Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1887 — THE SOUTH. [ARTICLE]

THE SOUTH.

An explosion of gas in the coal bunkers of the British steamer Suez, at New Orleans, fatally burned the second engineer and three Chinese firemen, and dangerously burned three other Chinese. Slight shocks of earthquake are still a matter of daily occurrence at Summerville, 8. C.. . .At Macon, Ga., Secretary Lamar and Mrs. Henrietta Holt were married at the home of the bride. . . .There were five oi six inches of snow at Macon, Ga., and Jackson, Miss., last week. In the latter city the streets are filled with improvised sleighs. 8. M. Sterritt, 40 years old, who had been married but twenty-four hours, committed suicide near Morgantown, Ky., by cutting his throat, caused by his mother and sister refusing to permit him to bring his bride to their home. „ The German ship Elizabeth was wrecked' off the coast of Virginia, fourteen miles south of Cape Henry. Fifteen men were lost from the vessel, besides five of the lifesaving crew..... Adjt; Gen. King of Texas, in his annual report to Gov. Ireland, of tkat State, very strongly urges the Legislature to make liberal appropriations and encourage the militia that it may be art efficient military force in case of necessity. He says a well-equipped force is imperative, because a deep-seated and dangerous spirit of unrest pervades every part of the land, and in many sections this discontent has taken the form of open lawlessness, violence, and bloodshed, and has assnmed proportions, made claims, and asserted doctrines that threaten the very existence of the States of the Union. He then, without specifically naming any particular organization, gives a scathing denunciation which is clearly aimed at the Knights of Labor.