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The Knights of Labor are arranging for
a thorough organization throughout Ten
nessee, and an attempt is soon to be made
to force the adoption of the eight.hour
system among the miners.
A terrible scene was witnessed in
Augusta, Ca, few evenings since when a
huge bulldog grasped a boy named
Jimmie Gallagher in his mouth and shook
him like rat as he ran down the street.
A shotgun was brought into play, when
the dog dropped the lacerated child and
dashed into the crowd, biting left and
right. Another shot blew the dogs brains
out. The child was fatally injured.
In the case of Richard Backarrow, the
Louisville drummer recently tried at
Shreveport, La, on the charge of being
one of the parties to the abduction of Mrs.
Inez Watkins, of Nacogdoches County,
! Tex, the jury, after being out an hour, re-
turned verdict of guilty.
Madison Wells, of Louisiana, has entire
ly lost the use ofhis eyes
Congressman Reagan, of Texas, is sew
enty years old and has lived forty-seven
years in the Lone Star State.
Near Dresden, Tenn, few days ago,
Robert Edmondson's daughter fell down
stairs and was killed.
1t is not generally known, but the water
power at Columbus, Ca, is just about
equal to that of Minneapolis.
General Wolford, of Kentucky, is an
original character and his speeches afford
the House more amusement than those of
any other Congressman.
Burglars blew open the safe of j. w.
Bggs, at huntsville, Miss, few nights
ago, and secured $500 in cash and notes.
TO the value Of $1,000.
At Mecklenburg, N. c., iron works a few
days since, John Springs and win Austin,
both colored, were instantly killed by the
falling of the elevator. Julius Brown, also
colored, was badly injured.
In the United States Court at Memphis,
Tenn, NJ. R. Patterson, the young attor-
ney who recently assaulted Mr.. Newman
Erp in court, was fined 800 and costs by
Judge Hammond for contempt.
A Pole named M. j. Powosky committed
suicide by hanging himself by means
of rope on the farm of Captain
Kelly, at Oaklawn, near Dallas, Tex, a
old, and left no clew as to the reason for
self destruction.
Lille Shields, aged thirteen years,
daughter of Joseph Shields, died at Nash
vile, Tenn, few days ago from burns.
While preparing dinner her dress was
ignited at a CRATE, her side and back being
fearfully burned
Thomas Henry, a wholesale crockery
merchant of Mobile, Ala, who during the
war supplied the Confederate army with
drugs, and was noted for his liberality
toward Catholic institutions, died recently
at the age Of seventy years.
The Grand Jury at Nashville, Tenn, has
indicted Ben Brown, Nelson Joslin, Simon
Fox and Foster Joslin all colored, for MUIR
der in the first degree. They are charged
with killing Frank Arnold, the negro whose
mutilated body was recently found in
"Hell's Half Acre" The quartet pleaded
not guilty.
Thornton Augustus Rudd and his wife,
Mary Marcissa, an old colored couple, liv-
ing at Louisville, KY, recently celebrated
their golden wedding at their home. They
were married February IL, 1886. The old
,
years old They have no children.
Green Gum, who, with four others, was
arrested for entering the house of Thomas
Burt, on Turkey Creek, Coffee County,
Tenn, in disguise and shooting him after
he refused to give up $1,000 in his posses =
sion, has made a confession. He impli-
Gated the rest of the party, and said Joe
Clark, his father in law, compelled him to
join in the raid.
George Robinson, colored, who murdered
Wittle Parker, white, at Monroe, La,
about two months ago, was arrested at
! Cleveland, Miss, few days ago, and was
. placed in Jail at vicksburg to await the ar,
, rival of Sheriff Mcclure, of Monroe.
= The jury before whom VIM. Jackson was
, tried at Greensboro, KY, for the murder of
Freeman Williams found him guilty OF
manslaughter, and fixed his punishment at
twenty lone years in the penitentiary,
jackson was noted as one Of the most des.
perate characters in Davies County, and
his conviction and sentence is hailed with
joy.
. The Louisiana Senators are thus de.
scribed: Senator Gibson is an accomplished
A man of the world, and represents more
particularly the old regime; Senator Eusti!
the practical element. Both were Confed
J crate Generals. Gibson is courtier. Eus
e tbs would command court. Both are law
d yers and scholarly speakers.
d The House of Representatives of tn,
A Mississippi LIE gislature has passed a bill
9 granting pension of thirty dollars yea
g to "every soldier or sailor of the late Con
. federate States of America who entered
8 from the State of Mississippi and lost
= leg, an eye or an arm in the service Of salt
!" Confederate States; and to every sucl
soldier who is now or may be hereafte
. otherwise incapacitated for manual labo
by reason of a wound received in SAT-
. service, and also the widow, remaining
y unmarried, of any soldier or sailor witt
y lost his life in said service while citizeI
! of this State"
y The Georgia State Agricultural Society
l. met at Columbus last week. There wer