Huntsville gazette., 1884-04-12
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

in Knoxville, Tenn, te0 days ago and
registered in the Atkins House as ''Tunis
Way, Philadelphia, was found dead on
the floor of his room. Although man of
apparently strong physique, he had been
complaining of sicknes; since his arrival,
but was walking about the premises at
late hour the previous evening. Mr.. Will
son, of the Atkins House, at eleven O'Clock
called to give him medicine, and found
Way laying dead on the floor. Coroner
Hardinburg stated that Way had died of
congestion of the lungs, and that there was
no indication of poisoning.
A man half dead was picked up under
the bridge over Trinity River at Dallas,
Tex, few days ago. He was taken to the
Jail and medical attendance given him.
He returned to consciousness sufficiently
to state that his name was James Wilson,
CT Collin County; that he had been at work
in Dallas several days, and that while
walking across the bridge the night before
some one struck him with a sand bag,
knocking him off. He believed the party
who struck him to be Lewis Bransford,
who, eleven years ago, killed his (Wilson's)
father in Lamar County, Tex. The wound.
ed man was in precarious condition.
No State or County Official in Missis-
sippi can now ride on free pas.
Buffalo gnats are killing mules in
Western Mississippi. Deer are fleeing to
the high lands of Arkansas to escape the
pests.
Hortensia Mason, colored school
teacher of Shelbyviile, KY, has sued the
Louisville & Nashville Road for $4,000 for
refusing her the privilege of the ladies'
coach after she had purchased a first class
ticket.
A fatal boiler explosion occurred a
few days ago at the Marine dry docks in
New Orleans.
Dallas and Fort Worth are engaged
in desperate contest for the ia .lroad cnam.
pionship.
1t was reported in Dallas, Tex, q few
nights ago that Morgan Commack, impli.
Gated in the cotton swlndles in that city,
had been rearrested at some point on the
Lower Rio Grande
Five prisoners broke jail, few DAYS
since. at Lexington. Ga.
Southern cotton mill owners met re
Gently at Augusta, Ca, and adopted reso-
lutions looking to curtailment of manu-
factures.
Frank Elliot, negro who assaulted
white girl in York County, North Caro-
lima, was taken to Rock Hill for examina-
tion. The citizens overpowered the Sher-
iff's posse and lynched the offender.
j. F. Ransdall, Postmaster at New
castle, KY, is defaulfer to the amount
Of $500. Ransdall has disappeared. A
Government agent is in possession of the
office.
At Newport, Tenn, shortly after dark
few nights ago w. c. Fowler shot and in
stantly killed John Rutherford. Ruther-
ford and associates were engaged in rcck-
ing Fowler, when the latter fred at the
crowd, killing Rutherford. Fowler had
not been arrested.
AT Fairview, KY, a few davs AGO,
John w. Gibson walked into the grocery
of John Mccoy and shot him dead. A
large party of citizens went in pursuit of
the murderer
The Attorney General of Texas has
brought suit against A. A. Talmage and j.
M. ODonnell, of st. Louis, Mo-, to recover
Brazoria County, claiming that the tract
was obtained by the use of fictitious
names.
Alfred and James Mccullough. con-
| yicted of the murder of Ephraim Soxon,
at Greenville, S. c., have been sentenced to
hang May 16. Riley Anderson, who muir
dered Leon Griffith and an infant, was sem
fenced to hang the same day. Anderson's
crime was cold-blooded, and several at
| empts were made to lynch him.
The Eodv of q woman was found
toating in the river at Memphis, Tenn,
lew days ago, by some men engaged in
| getting out drift wood. The remains were
| entirely nude with the exception of a red
handkerchief bound around the head and
| we're in very advanced state of decom.
| position. A small rope was tied around
| 'he waist, indicating foul play, as a weight
may have possibly been attached to the
| rope.
| Captain William II. Robinson, Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress III the Eighth
Aabama District against General Joe
| Wheeler, committed suicide at Scottsboro,
Aa., a few days ago, by sticking a pen
knife in his heart. He had lust returned
from an electioneering tour, and it is sup
| posed the excitement affected his mind.
A few nights ago the freight and
passenger depots at Rock Hill, S. c., were
burned, with the cotton platform, 100 bales
Of cotton, the Western Union Telegraph
toffice, a carload of lumber and carload
tof guano The cotton belonged to j. NJ.
llvey. The property was insured.
| A singular and fatal epidemic of
measles has broken out in the County Jail
at Atlanta, Ga, where, besides State pris
pners, about seventy-five United States
prisoners are confined. Two of the latter
lad died and another was reported dying.
Fhe sick have been removed to the hos.
pitals.
! John Coffey, Jr., who shot and killed
ALFRED Gossett, colored, October %. 1889. at
New Orleans, while Gossets was in charge
lpf an officer on the way to the Courthouse
10 receive life sentence for the murder OF
Policeman John Coffey, father of the ac-
FUSED, was tried recently and acquitted.
There was much sympathy for the accused