The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-07-18
SOUTHERN NEWS oLEANlNGs.

WV tNGWS
W. A. JACKSON, senior member Of tho
large cattle firm Of w. A. jackson e. Bro,
Is mysteriously absent from his home At
Eillsboro, Tex. ~~~-
The President has accepted the resigna.
ton Of P. B. 8. Pinchback as Surveyor vt
Customs ct New Orleans.
The Georgia Legislature convened on the
9th.
NEAR the Walton (6a.) County line H.
Crawford shot and killed Col. Gordon. The
men were substantial farmers and had fall
len out about o fence line. When Gordon
attempted to run it Crawford stopped II
with his shotgun. The murderer has es-
capped. -o,
AN effort Is being made at Memphis,
Tenn, to have the Memphis Street Railway
Company indicted as nuisance. The
company have failed to repair their track
on certain streets, where Taxing District is
laying new pavements, and it is claimed
that under the charter they must make re-
pairs and improvements between the spaces
occupied by the rails. as,,
CHARLES Moss, an employe of the Beck
& Bransford Manufacturing company,
Union City, Tenn, had four of his fingers
cut off of his right hand the other morning.
The first consignment of East Tennessee
new wheat reached Chattanooga on tho
9th. 1t was very fine quality, and sold at
$l.O7 1-2 per bushel. v--.--~s
In the Criminal Court ct Gallatin, Tenn,
Jake Copeland was sentenced to ten years
in the penitentiary for the murder of Will
liam Loveall. rsM 3H ,-sss ---~
CHARLES j. BoNAPARrE, of the dis
tinguished Bonapartes, and one of Balti-
more's leading lawyers, displayed his
muscle the other day in a pugilistic en-
counter with ex-Justice Charles Rhodes in
the Office of the Clerk of the Court of Com
mon Pleas at Baltimore. Bonaparte came
out second best. \ -Sa-s
FIFrY-FoUR out Of ninety six counties In
Tennessee have organized Boards of Health
under the recently enacted State law.
A DEPALCArIoN amounting to over
$1,000 has been discovered in the Office Of
the Trustee Of London County, Tenn.
SECRETARY LAMAR thinks gold pens are
extravagant, and has banished them from
the Department of the Interior.
SAM DAVIDSON, q saloon-keeper Of Tren-
ton, Tenn, was struck on the side Of the
head with bottle, few days ago, and
lockjaw set in soon after. Recovery ex.
tremely doubtful.
A FIRE originating curiously occurred
the other night in Crawfordsville, Ga. A
clock cord broke, letting tho weight fall
upon and ignite box of matches lying
upon the bottom of the clock case. The
family were all asleep at the time, and the
house was nearly burned.
SAMUEL PRICE, of Leetown, Jefferson
County, w. Va, was drowned In the
Opequon, a few days ago. The young man
was fishing with seine. He was suddenly
caught in swift current and drawn into q
large turn-hOle. His father and severa
men, who were standing on the bank, wit
messed the drowning, but could render NJ
assistance.
THE Montgomery Grays, of Alabama
were handsomely entertained by the citi
zens of Washington on their way hom
from Philadelphia.
The Mobile Il Ohio Railroad changed th
guage of its road-bed the other day from
Columbus, KY, to Mobile, 470 miles, tina
part between East Cairo and Columbus
KY, having already been changed.
A PARTY of fishermen in Hickman Coun
ty, Tenn, plying the waters Of Blue Blick
we'll known as a stream containing a,
abundance of the finny tribe and promi
nently of speckle trout, report the findin
Of a hermit, in the person of Andy Pure
sixty eight years old, who has erected hin
home entirely of stone, doing all the wor
himself, and requiring several years t
complete the same. His only means c
sustenance is gained from sugar trees. H
is thoroughly familiar with the Bible, an
can tell in a moment the number Of an
verse and chapter contained.
WILLIE SANS, a six-year- old son of
farmer living near Wilson, N. c., murder
ed his infant brother, of whom he had bee
given charge. Some time ago he was take
to child's funeral, and manifested gree
interest in its burial, which he did not seel
to understand. He has frequently prattle
about it,and asked many questions asto no
the child was got into the coffin, and whe
it would come out. The other day he toe
his little brother to the grave, which We
near his fathers home, and after scoopin
out grave in the sand by a small broo
he placed the little infant in a box he ha
previously carried there, nailed down IL
top, and buried il, going through the forl
, of delivering prayer and singing hymn,
After he had filed the tiny grave he STAMP
ed on It, and slowly went back home an
told his mother of the deed, Of which l
seemed very proud. He said II twas ju
like Mrs. Arthur's little baby's funeral
The terrified mother hastened 10 the spo
the grave was re-opaned, and the infal
found dead, with its arm broken and ski
crushed. sSs- "a
WITHIN o quarter Of mile of VIII
Pond, Barbour County, Ala, lives an o
colored man, who was 1903 years Of age la
May. He is now living with his min
wife, 30 years Of age, and recently, in r
ply to a question Of how many children
! had, be said he was accused of having II
!. and it was not for him to dispute it. Une
/ Nero, as he is called, last year cultivat
twenty acres of Hand and raised an abun,
ance Of peas, corn and potatoes. This ye
he is cultivatng cotton. He labors duriI
|, the week and breaches on Sunday, bel,
pastor of Mount Zion Methodist church 4
eight years.
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