The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-04-18
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANlNGS.

hanging himself in his stable. He was one
OF the county's most prosperous farmers.
AN epidemic of black tongue fever is rag
ing in Overton County, Tenn, Over thirty
deaths in few days. Physicians are puz-
zled and unable to manage it, every case
proving fatal,
COLUMBUS CRAWFORD, colored, was
hanged at Yor!Ntlle, S. c., for the murder
OF Ellison Sanders, on October 8, last. At
the last moment he confessed his guilt.
RICHARD FRAZER was hanged at Charles
ton, s. c., few days ago, for the murder
of Jack Gethers (both colored) in July last.
Frazer confessed his guilt.
A BOLD band of dime novel robbers has
been broken up in Antioch, aIthriving town
In Oglethorpe County, Ga. Three months
ago the stores of Messrs. McWhorter, Ad-
kins and others were simultaneously raid
ed. The most rigid search failed to give q
clew to the criminals. At frequent Inter
walls since these depredations have been re-
peated. The other night citizen happen
ed to pass an unfrequcnted house, from the
cellar Of which he noticed light stream
boys masked and going through strange
maneuvers. His advent put them to fight,
but their discovery soon solved the mystery
Of the frequent burglaries. They had been
reading current,boys' liturature, and had
organized according to thel plot in one of
the stories. Several of the ing-leaders had
keys to each of the business houses, which
they would enter at will, and bring their
booty to the cellar, where grand demon
stration would take place. The disclosure
has thrown many families into grief by
the waywardness of their children.
THE Tennessee legislative deadlock was
broken on the 9th, by the Legislatures ad-
journment sine die. The seven Republican
Senators who have been locked up in a
room at the Maxwell House We're released.
SAMUEL K. Russ, n former well-known
merchant of New Orleans, is dead.
EAGLES have destroyed large number
OF sheep in Clay County, w. Va.
WHILE fishing in Chattahoochie River,
near Cedar Springs, Ca, John Leedom set
hooks out to catch catfish. One weighing
five pounds was caught, in which was
found a $40 gold coin, date 1916.
While attempting to escape from the PEN
itentiary guards in charge of the work on
the canal, at Columbia, s. c., two convicts
were shot dead the other day.
1.-THE Baltimore police arrested many
mediums and clervoyants' the other day,
and each was fined $25. 'vThe Witch of
Wall Street" had no funds and went to jail.
Two colored boys, Jim Wade and Ben
Taylor, while scufiing in barber-shop at
Charleston, w. Va, fell, and knife. which
Wade had in his hand entered Taylor's
thigh, making an ugly and perhaps fatal
wound.
THE Democratic members Of the Tennes-
sec Senate, not constituting quorum, sent
out the Sergeant at-Arms to bring in the
Republican members. They resisted, and
defended themselves against large num-
Der Of special officers. Circuit Court Judge
Reid ruled that the want Of quorum left
the Senate without authority. He was sup
ported in this by telegraphed opinion
from Samuel j. Randall.
THE Leon Hotel, Tallahassee, Fla, was
burned. Loss, $4,000. 81. .'et
MARCELLA DAUGHERTY, notorious dies :
perado, was shot and killed at Laredo
Texas, by colored barber, whose life he
threatened.
THE negro of Ellis County, Texas, who
murdered his wife some time ago, was cap.
tured by bloodhounds after an exciting
Jungle chase.
GENERAL THOMAS PINCKNEY SMITH, OF
Georgia, is dead, aged seventy three He
was noted as the best informed man in the
State on its early history.
A PATIENT in the Nashville Tenn. INSANE
Asylum, in fit of anger, seized a floor
mop and killed an attendant and fellow pa
tient before he could be secured.
AT Charlotte, N. c., Willie McGinn
aged twelve, the other day started to load
pistol, when it went off prematurely and
killed Bette Caldwell, aged thirteen, who
at the time was studying her history les
son.
The farmers around Gallatin, Tenn, re-
port that the wheat is coming out, and
looks great deal better, even at this early
day, than they expected it to look thi
season. Some fields that looked perfectly
bare two or three weeks ago, are putting OF
a little green appearance, and hope lis en-
tertained that some wheat will yet b
made. .--
THE Rev. Sam Jones, the Georgia evan
gelist, has been conducting series Of reviv
al meetings at Knoxville, Tenn, and ha
been holding services in two ditferen
churches. The Knoxville Journal of the ST.
says: "In both houses the people were lit
orally piled upon one another and the at
tendance was larger than at any previou
service. The congregation was dismisse
repeatedly, but fingered good portion Q
them, till about 10 O'Clock, laborng wit
the penitents. Since the opening of tn
meeting a week ago last Friday night, be
tween 400 and 800 have made a profession
and about 200 have joined the churches"
JUST before dusk the other Afternoon
Ella, nine-yea daughter of Scot
Hymes coal-miner living near the uppe
end of Wheeling, w. Va, went betwee
two freight-cars standing on side track @
top-mill to get tin can that was lyin
there. While between the cars yard en-
CINE in backing struck one of the cars an
sent it crashing against the other. Th
little girl saw the car coming, and was
frightened that she did not move, except
throw up her hands, as though to ward o
the impending fate. Her fright arm was C,
off above the elbow and her left arm brc
ken. A coupling pin that was sticking o,
from one Of the cars was driven throug
her forehead, causing instant death.
A FIRE at Nashville destroyed four built
sngs. Loss 5000, 900.