Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-09-05
SOUTHERN ITEMS
SOME INTERESTING NEWS COMPLIED
FROM MANY SOURCES.

nus atstthNfu OPERATIONS
Since the LIST Of April lao houses have been
erected IN Buena Vista, Va,
w. +. Cook committe suicide in the
iunatic asylum at Weston, w. Va,
A young man, named Dat Thompson, com
miIted suicide in FayeGe county, W. Va.
M l.. Hines. telegraph operator al Graham,
in Southwestern Virginia, was run over and
Killed by freight train.
a large number OF retail grocers and provi-
sion d aiers ct Alexandria, Va, have organ
lied protective association.
The Norfolk and Western Boad has ordered
twenty more new locomotives TO accommodate
its raPidly-growiRg business.
The amount collccte up to date for the
soldiers and sailors monument to be erected
in Richmond, Va, is SL3tL25.
Guenther Schnelle who killed Or. Schuch-
ardt in Vince ing. W Va. few years ago
hung himself Ia the natcasylum at Weston.
The Augusta (Ga Exposition, TO opei
November ., VIII collect variety Of teSuie
and agricultural machinery aud industrial
products.
--George Bayles was killed and Alexander
Robinson severely burned ON the face and
arms by the explosion Of gas in coal SHAH
near Fuirmont, W. Va.
Reports from Marion county, Va, say that
the crops in all that region are SIMPLY
enormous They have never had such corn
aud gruSs year.
Alta family picnic Mt Blossburg, Ala, Misses
Sale and Ciiuiia Mor,on, of birmingham,
aged seventeen ami fifteen respectively, were
drowned while bathing.
MIR. ). ;. b. Thompson, Of Alexandria, Va,
has been appointed gcntTg' manager OF the
Richmond and Danyihe Railroad system,
with headquarters at Atlanta, Ga.
A. r. Allison. Jr., saa Of Ex-Governor
Allison, WIS fatally shot at Quincy, Fla, IN
an alteration with Dr.. {. \. Tee. Gee first
horscWhipped Allison and then shot bm.
The Grand Chapter Of Royal Arch Maso
and the Grand tommandrfy Knights Tenn
piar Of Virginia will loid their next annual
meeting IN Petersburg the lattcr part of De-
tobcr
October >, 6 and are Virginia state days
ut the Southern Exposition 10 be held at RAJ
leigh n. G., curing October aud November.
llol. John +. Massey is one OF the announced
speakers.
AT Georgetown Ky, Milton Kennel and
his four sons engaged in a street fight WIN
other persons, anu m the affair A. >, Mont
gouiery aud two brothers by the name OF
jury were KILLED
-Jamts Thornton one Of the men who robbed
an express tram several nights ago near
Collier station, Co., has been arrested and
hrs eonies scd 10 the crime. lie returned S9oO
OF the money taken.
w. Z. Clayton, brakeman on the Atlantic
and Danyliic Railroad was killed near Edgcr-
ton, Va. Ills loot got caught IN frog, Mhcn
the eng ne ran over him amt maugied his
body IN horrible manner,
Near iiopkiasyilic, Ky, Jesse lliuson and
Joseph Nal,r qtarreicd over game OF
cards. Walker stfucS itinson over the head
with wagon stand ri, iuhicting injuries,
from which he Ii SINCE died.
State Railr, al Commissioner flag, Of Ken.
lucky, has resigned, and Secretary Of state
Matthew Adams has been appointed in his
place. Willis Engo has been appointed see
rotary Of State M Mr.. Adams place.
A project is ON foot at Bedford City, Va. to
build an electric car line from that place 70
the Peaks Of otter. ON account Of the large
number of visitors 10 the Peaks, It Is Thought
il would pay handsomely.
The gang Of horse thieves that have infested
Roanoke and Butctourt counties, Va, for the
past SIX months, have now crossed over 10
Bedford county, and large number OF valu'
able animHs nave been stolen.
A construction train on the South Bound
Railroad be weun Savannah and Columbia,
:. G., was wrecked forty miled west OF
Savannah, Ga, ana two men were ia family
killed ana i've wounded, probably fatally.
AT AlJrghtsyilIe, W. Va, Moses Groves
I
and Pun man stnbScd Groves fltaliy. 30 h
men are prominent farmers. Tue quarrel
was the result OF an Old iuvd between the Two
families.
The gold mine recently discovered in Char
lotte county near keysyiilc, Va, has been
worked IN small way By Mr. Clifford, the
owner who realized about 90 per day. The
nuggets are very hnc, and the ore II thought
to Ds IneKnHusunlc.
The public mo cement for the purpose Of
establishing steamboat line from Chata-
noogu, Tenn, to St, Louis, in which one
hundred men were asked 70 subscribe u go
each, is now an assured success, the list
now having reacncd eighty. Tins movement
establishes this as river city and - calcu-
lated 70 have great effect on the future pros
poets ANA prosperity Of chattanooga.
Mr. Z. -, shumgte, OF Roanoke, Va, has
uncarthcd curious specimen OF potato. IL
is a-sexto.I otnto, hHyiGg the appearance Of ga
ultra marine auImAi hsh cross between u
lobster and dcyi hsh. il stands erect on
three legs, has two arms and nearly one hum
dred eyes, aud weighs two and one-guarter
pounds.
Colonel l.. " Baughmsn, Of Frederick,
Md. received by express from Montana,
moose head, the aniltrs of which were iOur
feet long, with a spread OF three lee; ard
weighing 2lO poun'ls. he head was presented
70 the cOlOnci ~ Ex-Governor William y
Bum, OF Montana.
A personal encounter is reported from
Durant, N 49,. between Lecturer NcAllister
snd EdItor McCune, representing the two
alliance factions. AleAllister is SAID 10 have
been severely punished by McCune. The
trouble grew ont Of alliance matters. McCuHe
asserted that McAllister had sold the alliance
10 Wall street.
There was serious accident on the Roam
oke and Southern Railroad between Martins.
Vile and WaIlersi0rd. A fiat car which WAS
being loaded with lumber, got away from tue
hands and by us weight ran down grade at
great speed IL ran into material train,
causing a wreck. All Of the twenty hands on
board we're injured, and i've Of them are be-
lieyed 10 be fatally hurt.
Samuel Rldenour, Of Washington county,
Md. has a curiosity ~ the shape VI young
chicken, which is fully featllercd on one side,
but on the other has no sign Of q feather. IL
is about hall grown, and mas been IN this con.
dition ever SINCE il was hatched. IL does not
seem to interfere with its growth, as il has kept
up with the balaBce OF the flock. 1t is Of the
game variety.
AT a meeting Of the oysternien Of Glonees-
ter county, Va, a resolution vas adopted that
''the present law should be amended 10 as %
secure an accurate and permanent survey Ofaii
the natural rocks aud all OF the planting
ground ~ the waters Of the commonwealth,
and that me bphhhafg DtthtFh t"s iiHt"fh
rocks and the planting be marked by
proper metes and bounds"
The site for a new passenger depot or .he
line Of the +. W & b. r. r., at Hayre-ds-
Grace, Md, has been located and staked off,
The new building will BE- In the western
suburbs Of the town, one quarter Of mile
from the present depot. Ii viii be 62x25 feet,
two stories, Of modern architectural design,
and all the modern conyeniences. Work on
ire foundation xill begin at once, the contract
for the stone work having been already
awarded.
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