Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-01-09
South and West,

AN epidemic of scarlet fever is raging in
Cabell County, w. Va.
THE Grow Indians, in full council have
sold to the Government their lands west OF
the divide on Prices Creek, Montana, and
the adjoining strip fifteen miles wide. Con-
sideration. 1916, OO0. Number OF acres pur-
chased, 1,650,O0O.
THE Texas cotton crop based on returns
from IA cotton growing counties, will be
ISIS, 900 bales, against /, 704 600 bales last
year.
EAsrLAND, FOWLER & Co., wholesale
crocl1erY and glassware Dealers of San Fran
cisco, Cal, have failed. Liabilities, 1892, 900;
assets, $53, 800.
GEORGE MARTIN, the colored murderer Of
William Crouch, was executed at Meridian,
Miss.
The Franklin Bank at GAINESVILLE, Tenn,
suspended payment Two hours later the
Farmers and Merchants Bank. of the same
place, closed its doors. These failures caused
kendrici Pettus & Co, tobacco dealers, OF
Clarksville, to make an assignment.
THE will of the lat0 Horace Kelley, Of
Cleveland, Ohio gives $500 900 for the foun-
dation Of a National Art Gallery in that
city.
THE Territorial Council of Oklahoma
passed the corrected House bill, embodying
some OF Governor Steele's recommendations,
locating the temporary capital at Kingfis&ar
Governor Steele promptly approved the bill.
THE hostile Indians have been fighting
among themselves in the Bad Lands OF
South Dakota. The fight was for leadership
between Two Strike and Short Bull each
wishing to control the united bands. The
fight was bitterly contested for several
hours, and many were killed.
WHITE CAPS visited the house of Thomas
Burgess. a farmer, living in Meade County,
KY, to whip him. He shot and killed one of
the raiders and wounded two others With
his wife Burgess fed to the woods through a
rear door.
CURTIS G. STODDART, the banker, has
been arrested at Chicago, ILL.,, on a charge OF
embezzling almost 8, 900, 900. The funds it
IS alleged he has embezzled are stock and
bonds of the Kansas Arkansas & New Or
leans Railroad
DURING terrific wind storm at Elliott.
North Dakota, a spark from locomotive
blew into the North Dakota elevator and
the structure was burned down, together
with $4,000 bushels of wheat.
LOUIS SCOTT shot his wife in a quarrel at
Kalamazoo, Mich, and then killed himself.
They quarreled some weeks ago and she left
HIM, going to work domestic
A WARRANT mas been issued at Columbia
:. G., for the arrest of Acknowledgement
Page, on the charge of political intimidation
in discharging from the enrolling depart
ment L. +. Butter, a nephew Of Senator But
Ter, without adequate cause. Mr.. Butler was a
candidate for the Legislature on the Haskell
ticket and this incurred Pages displeasure
JUDGE T. A. S. MITCHELL, of the Supreme
Court of Indiana, died suddenly at his home
in Goshen. Judge Mitchell was the only
Democratic member of the bench, and was
reelected for a second term at the recent
election. He was about fifty years old.
THE town OF Waterford, Ind, has been al
most entirely wiped out by fire.
Two children, sons of Mr. and Mrs Louis
Holnagel, residing two miles east of Saginaw,
Mich. were burned to death in their home,
which took fire during the absence of Mrs
Holnagel.
JOHN BLYEw was given a life sentence at
Vanceburg Ky, for the murder of four col
ored people IN August, 1868. He killed a
whole family except two little children. The
case has been fought twenty-five years and
cost the State $25, 0O0
IN q collision between freight trains near
Cincinnati, Ohio, Brakeman j. G. Stephens
was killed and Engineer Hall fatally injured.
The accident was caused by the Young lady
operator at Pine Knot not giving proper
orders.
THE bodies of James Lane and George
Seeker were found lying in a road near CITY
Court House. W. Va They are supposed to
have frozen to death.