Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-12-19
NO. H..
SUMMARY OF SOUTHERN NEWS.


I Circuit Court at Memphis Tenn, refused the
I applicat on Of the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad Company ,or au injunction to compel
| the Memphis Compress Company to comply
with its contract 10 compress cotton bales at
: 10 cents per 100 pounds. The compress com,
7 pany den ands l. cents The decision viii
compel readjustment at Memphis Of tho
rates ON cotton at the very height Of the
season when ii is very announcement to pro-
vide against the losses by competition. No
appeal is possible until final hearing.
JAMES JoHNsoS colored was hanged AZ
E,i2al ethtown, \. G., in the presence Of 5000
persons, for committing a criminal assault on
Florence Sutton, colorcd girl ten years Of
age aud then numbering her. lie confessed
the crime when arrested, but protested his
innoeeree on the galloNs.
II. y PARANogE drummer. from
Naldo>ta Ca, WAS knocked down and robbed
on the principle street in Bran ord, Fla. The
assault took place a n point between tho
hotel aud the depot, aud not over one hundred
yards from the former. The groaus Of the
injured m n attracted the attention Of guests
in the hotel, and, upon investigation, he was
foand lying in the road His wounds are
serious. Thtrc is little hope Of his recovery.
There is no clue to his ASSISTANTS,
A DESPATCH from Columbia, 5. c., saws;
As the result Of the confession OF a negro
named Henry subcr to the effect that he
murdered Thornton Nance some months ago,
the ten who had been sentenced 10 hang
October - last but whose execution was
stayed by an appeal to the supreme Court,
will now be released Subcr confessed that
he alone committed the deed. and that he
makes a clean breast Of n because he does not
want 10 see the ten innocent men suiler los mis-
crime.
LUuB, Lizzie and Emma Don, actresses in
The Two Old Cronics" Comedy Company,
were found unconscious and almost dead in
their room in Columbia, $. c. The gas had
not been properly turned %. Medical aid
was promptly rendered.
Is the United States District Court al
Jacksonville, Fla, judge SNayue signed
decree declaring the Florida Southern Rail-
road iusolyent md ordering Il 70 be g. 1t 20
satisfy the claims Of the American Loan aud
Trust Company aud the New England Trust
Company on BOSTON.
j. leo gambler, was found guilty At san
Angcla, Tex, Of Hing Johu Calison last
SPRING and was fined So aud costs.
TAR slssgjgg .cgr Arlington that left Nsg
jumped the track when rounding a curve at
Couopa, Ala. In the car were Verona
Jarbcau, the actress, aud her company. The
sleeper turned entirely over down ton-ioot
cmbankment Men, women and children
were eztrcatcd from the window in their
nightclothes. The car caught fire, but the
flames were quickly eatnguished. No one
was seriously iniued.
HESRY down, justice Of the peace at
Pine Blua, Ark, quarreled with his wife, and
the couple agreed 70 separate. Mrs Dowd
left her home aud fell to the ground aud
expired almost instantly. The main artery
Of her heart bad been broken close 70 that
organ.
Z Ar the annual session Of the Grand Lodge
Of Masors, Of Texas, in Houston Grand
Master Bossemboy, OF the State OF Tamauli.
pas, Mexico was introduced aud spoke
through an interpreter. The legitimacy Of
The Masonic Order Of Mexico was then recog.
niycd by the Masonry Of the United States tor
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/ Greenyilr, Miss, Tor the murder Of Hayward
| Bryant, colored, ct Laks Washington in
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