Huntsville gazette., 1888-10-20
NUMBER 49.
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.
A Mrs. Nolan, of Mississippi, has SC

| Carlinville, Ill, recently. He was native
of North Carolina, and an old soldier.
Walter j. Dickey, wealthy young man
of De Soto County, Miss, was shot and
instantly killed, a few days since, by Jack
| Tribble, one of the tenants on his farm.
The cause of the difficulty is unknown
Tribble fed and had not been captured.
| Simon Simmons. the negro who recent
| ly killed another negro named George
| Countee with skillet over the proprie.
torsbip of a biscuit, was arrested and
securely lodged in jail at Pine Bluff, Ark.
An immense tobacco barn with large
! crop Of tobacco and lot Of farming i'm
p1etnents, on the farm of Mr.. M. Reid,
near Mayfeld, KY, was totally destroyed
by fire a few nights ago. Loss ~ 20O;
partially insured.
| The latest sensation at Chattanooga,
Tenn. is the indictmento of Geo. II. Bradt,
for arson. Mr.. Bradt is accused OF set
ting fire to his printing office on the night
of August 8, which resulted IN the de-
struction of the Caldwell Grifhs block
and the loss Of several lives.
Workmen have begun demolishing the
old United States Court building in New
| Orleans. This was one Of the public
| buildings turned over by the French at
| the transfer of Louisiana in 1903, and
was occupied as the United States Dis
| trict Courthouse for many years.
| The case of the State against John I'll.
Heabsig, Of Jackson, Miss, who is con-
nected with the Illinois Central railroad,
| charged with assault with intent to COM
| nit manslaughter, was decided few
| days ago, the jury rendering verdict OF
| one hours imprisonment in the M adison
County Jail and fine of $50.
Tom McCarty, stove -molder, or
| Louisville, KY, was found dead in bed,
| few days ago, with his throat cut, evil
| IDENTIFY by his own hand.
| Charles Foster, young man employed
| as pilot on the steamer Lamasco. was
| drowned, a few nights ago, near Fair
| play, five miles below Henderson, KY. He
was In the act Of stepping from the boat
| to barge, when he fell overheard, and
| no skiff being at hand, he found a watery
| grave.
Mrs. Sarah Cunady, an old woman
| residing near Eddyville, KY, fell into the
| fire while sitting in front of it, few days
| ago, and was burned to death before as
| sistance could reach her. Her clothing
| was burned from her body and her face
| terribly disfgured. She was nearly ninety
| years old.
A Raleigh IN. CO. dispatch says that
Chas Lewis, acting mate OF the Sound
| steamer Helen, was drowned some days
ago in Pamlico Sound or possibly COM
| mitted suicide. His body was found, and
the throat was cut 1t is the belief Of the
| crew that he committed suicide, as he
| was given to fits of melancholy.
Governor Scales, of North Carolina,
has respited, until November 9. Mi1lie
! Poteas, the negro woman who was under
| sentence to bs hanged at Yanceyville for
| arson. The woman has sent the Govern
| or q petition for communication OF her
sentence to life imprisonment The SEN
tence of Cora Wright was commuted to
Imprisonment for life.
A number of colored gamblers became
| involved in dispute over game OF cards
| in an old barn in the southern portion or
| Christian County, KY, few nights ago,
| during which Press Cushenburg was shot
by a colored man named West and fatal
/, " wounded. West was also wounded
| There have been several arrests.
]. Wheeler, at R0biuett N. G., was mur-
| 1ered O few days ago by two brothers
named Arthur and CASTOR Barnes. They
alta sksd him, broke his skull with CLUB
and then stabbed him three times They
| then threw his body from the wagon and
| drove away. They soon LETT the wagon
| and took to the woods. Both the Barnes
brothers are desperate men. NO cause
| for the crime is known.
The Brunswick Hotel, located in the
business center Of Chattanooga, Tenn.s@
has been closed on writ of attachment
| issued by the Chancery Court on applica-
ton of W. 2. Crow & Son, the owners OF
the building. All the furniture is III the
hands of the sheriff.
During the year which ended Septem-
ber /, 1888, the South raised T017, TOT bales
Of cotton. OF this 1858, ,9S1 bales were
exported for manufacture, and $3.50, 4S4
bales we're used BY the splnners in the
United States. Or the cotton used in
manufacturing enterprises Id this coun-
try only 4i3373 bales were usea ~ Inc
South.
A Georgia justice wound up marriages
ceremoney recently, as follows: "By the
authority vested in me as an officer Of the
great State Of Georgia, which Is some-
times called the Empire State of the
South; by the fields Of cotton that lie
spread out in snowy whiteness around us;
by the howl Of the coon dog and the
gourd- vine whose clinglng tendrils Will
shade the entrance to your humble dwell
ing-place; by the red and luscious heart
Of the watermelon, whose sweetness fills
the heart with joy; by the heavens and
the earth, and all that is in or under
them. in the presence of these witnesse
pronounce you man and wife, and may
the Lord have mercy on your souls"
IA colored woman of Clinton, Laurens
County, 8. c., recently gave birth to
twins which presented curious freak of
nature They were united from the
umbilicus up to the neck, having COM
mon neck and head, with one fully de-
yeloped face. The other face had one
developed eye just beneath the nose, and
two developed ears just beneath the eye'
where the chin should have been They
were otherwise perfectly developed.
They died few hours after birth Inc
bodies were photographed.
Barney Fair and Eli Barnes were play
ing a game of cards in Sparta, Ga,
couple of weeks ago. A dispute arose,
when Barnes fired three shots INTO FAIRS
abdomen, from which the wounded man
lied. The criminal was pursued as la
,, a. Sandersville where all traces OF hin
, we're lost. A man giving his name a.
lewis was subsequently arrested at Ma
| ~ aharoad with clock stealing, an(