The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-04-17
SOUTHERN NEWS GLEANINGS.


see Branch Lunatic Asylum met at Mem
phls and elected Mcdonald Bros, of Louis
vile, architects. The board will soon visit
the different asylums of the country with
view OF making selection for the cree
tion of one at Bolivar, Tenn.
CoLoRED woman at Athens, Ga. stop
ped wedding because she had bought the
groom's clothes with the expectation that
she would be the bride
AN Albany (Ga.) lady said that during
the war she paid $50 for one spool of thread,
$500 for pound of tea, and gave 800 for
simple Bingham dress.
In dispute while throwing dice, sixteen
miles east of Charleston, s. c., Will Blake
ney shot and instantly killed Robert Perry.
JAMES E. FINDLEY, an outlaw was cap
tured at Chattanooga, Tenn, on his return
from Missouri to Atlanta. He escaped
from Tennessee two years ago
AT Chattanooga, Tenn, Charles Majors,
aged twelve, while hunting rats over a barn
that had been upset by the food, fell into
slaughter-pen and was drowned
THERE has been great destruction of
property all along the Upper Cumberland
river in barns fences, wheat crop and
grain in warehouses. The entire wheat
crop in low lands for six hundred miles is
totally destroyed.
HARDEN WILLIS, miser, aged seventy
eight, left his home at Hargus Post office,
Granger County, Tenn, on the night of
the lst Search for him proved unsuccess-
ful until the Sth, when his body was found
III deep ravine quarter of mile from
his home, partly covered with mud, and all
the flesh eaten from his body by hogs The
superstition is that Willis has been MUIR
dered for his money, as he always had a
good sum with him.
AMAN of Merriwether County, Ga, being
troubled by owls and hawks, cut off all the
branches of a tree near his house. On the
top of the tall stump he placed a steel trap.
He soon caught in his trap six large owls,
two hawks and a buzzard. The buzzard
tore the trap from its fastenings and flew
off with it.
HORACE DUpD, of Millview, Va, killed a
six-foot moccasin snake recently which
wore wire collar around it's neck bearing
button with these words: Don't tread
on me.o This was the motto of the "Cul-
pepper minute men" of revolutionary fame,
and the button was probably from one of
their uniforms. The age of this particular
snake is a matter for inquiry
SINCE the introduction of water gas in
Knoxville, Tenn, a number of serious cas- S
of suffocation have occurred. The of q
morning early a young farmer named W..
.McCarroll, and mother, Mary McCarroll,
from Grant Post-offioe, Grayson County,
Va, arrived in Knoxville and took a room
at the Hattie House. Having never seen
gas before, McCarroll let it burn all night,
but blew it out about noon next day. He
and his mother soon became overcome by
gas, and when found at four O'Clock the
woman was dead and son unconscious.
They were on their way to lewiston H.,
for treatment of the woman's cancer.
WIN. NJ CLINE, a once honored and re-
spected citizen of Griffin, Ga, and at one
time quite wealthy died a pauper in the
poorhouse, few days ago, the victim of
strong drink.
SOME months ago Mrs. Margaret Drake,
of Roane County, W. Va, employed d. W.
Ross, pension agent, to prosecute her
claim for pension, and in September he
succeeded in getting it. Not satisfied with
the fee fixed by law, he took 800 and dis
appeared Detective A. W. Roome, of the
Pension Bureau, hearing of it, began a
search for him, and few days ago sue.
ceeded in arresting him at the head-waters
of Little Sandy River. He was taken to
Charleston and put in Jail, and in default
of bail was recommitted to prison to await
his trial.
AMARRIAGE which took place in Worth
County, Ga, the other night, had many
elements of romance. W. W. Hall, q
planter of sixty, had lately lost his veneer
able spouse, leaving him two mature
daughters, one aged twenty three and the
other twenty-five. Near by lived farmer
Rutland, who at first thought neighbol
Halls visits were for coincidence, but who
soon found out that the attraction was his
daughter, Miss Georgia, aged twenty
Neighbor Hall was forbidden the house
whereupon the young lady grew discon
ISOLATE. In this contingency Mr.. Halls duti
full daughters came to his rescue. They paiC
visit to Miss Rutland and laughed sc
heartily with Mr.. Rutland over thei
fathers foolish fancy that he was com
pletely dsarmed, and the girls wer,
pressed to spend the night with Miss Geor
gia. A note to the aged lover babe him be
at the chamber window at midnight, and
summons to Squire Long notified him tina
a little later his presence would be needed
at the house of Mr. Halls married daugh
ter Midnight brought with it drenchinl
rain, but the lover was on hand, and witt
his loved one and his two daughters wa
soon on the way to the appointed spot
Entering the house it was kept in darkness
so that attention of pursuers might not b.
attracted, while Squire Long cemented tn
union. An hour later, when Farmer Rut
land drove up, he found that all had re
tired for the night.
DIR. BRINToN H. WARNER, young physi
clan of Baltimore, died the other day O
hydrophobis. On Christmas day he wa
bitten by a small lap-dog which had beel
run over in the street by bicycle, and h
made an effort to take it to his home an,
nurse it. He cauterized the wound, bu
several days ago he exhibited symptoms o
rabies and died with all the horrors O
that disease.
In Brunswick, Ca, Macon young MAJ
acted as godfather to the infant of friend
The excitement of the occasion caused hin
to drop the infant into the baptismal font
making a Baptist of it instead of an Epis