The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-05-25
SOUTHERN GLEANINes.

mated Hon. L. C. Houck for Congress.
Something of a sensation in high col
ored life at Montgomery, Ala, has been /
caused by the arrest and incarceration of /
S. J. Odam, prominent colOred minis |
ter, on charge of criminal assault
Governor S. D. McEnery, outgoing Ex- |
ecutive of Louisiana, was the recipient of |
an informal reception at the State Capt. |
tOl a few evenings since, the chief feat |
ures of the occasion being the presenta- |
ton to him of a magnificent gold watch |
by his friends of the capital city, and
gold-headed cane by the Cadet Corps Of
the Louisiana State University.
Alfred Bell, who was bitten by rabid
dog near Savannah, Ga, some weeks ago,
and who had begun to feel secure from
any evil effects, developed pronounced
symptoms of hydrOphobia a few days
since and died in terrible commissions.
The disappearance of Walter S. With
ers, one Of the best-knOwn iron men in
the South, has created a great sensation in
Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Withers tells a pitiful
| stOry-that her husband was led away
| from home by the Salvation Army. When
| Withers left he said he was going to New
| York to see about a patent pattern, since
| which nothing has been heard from him.
Mrs. Sarah Green, a white woman forty
| years of age, was arrested at Paducah,
/ KY, a few days ago by United States Off
|
| eral weeks, hailing from Dover, Tenn.
| Some months ago she obtained a pension
certificate, with 81, $50 arrearage, from the
| Government as a soldiers widow. 1t is
alleged that the whole thing was a fraud,
and that while her husband served in the
| Federal army in a Tennessee regiment, he
neither died in service nor anywhere else,
but is alive and we'll to-day.
A survey of the Mobile river, made at
the request of Senator John T. Morgan,
has just been completed. 1t shows that
sixteen feet can be carried from the mouth
of the river to above Mount Vernon at the
lowest stages of the river, and that nine
teen feet can be carried at ordinary low
water with very slight improvements. In
the vicinity of the Louisville & Nashville
railroad bridge twenty-six feet of water
can be carried the whole length of the
Mobile river at its lowest stages.
Simon Pitts, blind coIored pauper at
the county poor house, three and a half
miles from Clayton, Ala, killed London
Walker, another pauper, few nights ago,
/, | with an axe. The cause of che trouble
was exceedingly tri1ing. The fatal blows
were dealt while Walker was asleep,
crushing the skull and breaking one arm.
The murderer stood in the door when w t
nesses arrived, and said: Ive killed
him; come in and see him." An inquest
was deemed unnecessary, and Simon was
| COmu1lUJeu TO jail WITHOUT Dd1is
( General George Paul Harrison died at
Savannah, Ga, few days ago, aged sew
, enty-four. He was a Major General in
, the Cont ederate army.
/ In the tobacco growing counties Oi
3 Western North Carolina two thirds OF
more of the young plants have been killed
3 by late fr0sts. Vegetables and Whea
t were greatly damaged at numerous points
S in the mountains.
Q sI1DOIemeOtarV reOOrt has been made
in the investigation of the accounts of ex'
Q Treasurer Tate of Kentucky. 1t shows
that $4,000 taxes paid by the Kentucky
> Central railroad has never been account
i ed for. This swells the defalcatiOn K
5 S247, 1000
5 The Austo1 building at Atlanta, Ga.
was almost destroyed by fire a few nights
ago. The loss on the building is $4,000
covered by insurance. The loss of bah
% & Kirkpatrick, hardware merchants, il
S25, ,OOG; insured for $1,000. Mcdonald
1t Brothers, wholesale grOcers, loss, s., 600
i insurance, $3, 800.
n The Florida immigration Association
= was organized at Jacksonville a few day
g since by delegates from ali parts of tn
/ State. 1t comprises the leading citizen
% of the different counties and the trans
. portation companies are all represented
a. After adopting a constitution and elect
y ing board of directors of twelve leadin
IL ClLlH6uS ILIOuSLlOub tlAO OIcIC b11C CO41F Cu
81 ton adjourned. This is one of the direC
results of the immigration convention
~ held in North Carolina last month. Act
Z. i've work will be at once begun.
p Cora, the little daughter of Henry Con
- wav. residing in Caldwell County, KY
- happened to get hold of dish few day
id ago, containing disinfectant that wa
N very poisonous, and through curiosit
- drank some of it, which burnt her mout
ao and throat in fearful manner and too
- the skin off in places. All that saved th
"A ! child from drinking enough to kill he
n was the fact that she accidentally let til
az dish containing the poison fall and spi
m it. She was, at last accounts, in a critics
as state, her sufferings being intense.
, a A colored boy named Moses Wade VIZ
"a so severely burned at HOpkinsville, KY
he a few days ago by his clothing catchiI
ed fire from an open CRATE that he died of b
no injuries.
IN An electric bolt in the shape of fee
ed ball, apparently foot in diameter, MAJ
or a complete wreck of the Presbyterit
Church at Blowing Rock, Watauga Coul
ty, n. c., few days ago. 1t is the hig
est church in the State and stand on L
&c crest of the Blue Ridge at an altitude
.ht four thousand feet.
IN. Major w. T. Wynn, aged seventy thr
70 years, was buried in Marietta, Ga, a f.
no days ago without any religious ceremOl
Ole whatever. Major Wynn was born in lSl
uB became a lawyer of some prOminenC
ISL was mayor of his town several terms a
n. also. served in the State Senate. He h
a been all his life confirmed atheist.
NJ John F. Flatford advertises in the KnO
s Vile (Tenn.) papers for three girls "
'u1 are missing from JOnesbOro, Tenn. Tn
~ ~ are Martha Flatford, aged fifteen; Sal
- ~ Anderson, aged twelve, and Ella Smi
~ aged fourteen. They were last seen a
Ix spring near Jones boro with a young N
an an named Weaner. The Smith girl is fro
- Louisville, KY.
" Cotton is rather backward.
Ten years ago Miss Lucy Hall, of Cra
ford. Ca. was married to J. II. NOrt
ins | Shortly after they separated and W,
his divorced. Mr.. Norton went to Arkans
the where he became rich. Not long ago
the wrote to his former wife, and a reconci
lest alton took place, and few days ago
1an two were remarked
OF George Frank, an old German who y
ong soon to have been tried for killing Jc
un- Donnelly, a ifteen-year- old boy, at Lot
rom Vile, KY, died a few nights ego.
wa DR.. P. 7. Bailey, one of the most emin
and physicians of Mississippi, died at ia
tba anu son, a few days since, in his hfty-seYe
ced year, after a brief illness.
Cut worms are destroying clover fie
in Kentucky.
-our The graves of the Confederate dead
ght Elmwood and other cemeteries at Ne
ick phis, Tenn, were decorated a few d
ame since with the usual ceremonies. II
the VIM. Sanford. of Upton County, delive
lies the Grafton. Among the floral offeri
the was a large basket Of flowers sent
-ade Memphis Post, No. 8, G.. A. T., to
quail Southern mothers.
ion. Treasurer Eastin of the Lexington Il
ne Lunatic Asylum went out a few morni
-Srs since to pay of the employees. He ha'
-ush 1aaI,e The room on business. locking
rere A. a,,d yyindovys after him. In a Il
One ti...-, -, Tsf,,,-,le5 ,,,d found that \ "