Huntsville gazette., 1883-07-28
SOUTHERN GIEANINGS.

OIL large numbers. They take sick AID die
very Suddenly
During heavy storm in Ta,cott
County, Md. the other day the dwelling Of
Frank Willis, near Wye Mill, was struck
by lightning and his eldest daughter was
killed.
On narrow-gauge road in Dodge
County, Ga, a few days ago, four ears went
through burning bridge, by which three
men lost their lives and ten others were
wounded.
Information has been received at the
Treasury Department at Washington that
"flied'' twenty-dollar gold pieces have ap-
peared in Tennessee and other parts Of the
South.
A Georgia negro, few days ago,
coughed up cocBlebur that has been
lodged in his throat for more than three
years, giving him much pain.
After married life of sixty seven
years, Amelia Sanford, of Milledgeville,
Ga, died recently at the age Of eighty eight
years. Her husband is ninety-two.
1t is proposed among the cotton fac
tors of New Orleans to set aside two cents on
the bale on their cotton receipts to the stock
OF the Exposition. Such subscription would
amount to 900. If this is done, other
cotton associations and the sugar and rice
interests will assume similar tax, all Of
which, it is estimated, would raise about
100000 more.
Near Paducah, KY, the other day a
negro herb doctor named Fletcher stabbed
and killed his wife and mother-in-law with
butcher knife and then made his escape.
His children gave the alarm.
A most remarkable case of deter
mined suicide was recently reported from
Hampton, Ga. A negro climbed ten feet
up tree and launched himself the third
time from limb, after adjusting a rope
about his neck, before successfully hanging
himself At the first two attempts he touch
ed the ground.
The bark Menrovia sailed from New
York the other morning for Liberia with
fifteen negro colonsts. The negroes were
all from the South.
A handsome college building that
will accommodate six hundred students is
going M at nAna+-,. t.
A citizen of Gallatin County, KY,
has watermelon patch containing 2,700
hills. A few years ago he sold 800 worth
of melons-the product Of one acre.
BY a boiler explosion in Clarendon,
S. c., the other day, mule which was
hitched to a water-cart standing a few feet
from the engine was blown out Of the shafts
distance of twenty yards or more, and
alighted on his feet none the worse for his
rapid transit except few scalds on his
legs.
There is a family in Rusk County,
near Henderson, Tex, consisting Of two
brothers and two sisters, whose ages are as
follows: Mrs. Lloyd, 96; Mrs. Melton, 81;
Taylor Brown, So; Frank Brown, S0-the
average age being 81 years.
Acknowledgement Moore, of Arkan
sas, holds that meat, corn and other pro-
visions owned by farmers, merchants and
others, are subject to taxation, there being
nothing in the revenue laws or Constitu-
ton exempting the same.
While cleaning public well in
Brownwood, Tex, recently, the remains OF
a prisoner who had mysteriously disap-
peared six years ago were found. Shortly
after he disappeared the water Of the well
began to taste badly, and some hair and
flesh was found in it, but the cause was
credited to pet goat which was missing at
the time
Bv pouring oil on the floor, and set
ting it on fire, then gouging out the charred
portions by means Of a sharpened spike
and piece Of scissors, and then repeating
the operation, three prisoners in the Corpus
Christi (Tex.) Jail very nearly succeeded
in escaping few days ago.
A recent dispatch from Selma, Ala,
SAYS the cotton caterpillar has made gen
eral appearance in that section. Examina-
tion Of the crop near that city shows the
top leaves badly riddled, with plenty of
worms in sight and webbed up. The crop is
three weeks late, and worms in such num-
bers are two weeks early.
People Of Graysville, Ga, are turning
out en- masse to slay mad dogs, which are
becoming very numerous. A goat bitten by
one recently went mad and butted its brains
out.
A Young woman on Cumberland
Mountain, Tennessee, lately killed a rattle
snake eight feet long.
Both the ball and cotton worm have
made their appearance in the Brazos Bot
tom, Tex, two months earlier than usual
and fears are entertained that they will
greatly damage the cotton crop.
A gentleman in Washington County,
Texas, raised twelve pounds Of cocoons
this year and shipped them to a silk fac
tory.
The army worm is making trouble in
some portions of Texas.
Thirteen thousand pounds OF red
pepper was received at Laredo, Tex, few
days ago from Mexico.
Charles Francillo, the oldest citizen
in Warren County, Miss, and one of the
Oldest in the State, passed away at his resi-
dence in Vicksburg few days ago.
There is sycamore tree in Campbell
County, Georgia, which measures little
over four feet in diameter.
The other evening while William
Webb, young man living at Shell Mound,
near Chattanooga, Tenn, was squirrel
hunting, he accidentally dropped a bottle
of shot, and in attempting to pick it up his