Huntsville gazette., 1885-04-25
4 SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

onoer the local option law 19A of the 1877
counties OF Georgia have adopted prohi-
nl1ion on trial, and the feeling in favor of
ing. - - o1 " 10 sio"
Malvln Tucker, white boy about sew
en1een years of age, surrendered himself
" tno United States Marshal at Fort
omith Tor kiln. Nord Jones, Choctaw
!ndian, few days ago. The deed was
done In defending his father. @
Judge Parace, in the nited States Court
az Atlanta, Ga, recently sentenced the
richest man in Polk County to three
months Imprisonment for contempt Of
court. u
There is 100000 acres of swamps in
Nerth Carolina
The number Of arms bearing men in
Alabama is estimated at 40, 900 ~
There are said to be lar ge beds of chrome
ore in Troup County, Georgia.
Citron raising is receiving attention in
FLORIDA. The fruit, picked in brine, is
worth $50 per ton in the London market.
"A pig with two mouths and two noses,
well formed, no eyes, and feet like
hawks claws, has been found in Con-
yers, Ga.
Fifty three citizens of Barnesvills, Ga,
nave brought suits against tho Central
railroad for the destruction of property
caused by sparks from passing locomo-
|. tive.
The people of Union City, Tenn, took
from the Sheriff a few days ago and
hanged a negro named Pierson and
white man named Ward, members Of
well-known band of robbers.
AT Gainesboro, Tenn., a few days ago,
Benjamin Young, the thirteen ear old
son of Sheriff Of A. H. Young, ACCIDENT
ally shot and killed himself with a double
barrel shotgun. .
In recent shooting match at Nashville,
Tenn, Captain Andy Meaders, of Nash
Vile, defeated Captain J. III. Bogardus by
score Of 1S4to 175. The match was 200
single clay pigeons each at eli ghleen yards
for 5000 side Meaders beat all previous
records.
The Knoxville, Sevierville & Pigeon
River Railroad Company has been organ
lied for the construction and operation OF
a road from Knoxville to Sevierville and
thence to the State line between Tennessee
and North Carolina, where it crosses the
Big Pigeon River.
An old lady, Miss Muller, committed
suicide By strychnine at San Antonio, Tex ;,
few days since. Before death she called
the neighbors in and bads til I'm farew ell
Deceased was an inmate for years of the
house Of Gustav Freishben, ex-City En-
+ gfAeer, who ded@saalenly of heart disease
a short time ago. It's supposed She COM
mtteA suicidS on account OF his death.
Governor Bate of Tennessee recently
received a petition, sigued by many citi-
zens Of Montgo merry County, asking for
the Communication of Morrow's sentence
from death to Imprisonment for life. Nor
row was to have been hanged on the l 1th
at Clarksville, for killing Dick Overton,
but was granted a respite of sixty days.
A gang of railroad section hands, while
passing around the pass OF Lookout Noun
tain, near Chattanooga, Tenn, few eve
nings since. discovered the mutilated body
of {. white infant floating in the creek. On
examination it was found that the body
had been wei hted down with horse shoes
and then sewed in flour sack and thrown
into the creek. The remains were greatly
deconposed, and had been in the water
fully ten days. 1t was expected that in
vestigation would develop big scandal.
Mr.. j. L. Smith, of Pike Couaty, Ga,
while visiting Macon four years ago. went
throu gh the Orphans Home. There he
saw two bright little children, whose ways
SO impressed him that he begged the au-
thorities to let him have them, as he was
childless. 1t has just developed that the
orphans, who have grown thoroughly at
Al -, f,t E
heirs to $25, 900 apiece through the death
of a distant relative.
At large social gathering at house in
East Macon, Ga, few nights ago,
Charles Dees, seized young lady and
kissed her. She became angered and
some of her maie friends told Dees that he
had been guilty of an ungentem anly act.
Dees resented their interference, when a
fight arose, and Dees was struck with a
brick The police arrested the parties, and
thelRecorder charged Dees five dollars for
the kiss.
Edmund McCurtin, principal CHEZ of
the Choctaws, has issued proclamation
calling upon all freedmen residing in the
Choctaw Nation and entitled to citizen
ship according to the treaty of 1866, to as
to be identif cd and registered as Choctaw
citizens, otherwise they will be expelled
from the Nation as intruders.
In the "keys" south of Dayton, Fla,
there are trees called machineels, which
are said to be poisonous to any one stand
ing beneath them when the dew is falling.
The following notice appears in the
Haralson County (Ga.) Banner: 'Bit By
a Snake-I wish to inform the people that
I will close out my bar by The last OF April,
and now is the time to have your jugs
filed for snake-bites. Come at once. A
good lot of whisky on hand"
A heavy frost prevailed throughout
Georgia few nights ago The spring
opened two months later than usual. This
was favorable, however, for grain and
fruit crops, but the frost has proved disas-
trous, especially on budding peach trees.
Reports from the truck farms in the vi
cinity of Augusta and Savannah are that
early vegetables are seriously damaged.
While fishing in Chattahoochee River
with friend we set some hooks out to
catch some cats. There was caught one