Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-08-26
GENERAL SOUTHERN NEW.

froo Ct Moth Carolina j. the most abun-
tlant in years, and the fruit is of a quail. V
above the average
PADUcAH, Ky, Aug. pa negro tramp
went to the farm of Albert Horn and
asked for food. Mrs. Horn was alone and
the tramp assaulted her Her screams
brought her husband from the field and
the negro fed Two posses started in PUP
tuit and shot.him to death
DRESDEN, Tenn, Aug. 1e-At Gleason,
Tenn, on the Nashville and Chattanooga
rad, J. X. Polk Alexander, a leading
citizen, was shot three times by Dr. vii,
son, druggist, who then shot and killed
himself, Alexander may recover The
tragedy resulted from an old feud.
RICHMoaD, Aug, ls.~-The Virginia De-
Inocracy met in convention yesterday to
dominate candidates for governor, lieuten,
ant governor and attorney general Con-
gresham Charles I. O'Ferrall was nom
mated for governor, and r. C. Kent, Of
Wythe, was chosen for lieutenant gov
ernor.
NEWPORT NEWS. Aug. pa through
east bound freight train on the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad was wrecked at Lee
Hall, near Newport News. The wreck
took fire and several cars loaded with Leaf
tobacco, hay and whisky were consumed.
Three tramps are supposed to have been
burned to death
HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Aug. 1.-THE
first section of freight train No I, east
bound on the c. and o. railroad, broke in
two thirteen miles east of this city, and
the engine pulling the second section ran
into the first Engineer Hamilton, Fire.
pf lal l,-
injured, and tramp sustained probably
fatal injuries
BALTIMORE, Aug. 11.-Twenty-fve years
ago Cardinal Gibbons was elevated to a
bishopric in the Roman Catholic church.
Although his silver jubilee occurred yes
terday there was no celebration of the
event. The ceremonies that naturally at
tend upon such an important occasion
have been postponed until some time IN
October. The cardinal is st Cape May.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 22.-lt is stated at
the treasury department that internal
revenue collectors for Kentucky and Vir-
ginia will be announced within a few
days, 1t is reasonably certain that Ham
Shepherd will be appointed for the Sixth
Virginia. The name of William Ryan is
mentioned as the probable appointee for
certain as the other.
WHEELING. W. Va, Aug. 19.-Two little
girls were killed on i farm in Ohio. four
miles west of this city The daughters of
James Alderman, aged ) and IL years,
were following "a steam threshiug machine
PIP hill when an accident occurred to the
machine and it started down the hill. The
little girls yere Immediately behind it and
could not escape. They yera caught by
he heavy iron wheels and crushed to
death
BIRMGNGHAM, Ala, Aug 19-The five
remaining members of the Meacham gang
Of outlaws who were surrounded by the
sheriI's posse In Is swamp near jackson,
escaped the vigilance OF the posse and
crossed the line into Mississippi They
will be lynched if they attempt to return
Since the Clark county war began fully
twenty members of the gang have been
killed Three spies were tied to trees and
shot this week.
RIC. NO ID, Aug iT=lPheYirgin Farm
ers' Alliance elected Officers for tha en-
suing term as follows. President. DR.. b.
l.. Winston, of Hanover; vice president,
|G. w. b. Hale, Franklin; state lecturer.
William II. Keyser, Page; secretary and
treasurer, J. J. Silvey; chairman of ex-
Fcutive committee, j. w Buffin, Hanover.
&C. II. Pearson was elected delegate to the
national council which meets this fall in
Harrisburg, Pa.
ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. 17-In an editorial
on tbs financial situation, the Evening
Journal. owned by Secretary of Interior
Smith, calls upon congress ':to pass the
free coinage bill of both gold and silver,
putting enough silver in the silver dollar
TO put it on parity with the gold dollar.''
I'VE further believe, - it says, that Mr..
cleveland and his cabinet and the Demo
cratic leaders IN the senate and house
squarely favor this plan.H
MACON, Miss, Aug. 2i.-The jury in he
ease of fom and Walter Tolbert, the
kember county outlaws, charged with the
murder Of Thomas IT, Cole, brought in a
verdict as follows: We, the Jury, find
the defendants-Tom Tolbert and Walter
folbert-guilty as charged in the bill of
Indictment, aud fix the penalty at life i'm
frisopGsnt." The jury recommended to
1he AUTHORITIES that ell the mercy possible
be shown in behalf Of Waiter Tolbert.
TExARKANA, Ark, Aug, Alt Buch-
anan, ten miles west Of here, in Texas,
mass Meeting of about leo voters nearly
sil Democrats. was held, at which resolu-
lions bitterly denoaueiHg Cleveland as q
champion CT the money power and an an.
emy of the common people were adopted,
after which the president was hanged in
stf3gy and afterward shot and riddled with
BULLETS, she efligy is still hanging. and it
Is understood that 10 vii be publicly
burned
FRANKFORT, Ky. Aug. 17.-Mrs. s F. j.
Trabue, wife of Hon. S f. ]. Trabue,
prominent retired lawyer and politician,
ssas instantly killed in runaway acct
lsnt near this city. Mrs. Frabue jumped
from the carriage, falling upon her head
and breaking her neck. Her daughter,
Miss Alice. who also jumped, was not
seriously iainTed. Mrs. Trabue was form
rrly Miss Berry. si.tsr If Colonel Rob
srt Berry, of the GIFTED States navy, and
cousin CT Congressman Berry, OF Newport
Is4ssILIg. Va, Aug IAN awful ac-
eiaent oseussed at the county line trestle,
Just east Of Milton, 10y shiGh two pRssen-
ger coaches and sleeper wsre pfecipitated
into the creek, sixty feet below. killing
several people outright and wounding 6
Number of others Following is list OF
the killed: H. Morris, conductor, Ports
mouth, Ma. W. f. Ellison, Alton, Vail.
q. Davies, a farmer. OF Baskerville. Va;
w. II. Elam, Durham. N c.; james 8
Lowe, railroad conductor from the west,
who was passenger; Thomas Lee .eolored,