The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-05-23
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANlNGS

among stock. AT least twenty five per
cent of all cattle and sheep have died.
Inc loss to farmers is incalculable.
GEORGE WILKINSON, a white miner at
Warrior coal mines, seven miles from Bir-
mingham, Ala, was instantly killed by the
premature discharge of blast.
GEN. HANCOCK was in Atlanta, Ca, a
few days ago, for the purpose of selecting
a site for a permanent barracks in that
CITY, He was rendered banquet and re-
ception, but declined.
JUSTICE STANLEY MATHEWS has engaged
board for himself and family at Asheville,
N. c., for the summer Hon. e. B. Wash
burn will also spend the summer at Ashe-
vile.
r. l.. JONES, late Postmaster at Lake
Providence, La, convicted of robbing the
mails of over $4,000, was sentenced to five
years. imprisonment at hard labor.
The safe of the St. Johns and Lake Eustis
Railway, at Eustis, Fla, was robbed of
$4,000 cash.
WEATHER unpleasantly warm in New
Orleans.
THREE STORY brick building in Char
lotte, N. c., fell in mass of ruins. Loss
$4,000. The occupants all escaped. q,
: AT an early hour on the morning of the
10th, the house of Mrs. Louisa Daum, at
Wheeling, w. Va, widow, aged about
seventy five years who has been living by
herself, was broken into. The old lady
was awakened by being choked, and told
that unless she told where her money was
hidden, she would be choked to death. She
gave them all she had in the house, about
five dollars, but the ruffians, believingI she
had more, choked, beat and abused her so
that it is feared she can not recover. If
she lives her reason will probably be de-
stroyed. The house was ransacked thor
oughly, everything being broken and cut
open in the search for money. The old
lady owns considerable property, and is
heretofore supposed to have kept quite a
large sum in the house. After the robbers
had departed she managed to crawl to the
house OF her son-in-law, near by. Her
house is in densely populated locality.
This is the fifth case of this kind that has
occurred in that city and vicinity, and the
as they realize the presence of gang of
brutal ruffians who would not stop at muir
der in order to secure money.
JOHNNY CUNNINGHAM, aged six, was in
stantly killed at Chattanooga, Tenn, while
attempting to jump on a car on belt Rail-
road.
WITHRoE MCCLINTIC, of Pocahontas
County, w. Va, brutally beat Frank Davis
over the head with club, and left him for
dead in the road. McClintic had prev-
ously quarreled with Davis brother about
some logs, which led to the assault on
Frank.
DURING an alteration over the payment
of note John Johnston of Tyler County,
w. Va, used his penknife with probably
fatal effect on Richard Henderson cutting
entirely through the wall of the abdomen.
JOHN HALL, engaged in bee culture at
Atlanta, Ga, was stung to death by
swarm Of angry bees which he was trying
to hive.
AT Pudras Negras, Texas, David Montez,
apoliceman, arrested Aldefonso Wurta for
drunkenness, and beat him. Wurta swore
vengeance, and enticed Montez out and
shot him. A squad of mounted police cap
tured Wurta, and John Rodriqiues, a
brother-in-law of Montez, deliberately
blew Wurta's brains out
SOME excitement exists over the discov-
cry of silver deposits in Catoosa County,
Ga. Some rich specimens are on exhibit
ton.
A DISASTROUS fire occurred at Wartace,
Tenn, few nights ago. The fire broke out
in the center of the business portion Of the
town, and ten stores and their contents
were burned. Two persons sleeping in a
store are missing, and are supposed to have
persisted. Loss, 100000 to $4,000.
MISS MARY A. STARS, aged seventeen,
and daughter of the late Henry Stars,
leather dealer, Louisville, KY, died on the
18th of disease that puzzles the medical
fraternity, the name of which has never
been discovered. Two years ago deceased
passed through a spell of fever, and while
convalescing the new disease took hold OF
her, and her limbs were so distorted as to
make it impossible for her to sit in chair.
For over twenty months her only rest, ex-
cept in bed, was sitting on tn floor, and SC
fond was she of this that the bones of her
limbs actually wore through the flesh
Her health otherwise was good, and until q
few days before her death she could cal
heartily and enjoy it,
THOMAS GREEN, negro thief, was shot
and killed at Memphis by Police Officer
Thomas jackson. Green was in the act Of
stealing bale of cotton.
LUM CALLAwAY, who killed mar
named Winters at Elk Park, Tenn, las,
November, has been sentenced to be hanged
June u.
THos. BRERY, aged one hundred and one
years, died at Liberty, johnson County
Tenn, few days ago. His wife died
few days since at the age of one hundred
and four.
A NEGRO named Jordon, who attempted
an outrage on the daughter of Mr.. Davis
a respectable farmer near Allshire, Ala.
was taken by mob of 100 men and hanged
to railroad bridge. Jordon confessed.
LARKEN MAYNARD was shot and killed
in VAIN County, w. Va, by John Work.
man. 1t is alleged that Maynard had beer
slandering the wife of Workman, who is g
woman of good character. Workman ha,
left the county to escape arrest.
DEPUTY MARSHAL CELIA arrested A. W
Adleta, for several years railway postal
clerk, running from Dallas, Texas, charged
with robbing the mails. He was traced by
decoy letters, and it is believed has secured
between S. 900 and SC, 900 by repeated thefts