The Brookhaven leader., 1886-08-19
STANDING ADVERTISEMENTS.
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

VIM. Usselton, living near Beech GroTe,
Tenn, while returning from a turkey
hunt a few days ago, dismounted from his
horse to let down a fence. In remounting
his gun was discharged, filling his breast
with buckshot. His children, hearing the
report, ran to the spot, and found their
father lying at the gap, dead.
Lewis Mccormick and Brown Scratchins
met at the store Of B. Bell, Hawkinsville,
Ga few nights ago, when a former diff
ficul'y wes renewed. Knives were arawn,
when n fierce duel took place, ending in
Mccormick receiving fatal thrus's in the
neck and thest, from which he died in
few minutes. SCratchins is in jail.
Ground was broken few days since on
the Doptford plantation, near Savannah
Ca, for the Savannah & Tybee railroad.
The first spadeful of dirt was thrown out
by Master Tommie Purse, the young sor
o Captain D. G. Purse, president of the
company. 1t will be the fftieth anniver,
sary of the breaking of ground for tho
Central railroad, when the first shovelul
Of dirt was thrown up by the late Hon.
Thos. Purse, grandfather of this young
ster.
The British bark Excelsior, Captain
| Whitford. which was intercepted by
revenue cutter few davs ago on her way
f'om G. ion to Mobile, when about to enter
Mobile BAY, and ordered to Ship land
quarantine station. arrived there with nine
men sick, inclHdin the captain, out OF
| crew of sixteen. II has not YET been as
| certained whether the disease is yellow
| fever.
At Houston, Tex, a few days ago, light
| ning killed : Taylor, colored, and intiict-
ed fatal injuries on James Lyles.
At Hot Springs. Ark, staging fell
with two house rainteTs few davS ago.
One of them. Sam Murphy, was fatally in
jured.
The people of Gecr-ia IN the October
elec ions Wi Il be called upon to vote upon
a constitute nal amendment authorizing
the Legislature to pension Confederate
soldiers.
George Mann stabbed his mistress In
the abdomen at Louisville, KY, few
| davs ago, and then comp lied her to walk
block TO her home. She will recover.
Dublin, Ga, is the scene of a first class
strike. Eight or ten negroes were at work
upon the streets at WAGES Of one dollar
day. The Town Council reduced the price
to seventy-five cents, and all hands struck.
! The strikers are energetic in their efforts
to ke p Others from working.
The Polk street bridge across Cypress
BAYOU. at jefferson, Tex, fell through
few evenings since, while George Figures,
negro, was crossing with a two-muie
wagon. One of the mules was killed and
Figures, it was thought, could not live.
Henry Code, a carpenter at work on
- Tr.,,i--
vile. Kv.,a few dovs ago lost his balance
and fell to the ground twenty-five feet,
fracturing his skull and breaking his neck.
He leaves a family.
Mr.. Reuben Ford. surveyor at Austin,
Tex, reports finding some very rich Eo!d-
tearin. quartz thi t. miles south of Bur-
nett. in the noun ms. He thinks the find
will prove a rich one.
A little girl named Maui Wolf, seven
wears old, daurhter Of W. W. Wolf.
Louisville (Kv.) ciear manufactures was
badly crushed h. q tolcceO press few
davs ago. Tie machine as p"OD0cd up
! some disfance from the floor. Tho i't'e
Girl in p'.vin near it loo enHd oR' of the
props anl - g huge machine fell Cvar her,
almos. crus ing her fiat board. She
died from her injuries. -rsf
Nathan L'ebar. poru:sr young mer-
chant of X noxvilIa, Tenn. was drowned
in the Tennessee river few days ago
while bathing. A. VI. RId 7ell, one. of lis
clerks. was almost drowned in at'em@ting
to rescue him. Iieber formerly resided at
Hel'n9 Ark.
An Illicit dis fllery was recently found
in operation in the county jail in Atlanta,
.prltN
for several months. An attempted es-
! cape led to the Investigation which devel-
| oped the existence of the still.
The ward encire of tte Louisville &
, Nashville railroad at LEXINGTON, XIV, ex-
uIoded her boiler few days ago, wreck
I fnp The en~ine. The engineer, W iii NJ
! Su"kles, of Louisville, had a leg blown of
and di Cd few moments after being taken
to the hospital Pete Dair, the fireman,
was probably fatally injured.
Rev. Edwin Gardner Weed was con-
secrated bishop of Florida by the council
of Protestant Episcopal bishops at Jack
sonvil}e few days ago. Bishop Gu m
tard, of Ten ressee, presided. Bishop Ell
lott, Of Western Texas, preached the SER
mon. The attendance was. very large.
Six bishops were present.
Thomas " oodard, wsH Hknown sport
of Cvnthiana, KY, attempted suicide a
nights ago by cutting himself in the
region # tie heart with a knife. This was
the second attempt. The other time he
tried to end his life by shooting himself,
No cause is known for the deed.
State troops have for months been sta-
tioned at Morehead. KY, to preserve the
paace bctw Ell tie Tolliver and Humphrey
factions. These leaders have recently
si,ned agreements TO leave Rowan County
forever States Attorney Caruth agrees
tc compromise by dismissing the prosecu-
tion.
terrible triple tragedy occurred at
Gravsville, Tenn, on the inc of the Cin-
cinnati Southern railway, few nights
gro. The Rev. S. NJ. Bandy and John
DIV s, the latter prominent farmer, had
d fflculty over the attentions of Davis to
Bsndy's daughter. The young lady's
brother attempted 10 whip Davis and the
latter beat him to Death, crushin- his
skull with a stone. At this iuncture the
minister drew knife and attacked Davis.
Both men fought with knives and each
was inortally wounded. Bandy is dead
and Davis was dying. All the parties are
well-kn lwn.
More heavy storms are promised. -
H.. N. Sullivan, secretary of the board
of trustees 0 the State university at Ok
ford, Miss, was sb 1t and killed a few
,,;uh+e ,o by Y NJ HowrX law professor