Huntsville gazette., 1886-04-24
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.


James Quinn, Of Meridian. Miss. start.
ed out from home few days ago with his
rifle to hunt squirrels. While in the yard
he threw the rife across his arm to place
new cap. The rife went off by accident,
the bullet going through Mrs. Quinn,s
head, who fell dead among her six chill
dren. 1~ @A'
AT Owens' ranch, near sPearsall, Tex,
few days ago, Pedro Sansheil, Mexican,
attempted to come out of a well he had
been digging. When thirty feet from the
bottom the rope broke and he fell, crush
Ing enc feg so badly that it was immedi-i
ately amputated, and sustaining other and
fatal injuries.
Confirmation of Senator Jackson, of
Tennessee, as Federal Judge, has caused
much speculation in Tennessee as to the
appointment by Governor Bate of his sue
cessor in the Senate. Senator jackson
was leader of the State Credit Demo-
cracy, who insist on the payment, dollar
for dollar, Of the State debt.
Pretty Alice Watkins, who was recently
sentenced at Galveston, Tex, to one days
Imprisonment in the penitentiary for
bigamy, has returned to Galveston, and
though she was welcomed by her sympa-
thizing friends, the ignominy of her con-
viction so preyed upon her mind that she
concluded life was not worth living. Her
first husband, who deserted her and left
neither maid, wife nor widow, had turned
her accuser, while the second husband, for
whom her liberty and reputation had been
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weary of the struggle against fate, she
sought the bay and sin she plunged bold
ly, no matter how coldly the dark waters
ran" Fortunately she was seen and
rescued despite her struggles, and now is
endeavoring to reconcile herself to exist
ence. Mrs. Watkins sentence was the
shortest Incarceration in the penitentiary
ever inflicted in the State, and according
to the law when she was released from her
prison walls she was given twenty-five
dollars and suit of clothes
Daniel Arnold, of Macon, Ca, hid his
savings (S700) in a hole near his house.
but the recent flood inundated the hole
and carried away Dams wealth.
The cars of the Capital City street rail-
road at Montgomery, Ala, are now COM
menced running by electricity. The trips
are regularly made and everything works
perfectly.
In a fight near Eastland, Tex, a few
days ago, Tom Ellison was killed and w.
g. Hardin and John Ellison seriously
wounded.
During the terrible rainstorm which
passed over Vicksburg, Miss, a few nights
ago, lasting about two hours, the large
dry goods house of Switzer, Newwitter &
Co. was flooded and stock damaged about
$4,000 by water.
The body Of John Harris was found
few days ago two miles from Birming-
ham, Ala, in fish h-pound with bullet
hole through his head. The coroner's jury
rendered verdict to the effect that he was
shot by someone unknown.
Near Webster, on the Western North
Carolina road, few days ago, John Mes
sier, Amos Sutton and John Mcmahon
were drinking. Messier had married Sut-
toms cousin and left her. He made re-
mark derogatory to her character, when
Sutton struck him in the mouth. Messier
thereupon drew his pistol and shot Sutton
dead. He then escaped to the mountains,
and pack of dogs were put on his trail.
News comes from Bethel, Ca, of the
murder of Mrs. Polly Miller by Alex Hug
gins Higgins had married the woman's
daughter and during the day inaugurated
his superior authority by giving her
thrashing. The young wife escaped to
her mothers. Higgins armed himself
with gun and went over and called his
wife. The old woman had been praying
loud in the yard and answered. She asked
him if she had come to whip her daughter
again under her own eyes. He replied:
eyes, and I win whip you too" and rais-
ing the gun shot his mother n-law down.
killing her instantly, and then escaped.
A shaft of lightning set fire to the Beck
building at Vicksburg, Miss, few nights
ago, burning out the upper story before
the fire department. could check it. The
building adioins the Commercidl Herald
Office which for some time was threatened.
The damage to the Beck building is about
50 900. The Beck building is the same that
stopped the confagration and saved the
Commercial Herald in the great fire last
April.
Three thousand dollars worth Of dia-
monds were stolen from the Southern Ex-
press Company some time about the 9th of
the present month. They were shipped
from Athens, Ca, over the Richmond q
Danville railroad to Charlotte, N. C., and
were never received at that place. The
manager of the company and the detect
ives working the case all refuse to talk
about the matter The loss is supposed to
have taken place at Lula, while the pack
age was on its way to Charlotte. The ar
ticles lost are as follows: One pair OF gold
bracelets, each set with five diamonds and
valued at $3.50 apiece; six pairs OF solitaire
ear rings, valued at $S25; one diamond
scarf pin, valued at $105; two diamond
scarf pins, valued at $40 apiece, and one
diamond scarf pin, valued at $50.
Hon. L. Q. G. Lamar, Secretary OF tne
Interior in President Cevelands Caoinet,
has been visiting recently in Georgia, ana
among other places. stopped at Macon,
where he was royalty entertained. secre-
tary Lamar says his visit South is entirely
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