The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-02-06
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINes,

I'M OIL Tue most curious facts ever head
OF has just come TO light, On Walden's
Ridge, near Chattanooga, Tenn, Walsh
Conner owns large slut crossed between
bull and shepherd dog. She had six pups
which were taken from her some weeks
ago when the thermometer stood at zero
That night his SOW, which had six pigs,
froZe to death The next morning the little
pigs were brought into the house by the
fire, when the dog became familiar with
them, and the family were surprised to see
her lie down and suckle the pigs. She con-
tinued to do this at least twice day, and
the pigs to this day have had no other
means Of subsistence. They are now several
weeks old and all of them fat and hearty.
The dog guards them when any one at
tempts to take them away, and If one of
them squeals she hurries to its rescue.
TIE Baltimore Manufacturers Record
published few days ago its annual review
of the industrial growth of the South and
the progress made in the development of
the manufacturing and mining interests of
that section during 1885, notwithstanding
the general depression in business through
out the country. A noticeable feature is
the wide diversity of new enterprises which
includes almost every industry known in
the country. The amount Of capital, in
Guiding capital stock of Incorporated COM
panies organized during the year and in
enlarging and rebuilding those destroyed
by fire, aggregates S66,8l2, 900 di-
vded among the fourteen Southern
States as follows: Alabama.
s7,sil ,000 Arkansas, 81 ,22O 600; Florida,
s2,0l9,0o0 Georgia, 81, 500, 100; Kentucky,
SIS 30i, 200; Louisiana, ~, lis, 500; Maryland,
S6,6GS, 500; Mississippi, SOL 500; North Car
Dina, So, 900; South Carolina, $S56,000;
Tennessee, 1852, 600; Texas, S3233 600;
Virginia, S3,3l4,0 900; West Virginia, Sl2, 056,
900, Total, s66,S12,0 600. Summingup some
statistics of the SouthS progress since 1850
the Record shows that since then TO- 400
miles have been added to the South's rail
road mileage, the building of which
added to the investments in old
roads and their improvements, foots up
S57l 900, 900, the actual cost of the railroads
of the South and their eq uipment, accord
ing to statistics being over Sl,250, 000,000
against $679, 800, 900 in 1880. The assessed
value of property in the South has in
creased nearly $1,000, 100000 since 1879.
The gold brick swindle has been played
on Oscar F. Noel, a wealthy Nashville citi-
zen, to the tune of $1,000
SEVERAL arrests have recently been made
at Austin, Tex, for completely in the
Christmas murders The latest is MIR. Han.
cock, the husband of one of the murdered
women.
A WHOLE family Of negroes were poisoned
atHowth Station on the Houston & Texas
Central Railway six miles north Of Hemp.
stead, Tex. The family of whom Morris
Johnson is the head, were poisoned by eat
ing the flesh of stolen hog. which had
been dosed with strychnine to trap hog
thieves. Bill Harris and Henry Clay, two
guests of Morris johnson, and Jonnsons
step-daughter, have died, and several OF
the family are in critical condition.
Dr. MOORE, Of Canton, Ca, while stoop-
ing in front of his horse, a few days ago,
the animal took square bite at his neck,
the teeth crushing through the windpipe,
He can not live.
MOODY and Sankey closed their meetings
at Nashville. Tenn, and have gone to Chat
tanooga.
WILL MCKINLEY, a youth of eighteen
jumped from train near Maryvlle, Tenn.
crushing his skull SO badly that he will die
A COMPANY has been organized in Knox
vile, Tenn, with capital Of $4,000 ia
manufacture stoves and mantels. Penn
sylvania capitalists are largely interested
TIE report of the King Cotton Mill, At
lanta, Ca, capital 100000, shows tina
since September cotton has been manufac
tured at handsome profit, and that bust
ness is better than for three years.
CHARLES HOWARD, the watchman in tn
Marietta and Northern Georgia railroad
shops at Marietta, Ga, was brutally muir
dered the other night while on duty in the
shops. The reason for the murder is no
known, nor is there yet any clew that will
lead to the arrest Of the perpetrators of tn
foul crime, excepting some tracks across ,
field near the scene Of the tragedy, After thu
murder had been committed the assassin
tried to conceal the deed by setting fire to tn
body or building. The clothes Of the vic
tim were fired and burned off; his flesi
was badly burned, one hand being com
pletely burned off, and when discovered
the fire had communicated to the floor
which was badly burned, The assailan
did his deed with a sledge-hammer, whic
was found near the body of his victim, GOV
cred with blood aud brains. The track
across the fields show that the person
were running swiftly.
A TERRIBLE tragedy took place in Wake
County, Ga, near Pond Springs, the otbe
night, in which two prominent citizens wer
fatally injured. Dr. Sam Price, a prom
uent physician, called at the house of WIN
Powell to collect bill for services. Powe
declined to pay and quarrel ensued, an
Powell ordered Price from his house. Pric
became infuriated at this, and jerking on
spistol shot Powell through the abdomen
in his wife's presence. Powell grapple
with his antagonist and while engaged in
hand-to-hand combat, a brother of Powe
reached the scene and separated then
Price attempted to shoot second time, an
was struck ON the head with a club b
Powell and his skull crushed Both me
will probably die
THE oldest colored woman in the worl,
probably is Aunt Silva Dwite, of Burk
County, Ga. She claims to be one hui
dred and thirty years old, but thinks she
older than that. She was born the slave c
General Rump of South Carolina, but W,
sold several times, her last master bein
Colonel Dwite. She remembers some eli
cumstances of the Revolutionary War, b,
says she was young at the time. She ha