Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1884 — SOUTHERN. [ARTICLE]

SOUTHERN.

- A shooting affray occurred in New Albany, Mies., between J. R. Reeves, Mayor of that town and editor of a local newspaper, and Lloyd ford, who is described In the dispatches as “a good-for-nothing desperado.” The dispute arose about politics. Each fired five shots. Ford was fatally wounded, Reeves escaped unhurt, but his father received a flesh-wound. The State Bank of West Virginia, with liabilities of $119,000, has closed its doors. The State is a creditor to the amount of SB,OOO. Recia, a Cuban, was hanged in the jail-yard at Key West, Fla., for the murder of a companion. A*sale of shorthorns, which ranks third in point of excellence to any in the United States heretofore, was held at Lexington, Ky., last week. One hundred and eight animals were sold, the total amount realized being $87,450; average, SBIO per head. Archbishop Gibbons, of Baltimore, has issued a pastoral letter to the priests of his diocese, impressing upon them the necessity of observing great care and prudence in the management of church picnics, and decreeing that no intoxicating liquor shall be sold at any of them. The citizens of Memphis sent a committee to Washington to ask an appropriation of $350,000 to prevent the Mississippi River from undermining the custom house as well as private buildings.