The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-05-01
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS.

hanged at Fort Smith, Ark, for murders
in the Indian Territory.
THE local option election in Fredericks-
burg, Va, resulted in favor of granting
licenses by 210 majority.
AT New Orleans, William C. Nessen, a
jealous husband, fatally wounded his wife
and blew out his brains.
THOMAS w, ELLIS publisher of a sensa-
tlonal weekly paper at Birmingham Ala,
shot and killed Clara Ross, inmate of o
house of bad repute.
OUT OF 1877 counties in Georgia Prohibit
ZION operates in one way or another in
over l15 counties Washington County,
one OF the largest in the State has voted
the dry ticket by majority of 242
wRECKER placed cross-tie on the East
Tennessee track, near Silver Creek, Ga,
and then stepping back in the dark night
watched an approaching freight train
strike it and roll down a ten-foot bank.
The fireman was instantly killed, and the
engineer fatally injured.
JOHN BOYD (colored) was arrested at
Hopkinsville, KY, charged with stealing
$4,000 from T, J. Fuller a wealthy farmer
near Jacksonville, Tenn. During the war
Fuller buried $4,000 in gold in his front
yard He has allowed it to remain there
ever since for safe-keeping During the
nlght his yard was plowed up and the
money was stolen, Boyd was suspected
and followed to Hopkinsville, where he
had deposited several thousand dollars in
bank.
EPPs PETTUs, colored farmer, living in
the vicinity of Vicksburg, Miss was at
tackled some days ago by mad dog, and
in attempting to kill the animal was Sc
verely bitten in many places, his wounds
oeing SO extensive as to confine him to his
bed. Symptoms of hydrophobia appeared
and his attendants were forced to chain
him. After suffering horrible agony two
days he died.
KENNEL on large scale is to be started
in Nashville, Tenn, by business men of that
city. 1t is intended to breed all sorts of
Fancy animals. A speciality will be made
of mastiffs.
ONE of the horses of j. L. Kennedy. Of
barnesville, Ca, which had been suffering
Ior some time with what was supposed to
oe distemper, in violent fit of coughing
tne other day coughed up silver quarter
OF dollar, and has been all right ever
since.
The grand jury at Austin, Tex, has
round an Indictment against James Phil
lips, Jr., charging him with having mur.
dered his wife on last Christmas eve in
That city. This is one of the two mysteri-
Gus wife murders committed on that night
Wnich caused wide sensation at the time
rhillips was found lying in bed insensible
from anugiy wound in the head, while the
body of his wife was found in the bacl
yard.
JOHN PHELPS, one of the leading cotton
merchants of the South, died at New Or
leans few nights ago.
CHARLES MITCHELL was arrested at Mer.-
phis, Tenn, and taken to Columbus, Miss.
charged with passing counterfeit f,ftv,
dollar Dill on lady named Mrs. Bond.
JOHN THOMPSON workman at Loomis 4
Harris mills, Chattanooga, Tenn, was
caught In the cutoff saw and both legs
were nearly sawed off. They will be am.
putated and Thompson will probably die.
A CURIOUS case of Judge turning wit.
ness has occurred in Echols County. Ga.
There was suit pending involving a land
tltle' Both parties were innocent Dur.
chasers Both chains of titles ran bac, to
common deed made nearly fifty wears
ago. When Judge Hansell examined both
sets OF Titles closely he said, holding up one
chaln; "Gentlemen, here are the genuine
deeds to this land. I was young lawve,
in those days, and drew this title myselt
for the grantor. This other title pur
porting to have been made by him. is q
forgery.
ONE OF the greatest physical curiosities O.
the age has been found in Laurens County
s. c. The fact that boy now over twely,
years of age still wears dresses has long ex
cited the curiosity of the Darrah com
munlty in Laurens County. His parent
explained this by saying that he was de
formed and could not wear ordinar,
trowsers. The boy runs and jumps as wei
as other children, and shows no sign
OF deformity. The mystery has bee,
solved by physician who recently attend
ed him while he had fever. He saws tina
the boys back bone is prolonged into tai
about eight inches in length, and that it /
covered with thick growth of hair TIL
tail wags just like dogs His parent
made several attempts to make the bo,
wear trousers, but whenever the cauda
appendage is bent to one side it pains him
The boy is active and in perfect health.
THERE lives near Birmingham, Ala, Mrs
Nancy Brown, who is eighty. two years O
age She has lived in that vicinity sixty
one years She has never been to the cit,
and only knows four persons in the place
She knits and spins. Her spinning whee
mas made her fortune She will not wea
garment she does not make herself. Sh
says she has never spent but twenty-6v
cents foolishly in her life, which was +
nave her picture taken She can see tn
street cars pass her doors every fiftee
minutes. She says: 81 would not ride ~
one OF them things if you was to give it t
me.' Some time ago Dr. J. B. Luckie wen
out to see her When be entered her roor
she said: Where are your saddle-bags 2
He had discarded them several wears, an
proceeded to write her prescription. Sh
tore it up and said; ~ will not take an
OF your medicine unless you will give 1t {
me here. believe in the old style.n
The Hawkinsville (Ga.,) Ne,vs tells G
Jack Robuck falling into his well. TIL
well is sixty feet in depth, and it was fort,
three feet to water. Mr. Robuck fell fror
the surface to the water receiving ven.