Huntsville gazette., 1886-12-04
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS.

purchased coupons and propose to use
them in the payment Of their State taxes.
Francis Darnell and his seventeen year.
Did SCH visited Griffin, Ga, the other day,
and crowds followed them The father is
four ieet four inches tall, and the sor
| three feet AMI one inch.
The French and Eversole factions in
Perry County, KY, had battle at Hazard
few days ago, where one man was
killed, when il was agreed that all differ
epfes te left to arbitration.
ks Jennie Lamar, daughter Of Secre.
tary Lamar, is 10 appear in washington
society this winter. She is described as
typical Southern leauty, tall, graceful
and of pleasant address
By authority from the Attorney g en-
eral of the United States, Marshal john
Carroll offers 500 reward for the arrest
and delivery at Fort Smith, Ark, of Joe
Stulzer, charged with completely in the
murder of Th omes and John Mahoney on
February 49, 1886, in the Cherokee Nation.
His accomplice, Patrick McCarty, IS now
in Jail at Fort Smith under sentence of
death for this murder, the execution to
take place January IA, 1887.
L. J. Boasso, formerly chief OF aid in
New Orleans, under sentence Of fourteen
years Imprisonment for forgery, and ohm
Soniat, of st. Landres Parish, under life
sentence, escaped from the penitentiary at
Baton Rouge few nights ago by break.
ing hrough the wall of the hospital into
the cotton factory and thence max ing
their way through a large gate. They
were undoubtedly assisted by some one
outside, as the hinges on the gate had
been wrenched from the bricks of the wall
from the outside.
A syndicate has been formed to build a
railroad from Memphis to Nashville,
Tenn.
John Davis, a negro, was lynched by
mob at Randolph, Ala, few days ago
1is offense having been CT iminal assault
on white lady.
Jacob Mas, of Cochran, Ca, has as
signed, with liabilities between $4,000
and $4,000 and assets about the same
amount.
Colonel Edward S. jones, prominent at
Gettysburg, and Department Commander
of the G. A. r. for Tennessee and Georgia,
died at Nashville few nights ago.
NJ. MoGee, who was elected to the
beOTSld Legislature ny INC farmers OF
Murray County, has introduced bill lm-
iting mercantile profits on the necessities
of life to fifteen per cent under severe
penalties. The measure has some chance
Of passing the House.
A switch engine in The yard of the In-
ternational 6 Great Northern at Houston,
Tex, cut off the foot of John Ryan, welt
known railroader. Ampuatlon Of the
lower portion Of the leg was necessary.
He was sent to the Missouri Pacific Hos
pital at Palestine.
The lawyers of Nashville, Tenn, have
offered the Lawyers stake, Of 81, co., to he
run for at the spring meeting of the Nash
vile Blood Horse Association. The race
is for three-y ear- olds, and the distance is
one and one-siXteenth miles.
C. F. Ilfrev, a well-known German citi.
zen of Harris County, Tex, was found
deco in his room a few days ago. He was
a country merchant for a long time, and
finally became proprietor Of The Arlington
Hotel, railway house. The cause Of his
death is not known.
The final survey for th extension Of tho
Memphis & Charleston railroad from
Stevenson, Ale., to Chattanooga, Tenn,
is in progress. As soon as the survey is
com pleted it is believed the work will be
commenced
The colored people Of Owensboro, KY.
some time since made proposition to the
State Educational Roard Offering fife
acres of land, worth 81 800. OF 500 cash, in
return for the establishment in that city
Of the State Colored Normal School. Col.
onel J. 0. Hodges, of Lexington, visited
0wensboro recently to select a location
for the school, and work win be begun at
once.
A petition, signed by eighty eight citi-
zens, has teen pres to Attorney Gem
sral C,nningha ham, of Louisiana, praying
him to take proceedings before the Su-
preme Court for the removal from office
Of Judge Henry E. Lazarus. of Division
Z, Civil District Court, in New Orleans.
The petition charges him with ncnfeas-
ance, mis- feasance, gross misconduct, u.
competency, abuse of judicial power, etc.
r. G. Thomas &c Co., dealers in dry
goods, clothing, boots and shoes, at
Brownsville, Tenn, made an assignment
a few days ago. Their liabilities are
placed at $4,000, due mostly 10 Memphis
nTmSs assets SIu,OUU IN Slcck anu slo,oUU IN
accounts. The firm is composed of r. G.
Thomas apd T. E. Glass, the latter Of
whom is the principal stakeholder of the
Brownsville Furniture Company.
A north bound freight on the Mobile & !
Ohio railroad, while passing anunlocked |
sw itch in leaving Mobile few days ago, |
worked the switch open and two cars and |
a caboose were ditched. Of the four per- |
sons in the eaboose, one, brakeman, |
jumped and scaped. Conductor Frazer |
was thrown out the door and fell on the |
sidewalk, breaking his hip bone W. Z. |
Cole, president of the Cole Pole Road En- |
gine Company. of Richmond and Nash
vile, had his foot crushed and leg injured |
by box fall ing on it. -
The North Georgia Methosist Confer
ence has just completed an important |
special session. Rev. Joseph Jones,
brother of the celebrated evangelist, Sam !
Jones, went to Ringgold some time since
and began revival. He used the vIiest
pulpit language to a mixed congregation,