The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-06-04
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
RlPPENTNGS OF Il HECK IN TIE
SUNNY SOUTHEAST.
Georgia Alone Es Not Our Domain - we
Coverfiie E::tirc South frcIn tho
Potomac 80 the Rio Grand.

Bristol Tenn, May 31.-(Special )-Ac1ng-
don Va, is threatened with an epidemic
O. smallpox Martha Washington Female
college was closed today and Jackson Fe-
male institute is said to be in strict quaran-
fine. J. Irby Hurt g. young lawyer, is the
only stricken person a. present.
ArOund Alabama.
Gl1ntergyille. Ala, May ,!.--Mr. and Mrs
William Garner, OF i5ri1Gle mountain, add
ed tliplets the other day 10 an even dozen
OF children who lad preceded them, the
Oldest child being only seventeen. VINO
SAYS Marshall is not q healthy ana grow
ing county?
WEE Probably &c Defeated
Little Rock Ark, May 27.-Congressnan
G.. r. Breckenridge, OF the second Arkansas
district. will probably be defeated at the
primary for renoIlilif.ion. Saline county
was carried yesterday by his opponent
Judge j. S. Little Of Sebastian, by more
than two-thirdS ma iCrty. Cr to date l1Ct e
has carried Sebastian, Montgomery, SCOT
anu Saline counties, and breckenridge only
has Jefferson his home To his credit.
&nG.7 s;!"ves~ T,rsviile,
Yorkvile S. c., May 29.-(Special. The
safe in the Office OF The three C,5 railroad
at this place was blown open last night.
1T is supposed that the jc5 was done by
professional cracz:men. They got about
$50 in cesh. They did not visit any other
business place in Yorkvilie and no clue to
their identity. This is the first visit from
safe crackers that IorkViile mas ever nad.
Clements WIFE Recover.
Birmn CHAM. Ala, May 29.--Aisey Glenn
ents, sergeant of the Warrior Guards, and
son of cx-Congressman N. n. Clements.
VINO, or yesterday. was struck on the head
by the superstructure of & bridge while
leaning frcm an Ensioy dummy, is thought
to be beyond danger His skull was 1rac-
tured, but Surgeon I.uckie, of she Second
Regiment thinks that the accident will
hardly prove fatal.
Killed without Warming.
Chattanooga, Tenn, May 29.-(Special.}-
! bloody tragedy took place today on the
streets of LOCKWOOD Tenn, seventy miles
north on the Cincinnati Southern railway.
In cold blood, without Il word of dispute,
Holman Kinds emptied the contents Of d
shotgun into John Montgomery. Both men
are well-to-do farmers of Roane county.
Montgomery is highly connected. The
wounded man died in q few hours, and his
murderer was arrested. An Old dispute
over land led to the crime.
a Midnight Attack.
EircSng;,@n1, Ala, May 29.<Special.>-
Nctr AibertViIe 3 few nights ago crowd
OF coWaTdly persons went to the house Of
Old man Tom Roder, a cuet aud peaceful
citizen, and, without q word OF warning,
BEGAN rocking the house and firing into it.
Windows were smashed by the rocks and
of the EStle girls WIS badly cut by
flying glass. The Old man was painfully
wounded by q pistol ball. 1t is supposed that
this is the work of 3 band of white caps
that have been ut work in that county.
a a'ts,l,ra;ssioacE Convicted.
Birmingham Ala, May 29-Robert Char
ben. who, for two years, was federal cOr1-
missioner at Alfalfa, Ala, was today con-
victed in the United States court OF pre-
sentin, false accounts to the government,
and was sentenced to one years in1prison-
ruCnt. lie appealed to the United States
court and gave bond for $1,000. There are
four other similar charges against aim for
Wnich he is being tried. This trial has Gre
ated the greatest of sensations in Alabama.
There are six other commissioners and
deputy United States marshais under similar
indictments.
No Damage Allowed.
Chattanooga. Tenn, May 28.-(Speciai.)-
Al interesting verdict was handed down
today i'll the federal court by Judge Key IN
the case of ". II. Peck against Receiver
Glover, OF the Marietta and North Georgia
railroad. In 1892, complainant was agent
and operator at Grady. Il small station
sixty miles south of Knoxville. The rail
way company saw fit to remove the tee-
graph Instruments but LETT the connecting
wires. During u storm, Mrs. Peck, while
in the Office, was struck dead by lightning
Mr.. Peck recently Instituted suit for 50. 600
claiming that the accident would not have
occurred had the wires been removed. This
peculiar poilt of d corporations response