Huntsville gazette., 1886-09-18
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS,


an old colored man named Warner for
voting the prohibition ticket.
Matt Roach (colored), while fighting
two negresses, at Nashville, Tenn, a few
days since, accidentally struck Mary
Copeland (colored), aged one year, with
chair, killing her.
Hardin County, Kentucky, has public
school fund of $30,000 one hundred public
schools, four colleges and academies and
three female semnaries.
Thos N. Fowler, Major General Of the
Alabama STATE militia, died at Mobile
few days ago. He was a Lieutenant Col
onel of Mississippi regiment during the
war.
Luther Jones committed suicide at Horse
Cave, KY, few days ago by shooting
himself through the head. Circumstances
show that the deed was accomplished de-
iberately.
The trial of Quincy A. Balm for the mur-
der of his cousin, William p Balm, in Sus-
sex County, Va, on February 27 last, has
just been completed in the court of that
county, the jury rendering verdict of
not guilty.
N. D. Monroe, familiarly known as
"Wild Neill," committed suicide a few
days ago. He lived with an old sister in
the woods, about fifteen miles from Fay
etville, N. c.. Before the war he was
man of property, but lost it in the con-
fict.
George Cornica, employed in the con-
struction Of railroad bridge over Mill
creek, a short distance from Fort Smith,
Ark, fell from the structure few days
SINCE striking on his head twenty feet be-
low and sustaining injuries which result
ed in his death.
Texas Prohibitionists have determined
to put out cand ida tes for Congress.
A rattlesnake five and half feet long
was killed few days ago near North
Perry, Ala, while in the act of swallowing
q spring chicken.
A rattlesnake crawled into a bed at
Mecklenburg, NJ N. c., recently and bit a
little child, and two days afterward IL e
child died.
The State of Louisiana is overrun with
mad paupers, and there is not money
enough in the treasury to provide quar-
ters for them.
Hervy F. Price, the postma ster at Hook
ton, Miss, has been arrested on charg 2
of forging his official bond.
w. S. Roby fell out of a third STORY wiz
dow of the Southern Hotel, San Antonio
Tex, few nights ago, and was seriouslF
injured.
Hard Cash, Ty Ty, jug Tavern. Enigma,
Alligator, Pumpkin. Pay Up, Snapfnges
and Hat are Georgia post-ofices. Tennes-
see has Sweet Lips, Defeated, Regret, Pea
nut, Quiz and Tut.
Bricklayers in Charleston, S. c., get
six dollars day, and the work ofrebuild-
ing the city will give employment to
great many men and stimulate various
industries.
A young Atlanta (Ga.) couple went to
Westminster, S. c., recently, were mar
ried and returned to Atlanta the same
evening. The marriage is not to take eff
feet for two years, and all concerned in it
are bound to secrecy.
Judge Blandford, of the Georgia Su-
preme Court, is the only manned Confed-
crate in the State who declines to draw
the pension allowed by the authorities
His arm is off above the elbow, and he is
entitled to sixty dollars every three years.
He drew the first allowance, but has never
drawn any since.
Two heavy suits for damages growing
out of the recent terrible disaster at
Dark's Mills, on the Decatur railroad, in
Tennessee, in which seven men were
killed, have been filed in the Davidson
County Circuit Court. Mrs. Annie Lau-
man. widow of Henry z. Lauman, engi-
neer of the Columbia accommodation and
one Of the victims, sues for $4,000. The
administrator of H. L. Whittmore, a flag
man who was killed, demands $4,000.
Another heavy suit against the. Louis.
Vile & Nashville Railroad Company has
been fled. John King, administrator of
Patrick King fireman, who was killed in
the wreck at Dark's mills, on the Decatur
Division, wants $4,000.
John Walker, residing on Anderson's
Creek, Lauderdale County, Ala, while
resisting arrest by posse a few days ago
was shot and probably mortally wounded.
Hugh O'Donnell, a stone-mason, resid-
ing in the suburbs of Nashville, Tenn, was
run over by two trains on the Louisville &
Nashville railroad, near the East Nash
vile yards, few days since, and crushed
to fragments.
A negro named Watts, living ten miles
from Gadsden, Ala, tried to kill his three
children, the oldest ten years of age, a few
days ago, by knocking them senseless
with large stick and then setting fire to
the house. 1t was before daylight, and
the fire was not discovered until the eld-
est one was dead. The others will prob
ably die. He is in jail at Gadsden, and
appears to be sane.
At Pembroke, KY, few days ago,
large two story frame building, owned
by R. B. Armstead, and occupied on the
first floor by negroes and on the second
floor by the Masonic fraternity, was dis
covered to be on fire. The flames spread
rapidly to the adjoining building, owned
and occupied by Bollinger q Mccoy as
dressed-lumber warehouse, and beforeth
fire could be gotten under control both
buildings and their contents were totally
consumed. The fire is supposed TO nave
been the work of an incendiary.
George Mathis, aged seventeen, who IS
wanted in Owensboro, KY, for murder
committed some time ago, and for whose
capture reward of one hundred dollars