Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-23
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.
In Charles Martins res taurant at Pal

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and as sequence stabbed him to the
heart and in the wrist with a pocket
knife, fatally injuring him. She is in jail
and glories in her work, considering her
self heroine. Both had INDUCED
in wine. Goldsby, in his frenzy, fought
the men who were dressing his wounds,
but finally succumted to weakness result
ing from loss of blood
penniless white tramp named George
Morton was brutally murdered by negroes
IL Mobile, Ala, few morning since. He
h-xs-oeen begging several days, his special
plea being rupture, which incapacitated
him from laboring. He obtained enough
money to get drunk and be locked up by
the police. He was last seen alive with
some negroes. He had on truss, which
they thought was moneybelt. He was
murdered with an axe and razor, his
throat being cut, his pocket rifled and the
body thrown into the weeds on a street
side.
Marietta Jones, Lucy King and Matte
Barron, all of Henderson, Ga, were des-
perately in love with the same man. A
few nights ago they met and quarreled
as to the priority of their claims. Mari
eta Jones suddenly snatched up carv-
ing -knife and second later Lucy King
lay on the floor a corpse, with stream OF
blood rushing from knife wound which
penetrated her heart. Matte Barron was
saved from similar fate by the lnterfer-
ence of a constable, who lodged both
women in Jail
A good vein Of coal has been discovered
near Decatur, Tex.
Two negroes in Sumter County, Ga, re-
Gently picked S72 pounds Of cotton III one
day.
One gentleman in Tuscaloosa. Ala,
sends children to six different schools, and
has two representatives at two of these
schools.
Joseph Rosenburgh, aged 102 years, who
fought under Blucher IN the war with
Napoleon, died recently at New Orleans.
A live rattlesnake six feet lcng is kept
on exhibition in the showcase of grocery
store at Abbeville, S. G.
Miss Hester Clarke, of Marion, Ala.
saye if she lives to see Christmas she will
be 123 years old.
A 100000 bridge is being constructed
over the Cumberland river in Davidson
County, Tenn.
Varina Ann Davis is the name which
was given at her christening to the daugh.
ter of jefferson Davis, better known az
"Winnie.D
One of the three Knights of Labor cam
ddates for the Legislature was elected in
Savannah, Ga, at the recent election.
In 1864 there We're eight daily papers
published in Atlanta, Ga; now there are
but three-cne morning, the Constitution,
and two evening papers.
Pretty Mrs. w. l.. Bell, daughter of Rev.
Dean, of Dubois. Ca, has caused a great
sensation in that locality by eloping with
Charley Lee, an ex-convict, who was a
suitor Of hers before he became a criminal.
Judge McCord, of the Seventh district
Of Texas, has been requested by eight
hundred prominent citizens to resign his
off ce for releasing influential murderers
on Iail Of S4, 900 each.
Pinkeye prevails among the horses at
Lonoke, Ark, and young man there has
contracted the disease. No case of the
kind had ever before been known in that
eighborhood.
A. B. Belcher, Of cambridge, Ga, owns
q ten-year old OK having and wearing
three fully developed horns-two at their
proper places and the third growing out
of his shoulder. near the withers, and
probably fourteen inches long
The arte sian well of c. j. Schlepegrell
& son at Charleston, S. c., is completed.
It is the first well in that city bored
by the hydraulic method, and although
but recently completed, it flows four feet
above the surface The well is 45S feet
deep anu has capacity of $500 gallons of
water per hour.
Matt Roac b, cOlored who got into a row
with a negress in North Nashville, Tenn,
few days ago, and in fit of passion
struck and killed the baby Of Lee Cope.
land. was convicted and sentenced to two
wears and five months in the peniteniary.
AS the train from Millington was APP
preaching Kerrvlle, Tenn, few days
a go, some unknown person fired at Gram
vile Brewer, colored boy, inficting a
wound from which he died in a few min
utes. No clew to the assassin has been
One OF the stables at Sligo stock farm
near Jackson, Miss, was burned few
nights ago. -Four horses and five mules
W ere burned, with milk and farm wagons,
hay-press aud large amount of feed.
Forum nately the wind was light, and the
stables and barn ere saved. The dairy
was partly burned. Loss, S4,00; supposed
incendiary.
A Charleston Is. CO. woman was strange
" affected by the earthquake. Her hair,
which is long and black, is falling out in
places. leaving the scalp exposed. The
physicians state that it is caused by
paralysis of the scalp caused from fright.
Some watermelons raised in Wilkinson
Cou nty, Georgia, were taken TO Macon re-
Gently for sale. They were exceedingly
fine, and when cnt proved 70 be as good
as the melons cut in July. Not drop OF
rain ever fell upon them and they grow
upon sandy soil.
Editor Howard and Mayor Spearman OF |
Tex, met a few evenings since
and fired several shots at each other with
heavy revolvers. Howard was wounded,
while Spearman was untouched. The
cause was an old feud.
John Allen returned to his home in
Dallas, "a, from Atlanta, few nights
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