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

Inc chesapeake ai.d OHIO Railroad viii
erect passenger depot in Lyuchburg, Va, to
cost $4,000.
The authorities Of Grcenbrier county, W.
Hiaa are making on aggressive war on the
Illicit liquor dealers.
Northern capitalists have purchased the
Rowland plantation, adjoining Beaufort, s.
=, and viii erect large cotton mill.
The Norfolk and Western Railroad has
ordered twenty-five new locomotives from the
baidWin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia.
The sales Of leaf tobacco in l.ynchburg last
week aggregated lt9i 7e0 pounds The 10.
crease IN the sales for the present year over
1870 amount to l9l2,40o.
AT Bass City, Va, the roof Of the large
knitting factory collapsed from the weight OF
ihe snow anu much damage was done 10
building and machinery.
Washington Duke, wealthy cigarette
manufactured Of Durham. n. C., will endOw
school tor girls al L1uisbnrg and call it the
Mary DuSe school in hoa1r OF his daughter
The brick machine at Charlcslown, w. Va.
has been placed in position, and the Brick
ana tile Company turned out their first bricks
last week The capacity oil the machine is 80.
000 bricks per day
New York, Baltimore and indianapolis
capitalists will build line Of railroad IRON
charleston, w. Va, up Two Nile creek TO the
Jackson county line, to develop large coal
fields owned by them.
"A meeting will be held at Roanoke. Va. TO
organize state association of civil aul
mining eng neers and architects. About forty
favorable responses have bren received to the
Invitation to be present
Edward kllon purchased for cash last
week 40,Wo acres Of choice timber lands in
Clay and Nicholas counties, W. Va, at $40
per acre. lie is said 10 be acting for wealthy
Maryland and Ohio syndicate.
"A gold mine has just been discovered with.
m ten miles Of Greensboro ~ c., which is
yielding the finest specimens of quartz gold
The shan has just been sunk eighteen feet.
ana VEN several feet thick been struck
a local passenger train on the Chesapeake
ana O5io Railway rau into the rear OF
freight tram IN a tunnel seventy.five miles
east OF Charleston, w. Va, and both trains
were wrecked. Fire broke out and the eatire
passenger tram was consumed. Several per.
sons were seriously injured.
-Erne.t Ilardenstcin, editor of Business. n
weekly paper, OF Ncksburg, Miss, was killed
by John q. eastman, editor OF the Nicksburg
Evening Post, ON the streets OF Nieksturg
The trouble grew out Of discussion in regard
70 The action OF the citizens OF New Orleans ia
killing the llcnnessy assn sins.
&C. Lafayette Kirby, OF Union county. n. C.,
met ms death Ia rather a peculiar manner
several days since. lie was cleaning out his
wen when the rope broke and the bucket
with a weight Of 10 pounds which was being
drawn up out OF the we'll. tell on him. Ills
neck was broken and he died instantly.
-Etncst Bender, young man who lived on
Tore Sound, near NeRbcrne, ~ G., was
drowned several days ago la the sound while
on lshing expedition Of several days. Not
returning when expected, search was insti-
tqted ami his hat was found two miles from
New river.
w. A. Foushcr, Of Chatham county. Nc
lost his burn by an incendiary fire, and is
coutents including four valuable horses. fly
hs,rr aAst 7ettsf4ata.t ,s,4ss
Fousher has been burned out, twice before
two stores which belonged TO him being
burned.
&c rye Kyle, well.known at Anderson and
Hinton, W. Va, was arrested st the latter
place, charged with certain swindling opera.
lions in a certain trip through that section,
such as mistaking hisname IN signing checks,
etc. The matter has caused considerable
talk in that section.
u. A. Clayton is building an,immense plan
ing mill ~ Fairmouut W. Va, to take the
place Of the one recently burned. The Marion
Machine Works are building a large iron
structure hall nile below Paramount. where
all kinds OF machinery, car wheels, etc., will
be manufactured.
Percy Peyton, boy twelve years old.
slipped nom some logs into Mad river IN
West Virginia, and WAS carried Tor half mile
down with he tide before relief was obtained.
