Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-01-23
GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS

GENERALssSOUTHERN NEWS
HUNTINGTON, ". Va, JIM 12--Thirteen
desperate criminals broke jail hero Sun
day night. They also robbed Il Wholesale
hardware house OF dozen revolvcrs and
several guns and u quantity of amnlu-
milton. y posse Is in pursuit, and much
trouble IL expected.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-. Jan. 15.-The Re-
publican cRIcus to nominate Il candidate
for United .5ta;es senator to succeed Sena-
tor Vest WAS held hore last night and re-
suited in tho selection of Hon Richard G.
Kcrens, national committeeman from this
stale, over Chnnncey |. Filley.
FREDERICKSBURG Va, Jan. 13-A shook
ing attempt ri poisoning the family of Cir
cult Judge Barton was discovered hore
Yesterday Rough on rats had been placed
in NIL Tho food for the family BREAKFAST,
and but for Its timely discovery by tho
cook tho whole family might have been
poisoned.
RALEIGH, n. c., Jan. 18.-Thc Populist
senatorial cnucuS adjourned ut o'clock
bulS lllOI NibCI IOillliitlCQ LII.
Cyrus b. Thompson. The nomination Is
clnimed by Senator Bntlor's friends to DO
from united Democrats Populists, part OF
tho boltors md some fow Republicans
against Prltchnrt
COLUMBIA, S. c., Jan. 15.-Tho legisl,-
ture yesterday decided to elect successor
to Senator lrby on Jun. %. At primary
of tho Democratic pnrty last summer Cir
cult Judge Joseph If. Earle was nominated
for tho position against Governor Evans
and he will be elected by the legislature on
tho date iiXod without opposition.
JOHANNESBURG, Ky, Jan. 12.-While at
tending u dance in Bowan county Satur-
day night Gus Springer and Muck Mullen
got drunk and engaged in n fight with
knives. When tho fight was over both
mon lay exhausted, terribly mutilatcd and
almost dcud. fifty-ninc stitches wore To-
quircd to sew up Springer and Mt lust ac-
counts it wus thought both men would
die.
OwENToY, Ky, Jan. 16-Broodlng ovor
hor shame. ,Jonnio Browning, II young
girl, jumped, into tho Kentucky river noar
Monturoy with her Legitimate child yes
terdny and both were drowned. Tho
mother had the noascs and may have
been delirious, but It is thought her dis
grace prompted tho suicide. Tho author
of hor ruin failed to keep a promise to
marry her. The bodies wore recovered.
RALEIGH, jan 13-Daniol Lindsay Rus
sell was inauguralcd governor of North
Carolina yesterday. He is North Caro-
linas first Republican executive in twenty
years In his inaugural address he opposed
tho lease Of the North Carolina railroad,
owned by the state and recently leased for
ninely-nino years To the Southern Rail
road company, and called upon the lcgis-
laturc now III sassion to take steps TO
nuliify it.
MACON, Ga, Jan. i5.-Ahout ? o'clock
in the morning y party OF masked men
went to tho homo of William Rowland, Il
merchant ~ Adams station, twenty-five
miles below Macon. und demanded his
money. He refused and attempted to do
fcnd himself witha gun. Firing cnsuod
and Mrs. Rowland WAS shot. 1t is undor-
stood that shc has since died. A posse is
now in pursuit Of tho ussasSins with blood
hounds.
WHEELING, w. Va, Jan. 15.-James
Barrows, ;.n attendant in the insane hos
pital here was murdered Wednesday
night by Will Taylor, patient The
weapon used was nm iron bar, with which
tho mailman beat his victims hoad to
pulp. Several employees gathered in time
to witness the rovulting spectacle of the
frcnzcd madman deliberately bathing his
fncc in his victims blood. HU WAS over
! Il; wi, ,1ucnI in, f,.,ltlo,l call
BfRMIyGIIAM, Ala, Jan. l5.-Tho Jolfor-
son county grand jury yesterday indicted
Tom Parker and Andy Fcagn for train
wrccking. These men are members OF the
gang of negroes recently arrested for ro-
moving n rail on McComb's trcstle, on
the Southern railway, for tho purpose OF
wrccking and rohbing passenger train,
to which crimo Parker confessed, impli-
eating I'cagin and others The cases of
the o., her five negroes will be considered
ut the February sitting of the grand jury
AS the extreme penalty Isl only ten years
the legislature will DO asked TO prescribe
moro severe punishment.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. l6-Tho senate
yesterday passed u bill requiring con-
tostants of gubcrnatorial elections boforo
the legislature TO give bond for the costs
of the contest to he paid by tho contestant
if he loses, should the joint assembly try
ing the case determine that it WAS not
based on reasonable grounds, was nalici-
Gus or frivolous. Governor Turney has
signed tho bill, and il is now a law. What
G. y. Tillmnn, who had given notice Of
tho contest OF Il. l.. Taylor's election, will
do is not known. Some Republicans say
no will give bond and make the contest,
and others say that he will not.
PENSACOLA, Jan. 15.-Captain Peterson,
of the Norwegian ship Talefon, has az
rived here, and reports that on Dac. IT,
800 miles from Guadaloupe, he picked up
IL small boat without sails or oars in
heavy sea Tho body of u dead man lay
in the boat. Another man was In the
! stern. and as the boat drifted by the ship
he screamed and tainted Ele was lifted
on board and revived sufficiently to tell
that he and his companion had been blown
out to SCH from Guadnloupe without food
or wator fifteen days before, and that his
! companion had died in dclirium. After
ravng in dclirlum for two days tho res
cued man also died.
LITTLE hOCh; +Arh'i JUL lo DuhAnS %
revivnl meeting in u colored Baptist
church ut yellow Bayou, in Chicot county,
Rev Mr.. Walker tho pastor, read Il chap
ter in the Bible and Deacon Austin Will
iams passed the plato for tho offerings AS
Williams sat thu hat containing few
small coins upon the pulpit the preacher
made Il remark which Williams did not
like, and he slapped Walkor in the mouth.
Walker attacked the deacon, knocking
him to the floor with . cane. a free fight
nnsued, during which Walkor cut WILL
ANS throat with razor, killing him in
utantly. Another Negro received fatal
tut, and about;. dozen others wcro slashed
more or less painfully. Several arrests
we're made including Walker, who IS
lnder heavy guard to prevent lynching.