The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-09-11
SOUTHERN eLEAniNGs.

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r. L. Jones, late Postmaster at Lake
years. sentence at the Chester (Ill.) Peni :
tentiary for mail robbery. 4 -
Tom Carnage, a fisherman, was thrown
into Clinton River at Americus, Ga. ia few
days since by the upturning of his boat
and drowned. His wife stood on the river
bank and witnessed the catastrophe.
| Police Officer Dennis Smith shot and
killed Henry Klein, a German in Louis.
| vile (Ky.) saloon a few nights ago,
Three Klein brothers were creating q dis
| turbance and the officer wa, called in to
arrest them. Henry resisted and ASSAULT
ed the officer, knocking him down Smith
| fired twice, the second shot passing
through Klein's heart.
Reports from various sections Of Bol-
var, Starkey and Washington Counties,
Miss, indicate a falling off in the cotton
crop from fifteen to twenty five per cent.
The cause is shedding aud the boil worm.
The damage is chiefly upon worn lands,
which are no longer capable of carrying
heavy fruit through the invariable drouth
| of August and September.
Dispatches from various points of Cald-
well and Burke Counties, North Carolina,
state that the recent earthquake was felt
at Boone Sweetwater and Beaver Dam,
and that it extended over an area of sixty
4 miles square. Houses were severely
Jared and at one point a vast ledge OF
rock was displaced and rent in twain.
The vigilantes at Dalton, Ga, seem de-
termined to rid the country of bad char
acters by their own methods. A few
nights ago body of armed men broke
into the house OF negro named Percy,
who lives near Dalton, and severely bea t
him because he had circulated ISLANDERS
about young lady, and compelled him
to leave the country. They also gave
notice to three profigate characters to at
once leave the country. ~
The Cornerstone of the new Geor sia
Capitol was laid at Atlanta Few days
ago with appropriate ceremonies.
One hundred thousand feet of Hum er,
valued at $50, 600, were burned few days
since at the saw-mill of Greenle eaf, john
son & Co., at Norfolk, Va.
Dangue fever Is prevalent at. Austin,
Tex.
boiler in the saw -mill Of s. M. Vim
chester at Newport, Tenn, exploded a
few days ago, instantly killing two men
and seriously wounding several others.
The magnificent new luilding erected
for the use of the Cotton and Merchants
exchanges of Memphis, Tenn, has been
formally taken possession of by those
organizations.
T. A. Flannelly, editor of the Eueninq
Ne,os, received severe beating few
days ago from Mr.. W. T. Jones, on ac-
count of a scan aaIous article published
about Mr.. jones' father in the We,us.
Prot. N 7. Lupton has resigned as Dean
and Professor of Chemistry In the Van
4 derbilt University at Nashville, Tenn.
The people of colored church in South
Carolina recently applied to Justice for
a warrant against member who has Sra
poat euiy, wrfruIry, wIvhvt.s Jusu cause OF
provocation, refused to attend service.
Martin Vann and Thomas Siles lar
relied over game of cards at Winters
Gap, Tenn, few days ago, and ex-
changed five shots. A bullet lodged in
Vann's body and he died in few min
utes.
Policeman Joime Mulet, Mexican, at
tempted to commit suicide at Browns
will e, Tex, few nights ago, by taking q
hundred drops of laudanum. 1t was dis
| COptTcu, duo uuo uOCbOTs Nv udru WOIh
saved his life.
| VIM. Critzer lives in Alb ermarle
County, Virginia. He is ninety years
old and has eighty-four grandchildren
and 104 great-grandchildre living. The
other day he drove forty miles in q
buggy.
| Louisville real estate is assessed at $57,
O00 900. There were about 1000 transfers
of property last year, and the ASSESS
ment of the property transferred wa.
about eighty per cent. of the sale value
A valuable bed of silicious earth
used in polishing metals has been found
in Jefferson County, Kentucky, being the
only ono in the county outside of New
Hampshire.
| W. B. Smell, formerly business mai
of Clarksville, Tenn, was found few
days ago in the house of Malvina Hiser
courtesan in Metcalfe County, Ken
lucky, with his throat cut and horribly
gashed about the head and body. Tn
Hiser woman has been arrested ant
charged with the crime.
Mr.. w. r. Lane, who owns turpsntiu
still in Pierce County, Georgia, was strucl
and killed by negro employe name,
Hicks few days ago. The murderer es
capped.
1t colored church near Vienna, Ga.
few nights ago, while the congregation
were waiting for the preacher to conduc
prayer meeting, Ellis Carter and Alex
Jones were passing the time in playin
cards. One accused the other of cheating
when Carter drew pistol and MORTAL,
wounded Jones.
A destructive fire occurred in the a;
and hatchet frctory of w. G. Kelly, /
Louisville, KY, few days ago. Th
large factory was almost totally de
stroyed, entailing loss of $36 900, o
which there was an insurance of 49, 200.
The strike of the Key West ella. cigar
makers has Terminated. The striker
yielded the Objectionable points.
An investigation of County Assessor c
J. Marshall's books at Vicksburg, Miss
developed the fact that he has increase
the number of polls in the county frol
6,382, the actual number, to 10, ,140. Th
incentive for this fraud is the pay of to
cents per poll, and his accounts have bee
allowed for that amount.
At recent special meeting of the Boar
of Trustees of the University of Misss
sippi they elected Prot. Woodvill
Latham, of the University of West Vii
! ginia, to the chair of chemistry made va
can't by the resignation of DIR. Jones, an
elected Miss Sallie McGee Isom, of Oxfor,