Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-11-27
South and West.

| INFORMATION has been received of tbs
! laundering off the Delaware capes several
days ago of the barges Niphon and David
Brown, which were in tow of the tug B. W.
Morse from Norfolk, Va. Four men on the
Brown and one on the Niphon were lost.
The dry goods firm of Weiss Bros. of
| Galveston. Texas, has made an assign
ment. It is said that the liabilities will
| amount contemporaries of million of dol
| lars
u ABE WAYMAN, colored, was hanged at
Trenton, Ga, for the murder of prison
guards at Cole City, Ga, last July.
A SON of Mrs Emily A. Beardsley. Of
Dlxoc, ILL.,, needed an overcoat. and she
stole one. When she was arrested she broke
goblet and committed suicide by cutting
her throat with the pieces:
The Bank of Florence, Ala. failed a few
mornings ago to open its doors. The officers
refused to make statement.
GOVERNOR RoUTT of Colorado, received in
formation from Routt County that the Utes
have been off their reservation, committing
depredations and wantonly Strengthening
game. 1t is estimated that during the past
month they have killed 5000 deer, mostly
does and fawns.
FIRE broke out at Terry, Miss, a live
town Of 800 inhabitants, and in a short time
the entire town, except two stores, was in
ashes. There were sixteen stores in the
place.
WHILE Frank Taylor and John McHernon
were riding along the highway near New
Hampshire, Ohio, on top of load of hay
the wagon broke down and hurle them into
a ditch, with the hay on top, smothering
them to death.
Four men were suffocated to death and
thirty horses burned in livery stable fire at
Denver, Col.
WALTER LOCKE who is half-witted killed
his father, AN idiot, with axe about three
miles northwest of Ozark, Mo. When seen
in Jail he said he killed his father because he
called him Bud"
FIREMEN WILLIAM BocKAGE and Edward
Eluderson were killed by the breaking of
ladder at small fire in Cincinnati Ohio in
Oscar Onken's picture frame gallery, and
about $4,000 was destroyed. An employee
named Meyers was taken from the cellar of
the building. His escape was cut off, and
he was badly burned about the head and
shoulders.
II. F. FARNswoRTH, the twenty-year-olI
son of wealthy farmer, fatally wounded
his intended wife, Miss Emma Neal at
Colusa, Cal, and then killed himself instant
ly. He was addicted to drink.
Two men and a boy were fatally hurt,
three men seriously injured and many others
suffered painful wounds as the result of
terrific explosion Of dynamite at HAYWARD,
Wis.
MANY persons in the suburbs OF Nashville
and Of the Middle Tennessee are suffering
from a water famine.
MRS. J. W. KINEs. a widow, and her
three children were murdered at their home,
near Calverton, Va. After their murder
the house was set on fire and their bodies
were partly consumed by the flames.
THE General Assembly of the Knights of
Labor was held at Toledo, Ohio, Mr. Pow
derby being present.
HENRY CURTIS, colored, who killed an old
man named Waller near Tanners Greek,
September 5, 1889, was hanged for his crime
in the Portsmouth (Va.) jail yard.
DISCHARGED soldiers are accused Of rob
blng Postmaster Sniffen. of Fort Clark,
Texas, of $500 with pole and hook. One
of the men has been arrested.