Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-12-26
SUMMARY OF SOUTHERN NEWS

Dr. II. W. MORGAN, one of the leading
physicians of Middle Alabama, attempted
suicide at his home, in Dayton, Ala, By tax
ing morphine, lie was revived by the prompt
attention Of another doctor, who left him get.
ting along alright Scarcely had the attend
ing physician gotten out Of the room when the
report of pistol was heard and DR.. Morgan
was found dying. lie had gotten up AID shot
himself through the heart.
LAST May one DIR. ]. l. Young was arrested
in Knoxville. Tenn, charged th having OBJ
tanned a divorce from his wife ilegally--she
knowing nothing of his proceedings. The
wronged wife, Mrs. Ella Young appeared
against him, and he was sent TO Jail. The d.
yoree had been secured in Chattanooga and
there he was taken for trial 1t is alleged that
be ha been sedueed from his wife by Mrs. l..
Dore Woodward, grass widow and good
looking milliner of Knoxville In the mean.
time, MIS-. Young, the true wife, sued Mrs.
Woodward for damages for having aliented
the affections Of her husband. The case came
10 trial, and Mrs. Young received verdict
for $4,000, the full extent Of the Jaw. The
jury was out but few minutes DR.. Young
and Mrs. Woodward were married secretly
here some moths o,
AT $50 o dock in the morning a mob &C
masked men broke into the Jail at Wayeross,
Ca, for the purpose OF lynching Welcome
Goldinr, the ], a Ter Of riot at Narus sawmil
in which a white man was killed and Elijah
Cheaves eolored, charged with the murder
Of Sheriff Culpepper, Of Ware county. The
prisoners heard them coming and clung to the
sides of their cells and kept quiet. The lyn-
chers had no lights They riddle the empty
beds OF the prisones with bullets and left,
th hiking they had kilIel their men. The
prisoners escaped mhurt.
COMMISSIONER LANE, Of the department
of sgricultnrs OF Alabama, has issued a r.
cular to every State agricultural comm issiouer
in the cotton-grow,ng States for the purpose
OF calling convention Of the farmers Of the
eoton-growiug States for the purpose of con.
sidering the expcdiency End probability Of
decreasing the acreage OF cotton in the South
lie names the city Of Montgomery, Ala. as
the most suitable pace aud "Wednesday the
9th Jay Of January, 1892, as the time Of meet.
ing Of the convention.
III is estimate that 0'0 persons are under
treatment for influenza in Nashville, Tenr.
THE dead body John Il; Ely, who was
abducted in jackson county Fa., was found
at IIolloway's mill. T. y had been beaten aud
snot through his Lchind The body was
stamped into she mud an lumber piled on
Il. When the posse begin their seaEh o.
tie body at the mill II llowey, one Of the alb
ductors, appeared and began firing on them.
The posse returned the FIRE and Holloway vas
killed.
W. +. GRINsLEY, ofSnow Hill, n. who
on the Sth instant, sho. Rev, J, T. Alternately
for kissing his (Grimsley's) wife, made sec.
ond assault on Abrcnathy on the streets Of
Snow Hill. Mr. Gr.msley, with oaths, began
firing at the Rev. Mr.. Alternately " ia pis.
tol. Mr.. Alternately drew pistol aud returned
the fire. Both were wounded.
CITIZENS residing in the eastern part Of
Knoxville, Tenn. were startled by fnt linz
tn. horribly muiilateI remains Of colored
woman, named Harriet Miles, lying in one Of
be principal streets. Her death is n my,.
cry.
HENRY SPENCER and Nathaniel Murrell,
two aged men, whose homes are near johnson
City, Tenn, are mysteriously missing, and ali
effjrts OF their friends TO find them have been
futile, The men did not leave each other,
and their relatives fear th y have been foully
dealt with.
JAMES WEIGHT, n no;cl murderer and
outlaw, with two other desperate characters
oyerpowcrcd the Jailer at Sneedyille, in Han
cock county, Tenn, and escaped.
GOVERNOR BuCHASAS, of Tennessee, aud
members Of the State beard Of prison inspec-
tors and representatives of the lcssccs of con.
Wet labor had conference at the Capitol in
Nashville, Team, concerning the turn OF
the eonviets 10 the mines, and decided to send
the eonvicts under an arm escort made up
Of military and ciyil guards.
THE Wilmington, Chadbourne and Conway
Railroad, in North Carolina has been pur-
chased the Atlantic Coast Line. Warren
g. Ellieo,t becomes president and J. T. Ken'y
neral manage
HAMILTON 6USN, Of London Ea;. has Oh.
tanned n charter from the South Carolina
Leg sature for tie Union Bank Of South
Carolina ead London, to be located IN Charles.
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