American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-04-24
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

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| Edgefield, S. c., at the recent election fol
Mayor. DIR. W. f. Bland and A. A. Clisby
were leaders Of opposing factions and had 8
bitter quarrel at the polls regarding the vote
of a colored man brought up by Clisby,
whom Bland claimed was not a resident OF
the district. Pistols were drawn by bott
parties, and Bland was shot in the stomach
while Clisby was struck over the head with
pistol. st. Julian, a brother of DIR. Bland
rushed to the scene and shot Clisby in the
back. He also shot q man named Glover
twice in the thigh because he took the part
of Clisby. Several other shots were fired
but there was no other serious damage. DIR,
Bland died the same afternoon, and Clisby
was regarded as being in critical condition
AT Opelousas, La, on the 10th, during 8
large gathering Of people, Colin Fusilier
while intoxicated, fiourished pistol. Some
bystanders attempting to take it away from
him, the weapon was discharged, killing
Louis Cortes. Fusilier, being disarmed, ran
away from the crowd, when several shots
were fired. Three balls entered his body,
killing him instantly.
AT Brennan, Tex, VIM. F. Ralston, son
of an old citizen, while intoxicated, stabbed
and killed Robert Finkers, railroad hand,
who was attempting to get him away from q
saloon where he had got into q fight with the
barkeeper.
Thomas Boyd, young Irishman, re-
Gently performed the foolhardy feat of diving
from the railroad bridge over Green River.
ut Munfordville, Ky.,a distance of lbs feet.
He came up Mnharmed.
While County Attorney Bocock, of Or
ange, Tex, was driving home the other night
with his wife and two children, he was fired
at by concealed assassin. The bullet in
tended for Bocock missed him, but hit his
wife, wounding her in the hip, but not ia
tally.
AT Louisville, KY, William Treske, a
half-crazy young man, murdered his mother
Wilhelmina Treske, in most brutal man.
ner. The murderer fled, and 1t was believed
he had drowned himself.
AT Nashville, Tenn, on the 18th, James
Farris, of Hartford, Conn.,, was shot and
killed by George Petway, gambler, travel
ing with Coup's circus. The murder was
unproyoked and the murderer was lodged
in Jail.
The Louisiana Legislature adjourned
sine die on the 10th.
Capt. VIM. Ellerbrock, of the tug Nice.
lost his life in a burning building at Will
mington, n. c., on the morning Of the 11th.
"A desperate encounter recently took
place in Lincoln County, N. c., between
Revenue Officer Stockton and Joe Reynolds,
a noted moonshiner. 1t had long been a
boast of Reynolds that he could never be
captured alive. Officer Stockton had been
tracing him, and one morning caught him in
the woods, far from his gang. Both being
men of powerful physique and evenly
matched, each prepared for rough
struggle. stockton cocheu nis Pis.oi, anu
cried, surrender In the name Oh tne Com
monweaith! heyhoids's reply was pistol
shot, which went through the ofhcer's hat.
Drawing bowie-knile, reynolds, who 1t
seems had but this one chamber in his re-
volver loaded, rushed at stockton, who nred
at him ana missed. botn men cienched,
the omcer warning OH .ne knhe-tnrusts.
lie managed IN the struggle 10 get MS pistol
IN positioh, anu shot the desperate tnrough
'ne n..H W. 'uo oNo,"n,".'on, u,e
game neyhoios iooseheo MS noid ana ieii
oack oeao.
ap'' a. - Diyah' Vi the oniteo otates
ne'enue iolce' win squau VI thirty men'
recently nao desperate ngnt Win party
OF ABOUT hIteen moonsniners, under COM
mano OF BUCK sihgleIon' IN the mountains
Oh Wilkes County' NJ y. oohh queen, one
OF Bryan 8 men, was Killed, ana several 9TH
ers were wounded. The moonshiners finally
withdrew, leaving the revenue officers mas
tiers OF the position. In the place, which was
surrouhoeo py Pafsaoe, there were four
distilieries, sixteen stilis and ,oOO gallons OF
whisky, which were destroyed.
The monument which is to be erected at
Holly Springs, Miss, in honor of those
members of the Mississippi Press Associa-
ton who died of yellow fever during the
epidemic of 1878, has been completed. 1t is
an elegantly designed monolith of gray
granite, twenty feet in height, and five feet
through at the base. The names of the
honored dead to be inscribed upon this
structure are: WILL. Holland and Kin.
loch Falconer of Holly Springs; w. ].
Adams, of Enterprise; o. v. Shearer, of
and Singleton Garrett, of Canton.
Near Warren Court-house. Va. n farm.
ar named Jobn Jobnson tool h;s ,,ttia sa-
~, ;nto ~. h.u-,ot, "a ,,,t,,,,-s -. 80
, up NJ. I.S. I'm nus
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INC o".n " ""A no. husband,
floor and breaking her neck. johnson is
noted for his bad temper, while his wife was
generally beloved for her numerous deeds of
charity. He escaped, but if caught it was
thought weuld be lynched.
AT Waco, Tex, on the night of the 18th,
John French, q young man about twenty.
two years old, was shot and killed by VIM.
G. Hardwick, a young man about twenty
one years old, a painter by trade. Hard
wick, after shooting French, went to his