Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1899 — SOUTHERN. [ARTICLE]

SOUTHERN.

William Miller, 10 years-old, colored, was hanged at La Grange, Ky. At Mobile, Ala., Isaac Davis, colored, was hanged for the murder of Thomas Jones. Forty Dallas, Texas, lawyers were placed under arrest for failure to pay city occupation taxes. By a vote of 50 to 30 the Arkansas House killed a bill to consolidate State and Federal elections. A tornado spread devastation over ten miles of country, from Morris to Village Springs, Ala. Several persons were injured. The town of Stilesboro, Gn., was nearly wiped out by a cyclone, No lives were lost, but several people were injured. The Methodist Church, a new structure, was ruined and twelve families were made homeless. The Buckingham Theater at Louisville was destroyed by fire. The fire was caused by n live wire iu the scene room, and, although a general alarm was turned in, it burned so fiercely that the entire place was soon gutted. The loss is placed at SOO,OOO.

Harry Deffinbaugh, agod 28, was shot and instantly killed on the most prominent streets of SistaflPlUe, W. Va., by Miss Ella Bowen, aged 20. Miss Bowen is in jail and alleges that Deffinbaugh pursued her, tearing her clothing and threatening her if she left him. The body of n dead woman was found on the Hydes ferry turnpike bridge, over the Cumberland river, near Nashville, Tenn. The body was identified as that of Mrs. J. D. Clark, or Minnie Cox. J. D. Clark, the alleged husband of the woman, was arrested charged with the murder.

W. C. Griffin, State superintendent of agencies and manager of the Dallas, Tex., office yf Bradstreet’s, was found in a dying condition in the Windsor Hotel in that city. He registered under an assumed name, and before going to bed he took morphine. He died shortly after being found. His accounts are straight. A family of five was entirely wiped out in the Uttle town of Bowman, Ark., within the last two days, all dying with pneumonia. Esquire Gwynn, his son Charles, his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nobles and Mrs. Dot Carpenter, another daughter, were all buried at the same time in the same plot of ground.