Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-01
SOUTHERN ITEMS
SOME INTERESTING NEWS COMPLIED
FROM MANY SOURCES.


/ I'm Roanoke Va, John smith shot and
3 killed Peter Ailiff
/ Three laborcrs were killed and four injured
IN railroad accident near Boydton, Va.
! The Roanoke (va.l Machine Company has
4 Just booked an order for ten engin and three
I hundred freight ears.
I The Catherine furnace tract OF 6,000 acres,
near Fredericksburg, has been purchased by
! Northern sy dictate.
I The South will shortly supply the eountry's
lumber demand There are {, 500 saW-mills
running there already.
I The South Carolina railroads own about S
+ per cent Of the property in the State and pay
/ II per cent. OF the tax,s.
( The mayor Of Roanoke. Va. has issued an
order against cigar-selling on sundays by
druggists and restauraGt-k keepers.
Mrs. William Gessncr, of Wheeling, w.
Va, wandered from her home white insane
and her body was found in Wheeling creek.
The Preshyterisus of Roanoke, Va, are
taking steps towards the establishment of a
new church in the southern section OF the
city.
-Chas. NJ. OzbuFn, who murdered James VI.
Bradley IN Atlanta, Ga, on May 9Th last was
hanged there. His neck was broken by the
fall
"A two-hundred.p pound hog belonging to d.
NJ. and Edward Ridenour, of townsville
Md, committed suicide by climbing upon a
stone wall and jumping into a barrel OF swiil
The Virginia Farmers Alliance State Con
vention Will meet in Richmond, August 18th.
1t is believed a strong resolution ia favor OF
the free coinage of silver will be adopted.
B. f. Orrison, living near Burkittsville,
Nd, last week shot a snow-white crane. l..
measured four feet from head to tip OF tail,
and forgive inches IRON tip to tip of wing.
The young baby Of 5, z. Ridgtway, Of
Richmond, Va, nearly choked to death by
getting safely pin lodged inside its throat.
L was removed just in ume 10 save the baby's
life
Mr.. Conrad, while digging in his garden, in
Frederick, Md, uncarthed the root Of tree
which had crown through threc.quarier.
inch ring the root on each side being larger
than the ring
While j. Roster Haynes Of Rohrersyile,
Nd, was attempting TO drive neighbours
COW from his wheat field ne threw a stone ~
her, Accidentally striking her on the head and
killing her instantly.
Gilbert Parkes, Of the real estate firm Of
Blair Parkes & Co, Nashville, Tenn, shot
out his brains in the Nashville American
office, Financial troubles was the cause. lie
was young and quite prominent
The case of Emile Bageneito. accused of
attempting TO bride Tales Juror Dave Bon.
hage, was tried at New Orleans. After an
hours deliberatiOn the jury returned verdict
Of not guilty, This was the last of the bribery
cases.
The boiler Of steam thresher exploded on
the farm of James DJrbin, in Edmonson
county, Ky. John Durhin, VIII Basham and
John Massy were killed, and Peter Pierce,
Kit Yates, Job Blanton, Oliver Phelps and
Thomas Lindsay, dangerously hurt.
An old apple tree on the land Of r. g. Hay.
den, near tincastle, Va, is still bearing fruit
Of an excellent quality. This tree is said 10
be over one hundr,d years old, and is about
three feet in diameter and, although much
decayed, has furnished gratis TO hundreds Of
trees.
Near La Grange, Ky, Milton Ferguson shot
and killed G. Williams. Williams had been
fined for being drunk, and Ferguson and other
friends paid his fine. They started home To-
geiher and quarreled over horse trade.
Williams tried to shoot Ferguson, but Fergu-
son shot first
Mr.. Elias Moweu, Of Washington county,
Md, with his dog while out gathering rasp.
berries, was attacked by large black snake,
which wound itself around NJ. Mowen's legs.
but was killed by his dog A few minutes
later, while the dog was IN the tall grass.
another snake wound itself around the dog
but Mr.. Mowen went TO the rescue and killed
1t. Each snake measured six feet.
Miss Lee Richie shot ana MORALLY wounded
Howard Bivans AT her home in Punta Garda,
Fla, and then endeayOrcd TO take her own
life, and would have succeeded, only the
pistol would not 90 off again. She was in love
with Biyins, who WAS engaged to another
lady, and, 50 she says, She tried 10 break up
the match by killing him and then eommittin,
suicide. Both are highly connected and social
fayOries.
"A lew evenings ago some one entered tho
residence Of the Hon. A. ]. Piichard tho
mayor Of Windsor a. C., and carried OF "A
lady's satchel, which contained a lot Of valu.
able papers and sl7. The family were absent
from home at the time. The thief must have
been well acquainted with the premises and
knew where the money was Kept, rs il was
locked up in a trunk IN Il room upstairs.
The Florida Central and Peninsular Pail.
way is about to build a connecting line be-.
tween its Florida system, starting nj Callahan.
~ miles north Of jacksonville, and Savannah
securing an outlet over the SOuth-bound Rail.
road to Columbia, 5, c., and connecting there
with the Richmond and Danyille. and also
making the Atlantic Coast Line connection al
Savannah with the North. The proposed roa,l
viii shorten the distance between Savannah
and Tampa, Fla, 30 miles.
The Protective Tariff League Of North
Carolina was organized nj Ashevillo by thc
election Of j. e. Pritchard rs president,
number OF vice-presidents and +. 7. Walser,
secretary. The bylaws Of the National Pm,
tectiye League were adopted with some modi,
fications. The resolutions rceite the great
prosperity Of the manufacturing states and
attribute j 70 protective policy; declare the
delight Of the convention at the sentiment
friendly 70 theprotectiye system which within
the last few years has taken hold on the minds
Of many people Of North Carolina; endorse
the reeeat tariff legislation Of Congress and
the Mckinleyaet, which, if properly managed,
viii greatly aid in developing The natural re-
sources Of North Carolina, and directs the or
ganization Of local protective tariff associa.
tions IA every voting precinct throughout the
State.