Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-15
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.


received at his home in Covngton, KY.
Simon Wilson has been convicted in
the Dallas Crex.) District Court of murder
| ing Anderson Thomas, and has been SEN
fenced to fifteen years in the Penitentiary.
He was convicted at former term of the
court and sentenced to sixty-seven years,
but was granted a new trial by the Court
| Of Appeals.
"a gin house at Elgin, Tex, was
bt-fned by an incendiary few nights ago.
The weather in Texas continued
warm, cotton was still growing, and what
isbnown as the stop crop" was expected
to be large.
A dinner was given to Mr.. Henry
Watterson in Louisville a few evenings
since by tie Pendennis Club.
Recent rains washed away a railway
ing human bones. The remains are sup
posed to be those of men buried during the
siege of Vicksburg.
Amos Clark, q negro restaurant keep
er of Galveston, Tex, was arrested recent
ly for extensive thefts of beer barrels and
kegs. One firm Of beer dealers has been a
loser to the extent of several thousand dol
lars.
At Danville, Va, few days ago,
Green Miller, while resisting arrest, was
shot by Policeman Williams.
A resolution was introduced in the
Virginia Senate few days ago calling on
Senator Malone to resign.
A passenger train on the Memphis &
Little Rock Road, few evenings since,
found a switch displaced about twenty
| FIVE miles from Memphis, and came to a
sudden stop. Four armed men mounted
| the platform to rob the train, but shots from
| the Express messengers drove them away.
The Bohemian Club, of Houston, Tex,
| the local press club, will leave, on Decem-
Der is, to visit st. Louis.
Deputy United States Collector Belts
was ambushed and shot while destroying
an illicit distillery in North Carolina a few
days ago.
Twenty-Five buildings, including the
| Sentinel office, burned few days ago at
| Lynchburg, Tenn. Loss, $50, 600; insur-
| ance, $4,000.
| Judge Denny, of Lancaster, Ky, who
| been acquitted ON the ground of self-de-
| tense.
The grand jury at Danville, Va, has
| investigated the recent riots, and makes no
| presentment.
James Pignan was arrested in Dallas,
Tex, recently on a charge of drugging and
robbing Ben Green, Waxahachie mer-
chant, of $i0J.
Three negro children were burned to
ago. The parents went to church and
locked the children in the cabin.
Pendleton's wholesale drug store, in
Memphis, Tenn, was partially destroyed
| by fire few days ago. Value of stock,
| $4,000; insurance, 1000. The loss is es-
timated at $4,000, divided among twenty
| two companies, mostly Hartford, New Y York
and English.
A tramp was killed, Engineer Rich
ard Pond probably fatally injured and two
others slightly injured by recent collision
ON the Norfolk & Western Railroad, near
Lynchburg, Va.
Fire destroyed the residence of VIII
liam Bradley, at Knoxville, Tenn, few
days ago, entailing loss of over "a, ,0G0 in
Guiding fine piano and $315 in cash. An
adjoining house, occupied and owned by
George Robinson, also caught fire, and was
totally destroyed. Robinson's loss will
amount to about $4,000. Bradley's insur-
ance had expired only few days before.
The Louisville Ny.) Board Of Trade
has bestowed upon Walter N. Haldeman
the compliment of life membership as a
reward for his efforts toward the develop
ment of the city.
Chattanooga, Tenn, has the finest
Jail in the South. but fourteen inmates
sawed their way out with steel shanks
taken from their shoes. A posse of one
hundred men went in pursuit.
Harrison Clews, colored, convicted
of incendiarism at Lynchburg. Va, has
been sentenced to the Penitentiary for
twenty years.
Sigmen A. Vogel, who died suddenly
two days after his disastrous failure in the
clothing business at Mobile, Ala, left $685.
900 in the hands Of banks and individuals
in the shape of notes indorsed by his pre-
ferred creditors, Messrs. Shoonfelt and
Henry Bernstein. The Endorsements on
$4,000 of this paper have been pronounced
forged. Great excitement existed among
the holders of the paper.
The Supreme Court of Georgia has
rendered decision in case of considera-
BILE interest, that of Hayden VS.. the Georgia
Railroad. Hayden was manager of the
atrical troupe travelling in the State. The
company played at Madison and took the
night train for Augusta, as they were billed
to appear in Columbia, S. c., on the night
following. A collision below Madison,
caused the train conveying the profession
ais to be delayed and it was impossible to
make connections so as to reach their des-
tination in time. In this suit the point was
whether Hayden could recover the entire
amount of the loss or only the amount he
had paid out for railroad tickets and reas-
enable compensation for actual loss of time.
The court below held that he could recover
the entire amount of loss. The Supreme
Court held that the peculiar nature of a
passengers business could not be consid-
cred unless it was made known to the rail
road, and as in this instance the railroad