Huntsville gazette., 1883-05-05
SOUTHERN GLElNINGS.

Il AT negro dance near Alton, Ander-
son County, KY, the other night, diff
Guilty occurred between Charles Brown and
Jerry Emmerson about a woman. Emmer-
son shot Brown in the left temple, killing
him, and then made his escape.
| A span Of horses ran away near Ar
hngton, Tarrant County, Tex, recently.
throwing Mrs. Bud Fleeting from the
wagon. She was impaled through the
breast on a stump, and died almost in
stantly.
! Governor Ireland, Of Texas, has APP
4 painted Captain w M Bush, OF Mckinney: !:
! DIR. II. III. Fortine, of Gainesville; J. L.
Smith of Groesbeck; William Yandell, of
Sequin; Hon. S. B. Cooper, of Tyler; Hon.
+. ID. Stockdale, of Cuero; J. R. Fleming,
of Eastland County, and Colonel H. B. An
drews, Of San Antonio, Commissioners to
represent Texas at the Industrial and Cot
| ton Exposition at Louisville, KY, begin
| uing August 1.
| The Executive Committee of the
| National Cotton Planters Association met
at Vicksburg, Miss, the other day and Sc
| lected New Orleans as the location of the
n
| tion indorsing the Mississippi River Com
mission was adopted.
| The wife of Michael Barret, of Louis
| vile, KY, gave birth to triplets, boys, a
few days ago. All doing finely. This was
the second occurrence of this kind in that,
| city the present year. a .
Two members of the Association of
Of = h.,
denly the other evening. One, Mrs. Martha
Mitchell of Bastrop, died at Bolton, where
she had been attending the annual meeting
| of the association. She was eighty three
years of age. By order of the Mayor flags
were placed at half mast out of respect to
| her memory. The other was Captain Jesse
| Clara, also aged eighty three years, who
| died at Corsicana. He was a member of
| the Veteran Association, but always re-
| fused to accept any pension or land for his
service to the State. ~ t.
While working in the coal mines near
Warrior, Ala, the other day, Patrick
Daugherty was killed by slate falling on
him. He was alone at the time of the acci-
dent, and was dead when found. Daugherty
was formerly resident of Coal Creek,
Tenn. He was the second man killed in
the same mines within few years.
A. V. Lambert (white) shot Sam
Carter and Joe Anderson (negroes), the
former seriously, at Augusta, Ca, a few
days ago. A negro mob threatened to
lynch Lambert, but the police prevented
them. s-1
A desperate fight occurred at Muir
freesboro, Tenn, the other day over d game
of cards, in which Matt Ransome shot and
killed William Ransome, his cousin. Both
parties belonged to prominent families.
Lucy Hanless, a negress, was arrested
at Norfolk, Va, "a few days ago for whip
ping her sisters orphan child, seven years
old, to death. The child was aogged with a
cowhide and burned on the stove. Her
husband was arrested as an accessory.
j. ID. Clarke, of the firm of Clarke &
Franks of Stewartsville, KY, was shot and
killed recently by his partner, j. S. Franks.
He had accused Franks of stealing the
firms money, from which a quarrel arose.
Franks shot Clarke five times.
st. Albert's Association (Polish) Gel
ebrated the anniversary of the freedom of
the Poles at San Antonio Tex, the ether
uight.
Henry Hull, of Henry Hull & Co.,
bankers, Savannah, Ga, died in that city
the other day in a street car.
Senator A. W. Terrell was married
at Austin, Tex, the other night to Mrs.
John B. Jones, widow OF the late Adjutant
General of Texas.
United States Claim and Pension
w L. lo.s, .%,1 -
Norfolk, Va, on the charge of misappro-
priation of funds. t
At Temples Mills, Bedford County,
Fla, the other day, Pink Blocker whipped
his nephew till he was covered with blood.
He then tied the boy in chimney head
downward and roasted him till the flesh
dropped off.
John Cone, a negro, convicted OF an
assault upon white woman near Houston,
Tex, about year ago, has been sentenced
to be hanged July 6.
J. w Billings, cashier of the bank at
Banberg, S. c., has been arrested as a de-
faulter in several thousand dollars. His
alleged stealings cover a period of three
years.
BY the overturning of skiff in the
Ouachita River, near Hot Springs, Ark,
the other afternoon, Jack Smith, promi-
nent young man of that place, was drowned.
James Crouch, Of Owingsville, KY,
ate heartily of wild green's for dinner the
other day and was suddenly taken i'll and
died within an hour. &
While catching driftwood on the Ken
lucky River, near Clifton. in Woodwood
County, few days ago, Robert Willis was
accidentally drowned.
Ella Henderson, negress, has been
arrested at Danville, Va, on charge OF
beating her four-year-old child to death.
While at work on the roof of house
at Louisville, KY, recently, Frank Better
inadvertently stepped off and fell thirty
feet, lighting on his hands and feet below,
comparatively uninjured. Next day he
fell from the same roof the same distance,
falling on a brick pavement, cutting his
head He had it dressed at drug store
and went back to work on the same roof.
James Kirby was found dead near the