The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-08-03
SOUTHERN eLeANlNes.

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by w. D. Roberts. The killing was pro-
nounced justiiable by the jury of inquest
The trial of Cross and White, the
Raleigh IN c. } bank officials, on the first
| Indictment, ended in conviction. Cross
was sentenced to seven years hard labor,
! White to five. An appeal was taken,
which the attorneys for the defendants say
will be carried to the Supreme Court cf
the United States, as a Federal question
| is involved.
/ Hon. Fred N. Strudwick, the Demo-
cratic presidential electOr- at large for
North Carolina, while riding in the
suburbs of his native town, Hillsb2ro, a
| few evenings ago, met with a serious ac-
cident He fell with his horse into we'll
Ave feet deep. The we'll, it seems, was
covered with boards, and was, to all ap-
! pearauces, perfectly safe, but as Mr..
| Strudwick urged his horse upon them
| both the horse and he fell to the bottom.
He was seriously injured.
Lucy Bedford, the richest coIored wo-
| man in Tennessee, who resides in Nash
| vile, was awakened at an early hour a
| few mornings since by man standing
| over her with a drawn knife. He threat
! ened to take her life unless she surren-
/ dered all the lnouey she had in the house.
| Mrs. Bedford, who is eighty years of age
and very fes BILE, gave the nocturnal visit
or 5000 and he departed She was so
| prostrated by fright that her condition
! has since been quite critical Mrs. Bed
| ford owns real estate and slSeks valued
| at $1O0, 900.
Congressman Bynum and Mills spoke
to $1,000 people at the ChautiTIqua at At
/ lanta, Ga, few days ago.
A plot for the escape of 400 cOnvicts at
! Pratt mines, near Birmingham, Ala, was
discovered a few days ago, and promptly
suppressed.
At Covington, Ga, few days since,
two children of G. Beauford were killed
by lightning.
The situation at Harlan, KY, the seat
of the whisky war, is very bad, and the
whiskyites threaten bloody work for the
destruction of their property by the Of
ficers.
James E. Windham, a farmer, who
killed his neighbor, Hon. P. w. Bailey.
in Dale County, Ala, was driven to sui
eide by remOrse.
The first bale of the new crop of cotton
was received at Savannah, Ca, q few
days since, from Thomasville. It weighed
499 pounds and was classed strict mid
ding. 1t was sold for fifteen cents per
pound.
A party of sixteen armed men from
near Pineville, KY, ,forcibly rescued GEN
eral Souder, one of their number and q
desperadO, few nights ago, from the
Knoxville, (Tenn.) Jail by overpowering
| the jailer. SOuder has sworn eternal
vengeance on Tom Osborne, the man who
arrested him, and trouble is feared.
The examining trial Of J. Ii. Ter, Of
Ohio County, KY, who was charged with
the poisoning of the family of William
Her, resulted in verdict of acquittal.
The greatest excitement prevailed during
the trial and the court-r room was
thEonged to hear the verdict.
Near. BentOnia, Miss, the daughter of
Dolph Miles, colored, poisoned her father
and three brothers, a few days ago. Two
brothers are already dead; the third
brother and the father are not expected
to recover. The mother was at church
and thus missed her portion of the poison.
Family trouble was the cause.
The American Loan and Trust Com
pany of New York has filed with the
clerk of the United States District Court,
at Atlanta, Ga, bill asking that a mort
gage for 81, ,751 900 on the East & West
railroad of Alabama be tOreclOsed and a
receiver be appointed. The claim is set
up that the road is more than six months
behind with its interest
A fatal accident occurred, a few even
ings since, at Trussville, \ station on the
Alabama Great Southern road, by which
a locomotive and eight bo1-cars were de-
rallied and Fireman r. c. Ivey, of Bir-
ger, of Chattanooga, were killed. The
breaking of the driving rod and truck of
the engine caused the accident
Two more men are reported killed in
| the French -Eversole feud at Hazard, IAy.
A few days since Shad Combs was shot
down from ambush while mounting his
horse at his home, and a day previous
John Camphell, broth sr-in-law of J. C..
EVersOle, was killed at his store at Haz-
ard. 1t is not known who shot him.
DIR. S. L. Humphrey, of Wickliffe, KY,
and his entire family, consisting OF his
wife, two grown daughters and grown
son, were poisoned few nights ago by
eating ice cream. At last accounts they
we're lying at home in an exceedingly
critical condition, fatal results being
feared. The manner Of the poison getting
into the ice cream is unknown, but it
supposed to be the result of an accident
Mary Snyder was tried at Louisville
KY, few days since on a charge of OBJ
tanning money by false pretense. She
claimed to be a medium, and for five dol
lars exercised the spirits from sick COWS
, belonging to Joseph Muller. 9 theI
- said S400O0 was buried deep under Mnl
ler's back yard, and if he would give hel
$50 she would get the spirits to hell
resurrect it. Muller mOrtgaged his home
} and paid her, but the $40, 900 failed to ma
terialize.
A year ago the residence of Mr.. L. @
7 Sessions, a few miles from Atlanta, Ga.
was robbed of some money and silvel
plate The thief wts discovered anC
almost captured, when he mysteriously
disappeared in the darkness, aud the
most diligent search failed to trace him
A few days since Mr.. Sessions ordered
tree to be cut, as it gave evidence of rapi'
decay and its proximity to Lis dwelling
made it dangerous. 1t was an immens
] ancestral oak and for years hollow ha'
extended up through it. When the tre
fell the skeleton of a man was was fOun'
wedged in the hollow and near him tn
silverware and money that had beel
stolen from Mr.. Sessions. The supposi
g ton is that the burglar, IN escaping
climbed the tree and stepped in the hol
, low so as to eIude discovery but found
: impossible to extricate himself.s
Fire bugs busy at Jackson, Tenn.
Carl Brenner, the best-known artist o
: Louisville, KY, died in that city, recent
4 Iv, at the age of forty mine. He ha
a ] Bright's disease. His first picture Q
: note was exhibited at Philadelphia i
: 1876. He leaves q wife and eight chill
> dren. The oldest is Carl Brenner, Jr.
who is studying painting at Munich.
! Frank Buhl, a bar-keeper, aged thirty
4 two, committed suicide at Birmingham
: Ala, a few evenings since, by BLOWN
4 his brains OUT Win q plbtots ne leLb u
!. explanation for the act He arrived i
: that city about two weeks previOusl
n from Louisville, KY, where he has
wife.
E. z. Keene, OF Birmingham, Ala, wa
drowL FL while bathing.
( r II. Johnston, a well-known gentle
s man of Hopdnsville, KY, died suddenl
Q at his residence, q few days ago, of heal
d disease. He was united in marriage
i Mrs. Cox, a grass-widow, about sixl
e years Of age, the preceding evening. +
{ had lain down to rest awhile, and whel
= several minutes later, some one went