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

A MOST atrocious murder was committed
In Rome, Tenn, the other night. A colored
hotel man named Jerry Orr, insulted a
young man named Fred Wallace. The lat
ter slapped the negro's face, whereupOn
Orr turned upon him and stabbed him five
| times with dirk. The murderer escaped.
FRANCIS BAUM, the Texas forger, cap
tured in Chatham, Ont, was extradited.
THE anniversary of the landing of Ponce
de Leon and the founding of the city was
celebrated at st. Augustine, Fla, on the
9th. .e---
CHARLES ANDERSON, confidence man,
was shot and fatally wounded by Charles
A. Bridges in house of ill fame in New
| Orleans.
The bill to prevent the marriage of girls
under eighteen years and boys under
| twenty -one years of age without the writ
ten consent of their parents is recommend
| ed for passage by the House Committee of
the Tennessee Legislature.
THE line between North Carolina and
Tennessee in Unicoi County is to be re-es.
tablished. The Tennessee Commissioners
to run the line are W. E. Tilson, F. H. Ham
mer and John White. A similar commits
sion will be appointed by North Carolina.
THE Arkansas Legislature has adjourned
sine die.
AT Raleigh, N. G., John and Parker Gas
kns were found guilty of the murder of
Nixon Moore. All colored.
BALTIMORE is to have "krmes," the
proceeds to go to charitable institution.
A krmes is an entertainment illustrative of
national dances. The one to be given at
Baltimore will represent six nationalities,
the Tyrol, Holland, Hungary, France in
the days of Louis XVI, Spain and Swe-
den. 1t is to bea great society event, and
the ladies in charge Of each dance are pre-
pairing rich costumes.
AN unknown crazy white man was found
the other day digging up graves in the old
City Cemetery at Birmingham, Ala, and
was jailed. He claimed he was digging for
the remains of his sweetheart: whom his
rival buried sthere.
TOBIAS MITCHELL, the Austin (Texas)
correspondent of the st. Louis Globe-Demo
crat, was dangerously stabbed few days
since by Alex. Sampson, Calendar Clerk of
the Texas Senate. The difficulty grew out
of a caricature and some remarks published
by the CD.
NEAR Wadesboro, N. c., the other even
ing, tramp called at the house of two
ladies and asked for lodging. They finally
agreed to lock him in acloset. About mid
night the ladies were awakened by negro
! who had come into the room. He threat
| ened to kill them if they made any outcry,
| and demanded money, which one of the
ladies said she would get. She then went
| to the closet and unlocked the door, when
| the tramp sprang out, pistol in hand. The
| negro started to run, but the tramp fired,
| killing him instantly. Shortly after it was
discovered that the supposed negro was a
| white man and neighbor, who had blacked
his face and invaded the house.
THos. G. CRENsHAw, JR., has been ap-
pointed Internal Revenue Collector for
Georgia.
w. ID. CUSHING, kook- keeper at the Bel
mont Iron-works, Wheeling, w. Va, was
arrested the other day for embezzlement of
the company's funds, amounting so far
to $500. He gave bail in the sum of $4,000,
and went home and shot himself and. died
in a few hours afterward. Gushing was
man well thought of and had the entire
confidence of his employers.
Col. EDWARD RICHARDSON, the Presi-
dent of the New Orleans Exposition, who
has made tour of some of the parishes of
North Louisiana, believes this will be a
prosperous year for planters.
NEAR Chickasawhatchee line of earth
works can still be seen, which were thrown
up by Gen. Jackson (Old Hickory as pro-
lection against the Indians ON his march
to Florida through that section in 1918.
These breastworks are scarcely precepti-
BILE on first sight, but by close observation
| they can be traced.
The Robert E. Lee Camp of Confederate
Veterans have adopted resolutions tender
ing General Grant hearty sympathy in his
affliction and the hope that by the help of
Divine Providence he may regain his health
SENATOR RIDDLEBERGER, of Virginia,
| who is championing the Irish cause, is of
pure German extraction.
! HENRY r. JACKSON, of Georgia, nomi-
mated for United States Minister to Mexico,
was a Captain of United States troops in
the Mexican war, and Brigadier- General
in the Confederate army, since which time
he has been practicing lawyer. His wife
is sister of Congressman! Floyd King, Of
Louisiana.
THE House of the Texas Legislature
passed bill opening to actual settlers the
public lands reserved for railroads, the
reservation having lapsed
MAJ. GEO. M. WADDILL, oflW Windsor, Va,
prominent Confederate officer and ex-
member of the House of Delegates, is dead.
OVER 800 immigrants passed through
Pittsburgh, Pa, the other day, most of
whom were on their way to the Southwest.
Col. Harvey Letchford, of Arkansas, who
saw the immigrants pass through Pitts
burgh, said to reporter: 81 am glad to
see those people pouring into our country.
They will work tremendous change and
WELD great power in few years. They
are pouring into Texas and Arkansas, and
buying the neglected lands there and max
ing splendid farms of them. They furnish
the working timber for the States, and an
other generation will find them the rulers
and the owners of half the Southwest.
They are going to wield.a big influence in
politics, too. OF course every one of the
German immigrants going into the South
west will go together with whatever party
thav affiliate with That will most likely