The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-03-12

| CIlnES AMI CASOAEl1ESs
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 4.-George
Washington, a negro, forty.two years
old, died this forenoon and his case will
be presented to the Medical Society.
His mother died few days ago and
from grief he died, but 80 suddenly that
a post mortem wss held. 1t was found
that his heart was ruptured. DR.. Brsn.
nan says it is a case Of broken heart.
BRIDGEPORT, CoNN., March c.
Jacob Schale, the condemned murderer
of Constable Drucker, who had announc.
ed his determination never to eat again
and had already tasted twelve days,
ended his long abstinence yesterday morn
ing. The moving power was bottle of
lager beer which was left in his cell.
Some of the beer had previously been
placed on the abstainer's lips and when
the attendant retired he could not resat
the temptation to drink the contents of
the bottle. After drainingita marked
change came over the faster and he
announced his readiness to partake of
food, which WAS then furnishe ed
F1NDLAY, O., March Recently
Charles McClinton .eloped with Miss
Minnie Minot, the daughter of a wealthy
Crawford County farmer. Three days
after the marriage she returned home
with her husband to seek forgiveness,
which was refused, and few hours later
she committed suicide. Thursday Mr..
McClinton began suit against the father
of his bride to recover damages in the
SUN of $4,000, alleging as cause for
action that the father exercised undue
influence over his daughter, and that by
her death McClinton's affections had
been damaged and his financial prospects
ruined.
FRANKLIN, Pa, March 5.-Thomas
Moore, wealthy merchant of this city,
shot and instantly killed his wife this
morning. About2 o'clock shot WAS
heard in the bedroom occupied by Mr..
and Mrs. Moore. Their aon Edward,
awakened by the report, rushed to the
room and discovered his father standing
in the middle of the floor with revolver
in his hand. His mother lay on the bed,
dead, the shot having passed through her
brain. Moore had been drinking heavily
for several days and was suffering from
maniac potu Moore is aged 70 years
and his wife g. Several years ago Mr..
Moore attempted to commit suicide by
cutting his throat.
GAINESVILLE, Texas, March g.
During the past ten days over 800 negroes
have passed through the city en- route to
Oklahoma to settle. Nearly all came
from Eastern Texas and are most dis
tressed and hard looking set, destitute Of
money, clothing, provisions, farming i'm
plements and everything necessary 10
prevent starvation and suffering in new
country. a white man from Oklahoma
has been representing to them that they
could secure good farm at very little
cost, and has also sold to nearly every
one Of these migrating negroes town
lot for 81 each. These lots we're repre-
sented to be located in the heart of large
towus, and to be worth S100. Every
negro had deed to some imaginary
| town lot
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March 8.-Intelli-
gence has been received here of the
cold. .blooded murder of one brother by
another at Sulligent, Lamas County.
The farm on which Jack Webb was
living, and which belonged to bis father,
was cultivated last year by his brother,
Dumas. When the latter moved off he
put the corn for the rent of the place in
crib and left it there for bis father. In
passing the place occasionally he noticed
that the corn was disappearing. Yester-
day morning on going to the place he
found his brother Jack and his wife in
the crib shelling corn. This led to a
quarrel between the two men, whereupon
Jack went into the house, procured his
gun and deliberately shot his brother
through the heart. The murderer, &C.
companied by his wife, Immediately de-
camped. He told some neighbors what
had happened and said that Dumas was
rushing upon him with an open knife
| when be shot him. Dumas was quiet,
peaceable citizen, while his brother had
an unenviable reputation.
CHARLOTTE, N. G., March S.-A night
or two since Engineer Dillon, of the
Danville, Mocksville and Southwestern
railroad, dreamed that large rock had
fallen on his road near LeatherN ood
creek, and that his engine, having come
in contact with this large rock, was COM
pletely torn to pieces. The dream was
so clearly presented to him in his slun1-
ber that the impression grew on him that
such an accident would happen to him.
BE declined to make his usual run the
next morning until he had telegraphed to
ascertain if there was anything the matter
with the roadbed near Leatherwood
creek. An answer was returned that
verified his vision. The message was
flashed back that a huge rock had fallen
on the track about midnight, and within
few feet Of the identical place where, in
his dream. he had seen The rock come
tumbling down the hillside. The mes
sage bearing the sequel to his dream
stated that the track was still blocked,
although hands had been working for
some hours to clear the track of the OBJ
struction.
CINCINNATI, March 4.-Tbe suicide of
two young students OF the Hebrew Union
College occurred at o'clock this morn
ing at Fourteenth and Race Streets The
young men are Isado 81. Frauenthal and
Ernest Sallinger They boarded in the
house of Max Scholtenfeld and occupied
adjoining rooms. About o'clock Schol-