Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1888-02-11
NEWSY PARAGRAPHS.
FEW ITEMS OF sOTTHERN INTER-
EST CAREFULLY CULLED.
The Condensed News by Nail' wire
And Otherwise.

And Otherwise.
Sneaker Carlisle. on account OF SICK
ucsS. will not speak at Atlanta, Ga.
Nashville. Tenn. is to have Il new daily
papcr-the Democrat with strong II
nancial backing.
Thirteen Colorcd men were arrested III
Athens. Ga, charged withrunninS ''plltu
] tigers" and were each fined $50.
4 great ice gorge in the harbor at 1t.
/ Louis, Mo-. gave way and boats and bar
ges were damaged to the extent OF thous-
ands of dollars.
Lewis Moore. negro who was to have
been hung at Georgetown, Ga, reCclNe"
a rrSpitc from Governor Gordon hltech
minutes before the hour fixed Tor his exc .
CutiOn.
News of peculiar wedding comes
from Tavlor Ga, in which the interested
parties were an old gentleman aged
eighty five and young lady nearly
twenty.
. Governor Blackburn. of Kentucky,
, refuses to surrender the HathcldS Tor
, whom rcquisition has been made 10y The
) Governor Of West Virginia. The courts
must decide the mater
Tom Ellis, the editor of the B rmlng-
y ham. Ala. Hornet, who shot Detective
Scarborough short time since was hlm-
self shot few days after by Detective
k Sullivan, and likely to die.
k One hundred IabOrcrs employed on the
}. extension of the railway from Scotland
V Neck. y. C.. To Grecnvillc struck, dc-
o manding an increase Of wages, winch the
IT contractors refused to allow.
d Charles Ackerman. switchman in the
II Louisville & Nashville Railroad yards, al
l. Birmingham. Ala, fell from moving
IL train md was crushed to death. lie wa
cr % years old and unmarried.
II Near Red Springs. Robinson county.N
C.. Angus 4. Mcneil, Il farmer, wa
thrown from his buggy and Instant!
us killed. When found he was under TIL
lit buggy, with his neck broken.
IT. Frank Lightford. who it is alleged
to poiSoncd six persons at the boarding
re- house of Hattie Ii"htford. in Chattanoo
ed oa Tenn. was arrested at South Pitt
lat burg. One of Lightford's victims dieo
nd and another barely escaped death
er, Property belonging to the Rover lro
iid Works company. at Roanoke, Va, WI
'h' sold al public auction to Clarence
her Clark. of philadelphia. for S26.O 900 IN
eS' includes a narrow gauge railroad OF son
ere length and vrry valuable iron ore bank
Nv, Six .olored and two white convict
Vi. VI. ESCAPED from the Coalburg mines.
m l.' Birmingham. Ala, 10y digging out OF u
,ni shaft where they were at work. In
'nS - dug olt on the opposite side OF the ii
80 from the prison, and their escape was II
,ha discoy cred until night.
as Yellowstone Kit came near breakl
his neck during his show in Montgomei
Ala. He slipped from high box wh'
he was Grating, and full backward
loi- Some gentlemen caught him just IN III
left to preyent the back Of his neck Ire
two striking heavy iron-b barred chest.
''hJ In accordance with a petition sign
ole r bv the presidents of several commerc
sal- EXCHANGES of New Orleans. La. a
- of many prominent representative cl'ize
= vi Gov Nichols issued a call for an lml
S"" Grafton convention to meet at that {
'h.n March 9Th. the object being to encour;
,J Wv. immigration to the state.
q IN Twenty-Five of the prominent cltlz
very of Opclika, Ala, met at the FIRST
take tional bank to take steps IN organlz
ro of a cotton factory. A cohimittee OF
tbor. consisting of Major A. Barnes, charm
and y. p. Rcnfroe. r. NJ. Greene, {. j. ;
;,tIe dith and II. b. T. Montgomery, was
mil nointed TO canvass the town and rep
and The Atlanta. Ga, directory cam
ignc- shows that there are ten chartered
aleu- nrivate hanks, with an aggregate cal
or of If 30 p25. 600: that there are 14Omilt
streets and 100 separate streets. 24o u
of sidewalk. 80 of which are paved
:. curbed There is Isl 900 feet OF se'
writes age. The estimate of the populatlo
,,ar 1900.
i,lle, ~ me-, T short. railrd ID gent at Knoxy
Miss, on the Louisville. New orlea
- - =" Texas Railroad, was assasslnated.
:, y. assassin fired through window.
nr; ne: a. at the time was engaged in making
nmo,S his monthly reports. His daughter
So rranh ouerator and his wife were in
room with him. His wife was shot II
Y will back.
mo- a The Cromwell line of steamer, Lc
lrplus ana. from New York for New or
upplv Ia. exploded her supply heater whe
tho Florida reefs. and came to an
She was towed into Key West b.
,or, steamer Elmonte Several tiremen O
H. Louisiana were scalded, and one
NE If The Louisiana will be towed to NeN
90 the leans for repair.
rm in A pair of Mormon elders passed thr
Is, 600 Raleigh. y. c, on their way to
his is county. The Mormon missionaries
child fine their operations to the most Ign
bs and people in the backwOods and uneh
some ened communities. These latest ar
female saw that quite a number of Mormon
visit the South. and do there ei
work in making converts. Several
ha,,o mons have been nearly whipped to
- H. " in Western North Carolina.
hanical Charleston 5. C.. is rejoicing ov'
on will capture by detectives of the burglar
$ when have been operating there for tn
six months. They were captured II
den on Meeting street. Their nam
Andrew Gibbs and James johnson
n dozen aliases. Both are negroes
90 wears of age The officers fo'
t great their nest a large assortment OF pi
aVaila- h,cb nIted nm a room OF the ma