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SOUTHERN NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VA
RIOUS POINTS IN THE SO UTH.
A condensed account or what is going on of
importance in the southern states.
On Saturday Professor R. N. Pool, of
Staunton, Va., sold the Speculator iron
ore property at Waynesboro junction,
containing 3,000 acres, to a company of
which General W. S. Rosecrans is presi
dent.
Cora Herron, of Mecklenburg county,
N. C., aged 12 years, three weeks was bitten by a
mad dog about ago. A
madstone was Wednesday applied, but with no ef
fect, and on she died in ter
rible agony.
Governor Gordon, Monday, appointed
Mr. Malcolm Johnson, of Atlanta. Ga.,
judge George M. Lester, of Marietta,aud
A. F- Wofford, of Banks county, to serve
as assessors for the Atlanta and Charlotte
Air-Line railroad.
Andrew F. Crutchfield, aged 65, a
journalist, who was well known in Bal
timore, Md., and throughout Virginia,
and who was one of the founders and
editor of the Baltimorean , <died Wednes
day at his home in Baltimore.
A negro professing to have supernatu
ral powers and attempting to imperso
nate Christ, is attracting considerable
excitement in and around Canton, Ga.,
and has succeeded in enlisting a number
of followers among the more ignorant
negroes.
ft At an adjourned meeting of Western Cut
Nail association held at Wheeling, W. Va.,
Wednesday, the reduced gauge for nails
heretofore adopted, was re-affirmed and is
now' going into general adoption in all
cut nail mills.
The southern part of VanZnnclt coun
ty, Texas, is suffering from the acts of a
band of incendiaries, who are burning
churches aud schoolhouses right and
left. Four within of these buildings week, have been
destroyed a and the citi
zens are becoming greatly excited.
At Birmingham, Ala., on Wednesday,
Fannie Bryant, the negro woman who is
supposed to have been the accomplice of
Dick Hawes in the murder of his wife
and children, was brought into court and
arraigned. She announced ready for
trial, pleaded not guilty, and her trial
was set for Monday next.
The steamer St. Nichols, with 500 col
ored excursionists on board, ran into the
closed drawbridge over St. Augustine
creek four miles south of Savannah, Ga.,
at 9 o’clock Saturday night, demolishing
the forward part of the steamer, killing
two women, injuring twenty-eight men
and women, some of whom will die.
Friday evening a slight shook of earth
quake was felt in Memphis, Tenn.
Crockery and glass were rattled and in
some instances were thrown from shelves,
but no other evidence given besides a
rocking motion. Two severe shocks
were felt at Covington, Tenn., thirty
five miles of Memphis, each shock lasting
several seconds.
ta, Comptroller-General Wright, at Atlan
Atlanta Ga., received notice Monday from the
and West Point railroad of their
intention to appeal from the assessment
made by the state of their property. They
gave notice that Mr. L. P. Grant would
act as arbitrator for the road. There
is a difference of $88,000 between the
road and the state’s estimate of the
property.
The hoard of directors of the Insane
asylum, tinuous at Raleigh, N. C., after a con
charges investigation against for three weeks of
Dr. Eugene Grissom, su
perintendent, with female charged with immorality
tients and the attendants, misuse cruelty to pa
Saturday, of public property,
on rendered a decision of uot
guilty on all of the charges. The vote
stood two for conviction and six for not
guilty.
Y ..... A rather novel suit was entered in the
criminal court at Durham, N. C., on Sat
urday. About a month ago a voung
man by the name of Joe Fraley married
“ ss Hall, near Durham, at
least . Tarley or
made Miss Hall believe she
was his legal wife. They lived together
! U1 : * Hday, when the fact bacame
i ''! ^ Ie marriage was bogus. Miss
mi a has instituted legal
against Fraley, and if caught proceedings
Prosecuted. he will be
Ai ‘ !° r , C. ty - V ho isenbaker’s . r8 e power boiler mill, exploded at
10 ; Valdosta, about one
; “g Ga., Saturday morn
wreck was terrible and com
P o e. 1 h e night watchman, an old ne
fr ° nanu ' d Cason, was instantly killed.
e Was thrown about thirty feet by the
fT ,
- p osion, and nearly every bone in his
y Was broken. The engine house
„ a
l.orii damaged. i a wreck , »nd the mill carriage
T The debris scat
tered , : all was
in directi ons.
1 u efday Col. Roger J. Page, for
i in al lately i y extinguished the lawyer of Virgin
editor of the Times-Register
' 1 a rion 8. C., was assassinated while
>
s .
