The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-27
SOUTHERN NEWS.

A farmer in Lincoln county, KntucSy,
had fifty sheep killed by dogs.
A negro woman dropped dead at Mason,
Georgia. while washing clothes.
A lad named Ham fell into we'll at
Canton, Georgia.. and broke his neck.
Rugby, Tennessee is proposing to build
another motel for the accommodation of
visitors.
The Louisiana Sugar Bowl does not hope
for large crop this year, for it at least q
month late.
The Knoxville, Tennessee, papers report
Col. John Williams seriously i'll at his home
near that city.
p. Henderson, one of the most promi-
neDt merchants Of Covington, Georgia, has
failed tor $4,000.
The late rains ruined all the brick that was
prepared for the new Baptist church IN Ev-
ergreen, Alabama.
The South Carolina rapers tell Of young
lady of Orsngeburg who picked 800 pounds
of cotton in one day.
A mali kissed another mans wife at Dali
ton, Georgia, and the court will decide who is
TO blame--the man or the woman.
A little son of Mr.. G. w. Snspp, of
Whitfield county, Georgia, lately had his
wrist broken by the bite of vicious dog.
-Four prisoners confined in jill at Green.
ville Tennessee. escaped by running over
the isiler, when he took them their dinner.
A late fire at Jonesboro, Georgia, de-
stroyed the Coleman nouie, and Mr.. d.
p. Ferguson, boarder, lost 500, all he
had.
The county court Of Knox county, Ten
nessee, elected Professor w. Q. Gibbs, OF
Graveston, superintendent of public instruc-
ton for that county.
A negro named Squire Bryan, at Butler,
Georgia. sentenced TO the penitentiary for
ten years, has cut both his eyes out SO as to
avoid hard labor.
Messrs. Pratt & Son, have received ma
chinery for their broom handle factory at
Whiteside, Tennessee, and will be under full
Roadway in few days.
Mrs. Lilly was thrown from buggy near
Fort Valley, Georgia, few days ago, and
had her ankle broken; but baby sne held in
her arms was unhurt.
A few days ago Mr.. Metron Melton, a
we'll known farmer near Buens Vista, Ala
bama, was called to his door and fatally shot
by some unknown person.
The Hawkins rifles, military company at
Nashville, Tennessee, have gone back on the
governor by changing their name to the
Langston rifles, in honor of John NJ. Lsugs.
ton.
Some farmers in Lowndes county, Ala.
hoc,, aktr;huto tha Loan 80 laruo ho
of their mules to the use of western corn.
Weguess the trouble comes from u too scant
use of it.
The Calhoun (Gs.) Academy has suspend
ed on account of measles. 1t is said that
there is hardly house in the upper portion
of Murray county that has not case or two
of measles.
A negro woman named Ann Cowan was
lynched at Springfield, 5. O., some days ago,
for burning barn and attempting to set fire
to rhe residence Of a farmer. She confessed
the crime.
Foundry work is progressing fsvoraby at
South Bend, Tennessee. Additions have
lately been made to the working force. The
machine shops are actively employed upon
contracts.
The Charlotte, North Carolina, Observer
reports the purchase of land near that place
for the purpose ofsmelting works. Ores will
be purchased from the owners of mines and
smelted and refined at the works.
The safe of Cain s. Whitesde, livery men,
OF Morristown, Tennessee, was mysteriously
robbed Of S29l 05, some nights ago. A
negro with large roll Of money which he
cannot account for, has been arrested on
suspicion.
At Morristown, Tennessee, Bill Range
beat his wife numerically with wythe, and
afterward struck her blow on the head
with hammer, which made wound, at
first thought to be fatal. Range fed, and is
still at large.
Prewiu, Spur g. Co., are making rapid
progress in rebuilding their bucket factory
at E1geheld, Tennessee, and it will soon be
in operation again, giving employment TO
many, persons who have been idle since 1T
was burned down.
Chattanooga, Tenn, Times: A terrible dis
teenth district of Barlow county, Ga. It
proves fatal in nine out Of ten cases. Not
less than twenty mich cows have died with.
in mile of Euharlee in the past ten days.
Mobile, Ala, Register, April 10: The
resignation of DR.. Stuart Robinson retires
from active service in the Presby terian
church one of the ablest dvines in the coun-
try. Many of our readers will remember
hearing Dr.. Robinson preach when the Gem
eral Assembly of the Presbyterian church
south met here few years after the war.
The South Florida Journal states that DR..
A. O. Caldwell, of Sanford has an orange
tree that Is curiosity worth going to see. It
is a large, fine tree, standing just at his front
gate. 1t has goodly number Of ripe
oranges on 1t. and about 1000 green ones
half grown, the tree having blossomed after
the storm Of last August, and Is now full of
blossoms for another crop.
The Parsons (Ksn.) Evening Star says tina.
there are about fifteen thousand people al
Eureka Springs, Arkansas. The Star
says that Senator Mooney, who Is at
Eureka Springs with his family, informed
Cashier Clark, of the First National bank of
Parsons, who has just returned from Eureka
Springs, that the Hon. Samuel j. Tilden, of
New York, would DO there in few days.
L. II. Angomar recently died in New
York, and when bis succession was opened
in the civil district court at New Orleans the
New Orleans Times says that IL was dis
covered that 1887 represents the entire value
ofhis estate. lilo leaves widow and three
children. Ho was an inventor, q man of
great energy, and his process, for the pro.
nulaion of atraet cara would uovhoua h.us