Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-07-20
GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS.

NORFOLK. Va, July 16-The steamer
Ariel, of the Clyde line, which left here
with large number of negro excursion
lists forEPetersburg,i is reported sunk up tho
James river. Nothing definite can be
learned here.
CANTON, N. c., July 12.-While Will
Wilkinson, of Asheville, was driving near
Murphy with the wife of Attorney Jen-
side and fired at Wilkinson, but killed his
wife. Wilkinson, who is well known
here, has been arrested. Jennyss escaped.
NORFOLK, Va, July II. = About 40
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, IN a storm, the
stack of the chemical works at Primers
Point was blown down, killing Walter
General, fireman. The storm, which
lasted only three minutes, demolished the
end of the engine house and moved loco
motives and freight cars on the railway
track.
BASIC CITY, Va, July ia heavy wind
storm passed over this place last night,
doing great damage. The j. c. Jones
brick building was completely demolished.
The match and fabriquc factories were
greatly damaged, while two story brick
building was nearly destroyed 1t Ia inn
possible to state the exact extent of the
losses now. There were no fatalities.
COLUMBIA, s. c., July 16 The negroes
in Greenville are greatly excited over the
lynching of Ira johnson, whose lawyer
says he could have established clear case
pf self defense. They want to lynch
white prisoner in Jail, charged with the
murder of a white man, for retaliation.
Ono militia company is guarding the jail
and another is under arms in its armory.
GREENvILLE, S. c., July 16.-Ira John
son, colored, who killed young white
man named Longford, in quarrel at
Piedmont, a factory town ten miles from
here, on the 7th inst, was taken from the
county jail at 3 o'clock in the morning by
a mob of hundred men. who carried him
outside the city limits, swung him to a
tree and riddled his body with bullets
Ell PAso. Tex, July F.-Twelve square
miles in east Ell Paso are under water,
causing SIS. oo1 damage. Traffic over the
Southern Pacific has been entirely blocked
for twenty-four hours. Evergreen ceme-
terry is entirely under the flood, which was
the biggest ever known here. The freshet,
however, which was caused by heavy rains
in New Mexico, is now receding.
LEXINGTON, Ky, July FIN the Dem
ocaatic legislative primaries Moses Kauff-
man, Blackburn's candidate for repre-
sentative. carried Lexington over John
Reilly, McCreary's candidate. John
Phelps, also for Blackburn, carried Fay
cite county over A. J. Gorham, Nc
Creary's representative. Charles Bronston,
nominee for state senator, is Blackburn
man. This is generally considered sig
nificant victory for Blackburn
HARPER's FERRY, W. Va, July 10
Two unknown men robbed the ticket Of
flee Of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
here during the night When the Chicago
express pulled in two men slipped off the
train and forced the bars off the office
windows, opening the money drawer with
a jimmy. They carried away several hun
dred dollars, but failed to secure about
81, 900, which was left in the drawers. The
mon jumped on a freight train and made
their escape.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va, July 17.-Light-
ming struck several men at work on the
stern tube of gunboat No. z at the ship
yard yesterday afternoon. All but two
Frank King of Richmond and John Oar
lington of Philadelphia-were soon resus-
citated. King and Darlington were ap-
parcntly lifeless when removed from the
but after the lapse of an hour
they regained consciousness Blood gushed
from their mouths. 1t is thought they
will recover.
GaEENUP. Ky, July 13.-A practical
joke was played on Max Garner at the
Lost Creek stone quarry which will prob
ably result in his death. Snakes, of which
Garner had II mortal terror, are plentiful in
that neighborhood The boys put two long
links of bologna sausage in Gamers bed
and when he sprang into it came into CON
tact with them With terrific yell he
leaped out, and Immediately went into
spasms. He had seventeen spasms, and
the doctors say he cannot live.
MONTGOMERY, A,a., July 13.-Superin
tendent Mckinney, of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad, yesterday received a
telegram from reliable sources that the
notorious negro desperate, Railroad
Bill, who recently shot and killed Sher-
if Mcmillan, of Escambia, was seen near
Daphne. in Baldwin county. He was
heavily armed Hundreds of men have
been securing the whole country for
NO~A All tAC uCoPcAofo. Aic1 diC CAooc
on his trail, but he is not exL ectcd to be
taken alive
BIRMINGHAM. Ala, July 1a.-At a meet
ing of coal operators, holding ven-eighths
of the coal output of Alabama, and repre-
senting over sc, 0O0, 900 capital. held here
the formation of gigantic coal combine
was practically completed. The combine
Is much on the order of the pig iron pool
recently formed by the southern furnaces,
but it is supposed to BIO much larger. The
first result will be an advance next Mon
day of nearly five cents per ton on domes-
tic coal The price of export coal, it is
said, will be reduced.
CAMDEN, Ark, July 15.--At Hampton.
thirty miles east of here, two negroes were
by five white men. Two weeks
ago white man by the name of Martin
was killed by three negroes. Two of them
were arrested and confined I'm jail A
mob marched to the jail at midnight and
demanded OF the sheriff the surrender Of