The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-10-31
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANiNGS.


Gently at his residence in the suburbs, by |
shooting himself through the head with |
pistol. He was married man about fifty. |
five years of age. He had been i'll for
some time, and is thought to have commit
ted suicide in fit of temporary insanity.
HENRY HUNLEY, fourteen-year old
colored boy of Birmingham, Ala, shot and
killed his SITTER.
NELSON STEWART and Anderson Davis,
burglars of Charlotte, N. c., have been
sentenced to death.
NEGROES at Athens, Ga, sJrewed dyna-
mite throughout the courthouse. An ex-
plosion was averted.
CHARLEY ROSE, of Atlanta, suspected of
numbering three women, has been sem
fenced to twenty years. Imprisonment for
burglary.
BENJAMIN DoCKERY died at Cloyd's
Creek, Blount County, Tenn, aged 116.
ROBINS with mushrooms is the latest dish
at Florida hotels
A Mr.. PARKER shot and killed York
Murphy in a gathering near Stroud's
Crossroads, GA.
Work has begun ON the South Atlantic
Road at Bristol, Tenn, and it is expected
to be done in about eighteen months.
BEAUFORT, N. c., is considered the best
place on the Atlantic coast for duck shoot
ing.
CHAs. QUINN, yardmaster of the Ohio
ID Do, ot
burg, w. Va, for robbing the passenger
depot of that road of large sum Of
| money.
GEO. MCGRAw, big fish raiser of Pu-
| laski, Tenn, lost 1000 carp, worth about
81, 900, by mistake in turning the wat er
off his ponds the other night.
PETER BRAKEBILL, wealthy farmer,
was killed by his son-in-law, VIM. Beal,
near Rockford, Tenn, in a family quarrel
Beal escaped.
E. W. BEAKLEY was conveyed to Little
Rock the other day by Sheriff Hhskins, of
Mississippi County, Ark. Beakley is
charged with counterfeiting. Three dies
and lot of spurious silver coin were found
nlhis dwelling in Craighead County, Ark,
where the arrest was made.
ANDREW HARPER, who died recently IN
Mississippi, was the author of famous
piece of American humor known as the
"Hardshel Baptist Sermon" the text Of
which declared, can he played on harp
of thousand strings; sperets of JUS men
made perfect"
The other night bloody murder put an
end to wedding feast'aJ Frost Mill, s. G..
The health of the newly married couple
was drunk so frequently that Edward Har-
din, the groom, drew his revolver and be-
gan shooting right and left, instantly kill
ing Tom Stone and MORALLY wounding
Alpheus Fulmer.
The Countess De Rochefoucauld and the
Countess de Bethune appear on the real es
tate assessment rolls in New Orleans for
over 100000
MEMPHIS, TENN, claims a population OF
between $4,000 and 10000, and will take q
census November to settle the question
definitely.
RoBT. J. DORSEY, accused of numbering
his wife, was hanged by mob at Holly
Springs. Miss.
THOMAS BEAsLEY started to walk across
the famous Running Water trussle on the
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, neal
Whiteside, Tenn, few days ago. Thi.
trestle is one hundred and twenty feet
high. Beasley had gone about thirty
yards when freight train dashed arount
a curve behind him. To attempt to G,
back meant instant death, and his only
hope was to outrun the train to the othe
side. The terror-stricken man had gon
but few steps when the engine struck him
He was dragged over the trestlework TO
some distance, and one of his legs was Gu
off near the knee. The severed membe
} fell to the bottom of the ravine. By SOM
, means Beasley's coat sleeve caught on a
, iron spike, and he was thrown over tn
side of the treste He hung there for fiv
minutes, with the blood gushing from tn
severed ankle, before he was rescued. Ha
the coat sleeve torn Beasley would hav
! been dashed to death on the rocks at tn
bottom of the yawning chasm. His inju
ries are of fatal nature. Beasley is fror
Philadelphia.
streets of the town of Rising Sun, Gee
County, Md, and score or more of citizen
: guard the roads leading to the town. Fc
the past two weeks robberies have bee
y frequent in the neighborhood, and tn
. other night the band of thieves attempte
, to clean out the town. Five stores wer
robbed and two private residences. Valu
able silks were stolen from the dry good
! store of Warren & Co.; the postoffice we
entered and registered letters and postag
stamps stolen. The citizens declare the
! will lynch or shoot the thieves if caught.
THE Danville (Va.) Register says: 18Th
n farmers of Pittsylvania County are yer
: busy cutting the tobacco yet on the hill
s and fires in many fues are brightly burr
v ing. The proportion of tobacco outstanC
e ing is much greater than many think, an
the planters will be kept quite busy to G.
n it out within the next few days. The GU
o. ngs are not so bright as the crop of la
2 year. The crop is richer, has more bod
a and will suit the manufacturer better ths
i any crop for several years. Very little t.
q bacco has been damaged by frost in ii
\. communities mentioned"
;, THE peanut crop in Tennessee is abo
y harvested. The quality of reds is good, b'
+, only about one-half of an average GRO
L. The whites are poor in quality and abol
g one-third of a crop. Taking all in ALL tn
1T Tennessee crop will not make more than
70 per cent. of the last years crop in Tenne
ir see. The reds are the best this season
t. whites are very poor in quality. We est