Huntsville gazette., 1882-11-18
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

summer has materially changed the aspect of
affairs. The yield thus far has been phenom-
enai. Two hogsheads of sugar to the acre
ior lne pant cane may prove an average,
unless some untOward event should cllrtail
Inc yield. The plant, notwithstanding the
W.rm weather Of the fall, has not come to
such maturity for many years. 1t is now
ripe clear to the topmost joints, and exceed
ingly rich in saccharine matter. Through
out the winter it was checked but little; the
season was exactly right for cultivation, the
rains came just when wanted and the cool
summer months brought it to maturity. The
weather since grinding has commenced has
been excellent for field operations, and the
work OF saving the crop and preserving seed
is now well advanced.
Mary Anderson, school-teacher in
Louisville, KY, committed suicide by shoot
ing on the 9th. Immediately after taking
breakfast she put on her wraps, prepara-
tory to going to school, and stepped into
one OF the rooms near her own. shot was
heard, and when the room was entered she
was found lying on the floor, with a deadly
wound in her side, near the heart. Miss
Anderson was engaged to marry gentle
ii iiai uih SOuuIfs duu ICCClfcu ltt-
ter from him the day before the shooting.
The contents of the letter are not known.
Friends Of the deceased believe that the
shooting was the result of instantaneous
emotional insanity. The victims mother
disappeared some years ago, and is sup
posed to have committed suicide.
At Henrietta, Texas, r. M. Donley, a
young lawyer. was shot dead by C. NJ. Bur-
CESS, the defeated candidate for County
Judge, for sentiments uttered in campaign
speech.
Sixteen Kentucky papers died this year
The New Orleans police are trying to
break up the opium dens.
John Holmes, of Alabama, has raised
eleven children, seven boys and four girls.
He has seventy three grandchildren, forty
three boys and thirty girls. Mr.. Holmes
is 70 years old, weight SOC pounds, has killed
fifteen hundred deer and one bear. The en-
tire family live in Morgan County, except
one son, who lives in Blount. All the older
ones belong to the Missionary Baptist
Church.
The skeleton of full l-grown mastodon
has been found in the Cowee tunnel, on the
Duckland branch Of the Western North
Carolina Railroad. When the monster was
discovered the cOnvicts fled in terror, and it
was by hard work that they could be in
duced to return to their picks. 1t was found
six feet below the surface of the earth. 1t
was in perfect state of preservation, and
crumbled to dust as soon as exposed to the
air.
El,1ahath TrOru tuantod tho
''heart blood'' of Miss Louisa Price, Of
Nicholas County, Kentucky, because the
latter reported the misconduct OF young
Crow to his teacher. With that end in view,
Mrs. Crow sought Miss Price and shot her
through the head, the ball penetrating be-
tween the eyes. Miss Price is in precari-
Gus condition.
The Southern Pacific has made an
offer to the Santa Fe Company for half in
terest in the Sonora Railway.
The development of the best lands in
Texas by the recent competition Of the diff
ferent lines Of railway has fairly turned the
tide OF immigration into the State, and the
mildness Of the climate, coupled with the
variety OF the soil and its products, will un-
doubtedly add to the already increasing
numbers.
An ordinance is being prepared in
Louisville to prohibit peddlers from pulling
door bells.
The dedication of st. Michael Gene
terry makes the tenth burying ground for
Louisville, Ky; the Eastern Cemetery has
thirty thousand graves.
Henry Clay, grandson Of the great
Kentucky statesman, who was member OF
the Howgate expedition to the north pole,
gave an illustrated lecture before the Poly
technic Society of Louisville, the other even
ing. the house being crowded to its utmost
capacity.
Every daily paper in Texas was rep
resented at conference in Austin, the 9TH.
er day, at which it was determined to send
Frank Grice, of San Antonio, to arrange for
news from the Western Associated Press
and sever relations with the New York As
sociation.
Montgomery, Ala, expects to handle
14O, 900 bales of cotton this season.
The secretary of the new Carolina,
Cumberland Gap & Chicago Railway Com
pany states that work will begin very soon
on the Aiken end, and that that portion OF
the road lying between Aiken and Edgefeld,
S. Call but three miles Of which is graded
will be completed by July l. He will open
an office in Aiken in few days.
A Covington (Ky.) man, whose child
died with Group, has sued DR.. j. J. Dulaney.
who promised to call and attend him, but
failed to do so, for $4,000 damages. The
plaintiff alleges that the child's death was
due to the doctors neglect.
A Houston, Texas, miser named Mike
Ralerand, was found dead in his house,
nude and emaciated. He died OF exposure
and starvation, at the same time having over
$1,000 in cash in the house he called home.
The gas company at New Orleans,
after wearily waiting for 5000, 200 due from
the city, has turned off the lights in all the
public buildings and streets.
There is not vessel at Mobile for
cotton and none on the way. 1t is said that
the city is losing her cotton trade, which is
gravitating to New Orleans.
While New Orleans policeman was
taking a quiet nap, recently, on some salt
barrels on his beat, a sneak-thief relieved