Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-06-04
SUMMARY OF SOUTHERN NEWS


TIE lsvee guards killed q man who VISA at.
tempting 10 blow up the levee with dynamite
at Dennis Landing, Tenn. His dynamite
fuse and pistol were secured. He was an an.
known white man.
JOHN WESLEY is the eiQht-year-old sop Of
:. Farmer. a prosperous planter living twenty
miles south of Jackson. Miss. and is the
Youngest of seven brothers. all Of whom are
big, Swapping boys. John. though, Is the
smallest child for his age in Kinds County,
lie is 81 inches high. weighs just 2s pound,
and has gained only four pounds in weight In
the past four years. His existence is not
known outside Of his own immediate neigh.
borhood, where he is considered a great curl.
Osity. lie is strong. active. healthy and In.
t~elligent.
MICHAEL J. CARY, an inmate OF tbs An.
Choir Insane Asylum, Louisville. Ky. was
killed by Attendants Buchsnan and Ellis
whom he had attempted to kill. ,
Tw~ENrY-EIGHT mules Of the Mobile (Ala.l
street Railway Company, effected with CLAN.
ders were isolated aud eight killed Seven
more have since been taken with tho disease.
;. W. CoSIKY was shot from ambush at
Madison, Ga, by 7. A.. Cochran whose daugh.
ter OLA he had elopel from sch DOL with.
WALrER WRIGHT, fourteen years old. was
fatally shot at Dalton. Ga, by Jim Skittles.
Wright had just called skittles from church.
Mrs. Skittles having raised an alarm over a
negro who had looked in her window. Tha
woman was in Mysteries and pointed al
Wrigh. exclaiming, there he is" The shoot.
ing followed.
SHERIFF Benjamin Wilder, was shot and
Instantly killed by a prisoner named William
Bell, whom he had jus, arrested and was tax.
lag to jail, at Macon. Ga. Bell escaped.
FROM Williamsburg county, S. G., come
reports Of a series OF terrific tornadoes during
the past few days. accompanied by heavy rain
aud hail. Much dtmage was done both 10
dwellings aud to the crops, aud many persons
we're injured. =
SIX men are in jail at CullertOn, Ala,
charged with participating In a lynehlng.
This is the first time In the recent history Of
Alabama that any member of a mob has been
iuterfered with by legal process. The victims
were two white men, Monroe WINS and hls
sou John.
EpwARD SPREIs, who murderedS s.. c. Hunt
near Camden, Ark, July /. 1881, was exc.
cuted at Magnolia, Columbia county, Ark.
His neck was broken by the fall. Speers IL
the first white man ever executed in Colum.
bia county.
LIsTsoF PATENTS GRANTED TO souTHFRN
lNvESToRs-W. c. Adams. sturris, Ky.
Grain-binder; q. G. Airey, Mount Savage
Md, Marine vessel; II. Campbell, Baltimore.
Md. penholder; A.. {. Carr. Middlesboroueh.
Ky, Kitchen cabinet; F.. S. Clarkson. Baltl.
more. Md, Sash-cord guide; +. Crawley. ST..
Newport, KY, Mechanism for rounding and
backing books; T. A. Gross. Bardwell. Ky.
Trace. carrier; w. NJ. Edwards, Atlanta. Ga.
Car.eouplinF; c. c. Fields, New Haven. w.
Va. Ca%r.cOupliny; J. r. Grymcs, DanvIllc,
Va, Guard at achment for penholders: O. n.
tloke, Yorkyille, 8. c., CAr-eoupling; T.. II.
iIollingsworth, Scotland Neck, N. C.. Al.
lachment for Knitting machines; T.. NJ. Ivens.
New Orleans, La, Apparatus for baling cot.
ron; J. {. johnson, brakes Crock, Arb.
Drsft-sprinF; WV. Leach, springtown, Ark,
iItt-ouiNlNhAuI1 W. Ne McCormtck, hhltis
more, Nd, Bottle-flling machine; d. IL.
SlcHenry, Grenada, Miss. Artificial tooth.
d. d.. Motley. Wilson, n. C., Cable car grip:
c.S Palm, Foster. La, Derrick; J. s. Patten.
Baltimore. Nd. Axle-lubricator; R.H. Payne.
Aquone. N. C., Steam engine governor; Is.
Piper, Louisville, KY, Machine for cutting
circular pieces from lumber; G.. w. Price.
Baltimore. Nd, Fountain attachment for
pens; X. Reardon, Savannah, Ga, Car-coup-
ing; G. w. R~ockendeld, Parkersburg, W.
Va, Punching machine; II. Senger, Baltl.
more. Nd. Gymnastic ~striking-bag; J. II.
Smith, Little Rock. Ark, Peach cutter; r.. II.
Spears, Wheeling, W.. Va, Lathe for turning
oSlesi +. S. s%prague, Federal Point Fla,
Ladder; G. NJ. Stanley, Monte1uma, Ga.
Railway signal; VIC. s%tringer. New Orleans,
la. Crane i. j. Taylor. Washington, KY,
Metal railway lie; y. T. Welt, Charleston, s.
G.. Stone liner; J.. S. WAshburn, New Or.
leans, La, Drag-sawi j. White, Memphis,
Tenn, Reservoir cooking stove; j. II. Will
Jams, Fayetteville. Ark, Cotton cultivalor;
J NJ. Withrow, Benlonvills. Ark, ElevatIns
mechanism for fruit evaporators, J. II. Wool.
ard, WILLIAMSON. n. C.. Peanut cleaner.