Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-10-17
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SOUTHERN ITEMS
SOME INTERESTING NEWS COMPILED
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The Virginia Medical Society concluded ih
sessions in Lynehburg, Va.
In Bedford county Va, James Nance shot
and fatally wounded Peyton Fuqua.
There are 149 matrieulates at William and
Mary College, Va, with fye to ten arrivals
every day.
The annual meeting Of the stockholders OF
the Norfork aud Carolina Railroad Company
Was held in Norfolk Va.
A FIRE in Norfolk did considerable damage
70 the dry goods store of NJ. Winstraider & Co
loss covered by insurance.
The Florida Worlds Fair Convention, At
Orlando, vo.ed 10 raise 500, 600 for an exhibit
al the Columbian Exposition.
The dry goods store Of Miller & Rhodes ia
Richmond, was damaged by FIRE and water to
the amount Of so. 00o fully insured.
A number Of German farmers from Penn.
sylvania have gone TO Rockbridge county. Va,
where they expect TO buy farms and locate.
The Planters of Sea Island cotton at Charles
ton, s. c.. decided that the propo ed plan TO
prevent the sale Of Sea Island cotton seed was
impracticable.
Jessie Fisher, George Judy and Alexander
Welton, Of Hardy county, w. Va, sold Tor
shipment TO Liverpool, 2OO head Of cattle that
averaged !, 567 pounds each.
--GoTernor buchanan, Of Tennessee, has
eommutcd to life imprisonment the sentences
Of Nathan and Woodville Taryer who were to
have been hanged In Tiptonyille.
The Charleston (S. c. Daily World, Weekly
World and Sunday Budget, published by the
World Budget Company. have suspended
publication. The World was started four
years ago
John J, Myerly. of Ellieott City, Nd, Is
the proud possessor Of hickory cane cut near
ftt ~ ia . MT n
him by his niece, Miss Minnie Walstrum, OF
Prestonia, Va
Mr.. L. X. Warren, while at work near his
mill on Gay street, Cambridge, Md, un.
earthed an lndian relics stone pistle about
twelve inches long such as Is supposed TO
have been used by the Indians in making
hominy.
Near woodville, RappahNnnock county,
Va, Richard Campbell a farmer, shot his
wife with shotgun. The load took effect In
Mrs. Campbells he4d, and the attending
physicians consider her injuries serious, ifnot
10 al.
"A little fellow named Mathes, living near
DAnyille, Va, undertook TO walk wire
clothes line, and he was precipltated TO the
ground. In his fall his tongue Was caught
between his teeth and portion Of the member
was cut of,
While excivat'ng for the foundation Of
building in Sutton, W. Va, four human
skeletenswere found. II is believed that they
are the remains OF four men who were muir
dered there during the war. Their disap-
pearance has always been great mystery.
The case against Detective O'MAlley, has
been nolc pressed NJ New Orleans. O'Mnlley
was indicted on the charge Of bribing the jury
which acquitted the Italians accused Of
assassinating Chiefof Police iieunessy. When
the case came up for trial the state wos unable
to offer admissible evidence and the accused
was set at liberty.
A remarkable midget child is attracting
attention at Charleston, W. Va. The child
was born 10 MIR. aud Mrs. Eugene Perkins
month ago, and now weighs only two and
quarter pounds The child il only seven
inches in height and has been put with easa
a quart cup. Both parents are Of the
average size.
Tho Will Of Mrs Sarah Polk widow Of
President James N Polk, was presented for
probate in Nashville, Tenn. She leaves 20
the State Of Tennessee the political library OF
her husband, and the portraits Of Jefferson
and Madison are given TO the Tennessee
Historical Society. The resl of estate, With
the exception Of two bequestn of 1000 each,
she leaves TO the sole anu separate uso Of her
niece, Mrs. George W. Fall, whom she raised
from infancy.
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Kind used In India. An agent Of the syndi-
cate says the new process will be cheaper than
the old 10 the planter and the price Of rice
will be lowered 40 much that the importers Of
foreign rice will not be able u nndersell the
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The citizens OF Terra aba, w. va are
excited over a mysterious case a womanl
that she appeared as ii she had been drugeed.