Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-04-11
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPLIED
FROM MANY SOURCES.

INTERESTING NEWS COMPLIED
FROM MANY SOURCES.
Salem, Roanoke county, Va, is to have
board of trade
The Oldest man In Halifax county, n. c., is
captain James Simmons, aged 90.
"A brakeman named rutherford was killed
on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, near
Rio Vista, Va.
The Rivermont bridge, connecting Lynch
burgh, Va, with Danielstown, will be com
pieted by May LIST.
Sanford Smith, postmaster at Orinoco,
davidson county, n. c., committed suicide
by shooting his,selE
$Capt. Octaiius Ccke, who has been appoint.
g. secretary Of State Of North Caroiine, is n
nirginan by birtE and a brother Of Senator
Richard Coke, Of Texas.
Rev. James Compton, who was thrown from
ms morse and badly hurt near his llme, at
Emmas, IN Bedford county, Va, died from
the effects of his injuries.
The business men of Danville. Va, have
indorsed the plan of the Farmers Alliance to
establish large cigarette factory in that city
IN opposition 10 the trust.
Work has again been resumed on the Belt
Line from the rolling mill 10 The Shenandoah
valley junction, Va, and it is expected that
1t will soon be completed.
Edward Sp6rkman, of Union City, Tenn,
began bleeding at the teeth, and medical
treatment failed to stop the flow OF blood. lie
uled from the excessive loss Of blood.
bishop f. r. Hendrix, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, will deliver the bac-
ealaureate sermon Mt the commencement Of
Washington aud Lee University in June.
The citizens of Jackson, in Northampton
county, Va, are makingtiiprts to build rail.
road from MargarctlsYilie to jackson, n
distance OF twelve miles The read will be
great convenience to the people of North.
ampton,
"A new map Of Virginia is in course of pre-
paration by Mr.. r. G. Mckinney, the son of
Gov Mckinney who is on the United States
geographical Survey. lie Is assisted one
OF his associates and their opportunities for
obtaining reliable data are exceptional.
The State meeting of the Grant Camp Of
Confederate Veterans Of Virginia will be held
this yearin fredericksburg The date for
she gathering has not yet been fixed, but Will
be arranged by the local camp in Fredericks-
Durg. he indications are that the garther-
ing VIII he larger than on any previous occas
10 Of this soft.
1t is asserted that at Big Stone Gap, ve.,
the electric lights are utilized in novel way.
IL is said that the town as laid of is two miles
vide and five miles long, aud that all this
space Is Int up by electric lights, and, that in
the woods there the people huut possums
and coons, not by the light of the moon OF
pine torches, but BY the light Of the electric
lamps
About two miles above ParkersburgW VIVA,
on the farm of l.. L. Bartlett the site Of large
prehistoric village has been found and many
relics unearthed. The village borders on the
ONO river. The earth is furrowed in mony
places, and is intermixed with fragments OF
pottery bones of animals such as deer, bear,
etc, with many utensils and ornaments oil
stone, bone and shells.
While Mr.. Harry lntyre was driving along
the road from Beaver creek to Bo0nsboro'
Md, he noticed the body of a man lying along
the fence BY the road. He investigated the
matter aud found that it was Mr.. Barney
| Johnson, an old soldier, who served in the
Seventh Maryland Infantry. lie was fence
! maker, and had been working in the neighbor.
hood for some time past.
| In the May or's Court at Petersburg, Va,
| Thomas S. Gibbons and Robert W Bowdea
1 two popular young men Of that city, were
/ charged with being about to elgas in q duel.
/ After learning that trouble was the result Of
some misunderstanding the mayor consented
I TO discharge them on their IsrpmiSc that they
would not let the matter 60 farther. A re-
| llsious discussion was atthe bottom Oft.
In Giles county, Va, one evening lust week
| party OF two young gentlemen and three
J young tdutSS on tneiT return rom ChufCh at
j tempted to cross Wolf creek in a small canoe.
