American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-09-13
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

An Atlanta dispatch of the Goth gives
the particulars of thrilling incident At u
picnic held at Stone Mountain, Emma Jones,
| a little girl, lost her footing and fell over the
edge of the mountain prccipice, which has 4
nearly perpendicular height of 900 feet.
| The little thing caught on an edge of rock.
and by sticking her fingers in the creviccs
managed to hold on until the alarm was car
ried to the town, three miles off. At once
stores were closed, houses locked, and the
whole population with feverish haste hurried
to the mountain. The child was 30 feet be-
| low the brink, having slipped, rather
! fallen outright. She was considerably
bruised. At length Jerry Goldsmith was let
over the brink with stout rope. He reach
| ed the child just she was exhausted, and
was drawn to the top amid the most intense
excitement. The mother awaited the child
at the brink. \ man and a dog have for
merry fallen over this precipice and were
| dashed to pieces.
George Saunders, aged 81. Il member Of
the notorious Crab Orchard gang of dcspcr-
ndoes. was shot and instantly killed on the
! Both ult. at Stanford, Ky, by W. :. Mey-
| ers. storckccper. The evidence shows
| that the shooting was done in self defense
| Young Saunders had just been liberated
| from Jail. and he stood charged with ut least
dozen crimes, principally burglary and
| larceny. He had long been terror to the
| community in which he lived. His brother
Walter shot and killed by the City Mar
shall of Richmond. Ky. about two years ago.
! A widow lady living alone in the vicini
| ty of Cedar Springs, Green County. KY,
was few nights ago most shOckingly NAL
treated by two seoundrelly white
men. who left her tied hand
and foot, in which predamcnt she
was discovered on the following day by two
young girls who happened to call at her
| house. The citizens made every effort to
capture the villains, but up to last reports
had not succeeded in doing so.
| A negro entered the residence of re-
spectacle widow living in the vicinity OF
| Pine Bluff. Ark, on the 2Sth, and finding
her alone, chokcd her until she became in
sensible, the blood gushing from her eyes and
| mouth. Having tdnsunimated his atrocious
| villainy, he made his escape, but the neigh
| borhood was soon aroused and in pursuit,
| and his capture and summary punishment
| was almost certain to follow.
A duel took place at Lancaster, 5. c.,
on the LIST. the principals being Capt. j.
| Clark, editor of the Camden Journal. and
Charles Shannon, son of Col. VIM. Shannon,
one of the wcalthiest planters in the State.
shannon challenged Clark on account of an
article published in the journal rejecting
upon the conduct of the Board of County
| Commissioners Of which his father was
Chairman. Ry agreement of seconds only
one shot was allowed each side and
neither of these taking effect, the principals
| withdrew from the field without any loss OF
blood.
-Some citizons of Cherokee County n C.
on the Ist took three Mormon preachers, who
had boau ono,oed in nrosclvtino throurb
that sect;op and ub;nned them severely
NJ, .ont,nt ,,;,h ,bis I.rcr,I Of tho converts
yo.,, ,.,,,,,b, and similar punishment, ipfict.
oa me-, ,ho,, Th., nar.,, mad. and tho
c,rnnt -h,., Nnrmon. were driven ont of the
1T. 81 In r,,,,,,, ,t o,,ao 70 I-t.h
a, Ei.h,,,,.,.;I,o Nv ~, tho Let , To-
,o,r-n,d ho,, r,mod WIN E,tos shot and
nrobablv fatally wounded two younp men,
named Butler Cobb and Arthur REYNOLDS,
whom he caught stealing watermcIons
The abduction of the pretty widow Pul=
liam from her home in Elbert County, Ga,
continues to be the uppermost sensation in
that part of the State, and at least half a
dozen different theories are put forth to ac-
count for the charming widows mysterious
disappearance. Some of these theories, as
might be expected, do not picture the widow
as an altogether unwilling fugitive from her
home, but the general belief still prevails
that she was really forcibly abducted.
AT Camdenville. Anderson County, KY,
on the Both ult., Robert Mosely, Town Mar
shall, shot and killed Bad Oliver, one Of his
neighbors. There seems to have been no
reasonable provocation for the deed.
james ii. Gatiin@, prosperous farmer
VINO llNcd near MiirireeSboro, \. g., Il broth
err OF the inventor oil the tiatilng gum was
iouii! murdered on the hlsht Oh the Isl on
MS own premises ny some person unknown.
ne uie peiie Vi 'ne " n'te sulphur
Is one OF the hiShes' hohors 10 which ootth-
erh iadies ASPIRE anu WIN the exception Oh
one Vi TWO seasons 'he pehes Vi h,'e SUI
phur nav ar"ass oeeh oeni>ens Vi .iic sun
II! 7'"'n ms '"e i.u' "no ~"
hho"ieuseo ~ li''c "clic.cu 'his uisli'c'ioh
Is Mrs. Nanhie Lcary OF iilchmonu, va.
At Il camp meeting being held at Lam.
pasas, Texas, 1000 people being present,
coal-oil lamp upon the platform fell, broke,