The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-07-31
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGs.

Soo olF1EniN SLEAiNlN1Ss
Henry Ballum, twelve years old, fell
from Texas Pacific train at Longview,
Tex, and was torn to pieces.
There were 1913 deaths In New Orleans
during the week ended thu 18th.
1t is said that the houss in which WASH
ington resided when he visi lel Charles
ton, s. G., after the Revolution, Is to be
converted into bakers shop.
Frank Boyle entered the storehouse OF
Scott & May, near B llivar, Tenn, few
days ago, intending to rob it. Having
been previously suspected, the employees
of the firm were on the lookout. Boyle
entered by back window AMI they ar
rested him. He attempted to escape, aud
was fatally shot in the back.
| Charles A. Rabad, of New Orleans,
whose illness was reported on July 9th to
be sporadic case of yellow fever, is dead.
He had recovered from the fever, but DUR
ing his convalescence there developed ma
| lignant inflammation of the parotid
glands, which finally resulted in his
death.
A peculiar disease is killing hogs very
freely on the range in portions of Texas.
/ 10y dIb blCh UuU u SuOTb plI06, anu blG
only indication O trouble is the effusion OF
clotted blood about the kidneys noticed in
the post-mortems. This is the only draw
back to an otherwise phenomenal crop
year.
The first bale of cotton of the season ar-
rived at Houston, Tex, a few days ago.
Commercial travellers who refuse or fail
to show their licenses in Austin, Tey
hereafter, will be arrested.
David Campbell, of Bowling Green, KY,
a few days Since shot and fatally wound
ed tramp who thre atened his life.
John R. Motley, moonshiner, was
killed few days since, by j. H. johnson,
in Cannon County, Tenn.
Hon. Thomas c. McRae was nominated
for Congress in the Convention at Texark-
ana, Ark.
Another shortage has been discovered
in the Dallas (Tex.) Post -office, which the
late Republican Postmaster has made
good.
John 81. Mcknight, of Hopkinsville, KY.
while searching for a physician for his
sick child few nights ago was shot ant
instantly lied by unknown parties.
Bell Todd was convicted at Miledge.
vile, Ga, of the murder of negro known
as Free Joe." The murder resulted from
a quarrel over woman. "Free Joe" wa.
noted as the original "Uncle Remus" il
Joel Harris works.
Frank Peacock, coal black negro, ant
a white woman named Mary Peacock
were arrested for miscegenation at Chat
tanooga, Tenn, few days ago.
While Mrs. Mary Cooper, sixty -si1
/ uaa nj frxrt @<~ 4l<,r r,..s.u
Railroad crossing, at Savannah, Ga,
few days since, some one behind pushed
her so as to hurry across. She fell, wa
run over and cut in twain.
Miss Lille Mclaughlin, of South Union
KY, brilliant and beautiful girl of eigh
teen years, who was visiting relatives a
Nashville, Tenn, recently, took an over
dose of lau1 anum, for headache, and die,
from the effects
John Pollard, one Of the odest whit
citizens of Mobile, Ala, died few night
ago aged eighty-two years. A native Q
Washington County, Ga, he was en-
ployed by Battlede in 1870 in issuing tn
first COPY of thu Register, and in 1882 pub
llshed the Advertiser. In the Creek wa
he was Colonel OF the Forty -eighth Ala
bama Regiment.
Charles jackson, who lives in the noun
|, tains Of West Augusta, Va, in frenzy o
temper few days since, dragged his chill
from its cradle and struck it violentl
against the bed, killing it instantly. Fl
,, then felled his wife with blow, and
. thinking her dead, fled. The wife will re
cover. jackson had not been caught.
Jas. Darden, an old and highly aspect
| ad ar pf Harr nm Coupfvr
with serious accident few evening
: since, about a mile east of the Court
house. A crazy negress ran into the roa
!, with an open umbrella and frightened tn
horse he was driving. The old man wa
a thrown from the buggy and badly in
jured.
The amended contract for the Texs
Capitol has been signed and the Governo
has notified the Superintendent of th
Penitentiary to prepare for transferrin
the necessary convicts to Colonel Taylo
i who will at once commence the extensio
t, of the railroad from Burnet to the grant
l. quarries, a distance of twelve miles. II
J, expects to get to work on the building /
r about the ooh prox.
y Colonel W. A. Pledger is an intelligel
and well-educated colored man, who HI
y for several years held the position
Q Collector of Customs for Atlanta, g.
r The other day his resignation was r.
9 quested, and he celebrated his exit fro
office by giving the colored people of IL
n city grand excursion to Macon. s
4 carloads went via the East Tenness
A Air Line. Pledger will write a book
= Southern Poll les and lecture in the Mort
ern States during the fall and winter.
+ The first encampment of State troo
!. held in the South since the war W
held recently at Asheville, N. G. Min
teen companies Of the North Caroli
y State Guard were in camp. When Il
: train with the soldiers arrived with
u ten miles of Asheville coach, bearing
Is Goldsboro Rifles, turned over and fou
. teen men were wounded, four of the
seriously. Train-loads of visitors we
: to Asheville from Tennessee, Georg
South Carolina, North Carolina and Vi
If ginia. The whole city was decorat
with National and State colors.
Of Search for the body of Deputy Unit
* States Marshal Miller, who was murder
a by moonshiners in Sumner County, Ten
has been discontinued, on account of I
a. danger to which searchers were expose
% The authorities are very reticent as
their plans for the arrest of Illicit d
, till ers in Sumner and other counties, |
!, it is understood that they will use eve
effort to break up the crooked establis