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THREATENED WITH DEATH.Mormon Missionaries Driven From Wrl|huboroufh. Oa.New Yoric. July a—An Au^umU iOa.)*js»oial nyi: The Mormon missionaries who have been preaching in th» Wrighteboro district of this county, and who have suo* pwlw! in converting a large number of Ignorant people to their religion, have greatly excited the people who are Opposed to them in that nation, and, in fact, the whole country ts in a fever. Many attempt* have been made to rid the country of them, but without avail, ami Tuesday night a band of regulator* composed of men from Augusta and the Wrlghtsboro district. The plan of the regulator* was to tar ami feather them, ami throw them into tho river, and make themawim for the Carolina aide, threatening them with death if they returned to Georgia.With thi* object in view they proceeded to the bouse of J. J. Farmer, ten mi lee from the city, where the Mormons had been staying, but upon arriving there they found the Mormons had flown. They wt-re, however, informed by the occupants of She house that the Mormons had only left for a day or two in ordar to prevent bloodshed, but that when the prophets returned they would he supported by a larger number of |**«iple than before, who would see that they were not interfered with In fact, it was stated that the people who would defend the Mormons with their live* The regulators searched diligently for the Mormons, but without avail They are, however, determined to rid the county of them, and wiil watch for thoir return. From apjwarances there will probably be bloodshed before the end of the wooIl— . —Startling lt«vnlatlom in tli* Mebbltt Case.LoOaxsPort, Ind., July $4.—A new com-
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Maysville Daily Evening Bulletin
Maysville, Kentucky, US
Fri, Jul 22, 1887
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