The Grenada sentinel., 1888-11-24
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

! The Ofnclal TetuTuS ihaho Siofoiouu
majority in Georgia 6o,ooa
Frost fell in Louisiana and Mississippi
few nights ago.
Daniel Hands gift of $1,o00,0Oo for the
education of colored people in the South
will educate 500 pupils year.
Fire in the European Hotel at Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, recently caused SIS, 900 loss.
A guest who jumped from window was
badly hurt The bodies Of Major Bigger,
of Atlanta Ga; Fila White, chamber
maid, aud Thos Moore, Of Bloomington,
Ill; we're found in the ruins.
The Memphis &c Charleston road Is to
erect new shops at Sheffield, Ala, to cost
$500 600. Work is to be commenced on
them at once.
In Marion County, in the western part
of Alabama, few days since, three Nor
mon elders, who had been in that section
about ten days, were tarred and feath-
cred, and warned to leave within twenty
four hours 1t is said the tarring and
feathering was done by about fifty OF the
best citizens of the county, who were in
no way disguised
During celebration held at Hopkins
Vile, KY, over the railroad tax having
carried, George Bullard, of that city, was
shot and seriously wounded in the bi east
by the accidental discharge of pistol In
the crowd He was taken home in crit
ical state, with the chances against ms
| recovery.
| There are two more graves in the
| French Eversole hurying ground In
Breathitt County, Ky. Buck Combs ana
Fulton French, partisans of the French
| faction in the famous vendetta, were as
sassinated recently. The two men were
riding along together when volley was
| fired from ambush and both fell dead.
French and Eversole were the most prom
| inent men in Breathitt County They
| quarreled at an election and the vendetta
resulted.
The second trial at Nashville, Tenn, of
| J. r. Banks, who killed J. j. Littleton,
| has been postponed to the next term.
A party of Northern capitalists are
down in Virginia prospecting for spots
| for railroad and other Investments.
The Chattahoochee Valley Exposition
was opened at Columbus, Ga, with i'm
| posing ceremonies.
The corner-ktone of a Masonic temple
was laid a few days since, at Richmond,
Va. The building is to cost $l50,O0o.
| Governor Lee and w. P. Breckenridge
| delivered orations.
John Rutherford is now in Jail at At
lanta, Ga. He escaped from the peniten-
tiary on August 20 and nearly killed four
officers who captured him.
Near Lexington, KY, few days ago,
! by the premature explosion Of charge
of dynamite, Mike Gormley, the owner of
a quarry, was killed, and negro named
John Hayes fatally injured.
Henry Kuhn committed suicide at Louis.
vile, KY, recently, by shooting himsef
through the head. He was threatened
| with pneumonia
A gin house, owned by H. c. Bond, of
st. Louis, and located in Tunica County,
Miss, was destroyed by fire few days
ago. Eight bales of cotton were also
| burned.
Charlie Winchester, brakeman on the
Louisville & Nashville railroad, fell from
the top of n moving freight train near
Guthrie, Ky, few evenings since, and
was instantly killed.
! The residence of l.. P. Coomes, near
! Owensboro, KY, was burned u few nights
ago, The fire was caused by an exploded
lamp The loss is 50, 500, with a small in =
! surance.
Ed Fontaine of Jackson, Miss, was
convicted in the Federal Court for burg
larizing the post office at Brookhayen, q
few months since. He is not over seven
teen years old and belongs to good
family. This is his first offense. Sem
tence was res erved.
Tho y,olifiouI sans tiop pf tho hnur in
Georgia is the fight for the United States
Senatorshlp, and the announcement, or
what amounts to that that Henry w.
Grady will oppose Senator Colquitt for
the place. The scheme has been quietly
Matching for some time but was only re-
Gently made known.
A burglar entered the residence Of G.
2. Atmore, general passenger agent oi
the Louisville & Nashville railroad al
Louisville, KY, few nights ago, and
succeeded in getting away with $l 500 in
money, silver and jewelry.
III. NJ. Meadows, circuit clerk of Cham
bers County, Ala, was found burned to
4 death in his room at Lafayette, Ala, a
few evenings since. He was IN the habit OF
taking opiates, and it is supposed he fell
in the fire while under the influence OF
one, and was burned before help arrived,
A north. bound passenger train on the
Richmond Sc Danville railroad jumped
the track near Toccoa Ga, few days
ago, and all seven coaches were destr Dyed
by fire. Nobody was killed or fatally in
jured, but eight passengers were more OF
less hurt.
1t is announced by the Richmond &
Danville syndicate that it will establish
bureau in Georgia for the extension of
its line and the encouragement OF manu-.
featuring plants along the lines now in
operation. President Inman will visit
the South shortly.
George Washington, an insane inmate
of the Louisville (Ky.) aims house, was
shot dead a few days since. by William
Carr, o nurse. Washington had been re-
gnrded as harmless, but suddenly became
violent endangering the lives of the
others. The shooting Is said to have been
done in self-defense.
The body of Mr.. d. W. Connor was
found on the track of the Louisville
New Orleans & Texas railroad, about
two miles below Vicksburg, Miss, a few
days ago. From all the facts that can be
obtained. there remains no doubt bu
that he was foully murdered and the body
placed where 1t was found.
Great excitement exists at Paris, KY.