The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-05-15
SOUTHERN NEWS oLEANlNes.

cltizen OF big Bend, calhoun county, w.
Va, was killed near Grantsville by a num-
Der of rolling logs getting beyond control
andpassing over him.
The freight handlers in the Mobile and
Ohio yards, at Mobile, struck for twenty
five cents per hour after 8 p. m, and were |
on the 9th discharged. Substitutes were |
found, and freight is moving as usual.
The Grand Army of the Department of
the Potomac will this year, for the first
time, decorate the graves Of the three
thousand Union soldiers in the cemetery at
Alexandria, Va.
AT Chattanooga, Tenn, j. W. Cox made
murderous assault ON Theodore Goebell
with butchers cleaver, splitting his head.
Goebell is in precarious condition.
GEORGE HEssRIcH, aged fifty, who has for
several years been working as barber in
several shops ut Memphis, Tenn, has by
the death of his uncle fallen heir to an
estate in Brazil valued at $5,000,000. Hess
rich is German and came to Memphis
dren living. A son of his, who kept bar
ber-shop in Memphis, has left with his
father to assume a new role, which the
wealth he has acquired will enable him to
do.
THE Supreme Court of Appeals of Vir-
ginia rendered decision in the case of T.
j. Cluverius, convicted in the Hastings
Court of Richmond, of the murder on
March 10, 1885, of Fannie Lillian Madison.
The case is VIGOROUSLY known as the reser-
voir murder mystery. The judgment Of
the lower court is fully sustained, the
eight bills of exceptions filed by the pris-
oner's counsel being deliberately discussed
and successfully overruled. Counsel filed
motion for rehearing.
RICHARD WALKER, colored, attempted an
assault upon schoolgirl at Farmville,
Va, few days ago, and that night was
taken from Jail and hanged by mob.
DURING the past ten years over ten mil
lion shad, artificially Matched, have been
placed in the rivers of Georgia.
A NEGRO, aged nineteen, was lynched
near Camden, s. c., the other night for an
assault on an aged lady.
JONES HOLLAND laid down and fell asleep
on top of freight car which was standing
on side-track on the Baltimore and Ohio,
at Wheeling, W. Va, rolled off, and falling
head downward. was instantly killed.
DEPUTY U. s. MARSHAL SPRINGsToN,
while on moonshne raid few miles
from Petersburg W. Va, stopped at
| Burning Springs over night. Before re-
firing he quenched his thirst at drug
store, and when he awoke In the morning
found that some one had stolen all of his
clothes except shirt collar and sock, a
roll of money, between fifty and one hun
dred dollars, handsome gold watch and
chain, some valuable papers and other ar
ticles.
ELIJAH YoUNGBLooD, of Coffee County,
Ca, is a famous hunter. He is sixty-fve
! years old, and claims to have killed 991
deer. Some years ago alligators devoured
three of his dogs, which had swum in the
lakes after deer. Youngblood swore ven
geance against allgators, and has since
killed lS7 of these creatures.
A DOG belonging to resident of Carriers
vile, Ca, will carry an ear of corn to a rat
hole, shell off a few kernels and then con-
ceal himself near by. When rat comes to
eat the corn the dog kills it.
A PLANTER living near Dawson, Ga, has
a novel plan for killing crows. He catches
one of the birds and ties it to his belt.
The cries of the captive crow attract
other crows to it and they are then easily
shot.
Polk MARTIN, who has a wife and sia
children, has been visiting the family of g
man named johnson on Brushy creek, neal
Madden Hill, Sumner County, Tenn. Ir
the johnson family are two grown girls, t.
one of whom he paid particular attention
on his visits. The other morning Martin
went over to Johnson's and took his shotgun
with him. He was met at the door by the
girl, when he leveled his gun and shot hel
through the heart, killing her instantly
Her mother and sister rushed to the door
when the gun was successfully leveled a
each. Both we're seriously but not fatally
injured, Martin then shot himself, falling
across the doorway, where he died in few
minutes. The girl accused him of beinl
the father of her unborn child.
JAMES FERGUSON, moulder, of Nash
vile, Tenn, while very drunk, fell back
ward from the baluster of house on Sout
| Cherry street, where he was visiting. N,
one saw him fall but some little children
He was found fifteen minutes later dead or
the ground ten feet below the baluster
His neck was broken.
Col. S. L. FREMONT, Government Super
intendent of construction at Memphis, wa
found dead in his room at Mrs. Filters Of
Union street, early the other morning. H
| was last seen alive late the evening before
| when be was leaving the stom-house
From all appearances he dropped dea
, from heart disease.
; A WOMAN of Americas Ca. heard a phi
! squeaing near the edge of pond. Sh
found that large turtle had seized tn
: pig and was trying to drag it into tn
\ water. A gentleman was called and th
s turtle was captured, 1t weighed forty
. eight pounds.
n THOMAS HOWARD, of st. Louis, is goin
|, to build mammoth pipe factory at Cha
= anooga, Tenn, with capacity Of 200 tor
!, day and employing 800 to 900 hands.
}. The last slave was sold in Virginia in til
: spring of ie65 for 100 cabbage plants.
BIRNtNGHAM, Ala, expects to get fire
. delivery system of mail soon.
a Ctr worms are doing a great deal {
j. damage in corn fields near Nashville
h Tenn.
j. JOHN HICKS, of Kentucky, eighty-si
Z years old, has served thirty six in the pen
= Tertiary
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