Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-04-29
South and West.

JOHN WAIVER, a full-bloodet Choctaw
about hfty years old, was hanged in the jail
yard at TahieQuah, Indian Territory for
the murder of John Oaugherty, of Flint Dis
trict, asst July.
THE Wyoming Democratic State Conven-
ton met at Cheyenne and elected delegates
to the Chicago National Convention. The
only instruction given was that the delega-
ton should vote as unit IL the National
Convention on candidates and measures
ROBERT STEVENSON, Paymaster of the
Empire State Phosphate Company, at Her
nando, Citrus County, Ala, and Mr. Payne,
mail-carrier, have been murdered an
robbed of $500 by unknown assassins.
THE New Mexico Territorial Republican
Convention was held in Silver City. I'm
instructed delegates were sent to the
National Convention.
FIRE destroyed the main building of the
Clarke University, for colored students,
near Atlanta, Ca; loss S1Q0, 900.
THE Washington Republican State Con-
vention assembled at Seattle and chose eight
uDinstructed delegates to the National Con-
vention. The platform adopted indorses the
Administration of President Harrison and
reafirms devotion of the party to all it's
well-knGwn principles.
THE Georgia Republican State Conven-
Atlanta for over twenty four hours, ad-
Journed. A Harrison delegation to the
National Convention is the result.
In Cuba. Rutherford County, N. c.,
Weldon Atkins, while intoxicated threw a
stone at his father, Charles Atkins, crush
ing his skull and resulting in almost instant
death.
The Spanish Government has agreed to
exhibit at the Chicago Worlds Fair model
OF the Columbus caraval.
WILLIAM RADLoFF a German, twenty
seven years old, was found burned to death
at Seattle, Washington, and there is evil
dence that murder committed in order
to secure his life insurance of $55, 600.
Low BACH and 10 Geng, Cinnamon. wer
shot and fatally wou nded by highbinders in
st. Louis, Mo. The shooting is said to be
the carrying out in par of determination
among the highbinders to kill all Christian
Cinnamon.
A MOST unique strike took place at Fort
Dodge, Iowa. The school teachers refused
to teach the boys and girls in the public
schools unless their salaries were raised. and
many OF them left town to seek employment
elsewhere.
A FIRE broke out in the Northwestern
Mattress Factory, at Kenosha, Wis, and
before it was stopped three blocks of build
ings and lumber piles were destroyed The
loss reached $780, 600.
FOUR colored men have been lynchei at
Inverness Fla, for the murder of Stevenson
of armed and masked men surrounded the
Jail and took out three prisoners and hung
them to trees nearby. These three made
confessions and implicated fourth Then
this one was secured and hanged about 2
o'clock that same morning.
LARKIN LANCASTER, colored, was hanged
at Pulaski, Tenn, for the murder of Alonzo
Dickson, boy seventeen years old.
A DESPERATE fight between United States
authorities and band of moonshiners took
place near Big Bay, Ark, in which T. c.
Bryan, one of the moonshiners, was killed
The Marshals posse captured several stills
and quantity of whisky.
The election in Louisiana and New Orleans
passed off wlthouta serious disturbance any
where. On the morning after the polling
there was no doubt of the election of Foster
anti-lottery Democrat, over Leonard and
Breaux, Republicans, and McEnery. Demo
crat. The famous lottery amendment to the
State Constitution, which has been fought
over for two years, and which was the cause
of the division in both Democratic and Re
publican ranks, was defeated unanimously,
not receiving vote in the State.