The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-06-06
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS.

nara rain, the lightning struck the resi-
dence OF James G. Tune, one mile from
Shelbyville, Tenn, knocking Mr.. Tune
senseless and almost wrecking the house,
which is a two-story frame building of
seven or eight rooms. None of Mr.. Tunes
family were hurt. His injuries are not
serious. The electric fluid passed through
every room in the house, ripping up car
pets, knocking down mantle-pieces, over
turning furniture, ETC., and literally split
ting into splinters one entire end of the
building.
AT municipal election in Wheeling, w.
Va, it was voted to issue five per cent.
bonds to the amount of $780, 900 to fund the
indebtedness of the city.
" AT Memphis, Tenn, a difficulty occurred
between R. M. Schuyler and his step-son,
VIM. Kauerz lad of nineteen, which
terminated by Kauerz shooting Schuyler,
who died instantly.
JOHN TERRY, a negro, was hanged at
Barnwell, S. c., on the 9th, for the murder
of Rev. John G. Sessions, white Baptist
minister. The execution took place in the
jail-yard and was private. On the night
of the Goth of May, 1884, Terry decoyed the
minister to thicket near Barnwell, and
then murdered and robbed him of his
money and watch and chain. He denied
his guilt until few days before the execu-
ton, when he made full confession.
JOSEPH d. BLANKINsoP, a prominent citi-
zen of Wellsburg, w. Va, and proprietor
of the Gas City Foundry of that town, was
instantly killed, few days ago, by the
bursting of an emery stone used in the
foundry for grinding. Deceased was fifty
years old.
ISAAC TURNER and Thomas King, miners
at Canelton Colliery, near Charleston, W..
Va, quarreled, and the latter was shot
and killed. King was a cause of the sepa-
ration of Turner and his wife.
j. A. PARKER, who killed John Golf and
robbed him of 500 eight years ago, near
Fayette G. H., w. Va, has been convicted
of murder in the first degree.
JOHN JACOBS, of Piedmont, W. Va, COM
mitted suicide by cutting his throat with
a razor. He became Respondent on &C.
count of bad health.
THE Augusta, Ga, Chronicle says: Such
success asithe Mormons have in the South
is confined, we believe, to few mountain
regions, where the people are simple, igno-
rant and easily beguiled.
A FoUR-YEAR-oLD baby of Pat. O'Brien,
an engineer on the Alabama Great South.
ern Railroad, was accidentally shot and
mortally wounded at Chattanooga, a few
days ago, by seven-year- son of
James Sutton, Southern Passenger Agent
of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Great
Southern. The boy accidentally procured
pistol, and while handing it to the child
it was discharged, the bullet entering the
left eye. She can not survive.
The pursuit of Jesse Cook, the negro
preacher who cut his wife to pieces with
an AK, had been prosecuted for two weeks
with bloodhounds, through swamps and
Businesses On the 9th he was caught in
Marion County, Ga, and was taken to
Taylor County and jailed
AN old colored man by the name of John
Kelly was struck by lightning and in
stantly killed, near Triana, Madison
Comfy, Ala, while going to his field with
his hoe on his shoulder.
THE threee judges composing the. Su-
preme Court of South Carolina are said to
have a greater aggregate weight than
that of any other judicial trio in the
United States.
ABOUT two years ago Bill Jones, colored
induced Smith Austin, a negro hackman
to drive him outside of Columbus, Ga.
at night. When a short distance
from the city Jones cut Austin's throat
from ear to ear. The murder remained 6
mystery for long time, but Jones was
finally arrested on suspicion, and on thu
2Sth was convicted on circumstantial evi
dence and sentenced for life.
THE Tennessee State Legislature. met a
noon in extra session on the 18th, to maxi
provision for State revenue and amend tn
funding act, and extend the time for furd
ing bonds affected by the Supreme Cour
decision, and also provide means for tn
construction of new asylums for the in
sane, and provide measures for protection
of live stock from pleuro pneumonia, ant
to provide q registration law and finish III
other uncompleted business of the regula
session.
NEAR Asheville, N. c., Charles and Johl
York, sons of prominent citizen, went GU
on spree, and got into a quarrel over
trivial matter. Charles drew a large knit
and plunged it into his brothers breas
seven times, killing him instantly. TIL
murderer is in jail.
WALKER KENNEDY, editor of the Mem
phis Sunday Times, was sentenced to te
days in the County Jail, and fine of S.
for contempt of Court.l He spat in the fac
of Attorney General Turner, who drew
pistol and attempted to shoot him.
CONSIDERABLE excitement exists in tn
neighborhood of Fairburn, Ga, owing t
troubles between colored laborers. TIL
approach of cotton cropping time Away
gives employment to more hands than ca
usually be obtained; to meet this deman
large numbers of men have been brough
from Atlanta and other cities. Their ar
rival aroused the hostility of the residen
negroes, who have organized for the pur
pose of driving them out of the country
The plantation of o. H. Cochran was visit
ed by about forty masked negroes, tn
other night, who warned the strangers q
work there, eight in number, to leave
which they did in quick order. Othe
plantations have been similarly visite
and strangers are all leaving under threat
made against them.
THE other morning the inhabitants nea
Court and Jefferson streets, Montgomery
Ala, were aroused by the news that ma
dog was at large, and within few minute
it attacked and bit Mr.. Fische, two colore
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