Huntsville gazette., 1884-01-26
SOUTHERN GLEANIEGS.

Chattanooga, Tenn, who was identified
with several large interests in that region,
died recently.
The wife of Colonel H. Coulter Cabell,
OF Richmond, Vii ginia, was fatally burned,
few evenings since by her clothing tax
ing fire at CRATE.
The exploring party which has re-
Gently been operating in that vast and am
biguous region known as 'the Everglades .
in Florida, does not give very fattering
account of the condition down there. It
is simply a melancholy waste of bogs,
quicksand and saw grass, we are assured,
useless for any purpose, and beyond reach
of any process Of reclamation. The sug-
gestion is added that in the course Of a
century or two the ferces of nature may
turn the bogs into firm soil and replace the
saw-grass with something else; but that
can hardly be said to give the country any
practical interest.
James Wosten, farmer, was found
dead few mornings since few miles
from Beauregard, Miss, shot through the
heart. There was no trace of the muir
derer.
Governor Lowry, of Mississippi, wants
the Legislature OF that State to pass law
authorizing an expenditure of Il 800 in any
case where man charged with high
crime runs away and can not be reached
by ordinary official effort.
Wire fence cutting is still going on in
the neighborhood OF Marshall, Tex.
j. D. Stocking, Postmaster at Law
renee, Tex, was discharged alter examina-
tion on a charge of unlawfully opening let
ters.
Mrs. Eliza Stewart, mother of ex-
Governor Pinchback of Louisiana, died in
New Orleans few nights ago.
Counterfeit gold dollars, bearing the
stamp of 1864, are in circulation in Angus
ia, GA. The counterfeit is perfect in every
thing except the weight.
At Sweet Water, Tenn, few nights
ago John Reagan, a well-to-do farmer, was
brutally murdered by Tom Wilson,
former neighbor, with whom he had
trivial dispute some time ago. Wilson es-
capped.
John Davidson and wife, lightweight
and eighty six years old respectively.
were found dead from hunger and cold in
their house at Newport, Tenn, few days
ago.
Over &c. 900 has been subscribed in
Houston, Tex, in aid of an Interstate en-
campment and drill in that city next May.
The first prize for infantry drill is expected
to be 5000.
Jack .McKenna, a gambler, killed Ed.
Wilson, faro dealer, in Vicksburg. Miss,
a few nights ago.
Andrew Hertzog was crushed by
falling tree near Paducah, KY, few days
aSo, s.a-a 4ff,--rs tn- ha completely
dead from the hips down, while above he is
as well as ever, suffering no pain.
J. S. Harley, of Petersburg, Va, was
recently sentenced to eight years. impris-
onment for bigamy.
A Dallas (Tex.) gambler paid 81, AGO
fines recently under pleas Of guilty.
Nero, colored man shot in the brain
at Marshall, Tex, couple of weeks ago,
died few days since from his wounds.
j. r. Tucker, railroad employe at
Denison, Tex, caught his foot in a switch
frog a few days since and was run over by
a freight car, losing one leg.
Mamie Mayen, Of Louisville, KY,
died recently, AID an investigation showed
that her death resulted from opium poison
ing. She sometimes took eighty grains
dav.
The commissioners appointed to Sc
lect plans for a new Capitol for the State
of Georgia have recently been holding daily
sessions. The building is to be Of stone
and must cost not more than S1,000,000.
Plans have been submitted from architects
both North and South.
At Darien, Ga, few days since, Bob
Anderson (colored) was sentenced to the
Penitentiary for lie for the murder of
Chauncev Brown and wife.
Captain Ell. G. Summers, an old Mis-
sissippi steamboatman, who was formerly
engaged in building vessels for the South
American trade, died at San Antonio, Tex,
on the 11th inst.
At Alexandria, Ky, Ed. Beler re-
Gently became engaged because his sweet
heart went to church with another man
that he tried to shoot her. Being prevented
he killed himself.
The North Carolina State Board of
Agriculture having considered the matter
of an exhibit at the Worlds Centennial
Exposition in New Orleans with favorable
results, it is probable the State will make a
fine display.
The number of sheep in Georgia in
creased IL per cent. in the last year-6l1,- !
$50 in 1882; and this, Notwithstanding 50,
900 sheep were killed by dogs during the
year. 1t is not stated how much the dog
population has increased.
Mrs. Mary Grace Love, wife of John
G. Love, OF Minden, La, committed suicide
few days ago with strychnine. Cause.
family trouble.
Tip Wilson, found guilty Of the MUIR
der Oh Henry johnson at Dallas, Tex, re-
Gently, was sentenced to forty years in the
Penitentiary.
George r. Ward, proprietor of the
Relay House at Birmingham, Ala, had a
desperate fight with a burglar a few morn
ings since, and was quite seriously wound
ed. The burglar escaped.
While running his engine on the
Knoxville & Augusta Railroad in Abbe-
vile County S. G.. a few dayS apO the en-.