Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-20
SUMMARY OF SOUTHERN NEWS.

NEWS comes from Butler county, Ala, ola
louble killing near Montery, twenty miles
vest Of Greenvile Tenn. Trawcek. six
een-yearold white boy, shot and killed two
,olored men named Bill Thomas and Iim
Jackson. They had assaulted Trawecks
our-year.old brother with shovel lie came
o his brothers defense aud was also attacked
when he opcaed fire with doube-barrel
shotgun, killing both ossailanis.
YEAR ago Mcdonald and Shea, Knox.
vile, Tenn, and William Kennchck. con.
tractors, sued the Chicago. Cincinnati and
Charleston Railroad ior 100000, the amount
iue for construction work on the road. The
,ase was decided at Joncsboro by Chancellor
smith in favor Of the complainants. An Inn
mediate sale Of the road has been ordered.
THE Mississippi House Of Delegates has
passed bill approprinting i6l. 200 year for
tensions. This will give those now on tho
rolls $50 apiece. II is estimated thHtthe new
INDECENT clause Of the bill will put at least
300 on the rolls in a few years, instead Of the
$50 now on. If this turns out true tho
mount will be only about si2 apiece.
MEASLES are said to be so prevalent In
og eihorpe, Ga, that nearly all the schools In
that section have been closed.
DuGAY FERGUSON, son Of Gen. s, w. Fer.
suson, shot and killed James Goodman,
merchant and large planter, At Lsesburg,
Miss. Goodman's brother was also wounded.
AFTER travelling for some weeks through the
South and Mexico Rev. George J. Under
was arrested in Savannah. Ga, and lodged In
Jail. There ore i've indictments against him
fol forgery and ENLIGHTENMENT
Az aged and well.to-do citizen, George {.
DAVIS, of Paducah, KY, committed suicide.
Last summer he suffered prostration from
sunstroke, and since then has been affected
With insanity,
oAT meeting Of the creditors Of the Bank Of
Greeuyille, Miss, which failed recently for a
million dollars, settlement was affected
whereby creditors accepted notes for their
Gains, payable in one and three years, bear
ing interest at six per cent from January lst
1897
THE case Of tho gay young Kentuekian,
John 5. Cross who Is now serving term In
the Memphis (Tenn.) penitentiary for forg.
cry, has been brought into noiiceagain by the
granting Of a divorce to his wife, who was,
before her marrisge in 1888, reigning belle
in her own social circle. Cross comes Of q
frst-rste Lexington Ky family. lie got
nine years for felony in the spring Of 1890.
The petition for the divorce was based upon
lis crime aud the fact Of bis being a convict.
As Perry Mcknight and William johnson
were driving into Hopkinsville. KY, upon
wagon loaded with hoop-poles one u them
br Ike from its fastening and iE its rebound
struck beth Of the men a violent blow on tho
head. inficting injuries Bhich IL thought will
result ia death.
THE most intense excitement prevailed for
the past three days at Brandywine, Miss, ovei
the sensational robbery Of Mrs. N. +. Cannon
by three colored men. Two were arrested By
a mob and banged until unconscious in an
effort to extort confessions. Rumors Of moi
20J strong forming at Martin to storm the jail
induced The Sheriff to convey the prisoners to
yicksburg More trouble is feared
AT dance near New Columbus, KY, one
man was killed aud another perhaps fatally
wounded During the evening difficulty
arose and parties attempted 10 put Eugsns
Neal out Of the room. As they pushed him
out Of the door Ben White shot him through
the hip. Before the smoke from his pistol had
cleared away White fell, shot through tho
brain. 1t is not known who shot White. but
supposition is that It was one Of Meals friends.
AsoTHER bloody assassination has oeonrred
in Cleburne county, Fla, it being the work
Of desperate moonshinen. A few weeks ago
Lafayette Anderson, an old man who was
government witness against noonshiners, was
shot down and killed one night at his supper
table By unknown assassins who have gone
unpublished. Recently J. W. sWestman. re.
siding near sadonIa, testified against three
noted moonshiners While he was absent
from home, masked men surrounded his home
and called for him. sweatman's nine-yesr-
old son Jim appeared at the door, when
fusillade Of buekshot followed. Thu boy was
ri died and died shortly afterWard. His
mother, who was in bed near by. was fatally
wounded. The murderers escaped, but a
posse Of officers and citizens are in pursuit
and viii wreak vengeance on the wretches II
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