The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1884-03-20
SOUTHERN GLEANINGs.

Chas. Lippincott, who married col
ored girl in Louisiana about year ago,
was arrested in Denison, Tex, recently |
with his wife on a charge of miscegena.
tion.
An aged couple at Monroe, La,
named Rodgers, were murdered few
nights ago by two men to whom they eX.
tended hospitality. The murderers failed |
to secure the cid mans money, which was
| concealed in a mattress.
The Galveston (Tex.) Cotton Ex-
change recently passed resolutions urging |
Texas Congressman to oppose the further |
coinage of silver dollars upon the present
basis of valuation.
Burglars recently effected an entrance
to Vince & Kirby's hardware store in
Chattanooga, Tenn. They carried twenty
| five kegs of nails over 300 feet and placed |
them against the frontdoor. BY means of
sledge hammers and wedges they opened
the safe. The work showed the hand of
professionals. Several hundred dollars in
money and checks were taken, but the
thieves left behind several city bonds and
pension check that had been placed in
the safe. The members OF the firm refuse
to divulge the amount Of the losses, but it
is known to be considerable. Messrs.
Vance and Kirby were from Urbana, o.,
and are extensive wholesale hardware and
agricultural implement dealers.
In the United States Circuit Court in
Louisville, KY, the trial of notable dam
age suit was recently inagurated. The
plaintiff was Thomas Sufford, negro, the
defcndents Dr. N. w. johnson, John Want
ers, d. Jenkins j. G. Stetson, Dir. Bush
and S. Adocock. All are white men. The
plaintiff made oath that on the night Of
July 81 1888, the defendants went to his
house at English, near Turner Station, KY,
and after getting him out of bed, carried
him to branch near by, where they point
ed pistols at his head and threatened to
kill him unless he turned over to them
sum of money which they charged him
with stealing from the Express office at
English. He refused, and after threaten
ing to kill him if he ever disclosed the out
rage they left him standing naked by the
branch The negro's claim is $4,000 dam
ages.
1'hirty-fve families, Austrian and
Italians, were landed at Galveston, Tex,
few days ago in destitute condition by
the steamship Harris from Brazos, SANTA
go. They claim that they were induced to
emigrate to Mexico by promises of land
ment, which were not fulfilled, and say
they were compelled to labor on railways
and other works for exceedingly meager
wages The Austrian and Italian Consuls
, have been applied to for help.
The house of Henry Oglesby, colored,
at Shelton, Fairfield County, s. G., was de-
stroyed by fire a few days ago. His two
children were locked in the house at the
| fp,a oua Of xub1ph N anti
and the other seriously burned. The par
ents were at work in field near by, but
out of view.
While Jim Shered and his wife, col
ored, living in Abbeville County, S. G.,
were absent from home their house caught
fire and burned to the ground. Their two
: small children we in the house at the
time, and, being unable to get out We're
: burned to death.
: In Heard County, Ala, during the
recent cyclone, logs were whirled INTO the
/, air and broken before they reached the
ground.
:, At Leeds, Ala, the recent tornado
deposited near tho railroad woodwork
/. ing machine which no one about there had
ever seen before.
n Three horses belonging to DIR. Thos,
, Wright, near Birmingham, Ala, were lift
@ ed into the air during the tornado, and
i have not been seen or heard from since.
Near Midway, s. G., Martin Mingo, q
0 colored preacher, was lifted from his bed
d by the wind and deposited in a valley 800
i yards away, with but slight bruises.
IS Nobody in Chesterfield County,
South Carolina, dares to arrest w. b. Cash
d for the murder of Marshal Richards. A
n posse Of citizens who organized for that
purpose were implored by Sheriff Shoffend
{ not to attempt an act so rash. The Govern
= or has taken the matter in hand, and pro-
poses to bring Cash to punishment
. The Louisville (Ky.) indictments
against Manager Douglas for sending lot
y terry circulars through the mails have been
:, quashed. Judge Barr of the United States
Z Court held that they were defective be.
cause they did not allege that an agent of
the lottery placed the matter in the mail
Il box.
'r Arrangements have been perfected al
Birmingham, Ala, TO consolidate the
n Pratt Coal and Iron Company, Alice Fur.
d mace Company and Linn Iron Company
into one organization with S3,00),0JO cap
II ital.
IS William II. Horton, Clerk and Com
missioner of the United States Circuit and
L District Courts, and United States Ship
II ping Commissioner at Pensacola, Fla, has
absconded, being a defaulter.
!, A few days ago the dead bodies Of
20 Charles Beck, prominent citizen Of Mason
d County, Tex, and his two horses were
found on the bank of Llano River. From
D evidence gathered, it appears that he firs
~ shot his two horses and then committed
d suicide with laudanum. Family trouble
was the cause.
+ Father w. j. Hamilton, who wa.
,e buried recently at Louisville, KY, wai
n well known during the war for missionary
work in the stockade at Andersonville, fol
of which he was presented with a testimonial