Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1884 — THE SOUTH. [ARTICLE]

THE SOUTH.

Tk a quarrel on a street corner in Baltimore, a sporting character named William McGowan was shot dead by Gus Slater, a nephew of the most prominent gambler in the city- McGowan last year killed Owen Gorter on the same spot The first monument to a woman raised in the United States was unveiled at New Orleans, in memory of Margaret Haugheiy, known as the Orphans' Friend, whose benevolence was extended to all worthy calls for assistance. THE Louisiana Board of Health has instructed quarantine officers to detain all vessels coming from Toulon, Marseilles, or other cholera-infected ports... .Paul Morphy, the world-renowned chess-player, died in New Orleans. THhee men were executed at Fort Smith, Ark., for murders committed in Indian Territory. A DUEL was fought at Lozier Station, Texas, on the Southern Pacific Bailway, at thirty paces, between Lieut. Cunningham, commander of the Seminole Scouts, and a railroader named Daly. The weapons used were pistols. Three shots were fired, resulting in the wounding of Cunningham in

the leg. When it became known in the camp that the officer had been wounded, several Seminoles armed themselves, and sought to assassinate Daly, but were restrained by Cunningham. The encounter is said to have resulted from a drinking bofit.... W. H. Beale and a man named Bowie fought a duel to the death at Dallas, Texas. They were close friends before the fight, and no cause can be found for the quarrel... jSeyen stores on Market street, Chattanooga, valued at $50,000, were swept away by fire.