Huntsville gazette., 1882-07-01
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

! ins HIS Iafn, near Dublin, Ca, the Other
hlght, his horse received a ponderous blow
on the shoulder from the tail of an alligator,
knocking the animal entirely out of the road
The alligator did not follow up the fight,
but now stood on the defense, in threaten
ing attitude, however, with its huge mouth
stretched open wide enough to take in the
end OF a barrel. Mr.. Renfroe took a rail
from the fence and rammed it into the mon
] ster's throat. As quick as light the aliga-
tor closed on the rail and hurled Mr.. Rem
froe against the fence, hurting him badly,
and swapping the rail like a chalk pipe-stem
lie then called to his family to send him his
gun, pistol, and AK. While waiting for his
weapons he amused himself by ramming
fence rails into the alligator's mouth. 1t
broke dozen as easily as it did the first.
When his weapons came he shot the aIliga.
tor twelve times with Smith g. Wesson
pistol and four times with shotgun, and
then buried an ak in its head in eight places.
After all this life was not extinct for twelve
hours afterward. All the pistol balls, how
ever, did not enter. Fully half of them
glanced harmlessly from the tough hide an d
went singing away through space. The
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fully 800 pounds. The horse was badly in
! jured.
The latest snake story from Georgia
is thus told by the Rome Bulletin: "The
other day certain young lady started out
shopping. While putting on her hat she
thought it felt rather heavy, but not notic-
| ing anything put it on her head. On her
return home she asked her sister to take of
her hat, that she thought something was on
| it. Her sister took off her hat and while
| doing so came near being bitten by a snake.
The lady had worn the snake around with
| her all the time, unconscious of its pres
! ence.'
Powhatan Causey and party of sew
en- surrounded house in which thieves
were concealed, near Summit, Miss, the
other evening. They were met by Mrs.
John Harrison, who invited them in, say
ing, ''There is no one here" whereupon
Causey and two others entered and made a
search of the premises. They discovered a
man lying upon the joist of room. He at
tempted to draw his pistol, whereupon
Causey fired. Then followed in rapid sue
cession some forty shots, and when the
smoke died away VIM. johnson and VIM.
Enos were lying upon the ground-the first
dead, and the latter dangerously wounded.
Il i qaa that t5haerss We're at tR5 Wounded
A novel but profitable industry in the
mountains Of Tennessee is that of collecting
roots (mostly laureD. The roots are shipped
| to Philadelphia and Boston and used for the
manufacture OF door-knobs and pipe bowls.
| The roots frequently weigh from 70 to 80
| pounds. There is constant demand, and
good prices are paid for them by the ton.
A Fayette County (Texas) jury hav-
| ing decided that man was guilty of mur-
| der in the first degree were divided as to
| the punishment. Nine favored hanging and
three life imprisonment. In order to ar
rive at conclusion they drew lots, result
ing in the death penalty. This proceeding
having leaked out, new trial has been
! granted
The logging business on the Ocklock-
| once and other rivers, in Wakulla
| County, Florida, is assuming large proper
| tions. Several hundred men and about q
| hundred teams are engaged in cutting and
| hauling timber. The logs are RATED down
| to Carabella and Apalachicola, and sold at
from s. to Sc per thousand feet.
The Prussian Government has Sc
| leeted Aiken, S. c., as one of the stations
| for the observation Of the transit Of Venus,
which takes place on December 8, 1882. The
scientific members of the expedition will
arrive in Aiken about the end Of October
| and remain until the middle Of December.
Last year Chattanooga, Tenn, ship
ped ten thousand pounds Of strawberries
and $50, pounds Of grapes, besides other
| fruit, and this year the shipments will be a
! third greater.
AS pleasing proof Of the growth Of
home industries, Charleston IS. C.) paper
mentions the building OF steamer and the
| construction of all her machinery in that
city.
At Tampa the cattle trade is brisk.
| Cattle are being concentrated near Tampa
| from all parts of Southern Florida.
st. Andrews Bay is the Long Branch
for West Floridians. 1t is about midway
between Pensacola and Apalachicola.
A 3-months-old negro child, at Frank
lin, KY, was attacked by rats while asleep,
and its nose eaten off and holes gnawed in
its forehead and eyelids.
While prospecting in the neighbor-
hood of Kings Mountain, North Carolina,
one day last week, man found crystal
which has been pronounced diamond Of
great value.
The quarrying interest in East Ten
nessee has doubled within the last seyon
years.
Ground has been broken at Columbus,
| Ga, for new cotton factory.
Mobile, Ala, makes female violators
Of the law work out their fines on the chain
gang.
A number of ponds in Mason County,
Kentucky, are being stocked with German
carp.
The first installment of Georgia wa
termelons sold for 81 and $1.25 apiece.
Mrs. Logan, whose mind has been
| impaired for the past few months, ended
her existence by shooting herself in ths
head with a shotgun, near Lancaster, KY,
few days ago. She left five children.
| Tho C1ayton Countv GEORGIA. con-