Huntsville gazette., 1886-03-27
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Rugby s.Hony, the colony planted by
Tom Hughes on Cumberland Plateau, in
Upper East Tennessee, is experiencing a
revival.
Mrs James Lills, residing sixteen miles
northeast of Bainbridge, Ca, was found
dead few days ago in an old broom sage
| field belonging to her husband. She took
her own life with strychnine.
The Virginia Legislature has passed
local option law for the whole State. A
strongly supported amendment exempt
ing cities of five thousand inhabitants was
defeated
An old English coin of date 1870 was
picked up few days ago on the beach,
near the Spanish lighthouse, at st. Angus
tine, Fla.
Joseph Hengel, German baker, COM
mitted suicide at Birmingham, Ala, few
days ago, having become disgusted with
himself for having sold out his bakery and
| getting swndled.
John Davis, son of the superintendent of
the Trion cotton mills, the most extensive
in North Georgia, was recently convicted
at Summerville, Ca, of the murder of
boy named Forrest, and has been SEN
fenced to hard labor for life He is only
| fourteen years of age.
A thirteen year old boy living near Can
ton, Tex, blew his brains out a few days
ago because he had been detected in the
larceny of thirty five cents from neigh
Dor by his father, who had punished him.
Pearl, Diamond, Ruby and Garnet are
the names of four daughters of Georgia
postmaster.
Miss Norman, who killed Arnold, her
r ecreant lover, at Memphis, Tenn, was
fined fifty do liars and bound over in S., 900
bail for the grand jury.
John Gillespie, the negro who murdered
Mrs. Thomas Gray near London, Tenn.
was promptly lynched.
The sentence of Henry Scott, who was
to have been hanged at Wilmington. N.
/ c., was commuted to imprisonment for
life.
"Old Sorrel,' the aged war-horse of
Stonewan Jackson, died at the Virginia
| Military Institute few days ago. His
skeleton win be prepared for the Southern
| Soldiers Home at Richmond. =.
The available coal of Alabama, collected
into one lump, would be forty five miles
/ by twenty five miles wide by ten feet
thick. breaking off of 5000 tons daily
from the lump would leave large part of
| it untouched at the expiration of 6,000
years.
While Pat Hickey, an Atlanta (Ga.)
merchant was examining an old pistol
few days ago, he snapped it at his friend.
| VIII Pinion. The ball went through Pin
ions heart killing him instantly.
The grand jury at Vicksburg, Miss,
| found true bill against Alderman Wes-
| ley Crayton, colored, for shooting with
intent to kill Hannah c. Carter, colored,-
some time since. He was arrested and
! gave bond in the sum of $500. The last
grand jury ignored this case.
The Kentucky Board of Health recently
/
fected Jersey cattle owned by Mr.. Handy,
! of Cynthiana. Arrangements were being
made for the purchase and killing of the
remaining eighty head and the quarantin-
ing Of the premises for year.
w. w. Knight, of Shelbyville, KY, was
taken a little sick few nights ago. He
purchased a bottle of patent medicine, OF
which he took too much, which caused his
sudden death within a few hours. He was
| about twenty seven years of age.
The Red river and coast line steamer
Yazoo Valley sank a few days ago six
miles from Grand Ecore on the Red river
in nine feet of water. The cargo consisted
Of $40 bales of cotton and a quantity OF
/ cottonseed oil and cake. No lives were
| lost 1t is believed the boat will be raised.
D. G. Slaughter, proprietor of the
| Dripping Springs at Crab Orchard, KY,
shot and killed John w. Baker, colored,
few days ago. Baker was beating horse
| when Slaughter demonstrated and Baker
drew pistol while only six feet away and
! began firing. The first shot missed and the
second demolished Slaughter's watch.
| Slaughter by this time had drawn his
weapon and shot Baker through the BODY
killing him almost instantly.
Police Sergeant Brooks, of Richmond,
| Va, was shot few days ago while at
tempting to arrest a burglar who was try
ing to board train. The burglar had
] been discovered attempting to blow open
the safe Of Herman Schmidt, grocer, and
was traced to the depot. He escaped, aftei
/ shooting Brooks and exchanging several
shots with another officer.
W. S. Miller, G.. A. Tilley, Chas. Couch,
VIM. Reeding and Henry Winters, OF
Adams Station, Tenn, were arraigned be-
fore United States Commissioner Baxter
at Memphis few days ago, on the charge
of hanging Amanda Burns, colored, untn
she was nearly dead, to keep her from ap-
pearing as witness against Miller, VINO
was charged with selling whisky wlthout
license. All except Winters were bouno
over for trial.
There is now in Atlanta, Ca, negress
named Sarah White, who was born near
/ Charlottesville, Va, in 1867, being thus
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