This is tle third time IA the past ten days
that this 10y has fallen overheard, and each
time be has been rescued in an exhausted
condition.
George Nelson, thirteen years old wss in.
stantly killed at GreenyiIle, n. G., few days
ago. ~ company with some other boys he
was hunting robins and by accident his gun
was d .scAar 1ed, both barrels empiying into his
throat and killing him instantly.
IA hole was blown in the port boiler Of tho
steamer Farmer, which vas on her way 20
Savannah from brunswick, Ga She was be.
tween Darien aud D9boy when The accident
occurred. TIE noise Of the escaping steam
caused panic among the deck hands. several
of whom rushed overheard, aud four 0f them
were drowned.
-~John I. Patrick, secretary Of the South
immigration ass iciation, says that all the
southern states nave consented TO be reprrseH-
ted at the southern exposition 10 be held AZ
Raleigh in he fail lie also says that theeK-
position viii be permanent, and That after
January, 1872 IL will DE takea to that south
ern city which viii offer the gr atest induce.
ments 10 secure IL.
Two young ladies Of Washington, n. e.,
came near being frozen TO death some nights
sit &C. They had been 0ut gathering Wild
flowers in the evening aud wandered TOO far
iu the woods aud we're lost. Their friends be.
coming uneasy, made up party Of Ten or
Z twelve men snd searched the w09us the night
] through. They were found The next morning
al 10 O'Clock, nearly frozen, three miles IN ihe
I woods.
-Four negroes two men and two women
/ were arrested and lodged ~ jail at Belgreeu,
I Ala. charged with burning the town 81
( Ru.ssllviIIe. The women confessed aud told
\ the whole story. A mob Of two hundred aad
6tiy armed men went 10 Belgreen, 0Yef-
I powered Jaiier Waltrep and took Jeii Deas.
NOR. ard III Hudson, the two men, 10 a
Z neigbbofiBg white oak Tree, swung them to a
limb. filled them full Of bullets aud lett them
! They denied their guilt.
In Tie Beaufort Oyster Packing company's
factory al Beaufort, y e., Ben Parker. des-
peraie negro, who had been discharged By
! Manager Ford, ior insHb rJinaie conduct
went 10 Ford's private office and commenced
I abusing him. f0rd saw that Parker had al
/ open razor and ordered BIN out Of his office,
I when the latter rushed at him and Danger
Z ously gasied bis Throat with the razor. Ford
tbereupon drew q pistol and shot the negro
through the meek, inficting probably a fatal
Z wound.
! THE FAST express on the Louisville and
/ Nashville Railroad ran Of the track near
Anchorage. Ky. fifteen miles from Louisville
lew DAYS ago. The two rear sleepcrs we're
thrown against a side-iraeked freight train,
/ aad one Was completely demolished. The
wreek was causrd By brakeman throwing a
switch be ore tie train had eHtir y passed.,
Mrs Belle Lhon, Of keok0mO, Ind, wa'
probably fatally injured. Several other we're
Iess seriously hurt
One Of tie heaviest land-slides that has
taken pace on aHy railroad il the northern
part Of the state occurred on the Potomac
Piedmont ard fredericksburg Rsiifoad al
shat is know as Mills Cut, about two miles
from fredericksburg Va The Aide is aboH
one hHndred and bfty feet in leaglh and fort,
feet In depth, and the track for distance 0
about seventy yards is torn away. The roas
Is narrow gnage running IRON Frederieks
burg to Orange.
The snow vas very heavy in all parts o
Maryland during the recent severe storm
Near Mount Pleasant, Cecil county, the snow
was in many places two feet deep, and tn
Etaze from Cherry Hill TO Eikt0n was nearly
six hours late Trains on the Western Mar.
land Railroad we're blockaded. and the sno'
was ten inches deep IA Carroll and mani
heavy drifts. IN AlleeaHy eennty there va
snow txo feet deep at various points and oTe
foot deep in Frederick county. SOM
damage was done to sheds By the weight 0
snow, and the wires we're damaged, fence
fFosfraf4d hv the 0afa eni afher damaC