Huntsville gazette., 1885-08-29
SOUTHERN 0LEANINGS.

Hon. John H. Reagan declines to be-
come candidate for Governor cf Texas.
Frank Nash, pitcher for the Columbus
(Ga.) base ball club, died few days ago
of typhoid fever.
Captain S. Fl. Buck, recently appointed
Postmaster at New Orleans. has resigned
the Director Generalship of the new Ex-
position, but will remain Director. Gen.
eral of the old Exposition Company, in
liquidation.
Thos. Crewdson, a freight conductor,
was knocked from the train bv a bridge
near Hobkinsvlle, KY, few days ago,
and fallf5y Under the cars was frightfully
ulangled. When found he was dead
On the plantation of Burwell Green,
near Washington, Ca, a few days ago,
Joe Daniel and Nelson Wingfield were
packing oat straw with hay press, when
Nelson's finger was accidentally crushed.
Blaming his companion for the accident,
he took up a hammer and sunk it to the
socket in Daniels brain.
Granny Ann Hogan, an old colored
woman, died recently on the Alex. Cook
plantation, near Bovina, Miss, at the ad-
vanced age, it is said, of 12O years. Her
hair was Of rem arka BILE length, said to be
three feet long, gray and black mixed,
portion of which was sent to the New Or.
leans Exposition last spring.
One hundred and eight convicts en-
ployed on the Spartanburg & Nashville
Railroad, near Arden, N. c., escaped a
few days ago.
Lafayette Whiserant committed suicide
at Greenville, Tex, few days ago, by
hanging himself with trace chain.
All the prisoners in the County Jail at
Fort Smith, Ark, escaped a few nights
ago. Two Indians seized the jailer when
he went to put them in their cell for the
night, knocked him down and turned
out the other prisoners. All went to the
Indian Territory and were hotly pursued
by the Deputy Marshals and other
officers.
Forty buildings n the business part of
Texarkana, Ark, were destroyed by fire a
few days ago, involving loss of fully
100000.
The whole business portion of Shugu-
ajax, Miss, was destroyed by fire few
days since. Only two stores remain, and
the goods in them are badly damaged.
The loss is about S25, 900.
The 10S South Carolina convicts who es.
capped a short time ago were, at last ac-
counts, still at large, the rewards for their
capture being too insignificant to war
rant persons not interested taking the
risk.
The first Prohibition Convention ever
held in Louisiana assembled at Shreve-
port few days since, and preparations
were made for earnest work.
The police of Louisville, KY, continue
to raid the gamblers, land are determined
to stamp out the vice in the city.
Texarkana, Ark, proposes to have
water works.
Mrs. Frank Eddleman strangled her.
self todeath with a sheet at Atlanta, Ga, a
few days ago.
The grain warehouse of o. I. Wells and
several residences were burned at Sher-
man, Tex, few days since.
John Steele, a railway employe, was
crushed to death by a falling rock at
Colesberry, KY, few days ago.
General Field, of Georgia, and Samuel
Donelson, of Tennessee, will be candi-
dates for doorkeeper Of the next House
against Appointment Clerk Higgins, Of
the Treasury Department.
An old man named Willis Roach, who
was attacked by four robbers near Frank
fort, KY, few nights ago, was rescued
by his young son, who shot and killed
two of the desperadoes and fatally wound
ed third.
Two negroes, named William Jackson
and Joseph Webster, were arrested at
Mobile, Ala, few days ago, charged
with setting fire to and destroying Jor-
dan & Meader's saw-mill on May 25th.
Jackson has confessed the crime.
In Webster County, KY, BNyle Baker
recently shot and seriously wounded j. B.
Curtee. Baker was pursued by friends of
Curtee and exchanged shots with them.
On emptying his revolver he jumped into
the river and was drowned. Baker and
Curtee QUAR- eled about a trivial matter
jessie Cook, the colored preacher who
murdered his wife at Butt r, Ga, two
months ago, by choppirg her to pieces
with an axe, was arrested few days ago
at Union Springs, Ala He had lived in
the woods ever since the crime was COM
mitted.
Gid. Herndon, of Darien, Ga, borrowed
a horse and gun few days ago and
went to camp meeting ten miles out of
town. Asking bystander to see that the
horse and gun were returned to their own
ers, he placed a switch around the lock,
placed the muzzle in his mouth, and pull
ing the switch blew his brains out
State Senator John p. Rogers, of Union
County, Tenn, was arrested recently on
charge of violating the United States
revenue law and given hearing defore
United States Commissioner Green at
Knoxville. Mr.. Rogers is a prominent
member of the Maynardville (Tenn.) ar.
He was appointed United States Commits
sioner by Judge Baxter. In 1882 he was
elected to the State Legislature and In 1884
was returned to the State Senate.
The working classes of Athens, Ga, are
terribly excited. Manager Bloomfield
has given the boss of the check factory
three months notice to hunt some other
job unless he quits the workingmen's
party. The factory hands say it is an
attempt at bulldozing, and they won't
submit.
The body of beautiful young lady was