/ In some manner the canoe was upset, throw
| ing all parties in the swirl running water
| Miss LcOna Burton, daughter of Elias Burion
/ and Miss Gamma Terrell, daughter of Mike
1 Terrell were both drowned.
/ lion. Peter ~ box died in Huntsville, Ala.
, IN the seventy -eighta year of his age. Ju,lle
/ box was born at Geneva, n. y. ale WAS
/ in the Legislature aud a Judge of the county
ltta t-f,lf 4 ial.
| In 1863 he represented Madison county in the
/ revisionai constitutional convention and re-
| presented the eighth Alabama district in the
/ Forty first and toriy-second Congresses.
The erection of patent process Touring
! mill on the present site OF the old Whaland
mill, near ChestertOwn, Md, Will be cont
mcneed before the tenth OF next month. Tie
/ bui ding will be 81 by % feet aud three stories
4 in height and the machinery has already
/ been ordered from Rietz d Co, Berlin, Pa,
1 the entire cost Of the outfit being about "a 51L
| There will be two turbine water wheels ard
4 the mill is expected to be in operation about
/ June 20.
A construction train was wrecked on the
| Chester and Lenoir narrow-gauge railroad
near Newton, n. C., a few days ago. ril
was fastened across the track by white man
/ by the name of Williams lie was put Oh
train the day before by conductor and III
! tended to wreck the same train However,
/ the construction train came first. No one
| was killed, but every man on the train was
| hurt, some seriously. Williams was arrest d
"A stock company is soon to be organized al
/ BCckleysyiile, Md, to rebuild Beckley's
/ paper mill, which WAS destroyed by ire nearly
two years ago. The new mill, which is t.
| have ! the latest Improvements in paper
making machinery, viii he much larger than
the former one. The capital stock of the COM
/ paDy will be s2500Oa The branch road now
being built by the Hoffman Brothers will BE-
extended to the new mill via the Gunpow der
| Falls and Georges run, thus securing ample
| transportation lacilitics.
President John l.. Hammond, Of the Mcr-
/ chants National Bank, Savannah, Ca, an
Eounces that the banks loss through irreg-
u'ar.ties Of its cashier. Thos. Gads,len, wn5
comm tied suicide, will not exceed $1,000.
| Other statements put the amount at Sl0J 900.
The bank : capital is halfa-nnllion tlollars,an I,
the surplus and undiy ided profits are $780, go
1 Mr.. Gddsden Was a son of the Rev. Philip
Gadsden, Episcopal clergy man, and a
nephew Of Bishop GadsdeH,o OF south Carolina,
and great-grandsoa of Christopher GadsdcIl
| Of Revoiutlonary fans.
| Judge Henry Souther, prominent citizen
OF Frederick sbarg, Va. dropped dead on the
street few days since Judge Souther was
sxty-tye years Of age and native OF Lynn,
! Mass, and ior a number of years was resi-.
| dent of Erie, Pa where he served two terms
as eorpoyaiioa judge lie took up his resi-
/ dence in Frederick sburg IN 1851, since which
time he has been Unidentified with every in
( terest looking toward the advancement OF the
city. He Was president Of The Bridewater
Milling Company AMI Of the electric lighting
company.
Particulars have been learned Of the murder
# VIII Moore, at Pactolus, Pitt county, n
The murderer was traced from the place
where the murder Was done TO the room oi
Johu Moore. brother Of deceased. In his room
was found gun, one barrel of which was
empty, the loaded barrel with the hammer
still sprung. A coat was also found whirh
showed one button missing and those remain
ing on the coat correspondent exactly in eve y
! respect, it is said, with one found by deiec-
tives on tie line of footsteps from the place II
| the HON icile to John Moore's room. Meore
has made his escape. No cause can be given
Tor the act, except that the two brothers were
addressing the same young lady, and it is
| supposed jealousy prompted the unnatural
crime. Tney belonged to good family, ard
The suspicion thateHe brother killed the other
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