The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-07-24
. SOUTHERN GLEANlNos.

Two small sons of Mr.. Has Bearden were
drowned few days ago while bathing in
Mobiles mill pond, seven miles from Doug
lassville, Ga. The smaller boy became
strangled, and both were drowned while
the larger boy was endeavoring to save
his brother.
Harrison Brown, a well-known colored
hackman, was murdered in Macon, Ga,
Few nights ago and his body placed on
railroad track in the suburbs of the city
where it was found, horribly mangled.
Three negroes have been arrested on sus-
picion.
As a result of religious excitement pre-
yalent at GAINESVILLE, Ga, j. T. N. Ham
cock has been seized with queer lunacy.
He imagines that he is John the Baptist,
just beheaded by Herod, and is clamoring
for the return of his head.@. He has been
ordered to the lunatic asylum.
As substitute for the lash in subduing
refractory convicts in South Carolina
they now fasten a pair OF shackles to the
culprit's ankles, lay him on his back and
hoist his feet up about three feet. 1t is
said to be very effective; it certainly 10
inhuman.
The fate of United States Deputy Mar
shal w. L. Miller, who was on an expedi-
tion among the Tennessee moonshiners,
and who has not been heard from, is ex-
citing grave apprehension in Nashville.
James Hughes, pioneer In the Cum
berland River steamboat trade, died in
Nashville, Tenn, few days ago. Heran
about twenty steamers for thirty years
and leaves great deal of valuable prop.
erty.
Illicit distilling is on the increase in
Tennessee and the immense corn crop is
expected to raise the number of moon
sh inc distilleriss there to about thou
sand.
Young bloods of the town of Willis
Point, Tex, recently made an Italian
shoemaker and his wife believe they were
to be murdered. The fright of the two
people was very amusing to the jokers
until, to escape the threatened fate, both
| man and woman drowned themselves in
a cistern.
A few nights ago Mr. Waring, of Kings
ton, Ga, found a negro burglar, Dennis
johnson, in his room rifing his pockets.
| Seizing the BURGLAR Mr.. Waring attempt :
ed to hold him, but the wretch resorted to
revolver, shooting Waring fatally,
| jumped out Of the window and escaped
Ah0 oSl cI was SuDSSqtutly dTF6Sltu.
Mr.. Benjamin Rice, of Cobb County,
| Georgia, has mare, which was ridden
through the late war by Major Dodson, of
| the First Confederate Regiment. The
mare is now twenty eight years old, and
| is doing service every day.
Texas this year apportioned So, 316,000
| to the school children within the ages OF
eight aud sixteen.
| The Virginia Republicans nominated
John s. Wise for Governor.
James Boyd and Charles Greathouse OF
| Owensboro, KY, ,quarreled few days
ago about a dollar. They met in Mullen
burg Comfy and fought with knife anc
pistol. Boyd was dangerously stabbed
several times, and Greathouse was seri.
ously shot in the right shoulder.
Edward Farris, a white boy, aged nine
and Arnold Daniel, colored, aged seven
got into a quarrel at Atlanta, Ca, a few
days ago, during which the whiteiboy hit
the negro with rock, inf citing a bruise
Daniel drew from his pocket huge knife
such as is used to prune fruit trees, ant
stabbed Farris, infiicting wound tha
will probably prove fatal.
Mrs. Mary Macatee, wife of moon
sinner in Bell County, Kentucky, grew
Jealous Of the attention her husband paie
to neghbor, Mrs. Alice Noe. The tw,
quarreled, and the Macatee woman
seized an axe and hacked her rival tt
pieces.
Mrs. George Anderson was found a few
days ago lying senseless in an alley nea,
her home in Atlanta, Ga., with ter
rible cash in her forehead, her skull fract
ured, and wound under her left ey,
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The wounds were inflicted by the WON
ans husband, who has fled
A man named Woods, who had bee,
convicted of horse stealing by a wealth,
farmer named Samuel Williams, livini
about two miles from Chattanooga, Tenn.
fired his barn a few nights ago out of re
venge, and two horses, three wagons au,
$500 worth of hay were consumed. Wood
stole fine horse from the barn and es
capped. He also stole pony from
neighboring farm and placed lit in tn
stable and 1t was burned to death.
Al man named Francis was found In Ber
tie County, N. c., few days ago wit
his throat cut clean across. razor wa
found under his body. At first it was sup
posed he had committed suicide. A col
ored eyewitness, however, reported the
the crime was committed by Newman,
white man, who had accused Francis {
circulating false reports about him.
James g. Wintersmith, Doorkeeper {
the National House of Representative
died at the residence of his parents
Louisville, KY, few DAYS ago, after
painful illness, aged thirty-six year
Mr.. Wintersmith was native of Ken
lucky, though elected from Texas, an
was one of the most popular officers in til
Capitol.
At meeting held in Birmingham, Ala
a few days ago, of delegates from varior
bodies of miners near Birmingham, an OF
ganized movement was inaugurate
against convict labor. A State organi zs
tion is to be effected. t
Hon. Emory Speer, for several yea,
one of the Board of Trustees of the Un
versity of Georgia of which he was
graduate, was dropped from the roll at
recent meeting of the alumni, and tt
name of Hon. G. P. McCord substit tee
The safe of Father Theion, of the Cors
cana (Tex. } Catholic Church, and VIII
also has charge of the diocese, was bur
glarized a few nights ago and $295 stolel
which belonged to the church at Enni
and was placed in his safe over nigl
preparatory to being carried to Ennis I'll