The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1884-09-25
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

tne death sentence OF The two Cherokee
County murderers, The first one is a col
ored man named Hills, who chopped a
ballroom rival to death. The second one
is jerry Marshal, who beat @ three-y ear
old child to death.
For some time past rumors have been in
circulation regarding W. ]. Duncan, Cash
ier of the Louisville (Ky.) Banking Com
pany, being short in his accounts about
$4,000. Duncan resigned a few days ago.
The Directors met and make public the
Statement that Duncan does not owe the
bank anything. He is said to have made
overdrafts with the full knowledge of the
bank, for which he settled in full
A young man named Robert Cook, ma
chinist, while out hunting near Vancuse,
S. O., few days since accidentally shot
and killed himself 1t appears that the
ramrod had become fastened in the barrel,
| and in attempting TO draw il the load was
discharged, the ramroad entering the left
breast, passing through his heart and com
ing out at the should III, completely drilling
the young man, VINO died instantly.
Two convicts were brutally beaten and
killed at the Louisville (Ky.) waterworks
reservoir few days ago by guards.
Their names are Jim Smith, colored, from
Hardin County, and John O'Beien from
McCracken. Smith, it was claimed died
from sunstroke, and O'Brien from whip.
\ ping inflicted because he would not work.
/ Augusta, Ga, is considerably exercised
! over the suspension of the Enterprise Cot
4 ton Mill, by which 0 operatives are
thrown out Of employment. Rumors of an
assignment and Of the formation of a syn.
dicate Of her mills to keep the Enter
4 prise in motion are current President
Jackson declares that cotton goods can
not be manufactured profltably at present
prices OF cotton, but hopes arrangements
will be made to resume soon. Other mills
may suspend if the market does not soon
improve.
a few evenings since while Thomas
Griffi hs, an employe Of the South Trede.
gar Nail Works at Chattanooga, Tenn,
was showing a red-hot iron bar, several
feet long, his hand slipped and be fell
against the point Of the bar, which passed
through his abdomen, entering the cavity.
His terrible screams brought immediate
assistance. His body, where the red hot
bar entered, was terribly charred and
torn. He lived but few hours.
Fire destroyed $4,000 worth of poplar
and walnut lumber belonging to the In,
diana Lumber Company, at their yards in
Nashville, Tenn, few days ago. Total
Insurance., S22,500.
Joseph McCaee, of Anderson, s. O.,
nineteen years of age, was shot and in
stantly killed a day or two ago. H.
had discharged one barrel Of his gun, and
having twice attempted to discharge the
other barrel without success, he sat down
on the door step 20 reload the empty bar
rel, and while so doing, by some unac.
countable accident the loaded barrel,
which had previously resisted the efforts
10 discharge it, was fired of, and the en-
tire charge tore through the lungs Of Nc.
Gee, killing him almost Instantly.
A frightfu accident occurred in Orange
burg County, S, G., few days ago The
children of Mr. Brown Shuler were alone
in the dwelling. One of the little boys
took single-barreled gun from its place
and straddling it, jumped around the room
playing horse. Suddenly the gun was dis
charged, killing one child instantly and
mortally wounding another.
Julius Thomson, Win Dixon and vii
Mathis, colored, Of Abbevlle County, s
O., recently comprised hunting party
They had with them an old gun which had
been left about the yard for the children tt
play with. Just as these old guns gener
ally do, this old one wen5 off accidentally
while in the hands of Thomson, depositine
the load of shot in Dixon's mouth, tearing
away his tongue and knocking him down
Tue wound was no doubt Of a fatal char
acter.
AT Abbott Station, Tex, few days ago
l.. ~ - k1. l,nt 4
with bowie knives and drks.
The Danner Lead and Lumber Compan,
Of Mobile, Ala, has asked indefinite ex
tension.
A. f. Roberts, proprietor of Camero
Mills, Alexandria, Va, was kill ed fey
days ago by passing train.
Payne and Wiley, the Louisville commis
sion merchants who were indicted, are re
ported safe in Canada.
There is enough water power in Georgi
to supply ten thousand times the numbe
Of mills and factories now operated in tha
State.
BY the explosion of boiler in Cotto
Compress establishment of Eufala, Ala,
few days ago, four men were killed, an
the building burned, with 400 bales of COT
ton.
At Cangeies, Ga, few days ago Tor
Masden desecrated graves in a cemetery
burned a church and tried to fire the towr
He was wounded by citizens, but not ser
ously,
The Great Eastern will sail October II
!. bringing from Europe Government an
!. individual exhibits free to the Worlds Ex
q position at New Orleans.
Harry 1nluson alias YellOvy HanT1
who committed brutal assault on a littl
girl in Brazos County, Tex, was riddle
n with bullets by citizens in the town {
o Clay
n Job Gunter, one of the wealthiest stoc
y men in Texas, shot and killed Dan Thoml
son, proprietor of saloon at Sherman,
= few days ago. The latter, it seems, ha
IS threated to shot Gunter, who armed hin
a self aud went cunning for Thompson.
!, Major Joseph Z. Dwyer, one OF I'll