American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-02-28
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

Gently held ut Amite City, La, Il resolution
was adopted pledging the ministers OF the
Conference to discontenance and discourage
the emigration of colored people to Kansas
or elsewhere in the North; but on the other
hand "to encourage them to remain at home
among their friends, to purchase homes, ed
ucate themselves and their children. and
learn that honesty and industry are the true
and only roads to prosperity and happi-
| ness.''
| 1t is stated on authority that the Louis
vile and Nashville Railroad Com
pany has made a contract with the
Georgia Central and South Carolina
and Port Royal roads for FIVE years,
thus gaining control of every seaport from
New Orleans to Charleston, except Bruins =
wick. An extension of the Macon and
Brunswick from Macon to Atlanta will be
built at once, connecting by the Western
aud Atlantic with the Cincinnati Southern,
thus preventing an absolute monopoly on
the part of the Louisville company.
AT Onancock, Accomack County, Va,
recently, two young coIored women, Louisa
Wise and Margaret Downing, had fatal
| encounter growing out of jealousy engen-
dered by the divided attentions of a young
colored man named Benjamin Young. One
of the dusky damscls was armed with
rife was tho comh.t ,hat ho,h 80 -. ~,
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ant ~ J,ii and fo,,,,d IT. IL .s ia, -
hot, 10 sLa. tn,. ,,,,.a 80 o nv "',''
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GENTLY at Ucns,ev,s ranch ON MOI Cr..l
Kent County. Tex: IN. BROWNING broth,
er of the County Attorney. armed with n
gun and pistols. went TO UensIev,s bouse
and entering. cooked his pun in UensJav,s
face and said. 0Jobn T bo,r Won ha,,o
been talking about NV wife, Jann;e,,,
Henslev answered: ssI hive Int OILY told
the TRUTH, HensIey then reached for bis
gun, when Browning fired at his head but
missed, and ran, followed by Hershey, 4
duel with six-shooter, cnsued. resuItino in
Browning beipe carried off the field Inv b;s
wife. shot through and through.
Two brothers named Dow. members of
the Rev. HARNESS. Sanctif;cationist
Church. were recentIv RIM ont of RoIton
Tex. whittier they had 0ore for tho nurnos.s
OF starting tabernacle. About midnight
mob OF sixty persons, some masked, went
10 the residence OF the BOWS, awakened and
took ihenn one mile out OF town 10 the
WSoos' here thes tled pem UP ana lashea
them severely, aitef winch the mop ordered
them to run Tor their lives, htrrylng their
hish1 WIN foiieg OF piston shots.
% oheiiiy OF LOUISVILLE, N.Y., COM
mitteu sulciue III the statioh mousse III Dallas,
Texas, on the night OF the 18th. He was a
prominent practicing physician in Louisville
put gwen TO Perioaicai spfees, ana whiie
arihhIi5 was I'iite reckless. diary among
MS eHec'r showed that ne lelt LOUISVILLE
about three weeks ago while drinking, and,
was wandering around aimlessly. He had
JUS. received Telegram from MS whe' lndl-
c',ihs t,a' money Wouio De sent nilii' ana
ashiiis MN ~ come ho'iie ano reiicFe her
-. WIS "'''''.u ioi u'eoi"eiiy
conuuci anu ,ocAeu up. ne cut inc CAROTID
al',i win i, l''n.e, n.hi"s asnas''s "ouho'
a'" vas So "io'iS i as 9'"i'ei. ieo's
p,e' ne was haHosoiiie iii''h' ABOUT .hifty
nlie' piach oe'ru' oi"e eyes, "eiSneo ABOUT
,o0 pouhos' anu was sen.eeiy oressco' pu'
us cio,hes we're paois eoi'eo from his pro-
'iac ,,e'. spree.
,,. ne o,', W. ,S'on 0r's .ounon mas apPro-
pii'teu Fi',ooU ~ poie an ar'es,'h wen'
,l,,. i'ooe,' iooliDs nd, pcen Sc
..o''u '.. " ue'''ei .ae ""n"a, ',"'.oh n.i're
.no 'ei"is sooio'ies VI inc o"i'efSis u
Miss iSsippi III o"iie heA'' ny the uii''iii'hoos
'ote oi .ne s,uaents.
"A IN - oeioie 'ne 'lrsihia Leg is'l'u,e
" ''noau ,ne oii'iiii'i- IA" So Us 10 ihci"ue
III 'ne nc, III WHICH oonceaieo weapons
uic ueiiii''u' anu 10 lithe l. ihisoeiheahor 10
g.. s,Ssn wv fN'' ~ w
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niuiaer near ne" perh' ~ y. Miiton
0aoier any ALVIN estoh were coming OUT
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o ''"'i' anu hi"S "'s'un
selZuo an aM iyi',S near anu crusneo IN ltne
eNu' Vi 'a'''ei' Nhiihs hiin Instantly F" es-
ION was arrested
line stage from san Diego TO Loredo, on
the hio Grande, was stopped by three Next
can desperadoes on the I'th. Two walked
IN IRON, Oh the horses ana athlrd held pis-
gers got the drop, however, and forced the
desperadoes to abandon their intentions,
"nen .ne s.aGo nore on "a posse "eh'
Adam F,gg,rt Of Cnncord NJ o.
40 roIoss1,, hand,;ra y ro,,o,,o. -, :. -.
Off killing his sisters two.vear.oId child,
james Thompson, of the Pickett, To-
haeco Warehouse, Louisville, was robbed on
The crowded street OF package containing
ssovo' ps Two men VINO ., io,'omeu MN from
he was walkins alone me thieves escaned
During the session Of the Louisiana