Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-05-06
GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS.

Hillshoro for assault He claimed to
be innocent The condemned man in
vited Mary Adams. his victim, and her
mother to be present at the execution.
Mrs. Adams attended. and wanted to
pull the rope"
Charleston, w Va, May RUS
sell Server a saloon keeper of Coal
burg. this county. was found dead on
the Chesapeake and Ohio tracks yes
terday with 4 bullet wound in his body.
John Kil!inger, merchant of Coal
burg. has been arrested for the crime.
The wives of Killinger and Server
ouarreled. and their husbands took
part Killinger emptied both barrels
of shotgun into Servers side, killing
him instantly.
San Antonio. TEX. May Mrs. M.
L. MandaraSy. wealthy lady Of this
city. wife of a Hungarian nobleman
who was banishcd from his country %
or so years ago. was murdered and
her body burned here yesterday. Rob-
berry is believed to have been the in
centive. and Mexican laborer who
worked on the place has been arrested
on suspicion. Her body was found in
the ruins of her home. badly charred
md covered with knife wounds.
Fredericksburg, Va, April 27.-SiX
members of the Second regiment, Ohio
volunteers. who were mustered out In
Macon. Ga. passed through here in n !
large wagon. drawn by four mules,
travelling in military style. en- route
home AT Washington they will call on
President Mckinney and present let
ter of introduction from Colonel j. a.
Kuert of their regiment. They propose
publishing book of their trip. with
illustrations.
Berryville. Va, April 2S.-The con-
tinued good weather Of the past few
weeks has enabled the farmers to get
their work we'll in hand, nearly all the
spring blowing has been done and
many have finished planting corn. The
wheat Is growing nicely, but many
fields of late sown wheat failed to
come UP we'll or was frozen out by the
severe winter in exposed places. be-
cause of which facts the crop through
out the county will be shortened con-
siderably.
st. Adams. w. Va. April 27-No. 8
Chesapeake and Ohio fast flying Vir-
ginia train. west bound was wrecked
here at noon today by running into an
open switch. The train was going at
rate of so miles an hour. and four
coaches. a baggage car and the engine
left the rail. one of the coaches land
ing on its side. Strange to say. not
trainman nor a single passenger was
injured. Passengers were transferred
to a special train and traffic was de-
ayed but few hours.
Greenviile. S. c.. April 20.-The trial
of the famous Mccormick conspiracy
case ended in the federal court here
yesterday with verdict of not guilty.
The jury was composed entirely Of
white men. The defendants were
prominent Greenwood county men. who
at the time OF the Phoenix riot served
resolutions upon James w. Tolbert
the Republican assistant postmaster
at Mccormick. advising him to leave
Six hours after he left mob rode into
Mccormick to kill him.
Front Royal Va, April 3O.-The res
ldentS OF this neighborhood as, indeed,
OF the entire south, are interested in
the MoSby's men monument which
will be unveiled here early In August.
The finest site in the cemetery here
has been chosen for the monument,
now being erected in Barre. VT. Six
OF Mosby's command-Anderson. Car
ter, Jones, Love. OVERLY and Rhodes
were hanged by the order of General
Custer in the streets of Front Royal.
and Wills. another of the command
was hanged at Gaines crossroads by
Colonel Powell. The monument is in
honor of these men.
Radford. Va. April 30.-Yesterday.
at Saltville. Mr. +. J. Lucas, the super
intendent OF the brine wells at that
place. met with most untimely
death. He was engaged with one OF
his men in cleaning out the brine res
eIvoirs. which are cemented over with
mound shaped cemented walls. in the
center OF which is an opening for
cleaning them out. over this opening
he had laid a plank. upon which enc
of his men was lying and cleaning the
reservoir. Mr.. Lucas stepped upon the
plank, which at one broke preclptat-
ing him backward. his head striking
the hard wall. which caused a con-
cussion of tie brain. from which he
died in an hour without regaining con-
seriousness.
Richmond. Va. April 3O-Attorney
General Montague has just given some
interesting opinions touching the Par
ker Australian ballot law as it may
apply to the county election of the
fourth Thursday in May One of the
most important OF these is that the
law officer of the state holds that
where but one party makes nomina-
tions the new law is not to be made to
apply TO that particular county. The
greatest opposition to the new election
ballot system came rom the valley and
the southwest, where in many sections
it has been customary not to make To-
cal conte.ts partisan issue. The rep
resentative from such sections Of the
state held that law of this kind
made applicable to their local elections
would be extremely repugnant to their
constituents. 1t was for this reason
that the law excepted from it's pro-
vision counties in which there shall be
hut one Spt Of candidates