Huntsville gazette., 1883-12-08
Miscellaneous State items.

A negro named Lewis Houston, ar
rested at birmingham, Ala, on a charge Of
attempting to outrage a widow lady, was
recently taken from Jail by mob Of $50
men and hanged to pine tree in the negro
settlement. He protested hts innocence to
the last. Two mobs had formed without
knowledge of each other. A rumor that the
military would be called out hurried mat
ters, and the two mobs united and acted
together. The keys were taken from the
jailer after a struggle. The mob all wore
masks.
Three mulattoS were arrested at Rose
dale, Tex, recently supposed to be horse
thieves. They had in their possession two
horses and a mule, and told conflicting
stories.
Georgia papers are urging the use Of
the whipping-post in that State.
Deer are dying in the mountains OF
Tennessee with black tongue.
Duval County, Fla, has forty-two
towns.
Hon. A J. Leo, of Hidalgo, Tex,
died recently of a poisonous fly bite.
Nine negroes were elected in Virginia
to the next General Assembly.
The city Of Raleigh, North Carolina,
recently entertained thirty-five solid men
of Boston.
A large portion of the town of Ocala,
Fla, burned recently; loss 100000.
A big meteor attracted the attention
of the people of Austin, Tex, a few nights
ago.
a Mrs. Porter, Of Austin, Tex, whip
ped lawyer named Wilson, for not paying
a board bill.
In Lancaster, KY, a few days ago, in
a hand-to-hand conflict, Judge George
Denny, Jr., shot dead James H. Anderson,
who had gone cunning for Denny.
A family Of seven persons were pois-
oned at Louisville, KY, recently, by eating
food in which some drug had been placed.
There is a good rush of tourists to
Florida. Five hundred people are said to
arrive daily at Jacksonville.
John Brown and Tom Savinger,
negroes, were convicted Of murder at Sa-
vannah, Ga, a few days ago, and sentenced
to be hanged January IL.
1t is reported at Austin, Tex, that
John r. Ford, Superintendent of the Texas
Deaf Institute, and H. w. c. Walsh, Com
missioner of the General Land Office, viii
soon resign, and that the explanation Of
their designations will cause a political
sensation.
Dick Mitchell and John Jones were
arrested at Petersburg, Va, a few days ago
for the murder Of Thomas Bragg, ,all colored.
One held Bragg while the other strangled
him with a handkerchief.
So serious had the strike of the
freighu-handlers at New Orleans become
that protection by the Mayor was asked
by the Illinois Central and Lousvi lie
Roads. Two large bodies of new men were
taken into the city by the roads, but the
strikers initiated five hundred of them into
their union.
Mrs. Mary A. Green, a wealthy, &C.
centric aged lady, living alone in Louisville,
KY, was burned to death few nights ago.
Her clothing was ignited by candle, it is
supposed, as no one was in the house at the
time. The clothing was burned off her
limbs. Her head was burned so that the
bones were laid bare. When found she was
seated in chair, the room showing evi-
dence of severe struggle against her ter
rible fate.
Rev. Henry Clay David, who lived
nine miles north of Columbus, Ca, COM
mitted suicide a few days ago by cutting
his throat. He left his home in the morn
ing for walk in the woods, and being alb
sent longer than usual, search was made.
He was found with his throat cut. The
cause of the rash act is attributed to tenn
porary fits of insanity. His mother put an
end to her life by jumping into well when
he was child.