Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-07-18
SOUTHERN ITEMS
SOME INTERESTING NEWS COMPLIED
FROM MANY SOURCES.


acres of coal land was sold at $40 per acre.
Portions Of Mineral county, w. Va, have
suffered recently from depredations of horse
thieves.
Several corps are engaged in surveying a
location for the proposed Norfolk and Charles
ton Railroad.
In Warwick county, Va. man named
McRae killed another named Mcpherson and
his six-year-old daughter.
"A horse in Richie county. w. Va, became
entanged in pillow to which it was hitched,
and had one foot cut off by the cutter.
The freight depot at Statesyile, n. c., to-
gether with large amount OF freight, was en-
tIrely destroyed by fire several days ago
The Empire plaid cotton mills at High
Point, n. c., was sold at public auction, J. w.
Alspaugh being the purchaser az $4,000.
John y. Danford Of Roanoke county, Va,
has been lodged in Jail on the charge ofhaving
beaten his fifteen months-old step-son to
death.
The town of keysville. Va, has been very
much excited over the discovery of gold on the
farm of Mr.. Clifford. 1t is said to be found in
large quantities and very rich
Near Carlisle, Ky, Riley Macklin shot and
killed George Weissbrodt. Weissbrodt had
acted as peaccmaker in quarrel, and Mack
lin objected to his interference,
Bertha Davidson, a seven-year-old girl, shot
herself through the heart at Clarksburg, w.
Va. She found a revolver in a desk and was
playing with it, when it went off.
Bonds have been issued for the construction
ofthe Richmond and Chesapeake Railroad,
which is to extend from Richmond, Va, TO
some point on the Chesapeake bay.
Damage suits aggrcgating $4,000 were
brought in Charleston, W. Va, against the
ho aud Ms.hf. DatIraaI
growing out of the recent disaster, in which 10
persons were killed and 81 injured.
"A despatch from Catlettsburg, Ky, says the
war between the Cline and Deskins clans in
Logan county, VIVA, is still raging. All the
parties are armed with Winchesters and are
firing at each other across Tug river. Three
men have been killed.
Hon D. NJ. Key, judge 0fthe United States
Circuit Court and postmaster-general under
President Hayes, has been offered and accept
ed the position of dean Of the law school OF
Grant University, Nashville, Tenn.
Near Edmonton. Ky, Special United States
Bailiff W. NJ Cutlif was shot from ambush
as he was passing alomg the road about dusk,
and seriously wounded II is supposed his as.
sailants were yiOlators of the revenue laws
whom he had been pursuing.
Mics Ellie Scoville, leading society young
woman, of,Nashville, Tenn, attempted to com
NIT suicide ut her home by shooting. She is
in critical condition. Mental depression,
caused by brooding over the recent death of
her mother, was the probable cause.
The Virginia legislative committee on
criminal expenses have practically agreed
upon BILL which they claim, ifadopted, will
save the State $4,000 or $780, 900 year. One
of the proposed changes, it is said is to pay
the commonwealth attorneys salaries instead
Of fees.
The Debardelbcn Coal and Iron Company
of Birmingham, Ala, has contracted with re-
representatives. Of several Northern and West
ern concerns for the delivery Of 40 900 tons of
iron at $40 per ion. The best bid by Penn
sylyania company was far in excess of this
price.
Wolves are working destruction to the
ilocks Of Webster county, w. Va, and sever
al hundred sheep and lambs have been killed
by them lately. In view of this fact, the coun-
~ court of Webster has offered a reward of so
and the citizens $40 additional for each wolf
scalp.
Telephone communication between Fair
mount and Clarksburg VIVA, has been opened
The United States government viii soon con
struct telephone line from Morgantown to
connect The locks on the Monongahea river.
Tne purchasing of rights of way for the line
will begin at once.
AT Junction City, Ky, John Sharp, while
drunk, entered confectionery, and while he
held the proprietor at bay with a shotgun de-
stroyed lot of property. Town Marshall
Jack Evans came to arrest him and he rushed
ut Evans with q knife whereupon the mar
shall shot and killed him.
The powder works at Kellogg, in Cabell
county, W. Va, have begun operations, and
will IN few days put on a full force and work
day and night 1t is one Of the largest institu-
,ons of the kind in the country. the capacity
being about one hundred and fifty thousand
kegs year, and from sixty to seyeuty-iiye
men are employed.
"A singular accident took place at an oil well
on the iarm of Milton Wilson in MonOngalia
county, w. Va. There was a tank-house over
two tanks, each containing two hundred and
hfiy barrels of oil: The pumper a young
man named Jones, went TO tile tank-house, and
as soon as he opened the door, all explosion
took place, which blew Jones some distance,
and burnt him yseerely about the head aud
shoulders, destroying the tank house and both
tanks Jones must have stepped on match
and ignited it.
The clerk of the superior court of Wake
co inty has made arrangements with the clerks
of the other counties in North Carolina in
which direct taxes were paid by which a uni
form system of fees will be charged. II 10
agreed that on each certificate given to those
who paid the tax twenty-five cents will be
charged. When parties are dead their per.
sonaI representatives making afhdavits, or
executors and administrators, will be charged
one dollar, which is half the usual fee ia such
eases.
The Postmaster and merchant at Action, in
in Prince Edward county, Va, and only five
miles from Farmyille, had q narrow escape
from being killed By negro tramp. The lat
ter called for some candy, and while the sanfe
was being weighed, the sedundrel threw u
stone against the merchants head which felled
him 10 the floor and made a considerable bruise.
Section hands on the Norfolk and Western
Railroad near by heard the noise and ran 10
the assistance Of the wounded man, but the
would-be murderer and robber had fed.
The South Penn Oil Company's Wild Cat
Well, 90 miles northwest Of Warrington, w.
Va. reached the sand and came in 200-bar-
rel glisher. The strike has caused great ex-
element The oil is an entirely difiercn,
color from that found in the Warrington field
and operators believe that the well opens up
new territory Of great magnitude. The
South Penn Company has large amount Of
If territory near the well. A great deal how.
ever. remains unoceupied, and operators are
rushing to it. The strike is considered the
most important since the Hamilton we'll, tho
the pioneer in this section Of West Virginia
INDIANS RISING