Huntsville gazette., 1885-09-12
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS.


Il L. Jones, late Postmaster at Lake
providence, La, has commenced his five
years. sentence at the Chester (Il.) Peni-
tenti ary for mail robbery.
Tom Carnage, fisher man, was thrown
into Clinton River at Americas, Ga. ia few
days since by the upturning of his boat
and drowned. His wife stood on the river
bank and witnessed the catastrophe.
Police Officer Dennis Smith shot and
killed Henry Klein, a German in Louis
vi fKy.) saloon few nights ago.
Three Klein brothers were creating a dis
turbance and the officer was called in to
arrest them. Henry resisted and assault
ed the officer, knocking him down. Smith
fired twice. the second shot passing
through Klein's heart.
Reports from various sections of Boil
var, Starkey and Washington Counties.
Miss, indicate falling off in the cotton
crop from fifteen to twenty five per cent.
The cause is shedding and the boil worm.
The damage is chiefly upon worn lands,
which are no longer capable of carrying a
heavy fruit through the invariab drouth
of August and September.
Dispatches from various points of Cald-
we'll and Burke Counties, North Carolina,
state that the recent earthquake was felt
at Boone, Sweetwater and Beaver Dam,
and that it extended over an area of sixty
miles square. Houses were severely
Jared and at one point vast ledge of
rock was displaced and rent in twain.
The vigilantes at Dalton, Ga, seem de.
termined to rid the country of bad char.
acters by their own methods. A few
nights ago a body of armed men broke
into the house of negro named Percy,
who lives near Dalton, and severely beat
him because he had circulated slanders
about a young lady, and compelled him
to leave the country. They also gave
notice to three prohigate characters to at
once leave the country.
The corner stone of the new Geor ,ia
Capitol was laid at Atlanta a few days
ago with appropriate ceremonies.
One hundred thousand feet of Hum er
valued at $50. 600, were burned few days
since at the saw-mill of Greenl eaf, John
son & Co., at Norfolk, Va.
Dangue fever is prevalent at. Austin,
Tex.
A boiler in the saw mill Of s. M Vim
chester at Newport, Tenn, exploded a
few days ago, instantly killing two men
and seriously wounding several others.
The magnificent new luilding erected
for the use OF the Cotton and Merchants
exchanges of Memphis, Tenn, has been
formally taken possession of by those
organsss IONS.
T. A. F1annelly, editor of the Evening
Neacs, y ceived severe beating few
days ago from Mr.. w. T. Jones, on ac-
count of a scandalous article published
about Mr.. Jones' father in the Ne,cs.
Prof. N. T. Lupton has resigned as Dean
and Professor of Chemistry in the Van
lerbilt University at Nashville, Tenn.
The people of colored church in South
Carolina recently applied to a Justice for
a warrant against a member who has ''re-
pea 'edly, wilfully, without just cause or
provocation, refused to attend service.
Martin Vann and Thomas Siles q iar-
relied over game of cards at Winters
Gap, Tenn. a few days ago, and ex-
changed five shots. A bullet lodged in
Vann's body and he died in few min
utes.
Policeman Joime Mulet, Mexican, at.
tempted to commit suicide at Browns
will e, Tex, few nights ago, by taking
hundred drops of laudanum. 1t was dis
covered and the doctors bv hard work
saved his life.
VIM Critzer lives in Alb ermarle
County, Virginia. He is niney years
oil and has eighty -four grandchildren
and 104 great-grandchildren living. The
other day he drove forty miles in
buggy.
Louisville real estate is assessed at $751;
900, O00 There were about 1000 transfers
of property last year, and the assess
ment of the property transferred was
about eighty per cent. of the sale value.
A valuable bed of silicious earth,
used in polishing metals, has been found
in Jefferson County, Kentucky, being the
only one in the county outside of New
Hampshire.
w. B. Smell, formerly a business man
of Clarksville, Tenn, was found few
days ago in the house of Malvina Hlser,
a. courtesan in Metcalfe County, Ken.
tuckv, with his throat cut and horribly
xashed about the head and body. The
Hiser woman has been arrested and
charged with the crime.
Mr.. w. X. Lane, VINO owns uuT Tp9ntiue
still in Pierce County, Georgia, was struck
and killed by a negro employe named
Hicks few days ago. The murderer es-
capped
At colored church near Vienna, Ga.
few nights ago, while the congregation
were waiting for the preacher to conduct
prayer meeting, Ellis Carter and Alex.
Jones were passing the time in playing
cards. One accused the other of cheating,
when Carter drew pistol and mortaiiy
wounded Jones.
A destructive fire occurred in the ak
and hatchet frctory of W. G. Kelly, IL
Louisville, KY, a few days ago. The
large factory was almost totally de-
stroyed, entailing loss OF S36,ooO. on
which there was an insurance OF s2Z,2Vo'
The strike of the Key West ella cigar
makers has terminated The strikers
yielded the Objectionable points.
An investigation Of County Assessor y.
j. MarshalEs books at Vicksburg, MISS,
developed the fact that he has increased
the number of polls in the county from
6, 362, the actual number, to 10, l4o. The