The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-12-26
SOUTHERN NEWS GLsAKlNGs.


just given birth to baby boy with two
distinct heads. One head is naturally
formed and uniform except its immense
eyes The other head is of proper size,
but has no nose or mouth. The child is
living, but refuses any kind Of food
The latest one to blow in gun was Gar
rett Celly, Of Worthwhile, Tucker County,
W. Va. He thought the gun was empty,
and put his foot on the hammer and his
mouth to the muzzle. His foot slipped off
and the gun was fired, the bullet making q
fatal wound.
JOSHUA TRouP, wealthy farmer living
IN the Clear Spring district of Washington
County, Md, committed suicide the other
morning by shooting himself through the
head, eligious excitement is said to have
unsettled his mind.
AT Big Laural, N. c., James Gunter was
shot dead a few days ago, by little son
whose mother he was abusing The boy
murderer is only eight years of age.
JACKSON, Tenn, wants the free delivery
system and it is believed she will get it.
HENRY SHARPE, an old resident of Holly
few days ago
ALEX. HoDDIx and two colored men,
named Frank and Noah Male, had terri
bic experience few nights since on Ty-
CARTS River in Taylor County, w. Va.
They are lumbermen, and were on raft
they were taking down to Grafton. In get
Ting over dam the raft ran on SUBJ
-, ,,.c LoJ
and thrown the men into the cold and
swiftly running waters. Hoddix chung to
a log and was carried down the river some
distance, where he succeeded in reaching
the shore completely exhausted. The two
Male boys landed on the rock which had
broken up their raft and remained standing
there up to their knees in water until about
nine o'clock in the morning, when they
we're taken off by "Bully" Kellar, who
went out in boat. The night was bitter
cold one, the thermometer marking some
where near zero, and those men were COM
PEELED to stand for sixteen hours in wet
clothing with no chance to move around
and keep their blood in circulation. The
great wonder is that they did not both per-
sh Frank had his hands frozen and Noah
was at last accounts in precarious con.
dition.
MISS JESSIE CLARK, sixteen years of age,
OF Mckenzie, Tenn, was shot and killed at
that place the other night. She was called
upon by Edward McGhee. The report of a
pistol was heard soon afterward and the
family found Miss Clark lying dead on the
floor. A bullet had entered the back of
her head, causing instant death. McGhee
was arrested on suspicion of having fired
the fetal shot, but his friends believe it was
an accident. According to the young
mans statement, Miss Clark playfully took
his pistol, took out the cartridges, then
pointed the weapon at his breast, saying
that she would show him how young ladies
sometimes killed their recreant lovers.
McGhee says that at this time he stoope ed
down to regulate the fire, and Miss Clarke
had the pistol on the mantel. When he
arose he took up the pistol and told her he
would show her how young man in Mis-
siSsippi once killed his sweetheart by shoot
ing her in the back of the head, at the same
time telling her to turn her head. Sh'
turned aud the sharp report Of the pisto
simultaneously rang out on the air, an an,
the Young lssa fell fleeswsird on her face
corpse. Her father, in an adjoining rnom
heard the shot and rushed into the parlol
when McGhee told him that Miss Jessie ha
shot herself. In q few minutes, howeve,
he admitted that he had done the shooting
McGhee was released on s., 900 bail.
AN exact duplicate of vice-Presiden
Hendricks burial casket was received
Chattanooga, Tenn, the other day. for us
in burying wealthy gentleman.
THE South Tredegar Iron Company
Chattanooga, Tenn, has closed a contrat
for 1900 kegs of railroad spikes for on
road. The order was taken in competitio
with strong firms at other manufacture
centres.
MRS. ALEXANDER SUMMERS, Of Moatvill
Taylor County, w. Va, committed suicit
few days since by drowning in sma
creek near her home Her mind had bee
affected for some time.
ONE quarter Of the live stock of the coui
try Is owned and fed in the South. TT
South has 5000, 100000 invested in mile
cows, oxen, other cattle, sheep hogs, hors,
the mich cows, oxen, other cattle and hos
OF the country, or fully her proportion a
cordng to population. One-quarter of I'll
sheep of the country are kept in the Sout
when ten years ago the proportion was on
one-seventh
BRIDAL party was drowned on the l5t
while attempting to cross the Cbattooe
River, near Tallulah, Ga. Ernest Atwoc
married Miss Stella Wadsworth in Ande
sou, s. c., two days before, and started fl
their new home in Rabun County, G
When they reached the stream it was four
to have swollen considerably. The wage
wheel struck against some obstacle, thro,
ing the husband into the river. With
shrek the wife jumped after him, al
locked in each others arms they sank
the bottom.
Two hundred negro men, women al
children passed through Nashville, Tenn
the other day,via the Nashville, Chattano
ga and st. Louis Railway from South Car