'Uk i n „, jpjjgf. j if dozen
^ e d9at H ia
“ the depot of the WesU*
hi “ i advanced , rolina to Hail road. The murderer
hi« back, within tw 7 o puces, and
fage, p when he fired upon Col.
whose neck _ was broken by the
• lot. The assassin escaped. escap The
| uers verdict coro
round by was “killed by a gun-shot
a party to the jury unknown.”
hnn l\ retd ' mass meeting of citizens was
ZX?'* “ mdignation Raleigh, N. C., Tuesday, in
^ res °l tion was expressed byword
dir t u at tho tluding of a ver
0 n °t guilty by the board of di
ectors , of the insane
r m JJ'restigation. asylum in the Gris
| l: r r nt,nt and leading Speeches were made
j resolutmns r were adopted citizens, and
’f 1a .^ d a ? k Rr. Grissom requesting that
thev Qey failed to resign. If
m this, for the governor to
ask them to resign, and if they refused,
to call a special session af the legislature
for the purpose of investigating the
matter fully.
At Elizabethtown, Ky., Friday, Edi
tors Stovall and Duncan, of the Hardin
county of Welcome Independent, and Editor Givans
lishing Tidings, were trie T? for pub
a letter signed Jud CC e Lynch,
threatening who, it is punishment to a young wife’ man*
but had been alleged, had killed his coro’
w hitewashed by the
ner’s jury. Stovall and Duncan were
convicted by Justice Omeara and sent to
jail. Givans swore Omeara off the bench
and was tried by Magistrate Terry, who
dismissed the prisoner, though the ot
fense and evidence were the same in both
cases.
In the flooded district of West Virgin
ia many of the farmers have lost their
all and will be compelled to ask charity
It is known that eighteen persons lost
their lives by the flood. All the bodies
have been found but two. Six good iron
bridges and many wooden ones were
washed away. At Morristown thirteen
houses were swept away, besides many
others in that neighborhood, and much
suffering is the result. In Braxton coun
ty the soil was washed on to low lands to
the depth of six feet. The countv com
missioners returned from a tour of inspec
tion of the district Tuesday, and reported
the loss in bridges to be about $25 000.
Many farmers are unable to pay taxes
this year. The loss in one county will
reach $50,000.
CHICAGO’S FLOOD.
HEAVIEST RAIN FOR YEARS—STREETS
TURNED INTO RIVERS.
About 10 o’clock Friday night one of
the heaviest thunder storms of recent
years visited Chicago, On Thursday
degrees. morning, the thermometer registered 86
The weather did not grow any
cooler during the night, tristful and all dav “
yesterday night the heat „aa L t
the rain poured down, the streets
were flooded and gutters were running
over. The electrical display that accompa
med the ram was remarkable. A num
her of buildings and residences were
Btruck by lightning, but the damage in
all cases was slight. The rains flooded
the cellars in the south-western portion of
the city, and many basements of the
down town business houses, d 0 _
ing great damage. Many cheap base
ment lodgers lodging houses were flooded and
driven out on the streets. The
rapidity of the rainfall was unprecedent
ed in that locality. In a period of twenty
minutes it aggregated one inch, and
altogether reached 1.64 inches.
OUTRAGE IN COREA.
A MINISTER’S WIFE SENTENCED TO DEATH
’FOR PREACHING.
Information has been received that
Mrs. Hattie Gibson Heron, wife of the
Rev. David Heron, late of Jonesboro,
Teon., is under sentence of death in Co
rea for teaching the doctrines of Chris
tianity. Rev. David Heron is well
known as a Presbyterian minister. He
went to Corea about three years ago—the
wife joining her husband a few weeks
later. Mrs. Heron preached the gospel
as well as her husband, uid was the
means of converting a nobleman in Co
rea, who began preaching Christianity.
The emperor had Mrs. Heron arrested
and thrown into prison. Her cuse was
investigated, and finally sentence of
death was passed. Mrs. Heron was
known as the most beautiful lady in up
per East Tennessee. The above is not
believed in Washington, and the Secre
tary of the Corean legation there ridi
cules it as being entirely untrue.
A PRIZE FORFEITED.
