Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1885-10-29
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS.

for The repeal of the internal revenue law.
A man who has never had teeth is living
in Sumner County; Georgia. He is sixty
nine years old.
John S, Wise has been in twenty six
duels, which indicltes that Virginia would
be poor place in which to recruit regi
ment of sharpshooters.
1,negro in jackson County. Georgia, is
reported to have ut ell steer to death,
the owner having promised him the car.
cass on that cond ion.
The rooms of the Memphis Cotton Ex
chan ;e and the Memphis e:chan s. Ex.
cfan3 3e have been formally opene J.
During the month of August rot sin
| gle white @ son died in S,lma, Ala.
A fire a5 Courylanl, Miss, few ni@h's
ago destroyed four busire houses. Loss,
$1,000; insurance. $500.
Mi Sarah freeman Cla k, sister Of
Rev. James freeman Clarke, has fn'
| studio az Mari It a, Ga, The walls being
| adorned by her own pa 'nting'.
Colonel William Reese, of Marshall
VILE, Ca, is at Macon SO, ously ok with
| fever The impre sion prevails that it is
case of genuine yellow fe yer.
Tie largo cot on ste oil mills at Hemp
stead, Tex, owned by The A renheckeI
| Company, were to ally d s'royed ly fire
a few evenings since. Loss, SSG,o00; in
| surance, $4,000.
The State OF North Carolina derives q
revenue Of $10), ,00) from a tan on drum.
| mer.. A provision of the law gives re ''
| ideni drummer a ba'e, The elfecJ Of
wh ca has just been pronounced an un'
| just discrimination agains non resident :,
and the law is, therof T., declared IN
constitutional.
The Georgia Legisla ure has adjourned
after summer session Of .0) day TIE
most important bill passed was a gene al
option law, under which many temper.
ance elections VIII be red in various
counties
c. D. Potter, a travelling agent, engaged
in selling me' e'al-back2d pho graph al
buns, took half an ounce Of laudanum a
Austin, 7 ex., the other nigh for the sup
POSED purpose of committing suicide. Hc
will recover.
Prof. Atkins, with a number of a, tis :
are making the trip down the Mississippi
River, max ng sketc'es for illustration
to appear in HaTpers Eaqa7inc.
Tee Illicit distllers OF Frank County,
Georgia, have begun war upon law.
ahid ng cit'Eens whom they susrect OF
having in,ormel upon them. A young
man who testified for tn Gpv ernment in
several clsoi has been assassi mated, and
many persons have been ordero to leave
he count o. take the consequences.
Mrs. L. F. Damn, Of Pros cot -, Ark, while
ut driving at Texirkana, few days ago,
met with very Serious ii no fatal, acci
dent. The horse she was driving heca NJ
frightened a. passing engine ana rar
away, overturning the velice AMI throw
ing her out with great force, the buggy
pass ng over her head and body. Sh.
sustained internal Injuries, and hI
+. lends entertain fears that she Ii no
recover
Francis Braun sucded al LOUSY lie 6
ew nights ago by shoe ing hims If in the
head IN front of the Custom Housa.
b aun'S parents were Fte1ch Switzers
who accumulated fortune ia the salool
bhNiuCNN' iutI Ittul iiuu w u ubpu
ei ht years ago, W ere tle mother k llet
the husband anl then poison,d herself
Baum had beeI on a spree.
a serious wreck occurred few nigh
ago on the Alabama Great Soutte /
Road. A trei ght train was wreck a by
broken rail, and thirteen ca S were ditchet
AMI their contents almo It totally d
stroyed, entailing heavy loss.
Charles Bear, Of Wui esboro, Tex, wa
shell up" few days since and robbed o
500.
Green WATSON, ned a. Baton Rouge
La, for murder, has ben captured a
Caddo, |. 7.
No death, up to present writing. ha,
occurred in Homer, Banks County, Geoy
gia, for the las three years.
Deputy Sleriff Belew killed a negr
namel kim at Mckinney, Tex, a fes
day ago while The latter was resisting ar
rest.
Tao American Institute OF Architect
met on the 21,t ms. at Nashville, Tenn,
Firo at Pensac rla. Ft., a few night
| ago, destroyed til hook an lad 10, house
the City Hall, Germania Hall and Pei
fel's store.
Tom Varnell, who committed a murde
near Hubbard CITY, Tex, two years age
was arrested recently in New Mexico an
taken back to Texas.
The meanest man in Louisville, Ky
gets up early and cuts the dry goo IS a
vertisements out OF the morning papar-
leaving nothing bui the ordinary readin
matter for his devoted wifs.
T ere was a S light earthquake shock q
Mac IN, Ga, few evening since, lastiu
about ten secon Is.
Three more ARE It's OF Edgeiel1 lynchel
have been made, and the Sheriff hal 81
more warrants. Great excitement preva
among the friends OF the lynciers.
/ The United ates District Court
session at Nashville, Tenn, Jldye Key
the former Po 'tmaster-General, presiding
J A large number of ca e' aga nst mool
, sinners have been disposed Of, some bein
: fined 500 and sentenced to six months
imprisonment
: While playing the organ at the close
: ceremonies in Banks Presbyterian chape
Bos-i Parish, Lr., few DAYS ago, Mr.
NJ NJ. Adger was struck with apopl X
an Suddenly expired. She was forty 81
year. of age, and the widow OF the la
VI. E. Adser, a wel.known p'anter.
Dlring a q ght in Rqbun County, Lou $
ana, a few days ago, between Henry Di;
aud Lewis Mulligau, Dart clewed off Mu
lgan's nose and both ears, AMI Mulliga
gouged out one of Darts eyes. The fl q
; grew out OF quarrel over the possessio
Of a flask of whisky.
Georgia taxes base ball players.
W. p. Williams, Of the Eighth Distri,
,, OF Sumner County, Tenn, resisted arrei
by Deputy Allen Harris, for assau tin
Miss BERTHE Cowen, and was shot an
killed by Harris, who surrendered an
gave bond
Cc,ro Brown has been convicted