The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-28
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS.
Cotton Markets.

GALVESTON. steady. On the 18th
the following were the ruling prices Mid
ding, 3-l6c,; low middling uplands,
ll-l6c'; good ordinary, Sc. net receipts,
q99 bales; gross receipts, 459 bales; sales,
S23 bales; stock, 4,097 bales.
NEW ORLEANs.-Cotton dull and nominal :
net receipts, 7Ol bales; gross receipts, 704
bales; sales, 100 bales; stock, A,5l5 bales.
ST. LoUIs-Cotton steady; middlnr.
9slc; sales, 1870 bales receipts, none; ship
ments, 20 bales; stock, 1880 bales.
A LITTLE daughter of Samuel William
son, at Friendly, w. Va, was kicked on the
head by horse and killed.
ELIZA WOODS, a negro woman, fifty-seven
years old, was taken from the Jail at Jack
son, Tenn, the other night, and hanged by
mob. She was accused of poisoning Mrs.
Wooten, white lady, wife of a well-known
citizen. An analysis of the stomach of the
dead woman revealed the presence of
arsenic, and the people became so enraged
that the lynching followed. She main
tanned her innocence to the last. She had
bad reputation. She was hung to tree
In the courthouse yard. The mob was
orderly and dispersed quietly.
NEAR Dallas, Tex, young son of Mrs.
Beach went in to battle. He got beyond
MS depth and his mother went in to rescue
hlm' A stranger who sat on the bank, and
whose presence prevented Mrs. Beach and
lady friend from going into the water,
plunged in to save Mrs. Beach and her
child. All three were drowned.
w. NJ RoBEcK, an aged miser, who has
been living in seclusion near Sneedville,
Tenn, for thirty years, was shot dead
through window few nights since at his
mouse. The house was set on fire over his
dead body, and all burned to ashes. Moth
ing definite is known as to who the guilty.
parties are
"A TwELvE-YEAR-OLD boy named Kim
brough had his skull crushed to pieces by
The kick of horse at Morristown, Tenn.
dying in few minutes.
WHEN the parade of Barnum's circus
was about to start at Memphis Tenn,
the other day, thrilling event occurred
Mrs. Ref, of Memphis, was near the pan
theirs cage, which contained four animals
and the keeper. Her hat was blown under
The cage by sudden gust of wind, and she
stopped to secure it, As she did so a large
panther put his paw out and caught her bv
the hair, and, with the other paw on her
face, lifted her from the ground. The keen
or rushed upon the furious beast and
beat him oseverely, and this enraged
tne other animals greatly. To those about
IL seemed as If the keeper would be set
upon and killed, but he was very courage.
ous' he beat the animals right and left in
powerful manner, and so cowed them that
they gave up the attack. Mrs. Ref was
badly injured about the head and face, and
mad to be removed to her home. The event
caused great excitement among the large
crowd.
IHE cotton mills suspended by the lock-
out In Augusta, Ga, consume 8, Isl bales of
cotton and employ 2,73S operatives on a
monthly payroll of s47,14O.
PHILo CARPENTER, deceased, of Chicago.
tequeathed &, 900 in trust to Rev. Josepb
+. Kay, OF Atlanta, Ca, to be used by him
IN opposition to secret societies
A PASSENGER on the Tennessee, Virginia
and Georgia train took sick, few davs
ago, and died near Cleveland, Tenn. On
reaching Chattanooga the corpse was
searched, and from letters the dead man
proved to be A. L. Tifforman, from New
York State. He was on his way to Kansas
City, Mo.
j. B. FIELDER, Mayor of Americas, Ca,
and Dr.W. P. Burt, councilman of the same
town, a few days ago, engaged in political
discussion. From hot words they passed to
blows. Burt struck Fielder, who then
stabbed Burt in the back and arm, inflict-
ing probably fatal wounds. Both men stand
high politically and socially in Americus
and throughout the State.
HENRY CoUssENs, prominent druggist,
of Nashville, Tenn, left fifty dollars in the
drawer Next morning thirty-seven dol
lars was gone, and he accused George
Moulton of taking it. Aquarrel and blows
followed. In the afternoon Coussens went
over to discharge Moulton, when the quar-
rel was renewed. After some hot words
Coussens threw heavy bundle at Moulton.
Moulton then seized knife and cut Cous-
sens half a dozen times in the abdomen
aud lungs. He will die. Moulton fled, but
was captured four miles from town. Cous-
sens was to have married Moulton's sister
in few days.
AS the Louisville and Nashville passenger
train was leaving Memphis, Tenn the other
night, negro boy named Thomas Jones,
aged fourteen years, tried to jump on the
platform between two of the coaches but
missed his footing and fell, the wheels pass
ing over his neck and shaving off his head
as if done with the guillotine.
HAMLIN HUMPHREYS, son of David Hum.
phries, wealthy citizen of Chattanooga,
Tenn, met with a shocking death few
days ago. He was out horseback riding,
when the horse became frightened and
threw the young man, breaking his neck.
The young mans father was lying at the
point of death at Crisp Springs, near Tull-
ahoma, at the time.
The trial of DR.. James Woodrow on
charges preferred by DR.. William Adams,
OF Augusta, Ca, before the Augusta Pres
bytery began at Bethany, Greene County,
on the 18th. The charges are that Wood |
row promulgates doctrines and opinions
In conflict with sacred Scripture in teach |
ing that the body of Adam was probably
the product of evolution from the body of |
some lower animal. The trial promises to |
occupy several days, and is exciting much |
interest.
DIR. LISTER, Benjamin johnson, and ono |
F1ndley became engaged in an alteration |
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