Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-08-18
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

Two men and one woman, all colOrcd,
| were arrested at Spartanburg, S. e., a few
| DAYS ago on the charge of attempting to
| poison the family of Andrew Daniel.
| Ben Hume, at one time prominent
| and successful merchant in Vicksburg,
| Miss, was arrested and placed in the
| County Jail the other day to prevent his
| committing suicide.
A Charleston, S. c., church steeple
| finds itself suddenly in commercial demand.
! The owners of few tug boats in the har-
| bor learned that an incoming bark could
| be sighted from its summit while yet afar
| Off Business prospered with them, WINE
their rivals, despite industrious cruising
off the bar, could get no vessels. At last
| the secret of the lookout was dlscoverod'
| and now the steeple is to rent to the highest
bidder.
Among the patents issued from the
patent office at Washington recently were
| the following to Arkansas inventors: Will
| liam O. Coleman, Little Rock, seed cotton
| separator and cleaner: Margaret smith,
| Little Rock, muff; WILDER F. Southard.
| Berlin, churn.
| The little town of Sumpter, >. e.,
was thrown INTO a state of great excitement
| recently, by the discovery that John ID.
| Lynch, a married man forty years Old, ana
| the father of two grown children, had
| eloped the night before with Miss Sallle
Slack, sixteen years old. They were traced
to Brunswick, N. c., where they were ar.
| rested.
Recent advices from eighty points in
the Texas cotton belt report the cotton suf-
f.ring from continued drought; from thirty
| points it is estimated that only half the
| usual crop will he made: from fifty points
| the crop is placed at two-tlirds the usuel
| amount Cotton worms have appeared in
some sections and are doing much damage.
| Early corn is made and is a full crop.
| Late corn is a total failure in some sec
| tions.
Putnam county, Florida, is excited
| over a large panther which has made its
| appearance near Rice Creek
A Columbus (Ga.) company, with
| 500. 900 capital, will electrically light that
| city.
The Board of Managers of the Worlds
Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposi-
ton held regular meeting at New or-
leans the other night, with Fice-President
| Albert Baldwin in the chair. After trans
| acting other business, f. \. Burke was
elected Director-General of the Exposition,
with a salary of $4,000. The subscriptions
| to the enterprise aggregate 100000 and its
success is considered assured
A freight train on the Chesapeake,
| Ohio & Southwestern Railroad was
wrecked the other morning, near kerrvllle,
| about twelve miles north of Memphis,
| Tenn. Fifteen cars were badly damaged,
| and a negro brakeman was injured. About
100 yards of the track was torn up, necessl-
tating a transfer of passengers.
Two negro girls. twelve and eight
| years old respectively, were left alone by
their mother i'll cabin on Mrs. James
Beams Farm near Lexington, KY, the
| other day. When the mother returned she
found the cabin in ashes and the body of
the youngest girl in it. The elder girl could
not be found and it was suspected she
| burned the house Intentionally.
1t was estimated that fully forty thou
sand people were present at the opening OF
| the Confederate reunion, which occurred at
| Mckinney, Tex, few days ago, fifteen
| thousand of whom were served by the or
| panization with dinner on the grounds.
| The speakers were General Cabell, ex-Gov-
| ernor TnrockmortOn, Governor Ireland,
| General NJ. Lewis. Ex-Governor Hubbard,
| Colonel Bowers and Congressman Welborn
| The tenor of Governor Ireland's speech was
| that the Confedcrates had no excuse to
| make for the part taken in the late contest.
| 1--WE are to forget the political strife which
| led to the war, but must teach our children
| the deeds of those who wore the blue and
! the gray We are all Americans, and ever
| ready to battle with the country's assail-
| unts from whatever quarter"
There was great excitement at Sis
| terville, W. Va, the Ohio River Rail-
| ro,J rccently Negroes and Italians
| were working together blasting. The ne
| groes put in blast, notified the men of
| their danger and ran to safe distance
| short distance and
two of them were killed. The Italians pur-
| sued the negroes with revolvers, picks and
| ,lirks when the negroes drew raZors. Fur
| ther trouble was feared
Clarence Rutherford, who was recent
| " pardoned from the Kentucky Penlten-
| tarv by Governor Blackburn, had served
| two wears of a life sentence for murder. He
| had been insubOrdinate up to the revival
held in the prison, last year, by Evangelist
| Barnes, when he was converted Mrs.
Blackburn was instrumental in his refor-
| nation.
In a bar-room fight at Baltimore,
| Md, the other night, Bernard McNally
stabbed James Carr through the heart with
| an ice-pick. McNally was proprietor of the
| saloon.
Mrs. G. W. Woodland, of Omega, La.
who gained renown for her ministrations
| TO yeIIow-fcver sufferers at Nicksburg,
Miss, the other day ended her life by
| taking laulanum.
Explorations of a recently discovered
| cave at the base of Lookout Mountain,
| opcning at low water mark of the Tennes-
| River, three miles from Chattanooga, is
said to have developed a wonderful cave
of unknown depth. AT the extreme point
| of the exploration a very large lake was
| encountered, into which Il fall 80 feet high
| poured its water with the voice of thunder.
| Other waterfalls and other interesting phe-
| no,nena were discovered.
| Allen =. Morris was the first Con-
| federate soldier to draw a pension under
| the Tennessee law allowing ten dollars per
month to Confederates in the army. Mr..
Morris had both eyes shot out in the battle
| of Stone River, December 81, 1862.
A Georgian has a pound peach.
There is a gold ring in the Ransdale
| family of Orangeburg, S. c., worn by Miss
| Alice Ransdale that is computed to be not
far from two hundred years old. 1t was
the wedding ring of Mrs. Pou, the great
grandmother of the young lady now