Huntsville gazette., 1886-12-11
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

ehehoOo VI DcCollifS flcn UniS winter.
A farmer near Manchester, Tenn, has
an eight-months- heifer calf which
gives one-half gallon Of milk per day.
In Decatur, Ala, recently, man was ar
rested who put a counterfeit in dollar the
contribution box and took out genuine
coins in change.
Tie Jail at SOmerville, Tenn, was de-
stroyed bxa ligia.at. ssss.s a,r 1su1lt,r. i.
Few days ago. Nine men in confinement
there were transferred to Memphis.
Louisiana boasts the largest plantation
On earth-ore hundred miles long by twen-
ty-five wide.
f. NJ. Levy, prosperous merchant at
Baton Rouge. was accidentally shot and
killed a few evenings since.
A. & S. Rosenfeld, dothiers at Atlanta,
Ga, are insolvent, their debts and assets
balancing at s45 900
Granville Brown, boy Of Mt. Vernon,
KY, was caught in burning barn a few
days ago, and perished in the flames.
In quarrel at Petersburg, Va, a few
days ago, Mary Sprigg threw lighted
kerosene lamp at Susan Sparlocl1, who was
almost roasted alive by the burning liquid
A collision of trains near Greenwood,
Mo, few days ago, caused the death Of
Elijah a. Magoffin, postal clerk, a nephew
OF the Ex-Governor Of Kentucky.
The destruction of the Winn Parish (Ia)
courthouse by fire Of incendiary origin
occurred few days since. The building
had been saturated with coal-oil, and burned
so rapidly that no time was given to save
the records, all of which We're destroyed.
What is known as ''tfe wholesale block"
IL Montgomery, Ala, a new building occu-
pied by wholesale merchants in different
branches of business, was burned a few
nights ago. The block is situated in the
centre OF the business portion of the city.
The wind was very high ana the fire was a
fierce one.
Fresh cncumbers are being shipped from
Florida to Northern markets.
A Georgia farmer has a partridge that
follows hen and her chickens about the
yard.
There are only thirty-three inmates in
the Mississippi Blind Asylum. The build
ing cost the State s69,000.
A couple of sportsmen in L0wndes Coun-
ty, Ala, recently killed 143 squirrels in ole
day.
The Arkansas Supreme Court has decid-
ed that Sunday can not be ignored by those
who observe Saturday as Sunday.
Little Maggie Hill, OF Fayetteville, Tenn,
although only six years old, plays the
violin almost as wcn as the best teacher
in the State.
During the past few years land in many
Florida counties has doubled in price. The
population has also doubled.
One of the richest men III San Antonio,
Tex, is Chop Hop, Chinaman, who has
an English wife. He is now on visit to
the Flowery kingdom.
Mayor Guillotte Of New Orleans has sus-
pended Chief of Police Pachemin for in
competency. charging him also with EN-
bezzlement.
DR.. Bradshaw. of Longview, Tex. was
recently relieved of his wallet, containing
$1,000 at Dallas, by pichpockets.
The Cape Hatteras (N. C.) fishery was
very successful in catching porpoises this
season. In six days over four hundred
porpoises were caught. They are caught
for their skins, which are converted into
leather.
The recent fire at Raleigh \. C., in the
cotton yard, in the heart Of the city, de-
stroyed 1919 bales, causing a loss Of S4S,-
600, all save SS,G00 covered by insurance.
Salyag ge will not exceed ten per cent.
A negro inmate Of the poor-house at
Admission Ala, is attracting n great deal
Of attention by his peculiar actions, which
are said to be similar to those Of dog.
He eats, drinks and barks like canine,
and it seems 10 be his chief pleasure to as
socatc with one.
Four wears ago Fred TherWanger was
the poorest man in Jef7ersonville, Ky. He
didn't have a dollar, but his son had four
teen dollars. and with this Fred bought
keg of beer, jug of whisky, some glasses,
and rugged up rough bar. He 1s now
worth over $4,000.
The cotton planters in lower North Caro-
lima are said to have experienced much
trouble in securing labor this season. Last
wear laborers were paid thirty-tive cents
per hundred pounds for picking, but this
wear they demanded fifty cents per hun
dred. and q number Of planters refused to
pay that amount.
On Lookout mountain a few days since
a man named Bryant lost his life by thaW-
ing dynamite in fire. Both his legs were
torn off by the explosion which followed
Immense forest fires recently ravaged
Bladen, Brunswick and Columbus coun-
ties, j. c., and large tracts of timber have
been burned.
Two Cinnamon secured wives by eloping
with white girls from Augusta. Ga. Out
Of these events grew feeling of hostility
which led to attempts with fire and dyna-
mite on the houses occupied by the Chinese
colony.
In Winston County. Miss, recently,
Young man concluded to get married in
new suit OF clothes without paying FOR
them. He went to a tailor, obtained the
clothes on credit, got married, and re-
turned them to the tailor the next day,
claiming that they did not fit him.
Willie Hines, the seventeen-year-eld son
Of well-to-Go farmer of West Point, Ga,
eloped with and married MISS Newsome,
ten wears his senior. a few days ago. In
order to keep his father from following
him. the young man smashed the family
carriage and threw the sadd le into The
well.
There was serious fire at Aiken, 8. C.,
a few days ago. Eight buildings were de-
stroged. The total losses are estimated at
s24 GOO. and the insurance at Se2, 900.
The residence of Mr.. George Phillips,
near Oddville, Harris County, KY, burned
to the ground few days ago. with all its
contents. Loss about $500 on which
there was an insurance of $50. The IRE
is supposed to have been the work OF an