The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-05-29
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINcs

BOB GRIFFIN, Of Washington, Ca, sa,
eleven wild turkeys feeding in a bunch. n
Tired both barrels of his gun at them an
killed seven
IMMENSE flood damages have been cause
In North Carolina.
SHERIFF GILMORE has levied on the Kno,
vile Daily Chronicle to satisfy iudgmep
In favor of number of creditors amour,
ing TO several thousand dollars.
JOHN NELL, aged about sixty, living a
hoseby's Rock, Marshall County, W. Va
committed suicide by cutting his throa
WIN razor. He was we'll off, and leave
alamily OF grown-up children.
JOHN MURPHY and Charles Tibbs wer
sentenced to ten years. Imprisonment, an,
'onn llbbs to two years, for wrecking
passenger train near Parkersburg, W. Va,
on The Baltimore and Ohio in March.
YOUNG man named Geo. Trott while a
work in planning mill at Chattanooga
Tenn, stumbled and fell against a. circuIa,
paw. ne met horrible and almost instant
DEATH his body being almost completed,
cut in two.
WHILE VIM. Clark, his wife and four
Soen-year-old son were at work in a cottor
neio, near Hyde Park, Ark, the other dav
"ilnam attempted to chastise his son e..
one manner in which he was do;nn III.
work, and had him down CHOKING bir,
~hen the boys mother requested her bns
oand TO let him up. Clark not complvino
a' quickly as she desired, she raised a hoe
"nu nic MN on the head, the sharp corner
Oh IL INJECTING wound in the mans head
from which he died soon after. The woman
was committed to Jail.
The other morning Sam Johnson fvb;to,
his wife, daughter W. Hall and two ~.
HroeS ieit their home few miles below
knoxville, Tenn, for Lenoirs on a boat.
loau Oh grain and produce. There was a
swilt current. The boat struck rool-
wienln twenty feet of the bank. and all hit
johnson were drowned.
Ar Vaidosta, Ca, Richard Townsend
was convicted of the murder of Sheriff En-
person, and was sentenced to be HING ~,
tne 10th OF July. He had murdered q CON
tractor in Florida and escaned into
georgia. Sheriff Epperson pursued him
anu, with posse, surrounded him in a
CABIN The murderer shot the sheriff dead
and again escaped. He was subseouent1,,
arrested in Camilla. He had committa1
two murders previously
HON. FRANCIS M. TAYLOR. Probate .rudoo
OF WINSTON County, Ala, was imneacbed
In the Supreme Court of Alabama a fer,
Gays ago 1t was charged that he wilfullv
neglected to send in lists of licenses issued
anu 10 pay over to the State the proceeds
.hereol. plea of guilty was entered bv
'ne detendant through his counsel, The
court rendered Judgment sustaining his
guilt and deposing him from office,
IN Lawrence County, Ark. in q troub,o
about ferry, man named pioLat 90
tally cut John Jones.
INTELLIGENCE of the horrible fate of litt,o
girl reached Greensboro, N. c., from Tbono
ae'iiie the other morning. She was about
SIX years old, and was feeding drove of |
nogs with bread. In order to reach tben,
oetter she had got in the corner Of a fenco
and they had crowded around her The
animals were very hungry, and one of them |
bit her hand as he grabbed for |
one bread she was holding. The sight and
smell OF blood seemed to excite the ami
mas, especially as the child had no more
oread They grabbed at the bleeding hand
ana the child, in her terrified attemnt 70
get away from them, stumbled and fall to
Dne GROUND, whereupon they fell on her and
'ore ner TO pieces, tearing limb from limb.
ana hghting with each other for the reek,
ing fragments. The horrible occurrenco
was witnessed by an old paralyzed lady,
VINO was unable to render any assistance
u is feared the shock will kill the cbild,s
mother.
AT Martlnsville, Va, a bloody fight oc-
'urred on the street, and as result Jacob
lerry, young farmer, is dead, and the
lie blood of his two brothers, ]. K. Terry
md Benjamin Terry, fast ebbing away.
Jolonel T. D. Spencer, prominent bust
less man and manufacturer; Mr.. Tarlton
brown, the proprietor of Browns tobacco
warehouse; Il. l.. Jones, a saloon-keeper: t
'. H. uregory, hotel clerk, and Sandy I
aaroih, all are dangerously wounded. All
ne parties are prominent in the business |
iIe OF tnat place, and we'll known in South
I'm virginia. The other night an anonv.
nous circular was issued and posted I'M all c
yer town. 1t seriously reflected on w i
\. Terry, ayoung business man, and his
ather, William Terry. Terry telepranbed i
~ us TWO brothers, j. K. and Benjamin, /
wing at Aiken Station, twenty miles +
way. They arrived, and after a brief 1
onsultatlon went to the printing office and
the author of the card. The
rlnter told them it was Colonel p. a
). Spencer, member of the town Q
oaro' ana one OF the leading business
len' The next evening, soon after the to. "
acco factories had closed for the day, and O
le streets were filed with operatives re-.
lrnlng from their work, the Terry brothers
aroed IN The direction of Spencer,s fac.
'ry when about half way there thew
ere met by Spencer, with his brother and
veral friends. W. K. Terry addressed
J" words TO Spencer, who told him not ia =,
oot' just then some one fired pistol. u =,
ne scene that followed beggars descrin. "
On Forty shots were fired. VIZ. Terry L
rs shot from the rear, the ball enterino W
ar his spine and lodging in his right
east Jacob Terry was shot through the
'domen, and fell dead. Ben Terry was
OF through the neck and in the BODY.
'encer was shot In the hip, and his bust. of
SIS partner Tarlton Brown, received two W.
lis in the groin, and is thought to be ia. m
lily wounded. R. L. Jones Ia saloon. ae
eper), X. l.. Gregory and Sandy Martin as
all seriously hurt The last two were So
by stray bullets. The Terrys are well. he
own and occupy high social position. To-