Huntsville gazette., 1888-12-01
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS.

surance, $l7,50o
In row at New Roads, La. recently,
Van Matthews and j. B. Woodruff killed
each other.
VIM. r Shine q Baltimore drummer,
shot himself through the head at the st.
James Hotel, Richmond, Va, few days
ago. No cause is known.
The milestone in Cunningham & G allo-
ways grist mill at Galloway's Station,
Tenn, burst few evenings since in
stantly killing Oliver Welder and serious
ly injuring Cunningham. The mill was
wrecked.
The Governor of South Carolina has
commuted to thirty years. Imprisonment
the death sentence of Charles Dupre, the
child murderer, who was to have been
hanged on the 23d inst. The criminal is
negro boy, just nine years old.
The warehouse and offices of w. H. Ell =
niger q Bro, wholesale -four dealers, at
Louisville, KY, were burned few nights
ago. Nearly 5000 barrels OF -four were
destroyed. Loss on building and stocks,
$40 900; insurance about $35 900.
J. J. Barrey, Of Vicksburg, Miss, re-
GENTLY sank gas we'll at Lake Provi-
dence, La. The pressure is good, and
the gas burns brilliantly. 1t is believed
the gas field is extensive.
The cotton crop in West Tennessee is
yielding much better than was expected
month ago. The staple is larger and
better than has been known for years.
The streets of Jackson are crowded with
cotton bales from morning until night
The outlook for big holiday trade was
never better.
The yelIow-fever scourge has entirely
abated at Decatur, Ala.
John Peterson, wanted in Ashville, N.
c., for murder, has been captured in
Blout County, Tenn.
An unsuccessful attempt was made, a
| few nights ago, to burn the building oc-
| cupied by the Birmingham (Ala-) Age
Herald.
| Ben Harrison, a colored man of Hop
kinsv1lle, KY, had fit while driving a
wagon, a few days since, and, falling to
the ground, broke his neck, dying in
| stantly.
John White young farmer living ne ar
Hopkinsville, KY, fell from q loaded
wagon, few evenings since, and broke
| his back, and received other serious in
| juries that rendered his recovery doubt :
! full.
DIR. J. |. Walker, a well-known and &C.
centric citizen of Hopkinsville, KY, died
suddenly a few days since. He recently
had a stroke Of paralysis, and never
rallied. He was bachelor.
The Garfield Club, of Knoxville, Tenn,
| composed entirely of white citizens, have
made arrangements to attend the inaug-
uration of President Harrison in body.
| Two hundred members will go, each
wearing a silk hat and oVercoat of the
| same color.
The house Of Jack Gregg at Leesville,
KY, was burned a few nights ago, and all
the family, consisting Of five persons.
| perished, except Gregg, who was away
from the house on business.
While boring for gas in Livingston
| County, KY. twelve miles from Paducah,
recently, vein Of silver ore was struck
at a depth OF about eight hundred feet.
The vein is said to be about three feet
thick, and considerable excitement pre-
walls over the find.
Henry James, colored, and his wife
went to church supper at Livingstone,
Ala, few nights ago, leaving their three
children locked up in the house Upon
their return they found the house in
ashes, and the children burned to Il crisp.
John Peterson, wanted for murder al
Asheville, N. e., was arrested in the
mountains Of Blount County, Tenn, q
few days ago, by Deputy Sheriff Blauke H.
ship. Peterson killed a man named
Gooch las. July, the murder being the
most horrible ever known in Western
North Carolina
F. II. Varnado, a prominent merchant
of Tsyka, Miss, was shot down and in
stantly killed, few nights ago. There
we're no witnesses to the killing and the
assassin is unknown.
o. F. Adams, city treasurer Of Macon,
Ga, is reported as being about $40, 00(
short in his accounts, and has been sus-
pended from Office. He can give no salts.
factory explanation. Demands have been
| made on his bondsmen.
Some new coal discoveries that have
been made near Fordsville, KY, on the
line of the Owensbor g. Falls OF Rougt
railroad, hold out better promises thar
any of the veins yet known in that region
Jas. Philbeck, farmer living in Cleve.
land County, n G., was called to the dooi
of his house a few nights ago and shot
dead by an unknown party, who then en-.
tered the premises, shot Philbeck's wife
and robbed the house. The murderer
escaped.
Robert H. HALEY, Of Jackson, Tenn,
brakeman on the Mobile & Ohio railroad
fell under the wheels while coupling cars
at Guntown, Miss, few nights ago. The
cars passed over his left hand, mangline
it in fearful manner. The unfortunate
man was taken to Jackson, where four Of
his fingers were amputated.
Jack Jones, negro hailing from Ma
con, Ga, made an unsuccessful criminal
assault on Mrs. John Haggard and Miss
Hedgroth, who live near lockwood, Tenn,
few nights ago. He was afterward
caught by an angry mob and lynched
The recent disappearance Of Colonel j.
F. Hill, from Morgan County, Ca, has
been given additional interest by the dis
closures Of his wife. She says that three
months ago he claimed to have had 6
vision in which he was ordered to divide
up his property and go into distant
land where he was not known. He
reached home one night from neighbor
ing town, and handed his wife the deed
.or 5000 worth of property, keeping
5000 in cash for himself After giving
aer explicit directions as to how to man
age business, he went out into the dark.
ness and disappeared. He settled up all
ais obligations before he left He was