Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-09-08
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

James Gouldman, ex-member OF the
Fire Department of Lynchburg' Va, was
arrested few days ago, charged Will III
ing the Norvell House stables.
A comprehensive and complete re-
port through correspondents, OF the co1ton
crop of the Nashville District, lnciudlne
Middle Tennessee and a portion OF w est
Tennessee and North Alabama, has peeh
received. Seventy per cent. report crops
better than at the same date last year,
twenty three per cent. as good ana seven
per cent worse. Last year the crop OF hlo-
die Tennessee was the poorest for many
wears. The reduction of acreage this year
is twelve and half per cent, but with "a
vorable weather the prospects looked 1air
for larger aggregate yield in the Nash-
Vile District over the crop of last year.
Henry Hertel and his wife were
found murdered in their store at Atlanta
Ga, few mornings ago. The crime was
committed for robbery.
C. B. Clifford, engineer on the LOUIS
Vile & Nashville Railroad, was fatal!y
hurt a few days since in a collision at Leb-
anon, KY.
William Middleton, prominent citl-
zen of Lower Carolina, died in Greenvllle'
s. c., aged seventy-fiv years. he was
son of Henry Middleton, who was Governor
of the State in 1910 and 1912, and Minister
to Russia from 1920 to 1881, grandson OF
Arthur Middleton, who was Representa-
tive in the first Congress and signer OF the
Declaration of Independence, and brother
of the late Admiral Middleton, u 8. n.
Two Mexicans attempted to rob Pat
Kinney, the owner of a coal mine eighteen
miles from San Antonio, Tex, while he
was asleep under a wagon. Kinney be1ne
aroused fired on them. The robbers hed'
one falling not far away. The wouhoeu
man was arrested. The recent roDpery ol
n ieweler named Meechan excited much
interest, and the shot made by Kinney may
solve the mystery surrounding it.
A self-cocking five-shooter, attached
bv an elastic to a glergyman's arm, was
found by the undertaken who took charee
of the body of the Rev. DR.. Sewell, VINO
was shot recently by Lawrence Denman, in
Luling, Tex. The weapon could easily, py
a quick motion, be slipped down into the
hand.
A few days ago Ed McDavett got
drink at Converse Station, Tex, raised
row with the station master, was whipped
and afterward while his way back TO
San Antonio, fell from the cars ana sus-
tanned injuries from which he died.
News from Panola, Rusk County,
Tex, says the continued drouth ana coIuoh
worm render the outlook for the Staple
exceedingly gloomy, and that not over
half crop is expected.
Eirht miles north of Crockett, Tex,
a few nights ago on the International Road
an entire freight train went into creek.
The bridge had been set on fire. Two
brakemen were supposed to have been
buried in the debris. TIE engineer was
badly burned. The fireman jumped and
saved.
United States Deputy Marshall Tom
NJ. Owen recently arrested Race ChonlnS
and Tom Childersin Wilbarger County,
Texas, on the charge of the theft of cattle.
They had a preliminary hearing before the
Commissioner at Graham andwere admitted
to bond.
The boiler of NJ. B. PaXton's saw-mill
and gin, situated on the Cuba road, twelve
miles north of Memphis, Tenn, exploded
recently with disastrous results to life ana
property. A. j. Pike, a laborer, was IN
stantly killed; w. J. Carver, and employe,
was severely injured; colored man had
an arm broken, and Mr.. Nj. b. Paxton, the
proprietor. who was acting as engineer at
the time, received painful wounds.
A few nights ago burglars entered the
residence OF DIR. NJ. l.. ProtSlo, prominent
dentist of Chattanooga, Tenn. ,chloroformed
himself and wife and robbed the house.
A crowd Of 500 citizens surrounded
the Jail at Savannah, Ca, few nights ago,
where the suspected murderers of Hertel
and wife were incarcerated, and demanded
that they be delivered up. The jailer pre-
pared for defense of the prisoners, and a
squad cf mounted police, armed with rifles,
dispersed the mob.
Nat. M. Smith, of Nashville, Tenn,
received box OF wedding-cake through the
post-office recently, purporting to come
from Anna l.. Sullivan, New Albany. The
cake contained poison, and Smith ate enough
to make him sick.
Miss Matte Thomas, the young lady
who was victmized with marriage with
Burdick, the bigamist, attempted to commit
suicide at Memphis, Tenn, recently, by
taking chloroform. Fortunately for her
physician was called in, and she was placed
out of danger.
Kentucky had shower of straw.
John Reece was arrested and jailed
a few days ago at Dallas, Tex, charged
with embezzling the funds of Scott, San
ford & Co., who ran a gaminghouse III
Waco, while in their employ. The amount
he got away with was about 5000
The inmates of the Jail at Macon,
Ca. recently attempted to burn their way
out, and had nearly succeeded when they
were discovered.
Hart Hicks, a prominent farmer OF
Rutherford County, Tenn, became in
volved in difficulty with a negro laborer
on the farm about the feeding OF stock The
negro began to curse Hicks, when his son
Halle drew pistol and shot him, infict-
ing very severe wound. Neither Hicks
nor his son had been arrested.
The first bale of new cotton from
North Carolina arrived few days ago at
Norfolk, Va, classed strict middling, and
sold at thirteen cents.
Rev. Dr. G.. b. Strickler, of Atlanta,
Ga, has been unanimously elected Profess
sor of the Union Theological Seminary at
Danvilie, Va.
The fever was loosing ground at Pe1l-
sacola, Fla.
Ex-Governor Pease, of Texas, is dead.
A bundle of grasses and grains meas
uring over ten feet in height was shipped
to the Louisville Commission from Fort
Smith, Ark, few days ago, and one stalk
of millet, taller than all the rest, was
planted on upland June 10th by John w.