The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-08-22
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
HAPPENINGS OF Il WEEK IN THE
SUNNY SOUTHLAND.
Georgia Alone Is Not Our Domain - Wo
Cover the Entire South from the
Potomac to tho Rio Grand.

Charleston, s. c.. August 19.-The first car
load of rice, a thousand bushels from Hamil-
ton Disstons muck lands near Kissimmee
Fla. arrived here this evening The crop
on the Disston lands is good. and the quality
the best The rice will be lniiied in Char
lesion.
Two Killed by Lightning.
Admission, Ala. August 1S.-(Speca )-TObe
Snow, and Ophelia Nolan, two tenants on
the plantation OF j. H. McClurkin. at Silver
Run, Ala, twelve miles south of here, were
instantly killed by lightning. The two were
standing under tree in the Nolan woman's
yard when the fatal bolt came.
They Surrender Exemption.
Raleigh, n. c., August 19.-(Special)-Th
board OF directors OF the North Carolina
railroad in session here today decided to
surrender the exemption from taxes which
that road has enjoyed meeting of the
stockholders is called to meet October 18th
This places the last road in the state on the
tax list. Governor Carr appointed this new
board with this end In view.
Negrses Will Lynch Him.
Tuscaloosa. Ala, August 19-(Special)-
This morning at O'Clock a negro named
Will Farmer. living here. killed his wife
by cutting her throat from ear to ear with
a razor.
They attended n big revival last night and
the woman went to the altar. Farmer OBJ
jcCted. They went home, began to quarrel
and the results, were as above stated.
A posse of the colored people are in hot
swing till dead.
Death Preferable to Pain.
Montgomery, Ala, August 13.--(Special)
w. A. Andrews, who has been a cripple
from rheumatism for three years, commit
ted suicide early this morning in his room
He had been time-keeper for the Louis
vile and Nashville for years. but had for
some months past been engaged in mercan-
tile business.
He wrote a number of letters to his
friends saying he could not stand the pain
of his rheumatism any longer.
Crushed to Death.
Wheeling w. Va, August 1S.-rwo girls
were killed this morning on a farm in Ohio
four miles west of this city. The daugh-
ters of James Alderman, aged five and
eleven years, were following II steam thresh-
ing machine up a hill. An accident oc-
Cured to the machine and it started down
the HILL The little girls were Immediately
behind it, and could not escape. They
were caught by the heavy iron wheels and
crushed to death.
lie Went Cunning.
Dresden, Tenn, August 1S.-At Gleason,
Tenn, a small station on the NashVllle
and Chattanooga railway. } Is. FOLK Alex
ander, one of the best and most prominent
citizens in this section, was yesterday shot
three times, once in the head ana twice
in the body; by DR. Wilson druggist isl at at
OIlCaSOn. w 1SOu lHcu SHoC HlniScii, u! ms
instantly. They have been at outs for
about Il year and met yesterday with the
above result. it is thought that Alexander $
wounds are not necessarily fatal.
Richardson Has Been Caught.
Greenville, S. c.. August 1S-A telegram
received here tonight from Deputy Sheriff
Gilreath, of this county, announces the cap
ture, at Alexandria, Va, of Charles Richard
son, who absconded from here two weeks
ago.
Richardson was well-known young bust
ness and was accused of committing
an outrageous assault on his wifc's sister,
handsome deaf and dumb girl of twenty.
He fled to evade the vengeance of the girls
nhaG IN the bank. He claimed that he ran
raway because he feared being killed on
\ pspicion of being one of the spies under the
!, es 1ensary law