Huntsville gazette., 1883-09-22
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.


days since. Three died and seven more
We're expected to die.
A desperate, named Frank Allen was
shot and Instantly killed at Doves Depot,
Darlington County, S. c., few nights ago,
by the Intendant of that town. Allen was
resisting arrest by the town police, who
We're assisted by the Intendant, and he at
tackled the latter with a knife.
Jos. Furguson had started from home,
in Jonesboro, Tenn., few days ago, to go
hunting. AS he entered woodland near
la a shot was heard, followed by
ai Afvhich attracted the attention of
~. 5ssxhds ran to his assistance and
found him dead, the entire contents Of the
gun having entered his head. An investi-
CATION led to the belief that the gun was
discharged by catching the hammer on a
twig while trailing the gun.
Bowlan & Horne's cotton gin, seven
miles west of Hillsboro, Tex, was destroy ed
by fire a few days ago. John Mann was burn
ed TO death, and man named Ripley was Sc
riously injured. The fire was caused by a
match passing through the gin head. The
loss was $4,000; no insurance.
At Brownsville, Tex, a few days
since the Customs Inspectors arrested and
jailed Gil Coras, mescal smuggler, who
has been the source of supply to the secret
and scandalous liquor dives in the lower
part of ro~ n, near the garrison. A supply
of the cactus wine was found buried in his
kitchen.
Bell Thomas was jailed few days
ago at Dallas, Tex, for the murder of Frank
Thomas, her husband, who died at Fort
Worth, as it was supposed from wounds
received at the hands of Anthony Boyd.
He made dying declaration that his wife,
Bell, inflicted the wound on his head which
caused his death.
At Greensboro. Ala, Frank Shelton
was hanged a few days ago for wife-mur-
| der. .5
Policeman Parks of Danville, Va,
was fatally shot few days ago by a man
he was trying to arrest.
A Bourbon County (Ky.) girl recent
| ly refused an offer of marriage ON the
ground that her father couldn'1 support any
| larger family.
| Henry Dickinson, colored, was
hanged at Plaquemine, La, a few days ago
| for the murder of Henry Steele.
The colored voting population Of Vir-
| gina is estimated at 12S,000. The total
vote Of the State is 334, 900.
A girl in North Carolina was bitten
| recently by hornet, from the effects Of
which she died within twenty-four hours.
The Heat Blast is the name of a paper
started by an Atlanta man in Admission,
a Nbo Of do.
grees in that country.
In the neighborhood of Vienna, La,
| farmers were gathering cotton. Most of
the crop will be picked during this and the
next month.
y There will be no President or Chan
cellor of the Texas University. There is q
| provision for a Chairman of the faculty
nothing more.
Bemis' mill and 100000 feet of lum-
Der burned a few days ago at Marshal, Tex.
Loss, $20o,000.
A depot, warehouse and several
other buildings burned at Munfordsvilie,
KY, few days ago; loss $4,000.
An unknown lady was killed at
at Emory Gap, Tenn, few days ago. She
arrived on the train from Chattanooga.
When she alighted she started down the
track in front of freight which was max
ing a switch. The whistle was blown but
she remained on the track. The engineer
reversed the engine, but it was too late,
and she was cut in two. She was a very
handsome lady, about twenty two years of
age.
Mai. Thomas Peters, of Birmingham,
Ala, a pioneer settler of that section, died
at the st. Joseph infrmary, Louisville, KY,
a few days ago, of acute pneumonia, after
an illness of two weeks.
Recently three prisoners escaped from
the Mcdowell county IN. O. Jail. In es-
Gaping they rudely pushed Mrs. Finley, the
jailer's wife, aside, injuring her slightly.
The fugitives were captured the same day
and returned to Jail. Repeated pistol shots
attracted the attention of the citizens, who
were surprised and indignant to find the
iailer, enraged by the treatment of his
wife and inf1amed by whisky, shooting one
of the prisoners, negro, as he stood in his
cage, chained and handcuffed. Four pain
full wounds were inflicted, none of which,
however, would prove fatal.
The engineer of a west-bound freight
in crossing the Trinity River bridge, near
Dallas, Texas, a few nights ago, felt the
bridge sink Under his train. An examina-
tion showed that one of the bents or piers
had gotten out of position, letting down
the three stringers attached to it, leaving
no support for that portion of the track
Immediately over it, This discovery was
made just in time to save the west-bound
passenger train, which had a big trip, all
the coaches being full. A bridge gang was
telegraphed for at Forney. The bridge was
repaired and the passenger train went over
it about daylight
Oyster pirates were reported prepared
for renewing depredations this winter on
Virginia bivalvular preserves.
Reports from East Tennessee say
there has been general drought.
Near Liletown, Green County, Kv.,
few days ago Joe Bagby was shot and
mortally wounded at the same spot where
his brother was killed two months previ
ously. A deadly feud existed between Geo.
Edwards and Bagby on one side and James
Owens, Dode Dowell and. Mike Rogers ON