Huntsville gazette., 1883-06-23
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

died from the effects of an overdose of
laudanum administered by the child's sis
ter, about five years old. The parents had
gone out on business, and left the elder
child in charge. The younger child becom-
ing fretful, the girl gave him about tea
spoonful of laudanum.
AT the Lawn plantation, st. Landry,
La, recently, Hillary Phillips, colored
man, whipped his daughter for leaving
church to play. After service he attempted
to whip her again. but the girl ran, chased
by her father. Finding escape impossible,
she sprang into the bayou and was drowned.
Her father sprang in after, but the girl
never came to the surface. The Coroner's
jury exonerated Hillary.
1t is said the Texas cattle-drive this
season exceeds expectations by about two
hundred thousand head.
The unveiling of Valentines recum-
bent figure of Robert z. Lee will take place
at Lexington, Va, on Thursday, June 2S,
the day following the closing commence
ment exercises of Washington and Lee
University. The president of the Lee
Memorial Association is General Joseph E.
Johnston, and the marshal of the occasion
will be General John B. Gordon. The ex-
ercises of the day will begin with floral
decoration of the graves of Lee and jack
son, after which religious services will be
conducted by Bishop Pinkney. The oration
will then be pronounced by Major John w.
Daniel, followed by an artillery salute,
after which the mausoleum will be thrown
open to the public for a view of the monu-
ment.
Some Texas papers are agitating the
question of State University for young
ladies.
A horrible tragedy was enacted in the
Tarrant County Jail at Fort Worth. Tex,
the other night. A maniac named Wilson
attacked another named Hayes. with a
stool. The officers succeeded in pulling off
the assailant, when Hayes jumped up and
struck Wilson in the neck with a small
pocket-knife, severing the jugular vein. The
wounded man died in two minutes.
The Superior Court of Kentucky re
Gently decided case of Importance to
mutual benefit associations. About three
years ago a minister named Ricketts,
became member of lodge of the Knights
of Honor of the State. Three days after
the payment of all his dues the lodge sus-
pended, but was subsequently reinstated.
In the meantime Ricketts, had died, and
payment of death benefit, demanded by the
widow, was refused. Suit was instituted
against the Grand Lodge of the order and
was decided in favor of Ricketts,. The rep
resentative of the Grand Lodge appealed,
and the Superior Court sustained the decis-
ion of the court below.
A company with a capital of So, 900
has been organized in Tom Green County,
Tex, for the purpose of establishing
chicken ranch.
The President has appointed Calvin
S. Brewster, of Laredo, Tex, Collector of
Customs at Brownsville, vice Payne, sus-
pended.
Judge Billings. of the United States
Circuit Court at New Orleans, has refused
the application of that city for a reduction
of the appeal bond III the Gaines case. The
bond is s., 100000.
Joseph R. West, Commissioner Of the
District of Columbia, has been sued to re-
cover one hundred 81 900 bonds of the New
Orleans, Baton Rouge & vicksburg Rail
TOuu, WulCD It w 40 dliCSSN " htt W II oAeeu-
lently transferred to himself from clients.
A little baby in Chattanooga, Tenn,
was severely bitten on the hand and neck,
while asleep, by rat a few days ago.
As further precaution in the fight
against smallpox, all stray dogs in Jack
sonville Fla, are to be shot.
William L. Dodson was found guilty
1. ~,
Va, the other day, for killing James Reed,
and sentenced to five years i'll the Peniten-
tiary, and to three years additional for
burning the house in which he killed Reed
Charles Dudley Warner, of Hartford,
Conn, delivered the annual address at the
commencement exercises of Roanoke Col
Iege, at Salem, Virginia, recently, in which
he spoke encouragingly of the progress the
South was making intellectually and
materially, as evidenced by the Increase of
manufactures and the prosperity of the in
stitutions of learning.
Ibek Giles, the famous moonshiner
and smuggler of the mountains of Tennessee,
was placed in jail at Memphis the other
afternoon. He was arrested i'll Oregon
County, Mo.
A negro and a Mexican were found
hanging in La Sale County, Tex, the other
morning. The negro was minus bis head
and lower limbs, but recognized as joe
Anderson, n notorious thief.
At SPARTA Ga, the other day
number of children were attacked by
buzzard, who kept up the fight until it was
killed.
In the United States District Court
at Austin, Tex, the other day, an opinion
was rendered in a criminal prosecution
under the civil act of Congress of March,
1875, for a penalty of $500 for excluding
Laura Evans (colored) from the ladies' car
on the Houston & Texas Central Railroad.
Similar cases were also disposed Of. The
Court held the law unconstitutional and
that the things alleged were cognizable by
State tribunals only; also that the act was
an infringement on the rights of the several
States.
The new building at Louisville. erect
cd by the State of Kentucky for an Ameri-
can printing house for the blind, was for-
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