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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.