Huntsville gazette., 1884-03-08
SOUTHERN GLEANINGs.

| - > aconi.Hlttee was appointed 10 III
Vestigate the losses by water so as to con-
vey a true estimate to the public, ana ask
Ior the relief the public may see fit to ex-
| lend. The Committee reports that the loss
y sloo,o0e. Many families have lost their
| property and effects, and will be sadly in
! lfsed or help from abroad. Much has been
uone by che citizens of the surrounding
co,-ntry, and many homeless families are
/ now cared for. Their suffering will be
| avoided if help from abroad is received.
Money is especially needed to help rebuild
the homes of those who now have twice
lost their property by floods. All contri
buttons should be addressed to J. G. Ham
| lion, Chairman of the Relief Committee,
/ Uniontown, who will acknowledge the re-
ceipt Of snch.
The Chickasaw Guards of Memphis,
Tenn, met a few days ago and mapped out
a summe.'s campaign. They are ready
still to enter the field against any company
in the country in competitive drill.
The Central Hotel, Shields newspa-
per office and five cf the principal business
houses at Henrietta, Tex, were destroyed
by fire few nights ago. Loss and insur-
| ance not stated.
Warrants have been issued on the
affidavits of T. G. Moody and others against
Zack Parson, Enos Powell and James
Adams for perjury in the election cases
from Marion County, S. c., in the United
States Court at Columbia. The first pre-
iiminary examination was held before
| United States Commissioner Smith at
| Florence, few days ago, and the defend
| ant Enos Powell was bound over to appear
! for trial ut the next term of the United
| States Court. The other defendants have
not yet been arrested.
A gold mine is reported to have been
discovered near Burnett, Tex.
In Randolph County, Ala. Wyatt
Pate and William Littlefeld met a few
| days ago at county sale, and after bid
ding against each other for a short time
simultaneously drew pistols and fired, both
| falling dead without a word.
Press White was killed in a bloody
affray at Richmond, Ky.,. recently Harry
Witt and his son, Tillman, were mortally
wounded. The shooting was done by man
named Price Prichett and was the result Of
| a drunken row.
An immense furnace for smelling iron
ore has been pus i'll operation at the East
Texas Penitentiary. This is the first en-
terprise of the kind in the State.
new bank, with 100000 capital, is
projected at Vicksburg, Miss. Hon. TGos.
| c. Catching is reported as at the head Of
the enterprise.
A whale which was captured nenr
Port Royal, S. c., several days ago, has
given birth to a young one. The mother
| and offspring are lying on the beach at
| Paris Island. 1t is estimated that the cap
tors will realize $2 800 from the prize.
Great excitement prevails at Erin,
Tenn, over the discovery of a gold nine.
While out hunting A. H. Bernathy found
cave and evidence Of gold. Over 81, 900
worth Of nuggets are on exhibition in
store. Miners and railroad men are flock
ing in. Erin is small place on the Louis
vile & Nashville Road near the Tennessee
River.
Enoch Brown, sentenced to be hanged
at Halifax, N. c., has been reprievtd to
| March q. The sentence Of death upon
Robert Pratt has been committed to life i'm
prsonment
A Georgia court has decided that
copies Of art productions of the old masters
are not obscene in the legal acceptation Of
the term.
T. w. Bukey's large flour mill, Mich
olasville, KY, burned a few nights ago.
Loss, $4,000; insured for $4,000.
A quarrel over the possession Of
dime with hole in it led to the fatalinju
ing Of Henry Smith by Leonard jefferson
a few days ago near Selma, Ala.
A few nights ago at Fort Worth, Tex,
a lamp exploded in the house Of Lew Tay-
lor at Palo Pinto, and the dress Of Mrs.
Matte Taylor, his wife, caught fire. She
was very severely burned and died the fol-
lowing morning, alter lingering through
the night in great pain.
Advices from Culiacan, Mexico, give
the particulars of the recent killing of ex-
Senator Henry Cooper of Tennesseei Coor.
er and companion We're attacked by two
bandits. His companion immediately fired,
killing one robber. The other robber then
fired, shooting Cooper through the heart.
The robber then fed and had not been cap
tured, though the authorities have made
every effort.
A few nights ago Garry Stich, a
negro policemen at Vicksburg, Miss. ar
rested Harry johnson. steamboat engi-
neer, who was very drunk, and while con-
veylng his prisoner to the calaboose was
cut in the left leg by Johnson, severing
the femoral artery from which he bled to
death. He managed, however, to put a
bullet through Johnson's heart before sue
cumbing to loss of blood.
The body of a white man, supposed
to be David Crouch, Of Sample, Hamblen
County, Aenn., was found on the railroad
track at Newmarket, Tenn, a few days
ago. 1t was literally torn to pieces by a
passing train.
/, A shooting afray occurred at Win
ston, Va, few days ago, in which three
men were fatally wounded.
The most heartrending accounts of
suffering and death continue to be received
from the various sections in South Caro-
lima and Georgia recently devastated by
| tornado. Women and ahildron I,,-