The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-07
SOUTHERN NEWS.
MISCELLANEOUS.

The Medical Board Of jackson county.
Ala, will meet at ScottsboIo on the Sth
inst
key from the store of West Epord, ut Clay
ton, Ala.
The. Nashville, Tennesse. Herald says
there ia a strong probability that the Rock
City guards viii dsband,
The keys by which three prisoners lately
escaped from Jail at Guntersville Ala, were
made of wood.
A few weeks ago the Gsdsdeu. Tennessee
News said Mrs. ID. j. Holcombe was dead
Now It states that she is hale ard hearty.
Two negro prisoners were lately mar
ried in Jail at Rome, Georgia. Their
bridal tour viii be to the coart house for
trial.
The Journal says Loudon, Tennessee wants
bank, to save the people of that section the
trouble of coming to Chattanooga 10 make
deposits.
Aleg Talbert, negro sentenced to the
penitentisry for seven years by the Gibson
county, Tennessee circuit court, died of heart
disease last Thursday.
A farmer 10 Rutherford county, Tennessee,
says he has put an end TO twenty-seven dogs
for killing his sheep and is not yet done Stay
ing worthless CANNES.
Az Gadsden, Tennessee, the other night, a
negro named James Williams overgorged
himself on whisky and died before day; so
says coroner's jury.
A mare belonging to Captain w. +. Bal
lentine, of Giles county, Tenn, dropped two
colts last Sunday, one a horse and the other
mule. Both came dead, but were well
developed.
The Gadsden, Tennessee, News says wit
ness in case tried at that place this week,
where q signature WAS in dispute, swore that
he had "caught the goose that furnished the
pen that wrote the NAME"
The Nurfreesboro, Tennessee, Free Press
thinks that Governor Hawkins appointed
a negro chaplain to the penitentisIy out
of respect to ma orities-the dsrkies out.
btfiry the pale faces in that institu-
A post mortem examination of COW
which recently died on Sand Mountain, Ala,
showed that she had been eating old shoe
soles A handful of brads, tacks, etc, were
found, some of which had worked through
her entrails.
All the prisoners in the Jail at Hawkins
vile, Ga four in number, escaped a few
nights ago. One of them, George Royal,
was confined for wife-whipning, and extra
ordinary efforts should DO made to capture
the "bloody buggar."
A serious ARRAY occurred at Bolton, Geor.
gia, Thursday night, which may have fatal
termination, and to which the mayor of the
village was party. -Four young men who
were drinking got into a row in bar room,
and while the mayor was assisting the
marshal to restore order, he was stabbed
in several parts. his body, and it is.::feared
the wounds will prove fatal. The young
men were arrested and put in Jail at Gains
vile.
LAST Sunday young man and a girl, hail
ing from Stickleyville, Va, having walked
thirty-ive miles in search of place where
they could get marriage license without
the consent of parents, went to the printing
office at Blountville, Tenn, to have their
, license printed. Being informed where they
could get the necessary documents, the cou-
Pile were soon married by Rev. James For
bett When the happy groom came to set-
tie for the license and the parsons fee, he
could find only thirty-fve cents about his
clothes, but said he would bring over load
of truck next week and settle up in full.
Missouri.
The cultivation OF sorghum in Rails
county the present year will exceed that Of
any previous year.
The German citizens residing around
Napoleon, Lafayette county, have organ
lied an insurance company for their mutual
protection against fire.
The resideSce of Mr.. James Hendrix,
three miles east of Knoxville, Ray county,
was burned, with all his household goods,
March 26. He had an insurance Of $3.50 on
the house in the Phonix of New York.
Centerville Putnam county, at its recent
city election voted favorAbly to having two
new schoolhouses built, one in the north and
the other in the south part of town; the ex.
pense Of building said houses to aggregate
$4,000.
The members of the Cass county court
were served last week with q mandarin:
ordering them to levy a tax of over 1914 ,00C
and costs TO pay judgment rendered Oh
what are known as the Memphis & Ksnsa:
City railroad county bonds.
A German youth was in Richmond or
Monday the 2Sth, who makes q speciality o.
trapping birds, which he sells to bird fanciers
He travels through the country on foot, snt
carries q cage with him that he keeps filled
by his peculiar art of trapping.
There is a farmer in Oregon county who
has lived here for thirty years, and has nevel
had front yard or lot fence; has beer
without gate or draw-bars Of any dc
scription; never had stable or q Grill
door, His farming implements, all told, are
not and never have been worth $40 at any
one time. He never has borrowed wagon
yet he is well.to-do farmer, and neve1
owed dollar that he wasn't ready to pa,
on demand.
Ice several inches in thickness formed il
Mr.. Yoder's we'll, in Neosho, last winter
and now the water, which is distant from tn
top Of the ground % feet is as cold as ice
The we'll has ssubterrsnesn connection will
prospecting shaft sunk last year, by MI
Burke. The shaft is about 1875 yards from
the we'll, aud for several hours after tn
firing of blast in the shaft, smoke could b
seenin the well and the taste of burn
powder was plainly noticeable.
Mississippi.
Judge Hiram Cassidy, of Summit, Is dead
High water at Pearl river is recedn
rapidly.
Oxford has five nice churches with onl
two ministers.