The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1883-01-19
SOUTH ERN GLEANINGS.

and went to sleep, and upon resuming work
the hands, without knowing Elmore's
whereabouts, threw in more cotton to COM
pete the bale, run the press down and
crushed the sleeper TO death. The horrible
discovery was made when the bale was
taken out and portion of the sleeper's
clothing was seen protruding from the bale.
At ball in Bedford County, Va, the
other night, q young lady named Idele
Read said to Scott Clayton, who was calling
the figures, that he was not calling correct
ly. He made some sharp response, which
was resented by one Of Miss Reads admir-
ers, Armsted Barksdale. The latter called
Clayton out and hot words passed. Barks-
dale drew a knife, sprang on Clayton and
inflicted horrible cash from the right eye
to the back Of the neck, severing the jugular
vein and causing immediate death. The
scene in the ballroom was sickening.
Women in fancy ball-dresses tainted, fall
Ing into pools of blood, and regular melee
followed among the partisans of the two
men. Barksdale escaped unobseryed, and,
wandering to another part OF the county,
borrowed gun from an acquaintance and
completed the tragedy by shooting himself
through the bowels. He died shortly after
ward.
w. L. Fernold, Collector of Internal
Revenue OF the Fourth (va.) District, head
quarters at Danville, was suspended a few
days ago. A special agent was examining
his books. Fernod was on trial for lunacy.
A company known as the Wharf I'M
provement Company was the other day Or
ganized in Galveston, Tex, with an author
lied capital OF S3, 900, 900. The object Of the
company was 10 construct wharves upon
the south side OF the island, the wharves to
be supported on iron piers and carried out
to deep water. The company had applied at
Austin for charter.
Cleveland capitalists it was reported
had recently organized company TO build,
at Chattanooga, Tenn, the largest stove
factory in the South.
The other day three Americans, who
had been employed on the Sunset route at
the Pccos, constructed boat to float down
the Rio Granle TO Eagle Pass, Tex, where
they were again TO obtain work on the Mex
lean extension Of the Sunset. Opposite n
point known as Monclover Viego the Mexi-
can river guard, in,renched behind log,
leveed Winchesters at them and demanded
their coming TO the Mexican side and sur
rendering. Being unarmed, they did so,
and were marched to Piedras Niegras afoot
over rough country and imprisoned. 1t
was said they had appealed to the American
| Consul for redress.
The Secretary of the Treasury re-
Gently directed the United States District
Attorney at Nashville, Tenn, to take steps
to recover 5000 from J. NJ. Hurst, agent of
the Board of Publication Of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, money received by
Hurst to be placed in the United States
Treasury to the credit OF the conscience
fund, instead of which it was placed to his
own credit as agent OF the Board of Publ.
cation. under the impression that the
anonymous sender meant 1t 10 be so placed
Eight houses were destroyed by fire
at Lebanon, Tenn, the other day.
The committee investigating the &C.
counts OF State Treasurer Polk. whose de-
falcaion and flight from Nashville, Tenn,
was announced few days since, give tab-
uated statement OF the amount which should
have been in the Treasury January Sd rs
nearly 100000. In the safe they found
about $50 200. According to their state.
ments the banks held on deposit about
S200,001, leaving the amount OF the deficit
about $500, 900. Polk was arrested in Texa.
II few days ago.
Four-ffths of the hands employed by
the Galveston, Houston & Henderson Road
at Houston, Tex, quit work the other day
owing to q reduction in their wages to $1.2'
by the newly installed Road Master.
The Memphis Mutual Aid Society, the
last Of the matrimonial institutions in Mem.
phis, Tenn, suspended business the othe
day.
Two electric-light companies it was
said lately were soon to hav a compcltiv,
exhibition at Louisville, the loser to pay
$1,000 for expenses and give "a 200 to tn,
Polytechnic Society of Kentucky.
A silver spike was driven the othel
day on the Mexican Pacific Railroad exten
sion, connecting 1t with the Southern Pacii
and giving direct line from San Francisc,
to New Orleans.
John Morgan (white), an alleged
notorious desperate, horse thief and muir
derer, was shot and killed while resisting
arrest, four miles south of Pleasant Hill
De Soto Parish, La, the other day. 1t wa
sail that short time since he shot dow
and ruthlessly murdered in cold blood, 4
Minden, Webster Parish, two colored men
without the slightest provocation, and mad
his escape. He had previously burned
barn, murdered man In Texas, and stole
a number Of horses and mules. poss
headed by an officer attempted his capture
when he fired upon them, mortally wound
ing Mr.. John Furlow, reputable citizen c
De Sofa, who was aiding in his arrest. Tw
Of Morgan's comrades named Duke Crum
and Jim Rigby, who were with him at tn
time, were secured and jailed.
A poor white woman and her thre
small children were found few days az
frozen to death in the woods, twenty mile
above Atlanta, Ga. The woman and on
child were stone dead In the snow, and th
other two children were gasping in the la'
agonies of death. Their names were un
known, and no one knows whence the
came or where they were going. They WEI
clothed in rags, and their lectures wer
pinched as IL from long suffering from hun
ger.
Marcus & Son, Mobile, Ala, failed.
Mortgages for $l7,00o,0oo were re
Gently recorded in South Carolina by th
Carolina, Cumberland Gap & Chicago Road
formed by the consolidation OF six roa DIS
which it was said was intended TO complet
a track from Aiken northwnrd into Ken
tucky.
At George II. Hayman's turpentin
farm, twenty miles from Daren, Ga,
negro entered the house while the famil
were at dinner the other day and shot Hay
man in the abdomen. Hayman knooke
the negro pown, took The pistol and sh5
bin dead,