The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1884-04-24
SOUTHERN eLEANINGs.

for seduction and married his victim,
Marie Glenn, the day previous, to escape
legal results. He is still at large.
Two negroes, Lewis Carter and Clark
Thomas, got into difficulty on the levee at
Vicksburg, Miss, few mornings since,
during which Thomas pulled his gun and
shot Carter, the ball entering Carter's left
breast above the heart, inflicting an ugly
but not dangerous wound. Thomas was
lodged in jail in default of $500 bond. Car.
ter was fined SIS.
Near Chico, Tex, few nights ago, a
band of armed men went to the home Of
Smith Drew, a noted character, and with
out passing any words commenced firing q
fusilade at the building. Drew's nephew,
lately from Missouri, attempted 10 run
from the house, when he was shot through
the neck and instantly killed. There have
been nine arrests, including some of the
most respected citizens Of the county.
Estimates of the sosses by the forest
| fires in North Carolina vary widely. The
damage to farm-houses is light, but to fenc.
! ing heavy. Much lumber was burned in
Moore County. In the lower counties tur-
pentine farms are considerably damaged,
but not to the extent of affecting the trade
except in the region swept over. The tur-
pentine yield will be disminished, but
not enough TO affect the market.
At recent meeting of the Legislative
Council, of Memphis, Tenn, the ordinance
which closes barber-shops on Sunday was
amended SO as to permit the shops to keep
open until 10 a. IN. After five days publ.
cation the ordinance was to go into effect
and citizens would then be able to get a
clean Sunday shave.
The wholesale grocery house Of G. II.
Allyn & Co., at Cors icana, Tex, was de-
stroyed by fire few mornings since. The
safe was recovered from the ruins and the
contents were found intact. Loss, Sal, 500;
insurance, S32,3l0. The adjoining building
occupied as a saloon by G. II. Barch, was
also totally destroyed. Insurance on
building, IS .500 valued at $1,000,
A few nights ago the two-story frame
building known as Good Templar Hall, in
Denison, Tex, burned to the ground. It
was occupied by S. B. Lake as a carriage
shop, and contained a stock of new and
secondhand vehicles, part only of which
were saved. The origin of the fire is a
mystery. This is the third time Mr. Lake
has burned out in that city.
w. T. Dowda has been sentenced TO the
Georgia Penitentiary for seven years at
Decatur for kidnapping. Dowdais school
teacher, sixty-three years of age and wear
ing flowing beard. He taught in Litho-
mia year ago, where his attentions to a
thirteen-year-old pupil, Miss Ragdale, de.
veloped into unholy love. Eloping one
night with the child he led tho officers a
lively race from place to place, and was
not captured until after he had reached
South Carolina, where he had married the
girl at midnight
George Long, one of the parties who es.
capped from the Madison County (Ga.) jail
few weeks ago, was run down by his pur-
suers and his capture effected after consid.
erable pieket.firing from double-barreled
shOt-guns. He received several shots; two
in the back of the head, one in the right ear,
one in the left arm, and others. Long had
a large navy six-shooter and small pistol
with six chambers well filed, giving him
twelve rounds. He is now chained in Jail.
Alabama is now the leading producer OF
pig-iron in the South.
The recent forest fires in Georgia have
caused a loss of $4,000 to the State.
Canteloupe planting is the craze among
the farmers around Austin, Tex.
1t is said that over two hundred ounces
of morphine are sold annually by drug
store at Washington, Ga.
The proprietor of hotel at Keowee, S.
G., is engaged in preparing a large storm
pit for the benefit of his guests in case Of a
cyclone.
The Illinois Central Road has completed
4 a branch of forty miles from jackson,
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regular trains.
The colt Farondale. entered for the
Louisville Derby, ran away a few days
ago and fell, fatally iniuring his jockey.
w. w, Taylor committed suicide a.
Gainesvilleg grex., a few nights ago by taking
morphine. Family trouble is supposed to
have been the cause.
One Friedman, Russian Jew peddler,
was fatally stabbed at Nashville, Tenn, by
an unknown person few nights ago.
Tensas and Concordia Parishes, La,
though badly overhowed, will probably
be able to raise cotton crop. The
water is slowly draining off.
The Executive Committee Of the Re-
publican Wing Party of Georgia has is
sued call for convention to meet
May l, for the m'nation Of State officers
ana PRESIDENTIAL electors.
A few days since Charles Sanders, a
colored young man Of Fort Worth, Tex,
went home, took pistol from his pocket
and remarked to his sister as he sat down:
"Would you like to see me kill myself?'
She told him: "No, put it away" He put
the pistol to his forehead and sent a ball
through his brain, dying almost instantly.
Stephen Moore, Wichita Falls (Tex.
cattle man, was killed few days ago by
Ben Shanklin. The killer escaped. He is
described as five feet nine inches high,
light complexion, blue eyes and sandy mus.
tache. Moore was rich and formerly re.
sided at Dallas. A reward Of s., 900 is OF.
fered for the capture of Shanklin.
Captain ALT. G. luther, Of Memphis,
Tenn, has been missing for several days.
The gentleman is widely known, and has a
wife and four children in Memphis. Cap.