The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-08-20
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"IoD busy Headers.
Yesterdays Daily Sentinel saws A
number Of Confederate veterans passed
through Winston today en- route to their
respective homes. They took a vote last
night on the train for presidential candi-
dates. Result Cleveland, 145: Harrison.
- Weaver, 3; undecided, 2G.
The LittletOn Courier says: A mad dog.
belonging to a Mr.. Pittman, of Warren.
bit a lamb and W dogs, near Wallets
mills, a few days past. The lamb was bit
on the head, the lambs head was bathed
IN a bucket. A horse was soon after
watered from the bucket, and died almost
Immediately.
Small pox has broken out at the sum-
mer boarding house of Elijah Utler, at
East Durham, in the Catskills. There
are about twenty guests at the house, all
OF whom have been quartertained by
order of health Officer Conklin. All
have vacinated. The appearance Of the
disease created considerable excitement.
Fire broke out at Geneva, Ashtabula
county, Ohio at 2:45 this morning. Three
hotels and nearly every business place
was completely destroyed between the
Lake Shore railroad track and Main
street. Altogether twenty-four build
ings were burned comprising business
houses mainly, partly occupied as dwell
ings in the upper stories and four resi-
dences. The estimated loss is $40, 900
with $50, 600 insurance.
James w. Telfair, colored, who bas
been running a barber shop at the Ham
mOcks this summer, was drowned Thurs
day afternoon between 2 and 3 o'clock
while bathing in the surf nearly opposite
the cOlOred peoples pavilion at Ocean
View. Telfair ventured too far out, be-
came exhausted and sank beneath the
waves before persons who went to his
assistance could reach him. Telfair was
about 81 years Of age and unmarried.
There is an old lady living neal Paint
Rock, says the Newton Enterprise, who
has had a dog in an old corn crib for the
last eight years for killing her chickens.
| She says she sentenced him for life but
at the expiration of 10 years if be has
proven a good record as to his behavior
she will reprieve him. The dogs peti
tons for liberty can be heard at all hours
Of the day, but the old lady positively re-
fuses to pay any attention to his prayers
and says that the judgment of the court
shall be carried out to the letter.
Last Tuesday evening a woman was
run over and killed by a Chicago, Bur
lingtOn and Quincy train near the Union
street crossing in Chicago. The body
was removed to the MOrgue where it lay
for a day unidentified. Last evening a
woman came to the morgue and asked 10
see the body of the woman After look
ing at it intently for a time she said
I'm glad you lie there dead. Just what
you deserve" The mOrgue keeper asked
what she meant. That woman worked
| LOT NE anu my uuSDdu'l OIICt, SHt SdINI
"and he left me for her.
At Martinsburg, W. Va ID sensational
tragedy occurred yesterday, the result OF
q negro's too literal translation Of his in
structiOns. G.. +. Evans, the owner of a
| fine lawn and residence near where the
circus tent Of the Harris Nickle Plate
combine show had been pitched, stationed
a negro named Neney near the lawn and
gave him instructions to shoot down the
first person who attempted to walk across
his premises. The negro faithfully obeyed
the order, for when an attaChee of the
circus, a white man, name not given,
started to make q short cut across the
lawn Neney deliberately fired and shot
him dead. The other employees of the
circus, learning why Neney did this deed
sought out Evans and throwing a rope
around his neck, started TO lynch him
Harris, their employer, finally prevented
them from hanging him, and both Evans
and Neney are now in Jail.
John F. Miller, a coal merchant a
Chicago, fatally shot J. +. MEME, pro
prietor of the Centennial Hotel at fifth
and Hoadley streets at 3 p. m. yesterday
Five shots were fired, three taking effect
the fatal wound being just above the
heart. Miller's wife ran away from hin
two years ago, taking 5000 with her
She came to this city and lived for some
time with MEME. About a week age
Miller came 10 this city and tried to ge
a warrant for his wife, charging her with
poisoning his children by a former wife
by putting toe-nails and finger nails ii
their food. The warrant was refused
To day he entered the bar room OF The
hotel. MEME said something TO hin
about his wife and Miller pulled out
revolver and began firing. Miller wa
tried for the murder of his first wife anc