifty
years oldand has family 10 Co umbia, Tenn,
his former home,
REV. SAM. W. SNAIL the noted evangelist
was assaulted and severely beaten in Atlanta,
Ca, by Thomas Minor an Atlanta saloon
keeper, whom Mr. Small had attacked in
speech on prohibition.
THE United States government filed suit
at Birmingham, Ala, against the Tennessee
and Coosa Railroad Company and others to
recover $1,000 acres of land along that road
from Gadsden, Etownh county, Ala, TO Gun
ters's Landing, Marshall County. The GOV.
eminent claims that il never gave up the right
te the land and will ask for receiver Much
Of the disputed property has been sold by the
railroad company and improved. 1t is now
being occupied by farmers and towns The
amount of money involved isseveral millions.
WHILE drinking together AT sylhans Mills,
W. Va, two dcsperadoes, named Newton
Hobbs and Henry Beaver, quarreled over an
insult offered by the latter 10 the formers
daughter. Beaver attacked Hobbs with
butcher-kniie aud Hobbs drew revolver aud
shot his adversary through the heart. Hobbs
compelled Beavers's family to cook and sleep
in the room where the dead badly lay 50 hours
without being touched. Hobbs was ar.
rested.
THE vestibule train, east bound, on the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad ran into the
caboose ola freight tran at Mt Carbon W.
Va, and seriously injured Engineer Freuielo
and Fireman Williams Conductor Wilson.
of the freight, was slightly hurt. The fault is
said TO be on the part of the freight, which
pulled into the way Of the iast.nying vir-
ginian.
JOSEPH CARNEY, well-to DO fesident Of
sissonville, w Va was caught .by s islsat
instantly. His body was frighifully disGg.
ured.
THE citizens Of Moundsyille, w. Va. are
excited over what is at least remarkable
coincidence. Ten days ego Thomas Brannen,
a well-known contractor, was caught and
crushed to death by the fall Of the bank on an
excavation on the Schumacher properly. Two
nights later, just at dusk an appari ion, which
the workmen claim was the ghost Of Brannen,
appeared and varied them that another man
would yet be killed at the same place. Tho
men fed and the appariiion appeared again
the next night Since thea there have been
FIVE separate accidents at the place aud three
men have been seriously IL not fatally in
jured. In another accident four men escaped
with their lives by hair breadth. A sue
session Of accidents iollowinR the appearance
Of Brannens ghost has caused a sensation.
PAUL NJ. BENAcu, for many year, book
keeper for Ex-Mavor Patrick IeQuaid Of
Jacksonville, Fls., committed suicide a fsR
days ago. III health Is given a. the cause.
Benachi was a nativeofGroece but wss reared
aud educated in New Orleans. vhere bic
father vas fer many years Greek consul Ne
was aboai fony.,ir years Old
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