The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-07-25
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANlNGS.

In tne Unlteu obateS COurG a. AtantaS
Ca, the other day, before Judge Emory
Speers, an important case was argued.
William E. Dodge, of New York, for whom
Dodge County, Ca, is named, brings suit
in ejectment against seventy EIGHT farmers
Dodge claims to own all the lands in ono
entire county of Georgia, valued at hun
dreds of thousands of dollars, on which the
defendants in this suit have lived for years
in dndisputed possession. The most emil
nent lawyers in the State have been en-
ployed on the case. Judge Speers withheld
his decision.
7. j. BoAsso, Chief of Detectives of New
Orleans, was fatally shot by a young girl
whom he had betrayed.
THE nailers, rollers and feeders in ma
tional convention at Wheeling, w. Va, on
the 18th, resolved not to pay for breakage
of machines, and not to concede to the de-
mands of feeders.
A SUIT of clothes was found on the north
shore, in the north part of Wheeling, w.
Va, "a few days ago. Next morning the
body of man was found on trot line in
WHO IlNcly u DCiOW WhcIC tup
clothes were found. 1t was nude, and it is
supposed that the clothes belonged to the
drowned man, whose name was Tom Dill
worth. He was an Englishman, about
twenty years old, and came from Liver
pool about two years ago. He was potter
by trade. 1t is supposed he went in bath
ing and was seized with cramps. He had
just enough money to bury him.
DAVID ACKLEs, colored, was hanged az
Helena, Ark, for the murder of Frank Bur-
rell and wife, colored.
EATON MILLS, colored, was hanged for
murder at Halifax, NC.
SECOND COMPTROLLER MAYNARD has de-
cided that the State of Georgia is not en-
titled to 5000, revolutionary war ex-
penses voted by Congress, but that the
same be placed to the credit of that State
on its war debt with the Government, leav-
ing an unpaid balance of $5l2,955.
HAYWOOD TURNER, colored, about twen-
ty-one years of age, murdered Laura Tur-
ner,a colored girl aged nine, the other
evening at Richland Station, Tenn, by
beating her brains with rocks and sticks.
The negro confessed the murder, and says
he had no cause for so doing.
ALICE MCALLIsTER, a young girl was
abducted from Fulton, near Wheeling, w.
Va, by six ruflians.
THE Supreme Court of Virginia has de-
cided that family graveyards are invio-
liable.
us DEPUTY MARSHAL MILLER, who
went to Summer County, Tenn, to serve
warrants against moonshiners is believed
to have been assassinated.
JOHN DIAMOND, mule driver in the
Crescent Mill coal bank, near Wheeling,
w. Va, fell from his car in front of the
wheels. The loaded car passed over him,
mangling him frightfully and inAicting
fatal injuries.
FRANK p. KEEsEE, Secretary of the Rock
City Building Association, of Nashville,
Tenn, has been arrested for appropriating
funds of the association. His. shortage is
supposed to be about $4,000.
ARMSTRONG, CoEN & Co., of Wheeling,
w. Va, owners of extensive planning mills
and lumber yards there, and the Monitor
Towboat and Barge Company, composed
of the members of thel firm named, have
failed.
CAPT. JAMES HUGHES, an old and re-
spected steamboat captain, died suddenly
the other night in Nashville, Tenn. He was
sitting in the yard smoking, when he sud-
denly fell lifeless from his chair. He was
| fifty eight years old, and began life as a
drayman, afterwards followed the river
and died owning 100000 worth of real
estate in Nashville.
A MAN named Woods, who had been con.
victed of horse stealing by wealthy
| farmer named Sam Williams, who live:
near Chattanooga, Tenn, fired his barn out
of revenge, and two horses, three wagons
! and 500 worth of hay were consumed
Woods stole fine horse from the barn, ant
escaped on it. He also stole pony from
neighboring farm and placed it in the sta
BILE. 1t was also burned to death.
THREE prisoners escaped from the Peni
Tertiary at Richmond, Va, few day
ago, but were soon overtaken by officer
| anu d uuuiDCI VI ClUiLtHos ouOUS uTS uu
| pistols were freely used, and to the sur
| prise of the pursuers two Of the convict
| returned fire with pistols. OF the convict
Edward Green was shot twice in the hiI
and leg, and another, Hugh Nixon, re
ceived load of shot in the back. III,
third convict, Joseph Pauley, was retakel
without injury. Two of the citizens, Pey
ton Hundley and Wesley N. Smith, wer
shot by the prisoners. Hundley's wound /
in the groin and is thought to be mortal
Green was serving a term of twenty -fon
years for horse stealing, Nixon eighteen
years for rape, and Pauley eight years 70
murder.
VETERINARY Surgeon L. Colsson, ha
been to Cantonment, Fla, investigating
the charbonnous fever among cattle tina
has been prevailing there for some tim
past, one man having lost twenty out o
twenty five head of oxen. The epidemi
is dying out.
WHEELING, w. VA, is much excite
over the success in Italy of one of he
fairest daughters, singer named Mrs
Rammeisberg.
| A FARMER living in Allegheny Count,
Nd, while working in corn field, discov
cred what he supposed to be swarm O
bees in an old stump. He rashly struc
the supposed beehive with his hoe. Tn
wasps did not ask him in, but came out t
meet him, and in half an hour he could nc
have got his head into -four barrel.
A. F. BURBERRY, money -order clerk i
the Macon, (Ga.) .Post-office, and Nelli
Batner, aged nineteen, daughter Of
wealthy liveryman, ran away and wer