The Hazel Green herald., 1891-09-04
OVER THE WORLD IN A WEEK.

A cloud burst in the mountains nea
Sand Lake, n. Y, did thousands of dol
lars damage.
George Little, of Greensburg, Ind.
was fatally beaten by an unknown mar
hid in Little's stable.
AT Cumberland, Nd, one man wa.
killed and another injured by the COLLAPSE
of bridge in the course of repair.
A call for Statehood convent tion,
to be held at Oklahoma City, September
"a, has been called by the Commercial
Club of that city.
Judge Robert d. Ray, late Chief
Justice of the Supreme court of Missouri,
died last week at Carrolton. He was a
native of Kentucky.
Ben Graham shot and instantly kill
ed Alfred Higginbottom, near Senatobia,
last week. The killing was the result Of
a quarrel over some fodder.
AT Concord, Ga, Miss Bette Mitch
ell attempted suicide with morphine and
razor, and may die. Love of fine dress
and fear of disgrace was the cause.
William F. Clark. lunatic, suicided
at Weston, W. Va, by getting into q
bath tub and turning on the boiling wa
ter. The case will be investigated.
Crops in North Dakota have been
seriously injured by frost. It was four
degrees below freezing point last week.
and ice formed on the growing grain.
Will Owens colored, who attempted
an outrage on a white woman, was taken
from the officers at Jesup, Ga. tied to a
tree and 800 Winchester balls were shot
into his body.
AT Charleston, w. Va, Nick Sprague
was robbed of $3.50, early one evening
last week, by two men, one Of whom held
him by the throat while the other Sc
cured the booty.
Constable Davenport, in trying to
arrest John Wood on q bench warrant,
near Dug Down, Ga, was held for an
hour by five women in order to give
Wood time to escape.
Mrs. Rev. Parsley, of Albion, Pa,
died FIVE minutes after acting the part of
an angel in tableau. A moment before
her death a girl made the remark that
'he MRS Parsley would make a lovely
angel.
Postmaster General Wanamaker has
the postmasters of county seats
% visit every post Office in their counties
md make detailed report thereon, Post
masters are expected to pay their own
expenses in making these investigations.
AT Independence, Iowa, last week,
he 5000 race for five-year-olds was won
n straight heats by the great Lexington
mare, Nancy Hanks, beating Allertoa
nd Margaret 8. The time, 2l2, 2:l2i
nd 2l2, is the fastest Of any on record
or three heats Of race.
Nine prominent citizens, disguised
s regulator" have been indicted in
furray county, Georgia, for the assassi- ,
alton of Hosea Jones, a farmer, who I
ras called to his door at night and shot
own, presumably because he had treat
d his wife and children badly. -,
Robert Paxton, of indianapolis, last {
uly went TO the home of Charles Lans-
ian and attempted TO criminally assault
is ten-year-old daughter, and in the /,
,ruggle the girl was severely injured.
ast week he entered plea of guilty,
nd was sentenced TO ten years impris-
nment.
Paul Conrad, President OF the Lou
lana lottery, and number Of the en-. n
oyes Of the company were held to an Il
yer at Philadelphia for violating the
,ti-lottery postal law. The oHense was a
le mailing Of circular containing the n
'vised report of the Louisiana Supreme
'urt on the LOTTERY revenue case. q
"A passenger train on the Western 1,
orth Carolina railroad went through a
-idge sixty.6ve feet into q creek near =.
,atesville, N. O., Thursday of last week. :
wenty or more people were instantly
lied, nine seriously injured, and num- "
,r Of others more or less bruised and
art. A number oi Kentuckians were d
J the train.
u. II. II. Burns has entered suit b
,ainst the city Of Houston, Texas, for
.H l00 damanas hasad nnon the fact