The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-05-16
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEAN,NGS.

near CnarleSton, w. Va.
A. b. FLEMING, an influential and promi-
nent citizen of Fairmont, w. Va, died at
the age of eighty years.
THOMAS LEE and Ed. Stein were cap
tured at Dennison, Tex. They are charged
with the murder of four men at Lees
ranch, in Indian Territory.
NATHAN HUTCHINSON, farmer living
near Parkersburg, W. Va, confessed that
he set fire to and burned his barn to get
the insurance money, $4,000.
A TORNADO passed over Newmarket,
Ala, destroying or damaging many build
ings. No lives lost.
ONE year ago Miss Fannie May Witt, a
literary lady of Atlanta, passing through
Monroe, La, called at the office of the
Bulletin. After her departure G. H.
Trousdale, the ditor, felt himself to be
desperately in love. A proposal of mar
riage was accepted by the lady, who be-
came his wife at Atlanta, on the 7th, the
second time she ever saw him.
ALL the indications in the vicinity of
Franklin, Tenn, are that this year will be
produced the largest peach crop for sew
eral years past. Trees are loaded with uit
as large as the end of mans little finger.
Grapes and all kinds of berries are also in
abundance, and it is believed the crops are
too far advanced to be hurt by frost.
GOVERNOR BATE appointed Nicholas
Williams, of Memphis, and w. H. Mitchell,
of Nashville, as representatives from the
State at large to the Commercial Conven-
tion to be held in Atlanta soon.
A negro named Jordan entered the house
of wealthy farmer named Davis, in CAL
bert County, Ala, and tried to rape his
wife. She screamed and the negro fled.
Davis saw him and fired, the ball going
through his ear. He was tracked by the
blood drops, and is in Jail at Allsburgh,
Ala.
j. N. LUsTER, prominent and wealthy
Justice of the Peace, committed suicide in
Knox County, Tenn, the other night, 60
ing off by the laudanum route.
j. l.. MAcKEY, of Washington, Pa, a
brakeman on the Baltimore and Ohio Road,
fell from the top of freight train at
Romey's Point, near Wheeling, w. Va, a
few days ago. Both legs were cut off, and
he died few hours afterward.
The following charters for railroads
have been recently applied for to the Sec
rotary of State of Alabama: West Florida
& Alabama Railroad Company; Mobile
Denver & Pacific Railroad; Jacksonville
q Montgomery Railroad; Pensacola &
Memphis Railroad; Admission & Chatta-
nooga Railroad; Selma & Cahaba Valley
Railroad; Mobile & Jackson Railroad; Sell
ma & Tennessee River Coal & Iron Rail-
road; Meridian & Brunswick Railroad;
Mobile & Fl. Gaines Railroad; Nashville &
North Alabama Railroad Company; Black
Creek Short Line Railroad Company; Ala
bama & Georgia Railroad Company; Shelf
field Il Nashville Railroad Company; Shelf
field & Lebanon Railroad Company; st.
Louis, Alabama & Atlantic Railroad; Mo-
bile, Alabama & Cincinnati Air Line Rail
road; Tuscaloosa Mineral & Great North
ern Railroad Company.
MARTIN w. GUY, for many years resi-
dent of Hardeman County, Tenn, died in
Memphis, a few weeks since at the ripe age
of eighty seven. He leaves large estate,
the residuum of which, after paying few
small legacies, goes to Mrs. DR.. Bostwich,
of Salisbury, and Mrs. Mclean, of Mem
phis, daughters of the testator.
AT her home near Stewards Ferry, on
Stone River, twelve miles from Nashville,
Tenn, was celebrated the ninety third
birthday Of Mrs. Annie Baker. The ven
cradle woman was born in North Carolina
in 1892. Her husband died in 1866 at very
old age. At the reunion the following list
of her defendants was made out: Children
II, grandchildren 80, great grandchildren
139, great-great grandchildren -, making
a.total of 217. OF these 81 were present.
The following railroads were incorpor-
ated since last year at the Secretary of
States office, Montgomery, Ala: Chatta-
nocga, Cross Plains & Gulf Railroad Com
pany; Talledega & Croosa Railroad; An
niston & Northern Railroad, Admission &
Cincinnati Railroad; Escamba Railroad ;
Chicago, Pensacola & Grand Trunk Rail-
road; Birmingham & Mineral Railroad.
THE sentence against DR.. r. G.. Penn,Iwho
was to be hanged at Hazelhurst, Miss, May
ID, for murder, has been committed to life
imprisonment.
In Arson County, N. c., along the Caro-
lima Central Railroad, near Wadesboro,
extensive preparations have been made to
quarry and ship to all parts Of the country
fine article of brown stone for building
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with architects and builders in the city of
New York. The first shipment of this
stone was made from Wilmington a few
days ago.
THREE million four hundred and fifty
five thousand dollars worth of bonds were
issued the other day for the State of Geor-
gia.
NINE of the cabin crew of the towboat
W. W. O'Neil were lead-poisoned at Mem
phis, Tenn, by an improperly cleaned ice
cream freezer.
G. H. MASON suppered at the Maxwell
House, Nashville, Tenn, stole jewelry from
guest, breakfasted in Jail, and dned in
the penitentiary, with five-year sentence.
BENZ. F. HUGER has been appointed by
the President Postmaster at Charleston,
w. Va, vice W. N. Tafel, commission ex.
pired.
The people of Charlestown, w. Va, eel.
ebrated the return of the State capital to
that city on the 9Th. The seat of govern
ment was taken from Charlestown tc
Wheeling in 1875.
TIE Governor of Louisiana has ordered
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