Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-02-18
GENERAL 7 Fl NEWS.


GENERAL SOUTHERN NEWS.
Fort Gaines, Ca, Feb. 11.-A1fred
Boyton and wife, two i~noffensive ne
groes, were called to the door Of their
home Thursday night and brutally muir
defed by having two loads of buckshot
emptied into their bodies. The perpe-
traitors Of the deed are unknown.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS weather
was experienced in northern Florida
Monday. Sleet was followed by light
snow early this morning in all of west
ern n middle Florida. The lowest
temperature was 2 degrees below zero
at Tallahassee. Winter maturing veg
etables were killed.
Birmingham. Ala.-Owing to the in
tensely cold weather, the thermometer
being 10 degrees below zero, the Biz
mingham Carnival society called off
the Mardi Gras celebration which was
to have been held Monday n Tues
day The town is full of visitors. The
present blizzard is the worst on rec
ord.
Charleston, s. Cit was bitterly cold
all OF Sunday night. Until after mid
night rain and sleet fell. The snow did
not come till toward morning. The fall
Is from two to three inches on a level.
Business has been practically suspend
ed, and neither street cars or steam
cars are running. 1t is the coolest ever
experienced here below zero.
Memphis, Tenn.-The present cold
snap Is a record breaker for west Ten
nessae, Arkansas and Mississippi.
Zero weather has prevailed for several
days, and there has been much suf-
fering among poo people. The effect
Of the weather has been to cause a
suspension Of NAVIGATION on the Mis-
sissippi river. Early bearing fruit
trees in Mississippi have been withered
by the intense cold.
Louisville, Ky.-The coolest weather
ever known IN Kentucky was record
ed on Monday. AT Louisville the
Thermometer only reached 10 below,
but the state suffered much more.
Lebanon. Ky, showed a temperature
Of 80 below, Carlisle. 80; Princeton, so,
and the highest recorded in reports
from 25 stations was IS below. AT Pa
ducah q negro woman and her child
were frozen to death in the field. In
many towns business has been sus-
pended.
Nashville. Tenn, Feb. 10~.-5Ianufac-
turing establishments of this city are
closing down because Of a shortage of
coal. The supply has been almost ex-
hausted by continued cold weather.
The public schools have scarcely a
weeks supply on hand. and the city
has but a small amount At the water
works pumping station. There is al
ready much suffering among the poor.
The temperature is below zero. Coal
shortages are reported from many sur
rounding towns.
Jacksonville. Fla, Feb. 10.-The Sc
verest cold wave of the season COW
cred Florida Wednesday night and yes
terday. In the northern part of the
orange belt the range of the mercury
vas from 20 to 81 degrees. Only the
young spring sTowth en- the orange
trees was Injured and "drone." or use
less bloom, made TO fall. Truckers suf-
feTed some loss Upon crops of beans,
lettuce and tomatoes. Strawberries
were partially hurt. Ample warning
hy the weather bureau enabled the
truckers and range growers generally
to take precautions for protection.
Pineapples were not hurt.
Washington. Feb. 1O.-Representa-
tive Under@ God, Of Alabama, has in
troduced the following joint resolution;
That in recognition OF the %extraordi-
nary h~erois.n q p}ayed by Richmond
Pierson Hobson hy running the Mer-
rimac into the mouth Of the harbor of
Santiago, Cuba, on Tune 8, 1898. and
d~eXterously sinking said vessel in the
channel. the president is hereby au-
thoriZed TO transfer said Assistant
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son from the construction corps to the
line Of the United States navy and to
promote him To suc position therein
as, by and with the advice and consent
of the senate, he may determine"
Admission. Ala. Feb. 1S.-The trouble
that has been brewing for some time
between Colonel David C. Colson and
First Lieutenant f. e. Scott, OF the
Fourth he4tucky, eliminated at a late
hour Saturday night in q shooting af-
lair In which Captain COlsen was shot
IN lhe hlu o. Lieutenant Scott and
many Others had narrowe escapes. The
AFFAIR occurred in q restaurant, where
Scott was seated at a table with Lieu
tenant Brakeman. Colsen entered and
pulled Biakeman's ear at the same
time calling him a vile name. Scott
protested ana Colsen pulled a pistol.
scott did likewise and a dozen shots
were quickly fred. Provost officers
seized the combatants and disarmed
them. Scott is under arrest.
Macon, Ga, Feb. 1.-THE merchants
and business men Of Macon are highly
indignant over the atrocious robberies
committed by the members Of the Sec
ond Ohio regiment yesterday as they
We're being mustered out of the ser
vice Of the United States A large
number Of merchants sent wagons
loaded with MERCHANDISE ou to the
camp to sell TO ne discharged soldiers.
The colonies ordered them to leave the
camp. and stood by. laughing, While
the goods were being carried away.
The robberies committed by the men
did not end here. but they came to