Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1886 — THE SOUTH. [ARTICLE]

THE SOUTH.

Whim firemen were at work upon a Baltimore fins, the truck of one of the ladder

- ,» 4 companies capsized and fell backward into the street. There were on It at the rime Capt. Maratoh, Charles Grand, Frank Kerr, and Henry Ryan. Capt. Maraton caught on the edge of the root of a twostory hofise adjoining, and escaped serious injury. Grand, Ryan, and Kerr fell with the ladder, which broke in falling, and all had their backs broken. Grand and Kerr have died since, and no hope for Ryan's recovery is hail. Congressman George D. Wise was arraigned before a Police Justice at Richmond, Va., pn the charge of being about to engage in a duel, but was discharged. The French and Eversle factions, in Perry County, Kentucky, hail a battle at Hazard, where one man was killed, when it was agreed that all differences be left to arbitration.... A Baptist church, erected on the site of Jefferson Davis’ birthplace, was dedicated at Fan-view, Ky, on the line between Christian and Todd Counties. Davis was present and made a few remarks.