THE STATE OF ILLINOIS GOBBLES $15,'
000 ON A WINNING LOTTERY TICKET.
Last w r eek at Chicago, Ill., Lena Lurie,
a Polish Jewess, secured an injunction
restraining Lazarus Silverman, banker,
from turning over to Ike or Robert Lu
rie, more than half of $15,000 drawn on
a winning lottery ticket, claiming that
they were attempting to cheat her out of
a half interest which she owned in the
ticket, she having bought it on shares
with Robert. Wednesday morning
State’s Attorney Longnecker filed an in
formation in the Superior Court asking
that the entire prize be declared forfeited
to the state. This action is brought un
der an express provision of a statute to
that end, and is first of the kind tiled in
that county. An injunction was at once
granted restraining the banker from pay
ing over the money to any of the claim
ants.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
TWO MEN DEAD AND ONE DYING— A TER
RIBLE WRECK.
Sunday morning, about twelve o’clock,
a terrible accident occurred on the East
Tennessee Road, about four miles from
Brunswick, Ga., by which two men were
killed, three badly injured—one fatally—
and a passenger engine and four freight
cars were completely demolished. The
killed are: Hostler George Douglass,
Fireman Joseph Ames. The injured said are: be
Yardmaster Robinett, who is to
dying, and Car Cleaners A. J. Anderson
and Dau Scott, the two latter colored.
A PREACHER TO HANG.
Henry Duncan, the Free Will Baptist
prencher, who recently murdered his wife
in Dale county, Ala., and eloped with a
young lady in the neighborhood, circuit was of
captured and tried in the court
Dale county, and convicted and sentenced
to death by haagiug. ._./*v** -------
A JUDGE KILLED
nt attempting to get off a cab hh
falls under the wheels.
P Judge ula John T. Clarke, judge of tht
fible ata circuit, was the victim of a hor
accident Monday, at Smithville.Ga.,
which he lost his life in the twinkling
aa eye. His head was almost com
P^tely severed from his body, beneath
w heels of the west bound Macon and
Montgomery passenger. He was on his
t0 Macon to hold court for Judge
– ustin , , having agreed to sit in the fa
moU9 Cotton State Life insurance case,
At Smithville, the Macon bound train
W trip ?R 8 to until Albany another train can make a
and back. During the
delay > Jud S e Clarke boarded the Mont
£° raer y train to speak to friends, and
w hen he attempted to leave, the cars
w ® r e in full motion. He swung by the
.
f ,1“#’ jerked . 1,1 tempting underneath to gain foot-
7 was the wheels
,. t ie , coac b- His right shoulder and
ar “ the were crushed, a large wound made
0a foreh ead, the left arm broken in
Be ^ ral pbtces, and the neck cul
® n H rel y ] ^ se from the body,
John T.Clarke was born at Eaton
Putnam couuiy, Ga., in January,
’ 63 years of a £ e - 0a
™‘ y 2d j ’ 1885 > John T. Clarke married
3 Laura F. Fort, a grand niece of Dr.
I° m hnson Fort, of Milledgeville. He
™ ordained a minister of the Baptist
Church in 1858. In 1863, being then
only twenty-nine years old, be was ap
ceased. He was, with one exception, the
youngest man who ever held such a po
sition in the state. In April, 1868, by a
special order of General Meade, then
military oved commandant, the Judge was re
m from office Judge Augustus
R eese > °f Madison, shared the same fate,
T £ ese were th e only judges in Georgia
w ho were expelled from office in tfiat
1" 1803 JudgeJClarae was chosen
b v tlie State Democratic Convention as
-
doctor at large, with General John B.
to 3*“?” “ ud ® air -
«e was elected .o the State Senate from
th,i eleventh district, for the term of
1878-79, and took a prominent part in the
legislative work. He was for years
a member of the state executive com
mitt ee, and has always been a staunch
Democrat, but as a judge he had not
since taken an active part in politics.
From 1868 to the latter part of 1882 he
devoted himself to his profession, at
which time he was elected by the Legis
lature to the judgeship of the Pataula
circuit. Several years ago he was vested
with the degree of LL.D. by Mercer uni
versity. Marshall J. He Clarke, was a brother of Judge
Mrs. E. E. Raw T son,
the late Mrs. Sidney Root, Mrs. J. P.
Logan and Miss Clarke, of Atlanta, Ga.
He leaves a wife and one son.
SHORT IN HIS ACCOUNTS.
THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE “WHEEL’
OF TENNESSEE SKIPS.
A veritable sensation has developed in
the state “Wheel,” in session at Nash
ville, Tenn. When their organization
met at the capitol Wednesday morning to
consolidate with the state alliance the
secretary, W. T. Davis, was absent, and
it was necessary to elect a secretary pro
tern. A bombshell was then exploded.
