Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-01-30
SUMMARY OF SOUTHERN NEWS

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/ SUMMARY OF SOUTHERN NEWS.
/ The Falls City Insurance Company Of
Louisville, Ky, has reinsured its Sl3, 5000 Geo
risks in the London and Lancashire, and will
go into liquidation. The Union Insurance
Company, of Louisville, has reinsured in the
1 German American, of New York, and viii
4 also go out of the business.
/ Tai North Alabama Improvement Com
piny of Huntsville, Ala, sold and transferred
all of their properties TO the Northwestern
Land Association of Pierre, s. D. 1t was the
largest deal made in the South for some years,
INVOLVING the transfer Of upward of Sc. G00,0G0
worth of property
/ NJ. E. THOMPSON, democrat was elected
Mayor of Knoxville, Tenn, by plurality of
over KEN, democrat, and Borehes, repub-
can. The board of aldermen stands nine
democrats TO one republican, but there was no
4 politics in The race.
/ EDWARD MONTGOMERY, fireman on the
Richmond and Danvlle Railroad, was blown
from his engine near Kings Mountain, N. c.
lie IS alive and has chance for recovery. lie
was firing for a freight engine and as tie
train WAS near Kings Mountain, the plate
dropped out, letting the water down into the
furnace. The blast escaped through the door
of the fre-box and blew the fireman clear out
of the engine. The train was going at the
rate Of 80 miles an hour ut the time.
/ CROWD of Nashvl,e's (Tenn.) society
| people we're coasting when Miss Mary Dun
/ can was thrown violently from her seat and
fatally injured. One of the other occupants
was seriously injured internally, the other
riders escaping with only slight bruises. Mrs
( Matte Nieman, OF GAINESVILLE, was also
fatally hurt. Henry Farrow dashed into
I passing buggy near the Union Depot, break
/ ing his skull. He died shortly alterward.
/ Bob GoosBY, small boy living rear Mem
| pills. Tenn, was sew rely bitten several days
ago by cat that was supposed to be mad. He
was taken TO town and the famous Anderson
maidstone applied to the wound at intervals
| for eighteen hours. 1t would not adhere to
/ the spot for a moment, and so the boys par
enis have t,ken him home, convinced that
1 their fears were grouniless. Tais maidstone
/ has been known to adhere for hours TO mad
/ dog bite, and in dozen recent instances of
/ its use not single patient has had the rabies.
! JACK SETTLE yardman of the Newport
/ News and Mis,iss ppi Railroad, was killed at
| Paducah, Ky. He was crossing the yard,
when passenger train rem him down, drag
/ ging him fifty yards and mangling his body
| frightfuily. Settle was single, and from an
adjoining county
The Maysville (Ky) Fair Company was
fined 5000 in the Circuit Court for suffering
I gaming wheels of fortune-on the grounds
during the last f r, The Germantown Fair
| Company was let off with fine of 800 for
similar 0tfensc
AT Paris, Tenn, Dock Alexander was
MORALLY wounded by Bob Nelson, q police
man. Alexander and several friends were
drinking and noisy and Nelson attempted to
arrest them. Alexander showed fight and
Nelson drew his revolver and emptied every
barrel. Four sho's took effect and Alexander
died. Nelson has killed three men, one year
ago, and Alexander makes his fourth. Nelson
is under arrest
THE weather throughout Mississippi,
| Louisiana and Tennessee for the past few days
has been cold and disagreeable. Il was the
coolest known in that vicinity for years. In
Northern Louisiana all the smaller streams
and lakes have been frozen and ste mboats sill
along the Mississippi in the States named
h We great Difficult in handling freight be-
cause of sleet and ice. Country roads are
almost impa,sitl lie. \ heavy fruit crop is pre-
dicted in copsequ nee OF retarded develop
ment buds, and agriculturists generally r.
gard the long freezes as favorable to future
crops
MRS, BETTE WATSON, of Rudolphtown,
Tenn, died, aged s. years. Her husband,
Thomas Watson, one of the most prominent
citizens of Montgomery county, is also at the
point of death. They were almost ready to
celebrate the fftieth anniversary of their
marriage.
SQUIRE JOSEPH BURGESS of the Big Eagle
District in Kentucky, Que of the wealthiest
men in the county, died aged SO years. lie
was stricken with paralysis about ten days
ago. He owned 2, 90 acres of land in the
northern part of the county and was a large
stakeholder in the Farmers Bank. Although
one of the wPalthiest, he was one of the
plainest men in the county.
JAMES TRIPLErr, while under the influence
of liquor, entered the residence of Thomas
Stapleton, at Leon, KY, ami shot and ki lied
Mrs. Staplcton " tn shotgun Mrs Staple
ION was alone. The motive of the killing is
unknown. The husband was at work in the
Leon saw-mlls.
THE dwelling house of Mrs. Julia s. Abbott
in Clarksyi lie, Tenn, was discovered on fire.
The alarm was given, and neighbors rushed
to the rescue of the inmates, who consisted OF
Mrs. Abbott and two grandchildren. Mrs.
Abbott was found sitting near the fire with
her clothes burning, burnt to o crisp and dead.
She was 20 years of age.
ATHENS, ALA, was Mortified by the dis.
coyery of two old people in their little hom
in the suburbs frozen to death. They were
Mrs. Martha Davis and her brother W. II.
Danforth. Mrs. Davis was sitting chair be-
fore the empty fireplace, stiff and stark. The
brother in q bed in an adjoining room.
The body of Mrs. Davis WAS burnt about the
chest, and parts of her clothing were found
outdoors under the snow, showing the occur
renee of some sort of tragedy before the recent
snow-storm.
Miss Luck WADDISGToN, a well-known
ioiy of Hopkinsville, Ky. committed suicide
by taking morphine. When found in her bed
she was still alive, but in a state of coma, and
was never alterward conscious. She left
/ written note, saying she was tired of living
and intended 10 kill herself She purchased
bottle of morphine, about eight grains of
which she swallowed. She was 45 years Of
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