American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-02-21
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

The Legislative Committee appointed to
investigate the conduct and condition of the
Kentucky Penitentiary report that the pris.
on is oycrcrowdcd and mclean. and its in.
mates suffer continually from defective
sewerage and improper food. During 1873
more than 100 men out of II total of 1000
were treated for scurvy, and about 70 died
of this and other complaints. The report
concludes with a recommendation tina
the present keeper of the Institution be re-
moved
Judge James A. Anderson of Memphis.
late Public Administrator of shelby Coun-
| tv. Tenn has been indicted by the Grand
Jury for fraudulcntlv arr-onriat;ny moneys
hoInno;,r a. iho ost,tas ,,ado, ~ aa;;,,
rharre n,,n,hcr If snits ,.,.l ZOO, ha'
o,,n ,raipst him ,,,, .,is hordsnor 70 rn-
cover n,n,,,vs So misannronri,tnd
Accordiro IN tho N,sb,;uo sn,o,.;.,,,,
the amount of money invested in steam
boats running in the Nashville trade from
ISIS to 1876, was over 81 200, 200, Now the
| Investments in steamboats, can be counted
only hy tho thousands, instead of bv mill
lions, the railroads having, to A very large
extent, absorbed the ccmmercial business
of not only Nashville, bHt OF the entire
Country.
| The Tennessee Republican stats Con-
vention has BeeH rallied to meet at Nashville,
! Nav 4, 10 nominate a candidate for Governor
and to select u delegates to the National
Republican Convention.
The procession Of the knights of Momus
ut New orleans, on the night of the 9Th, had
for its subject-The Fair Women of History;
the women whose p portraits adorn the great
picture gallery OF the past. "a Dream OF
Fair women ttalaeaax) appeared on
handsomely decorated ears The festivities
closed with grand tabieauS and ball at the
] Opera house.
Mrs. c'Flaherty and her son were re-
turning home along the railroad track from
Falmouth, Ky, both' as supposed some
what "ndef the influence OF liquor. "A tram
coming around sharp curve s'ruch 'ne
mother, throwing her peheath .ne "heeis
ana severins her oody ABOVE ,he hips' She
was thrifty irish woman ana owned nice
farm.
AT Atlanta, Ga, on the 9TH, Mrs. Dozier,
aged over 10, was burned to ueath by ner
eiothhS taxing hre from an open gra'e, hef
son'ih-iaw' MI. finsoll' wen KNOWN oruS :
gist, was badly burned while trying 10 eA-
hnSuish the hames'
"A reunion OF Texas veterans will De heid
ut San Antonio on the list OF April.
An Antl-froIanlty society mas Deeil
started in Savannah, Ca, the members Oh
which wear White ribpon as DadSe.
In Dnsei Couhts' 1eN.' II Is saio many
sprinS-cilps OF wool now on 'he sIeep p"ch
are ALREADY SOFA III Gan DieSo a' rum "
% cents Las' year sheep o'uiu nc pu-
| chased Tor mere song, put no" 'ne'e ~ie
hardly any for sale at any price.
=6h6 orange tree at Bay st. Louis, Miss.
produced a crop of oranges which brought
the owner $50.
The Florida Land and immigration
Company has sold to Alfred Stamford White
of Liverpool ] $50 acres of its land i'm Ala
chua County, to be occupied by colony oil
English immigrants.
A bill before the Senate of Mississippi
provides for the severe punishment Of rail-
road employees or officials and legislators for
giving or receiving free passes.
The owners Of the cotton factory at
Hawknsville, Ga, will soon have four
| Clement attachments in operation.
! w. p. Cassells, a prominent planter of
| Ellenton, S. c., is preparing to erect a cot
ton factory on his farm Besides his cotton
crop last year, he has just marketed $1,000
bushels of rice of his own production.
The Alabama Historical SotietS at TINS
ealoosa desires to collect complete cabinet
of Confederate money. Those who have the
different denominations of money, and have
no special use for it, would be glad, no
doubt, to send it to the Historical Society,
where it will be carefully preserved.
A resolution has been introduced in the
Mississippi Legislature providing for the
consideration of the question of calling
Constitutional Convention.
The South Carolina Historical Society is
considering the question of erecting a moriri=
ment over the grave OF Cardinals poet; Hem
nv Timrod
A most daring outrage was attempted in
Memphis on the morning of the 10th. About
0 o'clock Miss Mollie Quinlan, aged II,
most estimable young lady, was alone i'm st.
Peters Cathedral, engaged in her devotions
at the foot of the altar, when young negro
suddenly seized hold of her and attempted
to stifie her cries by putting his hand over
her mouth, She struggled violently and
succeeded In making herself heard nv the.ex.
ton, who ran to her assistance, and the vii
lain made good his escape. The supposition
is that the negro, seeing her enter the church
yo,Iowad hor In ond 6nd;nn tha,,, e., ho a.
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