The Brookhaven leader., 1886-12-16
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SOUTHERN GLEANlNG9.

An old co1ored woman OF Helena, Ark,
perished few4days ago by the burning'of
her cottage. ast4 -..t,as4-ra
B. F. Perry, provisional Governor OF
South Carolina in 1865. died recently at
Grecnvilfe,, aged eighty-one years.
A bed Of conglomerate gravel near Pa
ducah, KY, is said to be filled with dia-
monds and other precious stones.
The Governor of Georgia has pardoned
George I. Jackson the Augusta cotton
mill manager, who embezzled S100, ,000
His health suffered greatly from the eoti-
finement.i ta=. ass - aN /.
The sugar. house and machinery on w.
L. Shaffer's Cedar Grove plantation, Terre
Bonne Parish, La, were destroyed by fire
a few days since. Loss, about $40, ,000;| in
surance, $1,000. ss R@ 44tt
George Noble, general manager of the
Texas & Pacific railroad, died at Dallas,
Tex, a few days ago, after q short illness.
John Franklin, drummer representing
| B. Veerkamp a. S on's carriage manufac-
tory OF Cincinnati, died at Memphis, ,Tenn.,
| few nights ago from an overdose OF snos-s
| phine taken to quiet his nerves.
| Joseph HI. Hays, a switchman employed
| by the Louisville & Nashville road, was
run over by coal train in Memphis few
| days ago, and so badly crushed that he
| died within half-hour.
?. Underwood, mail carrier, was found
| dead in the road three miles west Of
| Pierce's Mill, in Marion County, Ark, o
| few days ago. He had been shot with
| pistol and the mail bags cut open andrified
| of their contents. A search is being made
| for the murderer, who, if caught, will be
| swung up
| At recent meeting of the Chickasaw
| Guards of Memphis, Tenn, it was re-
solved that they would attend the Nation
al drill at Washington in May and com
pete for the prizes offered, provided Cap
tain T. Carnes can so arrange his business
matters as to command them
There are 1,561 convicts on the chain
gang of Georgia-5l females go colored, l
white), 161 white males and the rest col;
ored.
| Vim. Morrison, a tough character. of
Christian County, KY, was killed few
days ago in fight with the sheriff.
VIM. Phippin and son, Henry, were shot
and killed in Stewart County, Tenn, few
days ago, by VIM Cooley, in road fight.
| Governor Lee of Virginia has granted
| Cluverius a respite until January IA.
| The Charleston earthquake relief COM
mittee has looked after 1903 cases Of dis
tress since September l.
A fire in Jonesboro, Ga, few days ago
resulted in the destruction of the Story
House block; loss, $4,000.
The sheriff at Hot Springs, Ark, raided
! every gambling establishment in town
| few days since, and burned the tables and
| chips in the street.
A negroes protective union has been
formed at Memphis. Tenn, its object being
| 'tthe advancement Of the moral, social,
| financial, intellectual and political inter-
ests of the negro race" @. @
Quite number Of Mississippi companies
| have entered for the grand National com
| petitive drill at Washington next May.
The recent snowfall throughout Vir-
ginia was the heaviest for thirty years.
| The street-car tracks at Petersburg were
| blockaded.
Lewis Edward, an eighteen-year- ne
| gro boy, shot and killed r. S. Smith, hotel
proprietor, at Jesup, Ga, a few days ago.
Smith was threatening him with a knife.
The sugar house and machinery on W. L.
Shaffer's Cedar Grove plantation, Terre
Bonne Parish, La, were destroyed by fire
a few days ago. Loss about $4,000; in
surance, $1,000.
Another shock of earthquake was felt at
| Columbia, S. c., "a few days since. TWAS
so severe as to wake the soundest sleepers.
As it was not felt at Charleston, the inn
preston prevails that the area of displace-
ment has drifted westward.
The leader of the Prohibitionists in the
South ICarolina Legislature is Hon. Mr.:
B ooZer.
Austin Carnicle emptied both barrels Of
shotgun into the body of Jim Kennedy,
at Ralston, Tenn, few days ago, inflict-
ing mortal wounds. The difficulty be-
tween them grew out of dispute about
| some pasture land.
A company composed of local capitalists
| have purchased the Lagrange iron works
| in Stewart County, Tenn, and will develop
| the rich iron resources of that section.
| Much of the emigration of negro laborers
from South Carolina is attributed to short
crops Many families have nothing now,
| with little prospect of bettering their con-
dition under the priority lien law, which
gives landlords the preference over mer-
chants and all other creditors.
Eighty-three men are confined in the
Federal jail at Fort Smith, Ark. Thirty
eight are awaiting trial, twenty-one ard
| serving out Jail sentences, six are under
sentence of death, and eighteen are await
ing transportation to the Chester Gll.)
| prison.
A disastrous fire occurred at Yazoo City,
Miss, few days ago resulting in loss
of about $4,000; partly insured. 1t was
| by hard work that the compress and about
5000 bales of cotton were saved. A..
W. L. Gibbs, travelling salesman, died al
the Maxwell House, at Nashville, Tenn,
| few days ago, aged thirty. years. Mr..
| Gibbs arrived from Atlanta five days, pre-
viqusly, suffering. from nervous exhaus'
ton. He was from Rochester n. Y,
where his mother resides.
Fire at Washington, n. G., a few days
since, burned the extensive lumber kilns
owned by e. NJ. Short, who loses S9,O00 on
them. Other losses, are:. 5. r.. FoWle,
lumber, $1,000; E., NJ Short, lumber,
| s11,000.. The latter had only SLOW lnsur-
| ance. ..sA - - .Haa.A j. .,iasaiI. 4
negro reached Columbus, Ga, a few
days ago who imagined that he was rich.
He had in his possession $500, which he
,vainly endeavored to spend. He was ar
rested for burglary in Hatchechub bbee. 1t
seems that the $500 which he secured was
! Confederate money, and it was this clew
which led to his arrest
| Much interest has been felt as to the
| position Of the present Legislature 'o1
/ Georgia in regard to prohibition, as it was
/ :, the intention of the dry people to ask toI
more rigorous statutes. III the CONSIDERED
+ ton of the tax 'bfll the Prohibitionists
moved an amendment to raise the license
from $50 to s1OO This was defeated by q
vote Of GA to 30. The Prohibitionists were
/ much chagrined to find themselves out
| numbered, while the antis were jubi liant
| Heavy snow is reported in Virginia. 3
| Tfe roof 81 the stock4house of the Day
ton Coal and Furnace Company OF Chat
| tanooga, Tenn, -cayed in a few nights age
ION acoosatrnt 81 the heavy fan Oh snow. The
I. building tsIE nearby two fhandredo feel
square, and more than half tho roof caved
! inek Usually there are about one m u hundreeS e