Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1885-11-19
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS.

young lady from church in Charleston, 8.
c., few nights ago.
Silver coin of the value Of $4,000 has
been unearthed on the plantation OF John
Chenault, in Wilkes County, Georgia,
where a confederate treasury train is said
to have been robbed.
DR.. Robert Keith, a wealthy cattle dealer
of Dalton, Ca, has disappeared very mys.
teriously in Chattanooga, Tenn, and it is
feared he has met with foul play. When
last seen he drew q large sum of money
from bank and left the bank to dispose of a
drove of cattle. He has not since been
seen and no trace of him can be found.
The finding of hat upon the river bank
at Columbus, Ca, a few days ago led to
the discovery of the body of Mr.. Ed Holley
foreman of the Eagle and Phoenix Mills
A terrible cash was in his head. Whether
his drowning was accidental or suicidal is
not known.
As j. d. jackson, who carries the mail
from the depot to the Post-ofice at Sher-
man, Tex, was going to get the mail for
the train few nights ago he was set upon
by two robbers and $17.3J taken from his
pockets. One of the parties held gun on
him while the other rifed his pockets.
George Thomas (colored) and Harry
Poindexter were arrested in Louisville,
KY, few days ago charged with COM
hitting numerous burglaries in the city.
Several thousand dollars worth of dia.
monds were captured with the thieves on
the train as they were leaving for Cincin-
natl, from whence they hailed.
General Joseph j. Finnegan, distin.
guished Confederate, who fought the
successful battle of Olustee, February 90,
1854, against the Federal forces under Gen
eral Seymour, died at his orange grove in
Orange County, Fla, few nights ago. He
was born at Cloonis Ireland, November II,
1914.
Through the misunderstanding of orders
place few days since near Childersburg,
on the East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia
Road. Thirteen cars were wrecked. Fire
man Swain (colored) was killed and con-
ductor Hall was expected to die. -Four
train hands were fatally wounded, one OF
whom has since dead.
DR.. 10 L. McGee, prominent citizen and
deacon in the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church, Superintendent of the Sunday
school, and dentist, of Humboldt, Tenn,
| committed suicide few nights ago by
| shooting himself in the left breast with a
pistol. He had been in bad health long
time, and it is supposed he was suffering
from temporary insanity. The weapon
which he used was the same that his father
attempted to commit suicide with several
years ago.
A vigilance committee, composed of a
number of determined citizens, has been
organized at Sherman, Tex, to assist the
police in ferreting out the perpetrators of
a series of highway robberies. 1t is the
general belief that the crimes are being
committed by parties living in the city.
| A number of suspicious characters are un-
der the surveillance of a committee I'M
known to the general public.
John H. Allen, manager Of the Southern
Telegraph Company, of Augusta, Ga, was
drowned few days ago while bathing.
Mr.. James Van Diver, who was, during
the civil war, a resident of Mississippi and
and soldier under General Sterling Price
G. s. A., died recently at his home neal
Harrodsburg, Ky. Mr.. Van Diver killed
the distinguished Federal General Nathan
Lyon in a hand to hand encounter in the
battle of Springfield, Mo-, and captured
Colonel Buell., also of the Federal army,
and who presented his spurs to him.
A cloud burst few days ago caused
great destruction of crops and other prop
erty near Fort Payne, Ala.
Rev. Daniel Smith, colored, of DenisoD
Tex, fatally stabbed his mother in law
during quarrel few days since.
ALI. Little, on trial for pension forgeries
at Louisville, KY, is said to have killed
fourteen men.
Lima johnson, nine years old, and Char.
lie Morris, twelve, were playing with Q
pistol near Plano, Tex, few days since
Lima is dead.
Bill Moss, a murderer, was tracke by
bloodhounds in Marion County, Miss
issippi, few days ago and captured. HI
killed one of the dogs.
The retail liquor license in Fulton Coun,
ty, Georgia, excepting Atlanta, has beer
increased to $500, five times the origina
tax, and presumably prohibitive.
A prominent physician of Athens, Ga.
who has had many cases of sore throat
lately, made an investigation and found
nearly every one of them was caused by
cigarette smoking.
Thirteen bodies were found along the
track of the recent cyclone in Alabama
several others are missing, and forty OF
City are dangerously wounded.
The body of Mrs. J. w. Taylor, who
died at Louisville, KY, six years ago, wa:
removed to a new cemetery recently and
was found to be completely petrilied
Every feature was well preserved and life.
like.
An exchange noticing that geese are
now flying southwark in great numbers
satirically remarks that the northern
goose resorts must be closed.
James Gibson, former st. Louis street.
car driver, was killed a few days ago by
John Strong, Waterman in the Illinois
Central shops at jackson, Tenn.
Anna Davenport (colored) was recently
convicted at Nashville, Tenn, of murder il
the first degree, with mitigating circum'
stances, the crime with which she wa,
charged being the administration of con
centrated I've to colored child.
| The heaviest han-storm ever known il
Corinth, Miss, and vicinity, fell there {
few nights ago. Some of the Maidstone:
were as large as hens eggs.
William Easley, who was shot recently
at Graham Station, Tenn, by Buck Brown
died of his wounds.
The Exposition at New Orleans is open
| Three negro urchins charged with burg
larry in Atlanta, Ca, were so small thai
| when brought into court the Sheriff wa:
i ..i...i Il la ,a-rht than, Is, a rat-+ra..