Huntsville gazette., 1885-09-26
SOUTHERN GLEANiNGS..

benator M. G. Butler, OF South Carolina a,
attended the dedication of the Perry mon.
ument at Newport, r. I. He is a grandson
OF nj. c. Perry, a cousin of the famous
Commodore. ..
A colored woman named johnson, 11a
years old, arrived at Louisville, KY, a
few days since, from New Orleans, to see
daugher from whom she had been sepa-
rated fifty years.
The carriage in which Jefferson Davis,
Alex. H. Stephens, Howell Cobb, Presi-
dent Of the Confederate States Senate,
and Governor Moore rode to the Capitol
when Mr.. Davis took the oath as President
of the Confederacy, was made in Con.
necticut and is still preserved in Mont.
gomery, Ala.
number of mis- cegenationists in Fair
field County, South Carolina, have been
visited at their homes recently by band
of masked regulators" who whipped
them severely and ordered them to leave
at ouce for other parts
Mrs. Martha Lane, a wealthy lady, was
assaulted at her home in Lebanon Tenn,
few days ago, by an unknown person,
who struck her with heavy stone, the
blow fracturing her skull. Her recovery
is extremely doubtful
Robert Bean, a well-known Atlanta
(Ga) printer, while in bar-room, a few
nights ago, swallowed enough chloroform
to kill several men and it was tn ought he
could not recover. He was Secretary of
the Atlanta Typographical Union.
Robert N. Groves, lately Ordinary OF
Habersham County, Georgia, has been
convicted and sentenced for completely in
the burglary of the county safe, which
was done to destroy evidence of irregu-
larities.
In Rome, Ga., there is not man on the
police force who uses intoxicati ting liquors,
and all except one are church members.
There is a society in Memphis, Tenn,
the obj c. of which is to furnish coffi rs
to its members at greatly reduced prices.
The health of the people of Charleston,
8. c., has been much improved since the
introduction of q public supply of arte.
sian well water.
A boiler in Reutlinger & Eisfelden's
brewery at Henderson, KY, exploded
few days ago, and six men who were in
the engine-room asleep had a miracu-
lous escape.
A fire at Nashville, Tenn, few days
ago destroyed the extensive works OF
the Southern Pump Company and about
six million feet of lumber, causing loss
of $25O,000, and depriving two hundred
men of employment.
While John Hagewood was cutting
trees, near Ashland City, Tenn, few
days ago, limb struck him and dashed
out his brains His son was also struck
and fatally injured.
Near Cool Creek, Tenn, recently, tho
body of Samuel Ogle, wealthy farmer,
was found in ravine horribly mutilat.
ed, the head being almost entirely sever
ed from the body. Two white WON an are
under arrest for the murder.
Isidore S. Leclerc, a native of the
French settlement of Ste. Genev;eve, Mo-,
died at Galveston. Tex, few days ago,
aged seventy years. Mr.. Leclerc was
well known through Texas. having set
tied in Galveston in 1888, and for nearly
thirty years was Secretary of the Wharf
Company.
Duncan Urquehart, an employe of the
Singer Sowing Machine Company, was
arrested at San Antonio, Tex, few days
ago, charged with the embezzlement OF
$500. He gave bond. Urquehart says he
is only 500 short in his accounts. The
company's local Superintendent says that
Urquehart was furnished with $500 fol-
travelling expenses, and THAT something
les s than $1,000 is missing.
A man by the name OF Bragg was killed
by lightning during a storm a few days
ago, at Petty's Crossing on Cobb Creek,
near Waco, Tex. He and man whose
name could not be learned were pickin G
cotton when the storm came up. Thinking
it would soon blow over, they remained in
the field. Bragg was very poor, and
leaves large and helpless family.
great deal of damage was done to the
open cotton by the heavy rain and high
wind.
A south bound freight train on the r. &
N. Road went through a bridge over
Coodls Creek, fifteen miles from Char
lotte, N. c., few days ago. Twenty
three box cars, with their contents, were
totally wrecked, and two unknown men,
supposed to be tramps, were killed. Fire.
man James Davenport and Will Owens
went down with the wreck and were
severely but not fatally injured. A force
of construction han1s were repairing the
bridge and sent out flag to warn the ap-
preaching trains. The distance, however
was too short. the tram being heavily
loaded. In attempting to stop the steam
chest on ons side of the engine was blown
out.
A special from Gala tin, Tenn, clears
up the mystery surrounding the murder
of Deputy United States Marshal Miller.
Allen Brown confessed to the officers at
Gallatin that he, John Moore, and -
Fleming we're in field nsar the road,
when they heard shots. They ran to the
road and saw Bradley standing over the
dead BODY of Miller. Bradley forced the
three men, at the peril of their lives, to
help him carry the body to the woods and
there bury it that night by the light OF
lantern. Brown and his companions have
kept their part in the affair secret Tor
fear of Bradley, but now that he is in Ill
the story is out. Witnesses are being
found who know the cirou instances O.
three other murders committed by br rad-
ley.