American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-01-24
SOUTHERN GLEASINGS.

Charlotte, II. q, furnishes a story al
most too shocking for belief. Squire Car
rington sent his 12-year- old boy CIT to the
field to mind some cows. The boy neglected
his duty, and for this trivial offcnse the
father took the boy to the woods, tied him
to a tree, and with stick actually beat him
to death. The inhunian father left the boy's
body in the woods and came home. Wher
asked as to his boys whereabouts, he said
| he did not know, but he was soon detected
| in his crime, and an Infatuated mob of col
ored men took him in custody until the ar
rival Of the officers of the law. The boys
body was absolutely fayed into shreds OF
reelling flesh.
M. A. Seay, in fit of insanity, went to
the residence of J. n. Ladd, 10 miles east Of
/ Cambridge, Tex, and shot Ladd dead with
out the least provocation. He then went to
| Samuel Tubbs's house, and shot him five
times. Tubbs is not expected to live. Seay
then went to Logan's farm, informed Logan
Of what he had done, and, before he could be
| prevented, placed the pistol to his own head
| and blew out his brains.
| Two young men, James Harkey and
! James Barbee, had difficulty near the head
of Pear River, Tex, and Harkey shot Bar
bee four times, killing him instantly
| Harkey was shot once in the abdomen and
! died in few hours.
In the Federal Court at Dallas, Tex.
DIR. Thos. A. Finn was sentenced to the Pen
! itentiary for 10 years and fined 500 for coun-
! terfeiting.
| The Tennessee River Improvement
Convention, held at Huntsville, Ala, on the
| sth, was largely attended, among those
present being Gen. Wilder and Chancellors
Bradford and Vandyke OF Tennessee,
Generals Wheeler and O'Neil and ex-
Governor Patton of Alabama and other dis
tinguished men from Tennessee and Geor-
gia. A resolution was adopted asking an
! appropriation of 81 ,000, 900 to complete work
in the river. A committee of 20 was ap-
pointed to go to Washington and represent
the matter to Congress.
The Texas Improvement Company, re-
Gently organized under the laws of Connecti-
cut, has signed the contract for the extension
of the Texas and Pacific Railroad westward
to Ell Paso, distance of nearly 800 miles.
Gen. G. M. Dodge, who has been chosen
President of the Construction Company,
says he will press the work to COM
pletion by the stipulated date, January l.,
1888.
Milton White, aged nearly 70,keeper of a
toll-gate near Mackvile, Washington Coun-
ty, KY, a few days ago shot and killed in
cold blood boy named Philip White (not a
relative) with whom he had previously quar-
relied.
Morgan Rye, Sr., Morgan Rye, Jr., Ran
dolph Field and VIM. Owens, citizens
Liberty County, Tex, who, two years ago,
hung two alleged horse-thieves, Sam Black
and Finley, have been sentenced to impris-
onment for life.
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leans to celebrate the approaching carniva
(Feb. 5-1D on scale Of unsurpassed mag
nificence.
At Greenville, Miss, the other day, a
man calling himself W. Stanley, aged about
b, was arrested upon charge of breach OF
the peace. Upon searching his person and
his baggage there were found $500 in gold
and $40 in silver, all counterfeit. He was
held for further investigation.
Lindsey Shitfiet, young farmer resid-
ing in the vicinity of Richmond, Va, on the
morning of the 18th was found dead in his
barn-yard with a bullet in his brain. 1t is
stated that Shifiet had been circulating re-
ports damaging to his cousin, Miss Sophronia
Shifflet, beautiful young lady. She and her
two brothers, Tarden and Flourney Shiffiet,
have been arrested on the charge of murder
ing him. The affair caused much excite
ment.
Sam Sparks, a prominent citizen of
Houston, was assassinated while walking the
streets of Giddings, Tex, on the night of the
18th, by an unknown murderer. No motive
is known for the crime. Parties living near
the spot heard the shot fired, but paid no at
tention until next morning, when the body
was found.
A man named Taylor, brother Of Rev.
Joshua Taylor of Harrisburg, KY, was re-
Gently killed at South Fork trestle, on the
Cincinnati and Southern Railroad, by Mack
Young and two brothers named Updegraff
He was shot and then cut and beaten with an
AK. The murderers were arrested. They
had been drinking.
President Porter of the Memphis Tax
ing District, who recently rendered his resig-
nation on account of the Legislative Council
having refused to sanction certain recon-
mendations for pleasing and sewering the
city, has been induced to retain his position
by the assurance that the former Obstruc-
tionists would cease their opposition to all
Necessary sanitary reforms.
AT Franklin, St. Mary's Parish, La, on
the 18th, Sidney Cole, aged about 10, owner
of three-fourths of Chatsworth Plantation,
rode up to the gate of j. b. Wofford, man
ager of the plantation, and informed Wof-
vancing towards the house, revolver in
hand. Wofford thereupon seized shotgun,
and, being unable to prevail upon Cole to
put up his pistol, he fired, shooting Cole
through the breast and killing him Instant
ly The Coroner's Jury declared the shoot
ing justifiable.
"A great social sensation has been created
at Frankfort, Ky. by the marriage recently
of Mr.. Hiram Berry, well known and
wealthy citizen, to a Louisville woman OF
the town named Mollie Taylor. Berry's
family occupy high social position in
Frankfort, and his wife, most estimable
woman, has been dead only three months
Berry's friends say that he was inveigled into
the marriage while he was not in his right
mind, and for the purpose of eXtorting
money. A divorce will he applied for.
On the night of the Sd DR.. John S. Har-
ris, Deputy Sheriff of Pamela County, Miss,
was shot in the Sheriff's Office, at Sar(ks,
by an unknown person on the outside of the
building. The assassin is supposed to be
q man named Crew, who had a grudgs
against the Doctor.
THE Pope's new paper, the aurora
sells for 90 centesimi, or cents, and is
printed on whittier paper than any other
journal in Italy. The leading articles
are written by men of European reputa-
ton, and refer chiefly to social and po-
litical topics connected with religion.
| The type is very large, like that of the