A letter was read from secretary Davis
acknowledging tbit he was short in his
accounts, and saying his body would be
found in the bottom of the Cumberland
river. He also stated that he was tired
of life, and that he could not bear the
disgrace and face his friends. The loss
which is not stated, will be covered by
the official bond, which is $3,000. The
order is perfectly solvent and has suffi
cient money to pay all its obligations.
The suicide statement finds few believers.
It is thought that Davis left the city Mon
day night and detectives are already fol
lowing clews which they tnink will lead
to his capture.
MORE TRUSTS.
A COMBINE FORMED BY THE STRAW
BOARD MAKERS.
The straw board makers of the coun
try have united in one mammoth com
pany or trust. R. E. Newcomb, of
Quincy, Ill., acknowledges its existence
and states that its corporative name is
< i The American Straw Board Company.”
It was organized very quietly, been and the
public has not heretofore informed
of the movement. Twenty-six mills are
embraced in the combination, located in
the different sections of the country,
from Delaware on the east, to Illinois
and Wisconsin in the west. It also takes
in the largest dealers in straw board in
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, who Cin
cinnati and Chicago, practically
control the trade. The capital stock of
the company is $6,000,000. Its pur
chases includes the plants of twenty-six
mills and all personal property thereto.
FIGHTING ROBBERS.
A 8HERIFF AND HIS POSSE HAVE A LIVELY
TIME WITH THIEVES.
Two horse and cattle thieves, and the
dead body of the leader of the gang
passed through Socorro, N. M., Thurs
day night. They had stolen several
h rses from Dedrick’s ranche and four
lrom a ranche near Albuquerque. They
were desperate, and defied arrest. Dep
uty Sheriff Lawson, of Apache county,
organized a posse and soon came upon
the thieves. A general battle took place,
and the leader of the gang, a Mexican,
was shot dead. The deputy sheriff also
received a serious wound. The other
two surrendered.
FARM AND GARDEN.
BMOKE FOR BEES.
Bellows-smokers are used in all well
conducted apiaries. Before lighting,
the soot should be scraped from the
flues, and fuel of suck kind used as will
not fail to yield smoke when needed.
Although much work in the apiary may
be done without its aid, it should always
be within reach of the operator to quell
any insurrection that may arise. Use
for fuel cotton rags rolled up and tied at
short intervals. This may not be the
best, hat it is handier for mo to get than
punk, rotten wood, etc., which many
use and recommend. I have seen a
piece of hard, dry wood, which was
lighted at the kitchen-fire, burn in a
bellows-smoker nearly all day and yield
plenty of smoke.— Prairie Farmer.
REMEDY FOR PLANT LICE.
Tobacco water is an old and useful
application for the “green fly’’ and all
other “plant lice,” or aphides, upon
house plants or upon those in the open
ground. Tobacco stems, or any other
klnd of tobacco, may be covered with
water in a keg or other convenient ves
“*“"™ d * -»to—
Thl9 wl11 make an infusion much too
strong for delicate plants, and should
be diluted with water until the color
. . , The early, tender
‘ °
growth of some fruit trees is often beset
by dark colored aphides in such num
bers that the shoots look black. Young
treos , , llave lte ... taaacl,M , , b , i ,
= at “>
and their ends immersed in tobacco
water. Those that cannot be treated in
this way J should have the tobacco water
thoroughly applied by using a syringe.
—American Agriculturist.
DUCKS.
Ducks are aquatic animals, and it is
their nature to frequent places where
water is plenty, and where they can
play and dive for their food. They will
do immensely better if allowed to run
to w r ater at will. It is just as natural
for a duck to frequent w r ater as for the
red bird to flit from shrub to shrub and
from tree to tree, or for the tiger to
roam in the jungles of Asia and Africa,
though both bird and tiger be caged
Bimply for the amusement or benefit of
their owner.
Ducks are very profitable fowls if
handled properly, but there is no ques
tion but that where ducks have free ac
cess to water they do much better.
They are very heavy feeders, and are at
all times diving among the roots, crev
ices and rocks for food while in the
water, and thus assist greatly in earning
for their keeping. The improved breeds
of ducks lay a number of eggs and
yield large amounts of feathers, hence
they are far more profitable than the
old-fashioned duck. They should never
be picked during the laying season, as the
process exhausts so much of their vitali
ty that they stop laying. After the lay
ing season is over they may be picked
every six weeks.— Farm , Field and Stock
man.
CUTTING AND MARKETING ASPARAGUS.
This crop consists of the undeveloped
shoots which, if allowed to remain,
would soon produce branches and leaves.
