Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-25
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

nlne-ye ear old son of Polk Waggoner.
near Barefoot, KY, stole his fathers shot
gun, few days since and went out shoot
Ing. While returning home, in getting
over a fence, he lowered the breech of the
gun hrst by holding to the muzze. The
locks of the gun struck rail, which ex-
ploded both barrels, the charges complete
iy tearing away the right side of his head.
The Associated Press distributed five
hundred dollars at Charleston among those
reporters who furnished the details of the
earthquake.
Hall, Bill and Lester Matthews, three
I brothers, were arrested in Caddo Parish,
La, few days ago, charged with the
murder of Alexander Carrick, all being
colored Bill Matthews had fight with
Alex Cerrick at dance. Hall Matthews
struck Carrick over the head with a bottle
OF brandy cherries, from the effects of
which he died.
Wash Freeman, negro of Frankfort,
KY, went about mile in the coun try,
few nights ago, to steal some roasting ears
of corn. While in the act he was fred up
on by white man named w all ace, the
ball entering just below the chin and
causing his death. Wallace says he
thought it was a hog, else he would not
have fired.
A negro named Wilkerson was lynched
near Mllen, Ca, few days ago. He de-
served it,
Atlanta (Ga.l citizens consume fifteen
hundred quarts Of wine every day.
Libby prison, Richm mond, Va. is now a
fertilizing factory, end Cas- le Thunder
has been burned to the ground.
Andrew Harritt, n brakeman on the Sun
set Route in Texas, was killed by the cars
at Converse station a few days ago.
A company has been formed in Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, with a capital stock of $780,
coo to erect a new 100-ton blast furnace in
that city at once.
One of the finest Baptist churches in the
Southern States, costing $4,000, was dedi-
Gated recently at Lynchburg, Va.
Charleston Is. CD real-estate dealers
say that ther has been no fallin, off in the
sac of lots in that city since the recent
earthquakes.
William Oney, of San Antonio, Tex,
was out riding twelve miles west of the
killed him.
y EaEuer was kliiei near Lexington,
Tenn, recently, that was supposed to be
at least fifty years old. It's owner had
got tired waiting for it to die ma 'ural
death.
High tides are making serious inroads
upon the beach at Galveston, Tex. Con-
siderable fear is expressed that the usual
fall gales will do great dam age to the
city.
'Old Ball" the faithful saddle horse Of
w. e. Pearson, of Scooba, Ala, died re-
Gently, aged twenty five years. 1t was
thought to Re the oldest hose in the State,
and was wen known for miles around.
The "whte house" of the Confederacy at
Richmond, Va, is now used as public
school, and the halls in which the Davis
Cabinet held their war councils now echo
with the voices of children reciting lessons
in geography.
General Devens' dress sword is being
handed down as an heirloom it appears,
in The families of officers of the North
Carolina brinade which surprised the
Judges headquarters at charlottesville
There are two families of the name of
Dodd in Barlow County, Georgia. They
are not rela ell, and interest in them arises
from the fact that one Of the families is
composed of nine girls while the other is
made up Of eight boys.
One Of the results of the recent earth
quake was to ure the rheumatism Of
citizen of Columbia, S. c. He had used
crutches for years, but when the quake
quabed he ran out of the house like four
year-old seer, and he hasn't used bis
crutches since.
The Taylor brothers, rival candi lates for
Governor of Tennessee, occupied the same
room in a hotel at Chattanooga, recently,
where they entertained their friends in
the evening, with familiar melodies on the
violin.
The sheriff of Covington, Tenn, has in
custody a man who confesses having mur-
dered ex-Mayor Bowman, of East st.
Louis, III. The prise ner states that he
was paid s. 900 for the work by the vice.
president of a railway company. The
confession lacks some elem ants of con-
sistency.
The Board of E lucation of Savannah,
Ga, has passed resolutions forbidding
the intliction Of corporal punishment.
There has been some trouble growing out
Of the infic;i IN Of such punishment, and
the board thou 3ht its abolition would be
the shortest way to en- it.
The Diurnal, packet steamer running
between Louisville, KY, and Cannelton,
struck snag near Alta, In l.. few lay
ago, ripped several planks off her keel and
sunk. The passengers and freight were all
removed without accident or incident to
the City Of Owensboro that happened to
be passing. The freight was considerably
damaged by water. The loss is estimated
at 5000; insurance, 5000.
VIM. P. Ferris. manager or Bradstreets
Mercantile Agency at Birmingham, Ala,
died at Nashville, Tenn, few nights
ago from an overdose of chloral admin
isiered while he was i'll. Mr. Ferris was
returning to Bennington from Northern
trip. His Lody was cared for by frlends.
He was for several years the manager OF
Bradsreet's agency in Nashville. He
afterward went to Little Rock, ana from
there to Birmingham.
terrible accident occurred on the East
Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia raiiwav'
near CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. few evenings