Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-04-30
SUMMARY OF SOUTHERN NEWS.


THROUGH trains win be put on the Sea-
board Airline between Portsmouth aud Al
santa by May 10th.
THROUGH trains are now running between
Winston. n. c.. and Roanoke, Va.
GREEN goods meu are at work in Stokes
county, n. c.
LARKIN LANCASTER, colored. who killed
lack Dixon. in November, 1855, was hanged at
Pulaski, Tenn. Lancaster, after killing Dixon
cut of his arms and legs, placed them In
sack, aud threw II into creek. where 1t was
afterwards found. The head has never bees
found. The motive fer the crime was jeat
eusy.
JuDGE Il. II. MARR, one of the oldest aaa
most highly esteemed Of the criminal lawyers
Of New Orleans, has disappeared. Although
diligent search has been made fot him, not
trace can be found aud the opinion is becom-
ing general that he has met with 3 violent
death. Judge Mari was nearly - years Of
age.
NJ }. TEERNy, freight conductor on the
louisville and Nashville Railroad, was given
$4,000 damages against the standard OF
Company. lie was mutilated Tor lie by
burning. from the xplosiOu Of barrel Of
naphtha Dot properly labelled, shipped on his
train.
AN ineendaiy or band Of inccndiaties is At
work in Louisville Ny. Six separate ites oe-
CURED on a recen, night between s and "a
O'Clock, all Within radius Of dozen block.
Nm. King. eolored, was caught almost IN
the act OF firing one OF the stables, and ii i,
believed he will confess aud expose a sensa
tlnsl plot
JoHS BosTfG, young man about Is years
ef age residing near nekoyen, n.y., taken
from his boarding house by six masked mes
aud whipped. lie was then notiiicd 10 leave
the community within twenty-iour hours o.
he would be hanged. The charge against
soung Bos,er is that he has been living 10
Intimacy with his hall sister,
ADyIcEs from Kentucky Mountains say
that Mrs. llarrell set Gre to her house, burn
ing up her husband and infant babe She then
sloped with one Brady with whom she had
been intimate. On the way through the coun
try they were attacked by an enraged bull
aud both were gored to death.
ROBERT CRAGTREE was shot and killed by
Richard Lyons, at Webbville, Ky. The kill
ing was caused by some talk about Lyons
wife, which Crabtree circulated. Lyons ha>
lied the country. aud no effort Is being made
to secure his arrest
DURING a storm at Dauyiile, ny. lightning
struck the large saniiarium belonging to De-
A. W. Johnston. The massive stone step IT,
! front Of the building was displaced as II by
an explosion Of dynamite, aud large excaya
ton was made in the earth beneath The
stroke very siusularly lett no further mark,
upon the building. but Ia a bathroom nifty.
feet wide from the front steps IT tore heavy
wash.stand to splinlers aud wrenched han.
die from portable irou filter without moving
it, No further evidence, were left Of tha
visitation Ia the bath room. None of the in.
mates were injured.
J. BoEssE, travelling salesman for New
York jewelry house, put down his yalise whils
looking after his baggage Ia Union Station.
Nashville, Tenn. II disappeared With s., 900
/ worth ofjewelry.
/ WHILE seven men were building wan Ia
the courthouse. at Jonesboco. Team.
the wall fell burying FIVE Of tho
men. Bruce Esiridge, Grant May aud
Joseph Wilson were taken out dead aud Eli
Moore and Moore suodgrass were fatally hurt
Two other men were serio usly hurt by jump.
ing from the wall They caught pole aud
we're left hanging forty feet from The ground
The other men fell forty feet to the ground.