This removal of these shoots is most ex
hausting to the plant, and should not be
carried to excess. The old rule, to stop
cutting when green peas are abundant,
is a safe one. As long as cutting is
continued, cut clean, removing every
shoot, large and small. After cutting
ceases they are allowed to grow, and i^
the bed had no dressing of fertilizer
early in the season it should have one
when cutting ceases. Well decomposed
manure or a liberal dressing of fine bone,
or superphosphate—500 pounds to the
acre—should be given. Nitrate of soda
has been applied with good results.
Salt is a favorite application with
many. The growth of the tops if
the bed is planted closly, will so shade
the ground as to prevent the growth of
most weeds. The few large weeds that
appear should be pulled by hand. Un
like many crops asparagus may be sent a
longdistance and if not sold at cnee will
remain in good condition. It is always
made into bunches, about four inches
through and eight inches long. Handy
implements, known as “bunchcrs” are
sold at the implement and seed store. A
home-made buncher of four upright
sticks will answer for small quantities.
Ties of Cuban bast, raffia, and some
times of willow twigs are used, one
tie being placed near the bottom and
the other near the top of the bunch.
The bottom of the bunch is cut off
square. The bunches should alway#
stand and be kept in the dark. They
are shipped in ventilated boxes or crates
deep enough to hold one row of bunches
in an upright position, standing on a
layer of damp moss, Moss or an abun
dance of paper should be put on the top
to prevent injury in case the box is over
turned.— American Agriculturist.
UQUINE OPTnALMIA.
Opthalmia or inflammation of the eyes
is a common affection, and usual ly a
very painful one among horsc3. Tha
causes are various, but in all cases tha
animal should be immediately placed in
the shade, or, what is better, a dark
stable, and cooling lotions applied to tho
eye. Sometimes inflammation of the
eyes proceeds from some affection of tho
digestive organs, and moderate doses of
laxative medicines will prove very bene
ficial. Aloes is tho best physic for tha
horse, and should be given in dose3 not
exceeding four or five drachms. In no
case should the animal be driven in the
hot sun or the eyes be exposed to the
direct rays of the sun while they are in
flamed. If treatment is neglected, tho
disease will usually advance until white
specks or a film appear on the eyeball,
followed by total blindness. Place
your maro m a dark but
well-ventilated stable. Then apply by
means of a rag ovor the eyo a lotion
made by dissolving twenty grains
of acetato of lead and twenty
drop3 of extract of belladonna in one
quart of pure soft water. After apply
ing this lotion a few days change it to
one made of twenty grains of sulphate
of zinc and twenty drops of tincture of
Calabar bean in one quart of water.
Change the cloths wet with these lotions
two or three times a day, and w T ash out
the eyes with warm w r ator every time the
cloths aro changed. Give the mare soft
food, such as fresh cut grass, bran
mashes and roots, if they are to be ob
tained. By careful attention wo think
the inflammation will be reduced, and
tho eyes restored to a healthful condi
tion in three or four weeks, if not soon
er.— New York Sun.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Let your farm work be systematic.
To secure the best hay, cut while in
early blossom.
It is poor cows that cut the profits of
the dairy down.
Dehorning cattle has been declared il
legal in England.
Do not waste anything or allow any
one else on the farm to do so.
Do not overwork your help. See that
they give you quality as well as quan
tity.
Good feed, comfortable surroundings,
and the best of care aro indispensable in
making a cow profitable.
Don’t complain that dairying doesn’t
pay till you know whether your cowa
are worth keeping or not.
If you have not already sown some
carrots, do so. It will pay you. They
are relished by all stock and are health
ful.
Rye sod is quickly obtained, and
ploughed under early in May makes tho
best green manure to grow wheat or
clover with.
Plant lice of all kinds, and many
other insects, can bo destroyed by the
kerosene emulsion, or mixture of kero
sene and soap.
Private dairymen who can secure a
line of special customers will find profit
in it provided they make a superior
quality of butter.
The farmer who is content with les3
than two tons of hay from any acre of
good meadow land has not familiar ac
quaintance with his resources.
Deep tillago is a question to be con
sidered with reference to composition
and texture of soils, rather than in tha
abstract, heavy soils showing greatest
need.
Potatoes at fifteen or twenty cents a
bushel are cheap food for milch cows—
better than turnips, at any price, if fed
in suitable proportion with grain and
good hay.
When you discover a hen pulling
feathers out of the others, it is best to
chop her head off. It is a bad habit,
and if permitted to keep on she will
soon teach tho rest.
It is a good May for farmers when
there is rain enough to set them back
with their work—providod that they
have enough interest in gross to mako
its fullest growth desirable.