Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-11-05
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

= The iTolliyer-H oward fsud in Western
Kentucky, which was believed to have been
settled by the marriage Of Captain Hank
Toliiver to thu widow of one of the Towards
hs had lied, has broken out afresh. Colonel
Tolliyer was killed and Wylie Tolliver and
Slmael Howard were bad wounded Fif,$
men have baen killed since the beginning 81
the feud
A WEDDING ceremony ok place in A u
land, Ky, un Ter pecu lar circumstances.
Miss Zlll Devere, of No. - North Th.rl
street, was married at the grave of her SIS
ter, who did lest week, to J. Offered. The
dscease sister who was to b We beea mar
riei at The same time to A. G. Tomlin, of
New York City, and it was her dying re-
quest that her sister shou be tried at
her grave. Rugs were spread in the GENE.
terry for the wedding party, and the same
preacher who conducted the funeral rit s
offic.atsI at the mari iage ceremony.
is tbs Muldraugh Hills Dan Horton yes
with his wife and one child A few days
ago Mrs. Horizons brother visited her, for
which Horton dove her from home She
reJurnei, picSel up her bab,, ard started to
leave the place. She was discovered aud
ordered to drop the child. Shs refused,
whereupol Horton swore he would xii
them both, and seiziag musket be fired
heavy charge OF shot into both mother and
child. Mrs. Horton is in a precariou, con.
dition and may die, viii hopes ara enter.
tanned for the Iecovery of the baby. Horton
was arrested.
CHARLTON ALEXANDER, the millionaire
BAKER Of Paris, KY, and cattle king OF
Bourbon county, has just sold 700 fine Dur.
ham cattle, to 7. c. Eastman, of New Yor !,
for s65, 900. The cattle was shipped to New
York and it will require sixty catt.e cars to
transport them. The cattle will average
1880 pounds in weight and are the Finest
Kentucky ever sent cut. They will lie
81 pped TO London for Christmas beef part
of them going to Queen Victoria.
RICE GREEN and Frank Lee, GU laws, were
sell ,usly wounded in battle with a Ken.
t-csy sheriff near Middlesboro:
Mrs. NJ. H CLAY's two-year-old daugh.
ter Laura narrowly escaped lurning to
death at their home in Paris, KY. During
Ter mothers absence for moment the child
stuck br, ON in tie fire, and its dress took
f;le The child crying 'Baby's all burned
uph attracted the attention of her uncle
Bob Tomas, who extinguishei the chi d.
burning Clothes. Little Laura's hand WIS
lightly burned End her unele's hands were
burned
GEORGE WALRoyE, one of the best known
and most successful young planters in Full
ton County, Ga, was shot to death by Mike
Holbrcok, Cobb County Bailiff. Walrovs
was in a store at Buckhea , one o. Atlanta's
suburban to yns, when Holbrcok came in.
The two men had never met before, but soon
began CONVEX ing. The talk, at first trivial,
resulted in a row which eliminated II a
fight. du ing which Holbrook stru,k Wal
rove over the head with pistol Walrove,
bleed ng, swore vengeance. As Holbrook
star ed for his home few miles away, in
Cobb County, half Ii ,ur latter, Walrove
star Led after him. Holbrook, fearing the
pursuit, secreted himself in a grove, and
shot Walrove to death IS he came up. Tn,
hi lin, has created great excl temeut ne r
Buckhead.