Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1888 — THE SOUTHERN STATES. [ARTICLE]

THE SOUTHERN STATES.

An accident on thg, Cincinnati Southern Railway, near Greenwood, Kentucky, resulted in the death of seven persons and the injury of a largo number, some of whom may die as a result The city of New Orleans has been thrown into a fever of excitement by an affray between partisans of Nicholls and MoEnery, rival candidates for Governor, resulting in the killing of Hon Patrick Mealy, and the wounding of two or three other mea Over twenty shots were fired. Mealy was Commissioner of Police, and the most popular Democratic leader in the city. A Huntsville (Texas) special says that anmed citizens, calling themselves reformers, shot deal Bill 8010 at Madisonville, the county seat of Madison County, Texas, and hanged “Red” Paige and another mau whose name is not known. Alf Whitten, a friend of 8010, was driven from the town. 8010 and his friends were in favor of saloons. Sheriff Black has applied to the Governor for troops. A state of terror prevails.