Huntsville gazette., 1888-09-29
SOUTHERN GLEANINGs,

by floods is estimated at fifteen per cent
The dumping of four hundred yellow
fever refugees at Hendersonville, N. c.,
has caused much uneasiness in Charles
ton, 8. c., as quite number of Charles
tonians have summer homes In that
neighborhood-
The cotton factors Of Savannah, Ca,
have organized a pool to fight the Bagging
Trust by importing the covering Of last
years. cotton and using it in place Of
syndicate bagging. Samples of old COW
ering have been secured and the plan Is
pronounced practicable. Since the or
ganization of the pool, syndicate bagging
has been offered at one-quarter to one
half cent less than quotations.
Two men named Steele and Mockabee,
both drunk, boarded train at Mt Ster-
ling, KY, a few DAYS since and fought all
the way to Stepstone, where the con-
ductor, for the safety of those in his
charge, put the men off and told them to
fight it out. They drew pistols and ex-
changed five shots each. The fifth shot
from Steele's pistol passed through
Mockabee's brain, killing him instantly.
They were cousins. After the killing
Steele boarded the train and proceeded
home, the train having waited until the
duel was over.
At special election recently the citi-
zens of Augusta, Ca, voted an extra levy
of one per cent, to repair the damages to
the city cause ed by the recent floods.
j. B. Bobb, prominent citizen OF
Trenton, KY, while engaged in mill,
few days ago, had one Of his hands cut of
with a circular saw. His suffering was
SO great that there was fear Of lock jaw.
The survivors of the Jones and Green
families Of Hancock County, who have
been at war since last February, were
placed on trial at Sneedville, Tenn, for
murder. Every CITIZEN going into the
town was searched. Fifty special depu-
ties were g standing guard about the court
house.
The jury in the case of ex-Secretary Of
State Will a. Strong Of Louisiana,
charged with embezzling about $3,50o
from the State, agreed upon a verdict
The sheriff went out to call the Attorney
General, and Strong walked out behind
him, attracting no attention. He was de-
clared guilty, but is not to be found.
Louis Hill, negro fugitive from Union
County, Miss, was arrested near Mem
phis, Tenn, recently, by the sheriff OF
Union County, who came upon him acci-
| dentally. Five years ago Hill resolved
to get rid of his wife in order to wed a
| dusky belle who had enslaved him, and
| tried to poi son her by boiling mocca-
sin snakes head in her coffee.
A partly constructed bridge over q
ravine in the southern part of Paducah,
KY, gave way few days ago, and five
carpenters-W. F. Brown, j. l. House,
II. Palien, Robertson and Roberts-were
severely hurt by falling twenty-five feet
| John Bachman, who was standing on the
bridge watching the men at work, was
caught between the timbers and fatally
injured both legs being broken and his
head crushed.
The negroes of Tuscaloosa, Ala, are in
| terrible fright and meet every night to
pray for deliverance from the voodoo.
! Their meetings often last all night. Flora
| Baker, a respectable colored woman,
| owned two horses. A few days since
| tn ese suddenly became sick and died a
| few hours later. Flora said they had
| been voodooed and had their stomachs
| opened. In the stomach Of one was found
green snake eight inches long, while
| the stomach Of the other Cne contained
| two small lizards. The negroes of the
| town at once became greatly alarmed,
| fearing some great harm would come to
them through the unknown and mys-
| terious voodoo.
| M. V. Ingram, Of Clarksville, Tenn,
has issued call for meeting of the
tobacco planters of the State, to be held
In Clarksville on the Goth inst, to take
action on the proposition to head off the
Reggie monopolies and secure full value
for the very large crop of tobacco now
| being housed. The planters will be asked
| lndr han
selves not to plant any tobacco next year,
on condition that general organization
of planters is effe cted to this end before
the 1st of February next.
| A fight occurred between George Whit
| (white) and colored laborer at Gadsden,
Ala, few nights ago. Whit and his
friends fred on five negroes from am
bush, killing two and wounding the three
others Later in the night negroes
armed themselves, and a regular battle
between the two parties followed. Several
are reported killed and wounded.
There was a strange stew in a church in
Burke County, N. c., recently. People
who had occasion to enter the building
were Mortified at seeing dead man
| lying on the floor, and beside him a
bottle of liquor. An investigation of the
case was at once begun, and most dis
| graceful state Of affairs was brought to
light. The dead man was Horace Card
well, and, in company with two other
abandoned fellows, John Mitchell and
Colum bus Mitchell, he had gone to the
church to have drunken spree. The
three had purchased fve quarts of
brandy, and in night drank it all save
half pint When daylight came the
Mitchells left. Cardwell lay unconscious
on the floor. He never awCke, and was
found horribly swollen and distorted.
The men had lighted the lamps in the
church and had regular orgy.
AS John Smith, stone contractor Of the
Nashville & Knoxville railroad, and his
book keeper, Mr.. Spriner, were between
Gordonville and Lancaster, Tenn, a few
days ago, on their way to pay off the
hands, they were stopped by two men,
who demanded the $1,000 which they ha6
in grip-sack. They fred at the robbers,
but Smith was struck on the head and
rendered insensible and Spriner fed. The
robbers escaped with the money, but were
soon overtaken in the woods by party oil
railroad men, who had been notified by
Smith as soon as he recovered conscious
ness. One Of the pursuers named John.
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