The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-06-12
SOUTHERN. GLEANINGS.

AuianUa, Ga., is experiencing religious
revival such as has never been surpassed
In the South.
Policeman P terson was shot and killed
while on duty in La Villa, Fla, few
days ago.
A spoonfish, weighing nearly twenty
pounds and measuring four feet in length,
was captured one day lately in Dooly
County, Georgia. The fish is rarely found
in the streams Of that vicinity and was
sold for SO.
At Gadsden, Ala, a few days ago, Sarah
Murphy, colored, who was regarded as a
witch, was dragged from her house by
people of her own race and terribly teat-
en-. Eleven negroes have been arrested
and some of them identified by the woman.
The Tennessee Legislature rejected a
resolution to have a monument erected on
the Capitol grounds to the memory of
John Sewer. He was first Governor of
Tennessee, and died in 1876, while acting
as United States Comm ssoner to treat
with the Creek Nation.
s. I. Cox has been arrested at Nash
Vile, Tenn, on the charge of numbering
Micajsh Bennett, a merchant in Lebanon,
two years ago. Bennett was found dead
"a shS opi oSo Wioi LIS IOChoUS 6lupby, nav
ing been struck on the head and robbed
after leaving his store. Barnes Richard
son, colored, who was convicted at
Lebanon to-day of arson, it is said, gave
information that led t, Cox's arrest.
Mrs. James w. w inn, a widow, and
three of her children and Mrs. Tony
Stefano, the wife of an Italian n usician
of this city, were drowned off zelse's Is
land, about twenty-five miles below
Wilmington, N. G., a few days ago. The
children were wading in the water, and
getting beyond their depth, Mrs. Winn
and Mrs. Stefano went to their rescue,
when all were drowned.
A pair of half chickens, half gguineas-a
strange natural wonder, were exhibited in
Jackson, Tenn, few days ago. They
are about year old, and were raised in
Mississippi, but have been purchased by
gentleman of this county. They are about
as large as turkey hen and make noise
similar to guinea. They are nearly the
color of partridge.
War is again imminent between cattle-
men in the Texas Panhandle.
Geo. Forester committed suicide few
days ago at Louisville, XIV.
David ]. Fairly, charged with the mur-
der of M. L. Mckay, was taken from Jail
IN Green County, Louisiana, and lynched.
John Dearing, an inmate of the lunatic
asylum at Anchorage, KY, met with a
horrible death few days since. He
jumped into scalding bath and died al
most instantly.
Tobe Evans, living near Sparta, Ca,
went bee hunting few nights ago. Re-
turning he found his tive children, whom
he had locked in the house, burned to
death.
Governor McEnery has commuted the
sentence Of John Baptiste olored) to i'm
prisonment for life. He was to have been
hanged for rape on the 9th inst
j. w. Coles late proprietor of the John
son House, at Nashville, Tenn, commits
ted suicide few days ago, blowing out
his brains with Smith g. Wesson re-
volver.
While the ladies were preparing for an
ice- cream festival at Brownwood, Tex, a
few evenings since, Mrs. Grady fell from
the second story of the opera-ho and
sustained fatal internal injury.
William Taylor, while running trout
line on Etoway River near Rome, Ca, a
few days ago, fell out of the boat and was
drowned. When drawn out, though life
was extinct, he still held the line with a
convulsive clutch.
The boiler in Llnstedt's Phosphate W orks
at Johns Island Ferry, Charleston, S. c.,
exploded a few days ago, killing two me-
groes, dangerously wounding third and
wrecking the works. The supposed cause
was unequal exhaustion of steam in the
boiler
Near Russellville, Ca, few days ago,
Emma Murphy was found stabbed to
death. Investigation showed that Ben
Watkins, two W seks out of the Peniten
tary, was the murderer, and that he com
mitted the deed with small pocket.
knife.
Quite a sensation has been created al
Greenville, Tex, by City Marshal M. Par.
ker filing papers against Mayor d. B. Mar.
tin, charging him with buying city scrip
the same being malfeasance in office. L
guilty, the Council will doubtless impeact
him.
James M. Taylor, of Alfaretta County
Ca, committed suicide lew days ago by
hanging himself with plow-line He hae
been in bad health and his mind had beer
giving way gradually for the last si1
months.
Judge Gilham, Ordinary of Oglethorpe
Ga, recently issued marriage license
which authorized his mother, Mrs. VIM
Gilham, to become the wife of Mr.. Lindsay
Jacks. This is believed to be the first in
stance on record where son was callet
upon to do such service for his mother.
While crowd were standing at stree
corner at Atlanta, Ga, a few evening
since, w. A. Mo IRE, a well-known painter
stepped up, and putting bottle of laud
anum tn his mouth, drank.it, throwing th
bottle away and saying, "That will do th
work / guess" He died later. There il
no known cause for the act.
A party of iron men from Birmingham
Ala, who have been prospecting for iro
ore between Arcadia and Minden, La, OF
the v, L. & P. Road, report fndin
ore of superior quality, but th
facilities for getting it out are not tn
best, there being no limestone or coal i
the neighborhood. These gentlemen ha
examined specimens of the ore at the Ex
position, hence their investigation.
Colonel w. H. Gray, a distinguished cit
izen of Ksntucky, died on the Both OF May
at Frankfort, KY, of heart disease. Col
onel Gray was at the time of his deaf
sixty -four years old and well known a
over the country. During the war Colon,
Gray was a strong Union man and wa
fearless in proclaiming his convictions.
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