American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1879-11-15
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.


/ County, Va, on the LIST, a man name Green
accused a youth named Barnes of stealing
some money from him. This cnrae,ed the ell
/ der Mr.. Barnes and he Went to Green's place
and Shot the latter dead.
| Judge Cook of the Houston and Calves
| ton Criminal District Court has decided that
| the Texas Sunday law is constitutional. The
/ ease no goes to the Court of Appeals.
/ S. Denham, who lived about live miles
west of Weathcrford, Texas, on the Ist was
shot and instantly killed by his step-son, in
family quarrel.
AT Petersburg, Va, on the night of the
\ 1st, James NJ. Young shot and killed George
Hinton without any apparent proyocation.
The two men were formerly bosom friends,
but had recently quarreled. The murderer
was arrested. The murdered man was n
brother Of ex-senator VIM. T. Hinton and
| Capt. Drury A. Hinton, Commonwealth
/ Attorney. Young is about - years Of age
and son of Mr.. j. +. Young, a well known
citizen.
1t is estimated $1,000 persons are engaged
in Louisiana in the conduct of the oyster
business. comprising $500 fishermen and
sailors, and the Use of 120 lugSers.
In Louisa County, Va, recently, William
Beaver, firing of his wife, thrust her into a
| spring, causing death by drowning. The
distressing feature of the murder is that
their children are the only witnesses.
--Gcorgia's cotton factories are said to
have made dividends of s to u per cent, be-
sides adding largely to their surplus funds,
during the last 10 years.
Wilmington, n. c., is about celebrating
with an industrial parade the revival of her
business.
A dispatch from Memphis, dated the I'd,
| hat N hpax foil hat tbus
driving out the yellow fever. Six hundred
refugees returned the previous night.
AT Manor, Travis County, Texas, on the
night of the Sd, four mounted, masked and
armed robbers took possession of the town.
They robbed II persons, and then rode off,
taking several of the best horses they could
find. a posse of citizens soon mustered
and started in pursuit of the scoundrels.
"A large bed of bituminous coal has been
discovered near Mountain View, Stone Coun-
ty, Ala.
In Monroe County, Va, on the Sd, an
unknown negro made an indecent assault
upon Miss Nellie Schcyler, a beautiful girl,
but becoming frightened at the approach of
some vehicle, he cut her throat and fled.
At last accounts the young lady was lying in
| a precarious condition.
"A curious suicide is reported from Ca
bell County, w. Va, the victim being a girl
named Seliska Wood, aged about 16, en-
ployed in the family Of George Everson. She
went out to the orchard, deliberately rolled
q couple of pumpkins under the limb of a
tree, threw rope over the limb, and stood
on the pumpkins for support while she fas-
tened the rope around her neck, and then
rolled them from under her feet. The cause
is alleged to have been cruel treatment.
Ei.b ;,,I rod In, tba ti-tr ct
Court of Lamar County, Texas, as accessory
to the murder of j. j. Wheeler, the editor OF
the Paris Banner, who was killed by Bon
ner, was found guilty of murder in the first
degree, and sentenced to the Penitentiary
for 30 years.
=" Pap" Sanders, one of a gang of con-
victs at work upon Dunlavy's sugar planta-
ton, near Sugar Lar.Al, Fort Bend County,
Texas, was shot dead the other day by q
guard named johnson, whom he attacked
with the purpose Of seizing his gun.
"A fire at Helena, Ark, on the 4th, de-
stroyed five buildings on Main Street, in
Guiding the Odd Fellows building, where
the fire originated. The principal losers are
Jacks & Co., Mayfeld & Co., Sam. Bender,
T. L. Aircy & Co., E. Ehrman, Mrs. Washer,
and the Odd Fellows Society. Total loss
about 500, 900; insured for about one-half
that amount.
-Four white men have been arrested
and lodged in the Crittenden County (Ark.)
Jail, charged with the murder of negro
named John Broadway, for the purpose of
robbing his house.
Florida only owes n million and half
dollars, upon which debt she pays the inter-
est promptly.
Rev. w. G. Veal, of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, South, who committed an in
decent assault upon Mrs. Griffin, married
lady, ut WaXhatchie, Texas, last winter, was
expelled from the Methodist Church by the
Conference recently in session at Fort
Worth.
-Edmonson, who deliberately shot and
killed j. 7. Douglass ut Jacksonville, Tex
as, last February, has been given life SEN
tence.
August Himmorder, a young German
was to have been married to a beautiful
young girl, the daughter of one of the best
families of Galveston, Texas, on the night of
the 5th. The church was lighted up at the
time appointed, and bride, bridesmaids,
friends and congregation were all present,
but the bridegroom came not. On searching
for him they found his dead body in his
room, he having killed himself with strych-
nine. A note was found on his body, stat
lHs III cliect tH'tt pecuuitfy tTouDics were tut
cause of his taking off.
j. f. Adger II Co., prominent hardware
merchants of Charleston, S. c., have made an
assignment. Liabilities, $3S3,0OO; assets,
100000.
AT Golinda, Falls County, Texas, on the
night Of the 9th, four masked men entered
the house of Joseph Standridge and robbed
him of nearly 500. While the robbers were
robbing the house Standridge ran, when the
robbers fired several shots at him.
DIR. David Parkinson, one of the best
known and heretofore most highly esteemed
citizens of Wellsburg, w. Va, has been ar
rested, charged with completely in burning
Cowan's livery-stables at Bethany, four
miles from Wellsburg. Bethany has been
troubled great deal of late with incendiary
fires, the most disastrous being the partial
burning of Bethany College short time ago.
1t is claimed that the arrest of Parkinson
may lead to the discovery of the incendiaries
who fired the College building.
Smith on a Fence.