The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-05-30
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account of business and the illness of his
wife. An election will be ordered imme-
diately.
HOWARD COOPER, the negro convicted OF
rape on Miss Kate Gray, of Baltimore
County, Md, has been sentenced by Judge
Stewart to be hanged at such time as the
Governor may appoint.
MIRANDA ANDERSON, aged sixty, living
In Jackson County, W. Va, was burned to
death by her clothes taking fire at burn
ing brush heap. Mrs Ratcliff, living in
Wood County, same State, lost her life in a
similar manner.
MORMON missionaries report new con-
verts every day in the mountainous Sec
lions of the South.
JAMES MAXWELL, President of the Ma
tional Bank of West Virginia, and for
many years engaged in the wholesale
grocery business in Wheeling, dropped
dead In the streets, the other evening, aged
seventy.
AT Nashville, Tenn, Judge Allen SEN
fenced Allen Hubbard to be hanged June
20 for the murder of Henry. Everett at
Pine street quarry April II.
MILTON, twenty miles east of Pensacola,
Fla, was devastated by an incendiary fire
the other night. The loss is about $4,000
THERE is much excitement at Elizabeth.
ton, Tenn, over the imprisonment of Chris
tian and Gamer, the Mormon elders, on
the charge of teaching Polygamy. The ell
ders made many converts in that section,
who say they will protect them at all haz-
ards. . ,-r"
DURING a quarrel between two men,
named Burlington and Keltreau, at Newark,
former.
AN unknown dead negro was found on
the bank of Valley Creek, in remote part
of Jefferson County, Ala, with marks Of
what appeared to be rope around bis
neck. 1t Is supposed he had been made
away with some distance above the spot
and had been thrown into the creek.
w. w. PEARsALL, was tried at Colds
boro, N. c., for the murder Of Thos. Coon,
and acquitted on the ground of insanity.
A. B. DYER, colored, brakeman for E. T..
v. and G. Road, at Knoxville, Tenn, was
fatally shot through the head the other
night by Abe Wilson, another colored
brakeman,
WILLIAM T. WALTERS, of Baltimore
owns $1,OOO,0Oo worth of paintings and
statues.
PROF. ODLUM, who lost his life the othe1
day in jumping from the middle span Of
Brooklyn Bridge to the water, 1856 feet
below, was well known to great many
Nashville, (Tenn.) people, who saw him al
Old Point Comfort, Va, in the summer Of
1882. At that time he taught the swim
ming school there, and more than on'
Nashville lady was in his class. During
that summer he saved three persons from
drowning In the ocean, one of whom wa!
Mr.. T. Cooley, of Nashville, and another
the son of Hon. Schuyler Colfax. Prof
Odlum was a magnificent specimen o.
robust manhood and made friend o.
every person who came in contact with
him. He accomplished some daring feat'
in the way of jumping and on two occa
sions swan the distance from Old Poin
Comfort to Ocean Grove, eight mile
distance, passing around the "trip
second attempt was made because some
rap" which carried him far out to sea. Thu
people doubted his doing it the first time
and the last attempt showed more thai
ever the indomitable perseverance Of tn
man. His call was heard about o'clock a
night for some one to show him where Il
land, and when guests from the Hygei
went down and helped him out his RICH
arm was fearfully lacerated. He carried
stilletto for protection against sharks, an
about four miles from his destination
thinking he was being attacked, drew hi
weapon from his sheath, and accidental,
cut himself badly through the feshy par
of the arm. The salt water acting as a
astringent closed the severed arteries an
saved his life. In this condition he con
tinued to swim and arrived at his destina
ton, being some hours in the water wit
his wounded arm.
THE body of Robert Massingburg, o
Essex County, Va, missing for two weeks
was found on the 10th near his parents
residence, a short distance from Waverl
Station, on the Norfolk and Western Rail
road. The supposition is that he was muir
dered. Most of the body had been cate
by dogs and buzzards. Massingburg's ow
dog was feeding off the body when it wa
found. Massingburg, when last seen, we
ON his way to visit his parents.
RANDOLPH HARRISON, Commissioner {
Agriculture of Virginia, says he has take
q trip through some of the richest coun
ties of Virginia, and finds the condition {
wheat and oats wretched. He estimate
that the State will not produce over thre
million bushels of wheat this year, again.
seven millions in 1884.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, is worrying alon
with only 1S9 lawyers.
The Little Rock municipal election re
suited in the reelection of Mayor Kramt
over Judge R. w. Martin. Both candidate
were Democrats.
THE dead body of Mary johnson we
found in an alley in the lower part of Cha
tanooga, Tenn. Her husband was see
whipping her, and has been arrested.
GEORGE SWAMI was drowned by his ski
upsetting in the river. He was Postmast,
and freight agent at Eagle, Fayette Cour
ty, w. Va. He leaves a wife and family.
ROBERT DIES and Mr.. H. c. Gilmor
of Hunters Point, Tenn, were both bite
by mad dog, the former on the face ar
the latter on the finger. Mr.. Gilmore WEI
to Lebanon at once, and had his fing
amputated. Both he and Mr.. Dies went
Cannon County in search of mad ston
The latter returned, having found Il
stone. which, he reports, adhered to