Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-08-15
81 ifnot Paid in Advance.
NO. 4S.
SOUTHERN ITEMS
soME INTERESTING NEWS COMPLIED
FROM MANY SOURCES.

FROM MANY SOURCES.
The new brass works at Buchanan, Va,
have gone into operation.
Arthur Payne aud Fred. Harrington we're
badly hurt in Norfolk, Va, by falling from
the roof Of warehouse.
A valve blew ont Of a boiler at the Lynch.
burg cotton mill, Lynchhurg, Va, seriously
scalding John w. Bell. the foreman.
-Lynchburg. Va. now has two lines Of cleo
tric railways in successful operation, and
third chartered and in contemplation.
&C. II. Tucker, Of Richmond, Va, fell from
new. building in Glasgow last week aud sus-
timed injuries which caused his death.
Col. Thomas Whitehead, Virginia commits
siOner Of agriculture, reports numerous in
quiries for mineral and other property in that
State.
Henry Shepard, of Princess Aune county.
Va, died in Bridgeport Conn, from the
effects Of the assault made on him by II, G,
Ninhrow.
"A decided earthquake shock was felt At
Charleston, ;. c. No damage was done, but
the shock was of such force as to rattle
windows.
The committee of the Virginia Senate ar-
pointed 10 consider the reduction OF criminal
expenses have prepared bill which they say
viii save 5000 year.
Efforts will be made to defeat the extension
Of the franchise OF the Richmond and Chesa-
peake Road when il comes before the board Of
aldermen in Richmond.
L. L. Harris, formerly employed rs engineer
on a shifting engine in North Danville, Va,
attempted suicide in Lynchburg by swallow
ing Hu ounce Of laudanum.
Within the next two years three large new
school buildngs-two for white and one for
colored children-will be completed and fitted
up for use in Richmond, Va.
George J.. Iolling,worth, Of Smithsburg,
Md, has among his poultry halfgrown hen
with three legs. The third is back Of the
natural oues, and is we'll developed.
Portions Of King George county, Va, was
visited by one of the most terrific hailstorms
ever known there fields being devastated and
crops of every kind being destroyed,
The sixtecn-year-old daughter of Iasper
Elswick, Of Roam county W. Va, was shot
aud killed by the discharge Of a revolver
which her brother had hidden in her trunk.
Tho bly, oil we'll, In the Archer's Fork, w.
Va, oil Geld, Is flowing now vt the rate Of 100
barrels per day. The well Is the first good
one that has come In since the Davis we'll, ave
months ago
The citizens Of birmingham, Ala, have
subscribed sig2 900 - n million-d,llar steel
plant The citizens were asked hy the pro.
Va sight
Two colored women aud two colorcd men
we're lynchci in Alabama for setting FIRE 10
the house of William Davis in Henry county.
The prisoners were shot to death and their
bodies thrown into the river.
--Msjor Henry Iocher widely known thu
quariermaster Of the Virginia military Insti-
tute, OF Lexington, during the Malone rule,
has suffered a severe attack Of paralysis.
David langley young man about eighteen
years Of age residing with his family, about
one an half miles east Of blackstone Va,
committe suicide by shooting himself through
The head with double'barrelcd shotgun.
Little Annie Kirkland, Of Durham, n. G.,
who was poisoned by her nurse several months
ago died. The girl poisoned the child by
administering concentrated lyo 10 H. She
was sentenced n the pcuitcntiary before iho
cbilds death.
The story from Caitlettsburg, Ky. Of the
murder Of the Bromiield family Of seven
p rsons by drunken ltalilu laborcrs IN Wayne
county, W. Va. is pronounced untrue by
persons arriving la Huntington W. Va, from
Wayne county
--lsnc sim,ns killed Robert EIagnns AZ
savannah, Ga. by stabbine him through The
heart with a sulletto and threw the body ina
ditch near where the crime was committed
After killing llagans SImons stabbed his
own wife and young daughter. The wife viii
probably die. Simons escaped.
The earnings Of the Richmond & Peters.
burg Railroad for the month Of June, 1891 wcro
s2p, $50. So; expenses 81, $3.50, and the earn
ing Of the Petersburg Railroad were So,
Sll.si; oxpcnrcs S296i0sl
The output of ore at Rich Patch Va, il
daily increasing, additional ears having been
furnished for that purpose Something like
300 tons Of ore per day aill now be- shipped,
and when the washer il III place the output
will be largely increased.
The Parkersburp Mil Company. Of Park.
crsburg, W. Va, has purchased i0rty.tv0
thousand acres 0f coal, iron and timber land
in Mcdowell county for S152,00l The land
is almost an unbroken forest Of hard woods.
and large veins Of rich ore undcrlic IL.
Mr. JEFF Moberly, living a few miles from
Frederick, Nd, while engag 4 ia cleaning the
weeds from his truck patch, had am exciting
encounter with large c0pperhend snake Tho
iegtilo coiled itself around Mr.. Mobcrlys leg
bat he succeeded IN killing IL before b could
bite MIN.
Robert ". Hogan, horse thicf, was tried IN
the Montgomery County VA Court and SEN
fenced 10 term Of seventeen years in the
pchtenliary. This Is ihe third time he has
been sentenced, but ~ he was pardonrd for
his first ofense he viii only have Eve years
added 10 his term, but this makes IL ia effect a
life sentence As he is now h1y years Ola.
Eight years ago William Mclaughlin. then
youth Of fftees, &c Martins Ferry, opposite
Wheeling, W. Va, asked his mother ior an
cnrly supper, as he wished 20 20 10 Wheeling
Mclaughlin lcil, aud was never seen by his
family " heard from until last week, when be
turned up, after travelling almost over the
world In the year. that he was away Nc.
Laughlin accumulated quite fortune.