Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1885 — THE SOUTH. [ARTICLE]

THE SOUTH.

Sheriff Humphrey, who was lately driven from Rowan County, Ky.. returned to Morehead, the other day, and indulged in a bloody affray w.th members of the opB posing faction. The Governor has been Three banks at Norfolk. Va., closed their doors—the Exchange National Bank,

the Franklin Savings Bank, and the banking and broking Ann of Bain Brothers. The concerns were c'osely connected with one another. The liabilities of the Exchange National will be not less than $150,000. Wheat fields in Virginia that were about to be plowed np have sprouted in such fine condition since the advent of warm weather that crop prospects are materially changed. ... .United States Marshal Hughes, of Virginia, ‘is under arrest, being indebted to the Government in a sum greater than he could pay... .The Macon County (W.Va.) Gazette reports that hundreds of people in that county are in a destitute condition and suf• sering for food.