Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1884 — SOUTHERN. [ARTICLE]

SOUTHERN.

Inge & Mahone, who carried on an extensive tobacco business at Petersburg, Va., have executed a deed of trust for the benefit of their creditors. The junior partner is a son of Senator Mahone. The absence of the President resulted in a run on tbe Hot Springs (Ark.) National Bank, which was compelled to close its doors. A run was also begun on the Arkansas National Bank, excitement. Miss Medginer, the daughter of the Baltimore merchant, who had been missing for three days, was found near Phoenix Station, Md. Her mind had become unsettled by over-study, and it is feared that she will not recover her reason. Several inebriated men at Sharpsburg, Ky., amused themselves by shooting at lighted lamps in a grocery store. One of the lamps exploded and set fire to the building. The flames spread rapidly, and nearly all the principal business places of the town were destroyed. The total loss is placed at $40,000. The Belmont coal mines in Alabama, in which U. S. Grant, Jr„ is a principal stockholder, have closed down because of the Grant & Ward failure. In a shooting affray near Granby, Mo., resulting from an old grudge, John G. Koontze, ex-Postmaster, and Nathan Tabor, a merchant, were killed, and George Hudson, a desperado, seriously wounded. Hooper’s building at Baltimore collapsed from the weight of cotton it contained, the fourth floor first giving way. and forcing the others down. Of a number of persons in the structure six bodies have been recovered. Three persons were fatally injured, and two others are missing and supposed to be in the debris.-' The Protestant Episcopal Convention at Baltimore, after thirteen ballots, failed to elect a bishop, and decided to hold a special session for that purpose in October, until which time tbe convention adjourned. William Cook, Edward Lover, and William Debus were drowned near New Orleans by the overturning of a sail boat. G. B. Eens, a prominent citizen of Petersburg, Va., well known as a contractor, has assigned his property to secure the payment of State funds deposited in the wrecked Planters’ Bank, of which ho was a director. Barkley & Hasson, coffee and tea merchants of Baltimore, have made an assignment. Their Labilities are placed at $225,000. Some miscreant fired three shots through a window of the Common Pleas Courtroom in Baltimore, the only damage being to the window panes.