Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-25
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS

1ne uneSI business square IN Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, was destroyed by fire few
days ago, entailing a loss of $40, 900.
Citizens who were removing goods were
caught by q falling wall and fourteen
were killed.
Jennie Brown, the eleven-year- old
daughter of VIM. Brown, a well known
carpenter at Lexington, Mo-, fell into the
well on her aunt's farm on the George
town road, few days since, and was
drowned.
The wife Of Jacob Courtocio, OF r ich-
mond, Va, has filed information charg
ing her husband with absconding. He
ran away with S., 250 in cash and S., 300 in
notes of her property. She offers re-
ward for his apprehension.
Mrs. Mildred Mcfarland died at Owens
boro, KY, a few days since, aged one
hundred and three. She led a remark
ably active life until five or SIX years ago,
since which time she has been as viva
cious as an ordinary woman OF sixty.
One hundred and six million feet of
lumber, valued at $3.50, 900, has been
shipped from Fernandina, Fla, in the
current year. If strung out end to end it
would make 1000 miles. Over 14000 cars
were required for the transportation OF 1t.
AS Miss Fannie Thompson, young
lady living in Caldwell County, KY, was
returning home from visit to neigh.
Dor, q few days ago, she accidentally
stepped upon thorn, which run into her
foot, producing such intense suffe ring
that lock-iaw set in soon afterward. The
pain she endured was very great until
relieved by death.
A Snait wi N
IBERIA La, was killed, few days ago, at
Freetown by citizens of the place for
stirring up trouble among the negroes.
Miss Mollie Hightower, Of Murfrees-
boro, Tenn, leaped from buggy drawn
by frightened horse at Manchester,
Tenn, few days since, and sustained
probably fatal injuries.
VIM. Howard, prominent young farm
er Of Webster County, KY, who was
stabbed by VIM. Simpson, his father-in-
law, at Blackford, in that county, several
days ago, died of his wounds.
General rains have recently extended
all over the Memphis district, and were
of material benefit to the cotton crop. In
some sections it was beginning to suffer
from a threatened drought.
Mrs. F. M. Allemande, aged forty-two,
formerly of st. Louis, but who with her
daughter and son-in-la law, Charles Van
Overlook, had lived in Louisville, KY, a
short time, committed suicide few days
ago by shooting herself through the head.
She was in ill-health and suffering from
the shock caused by her hus bands death
last March.
At Hull's station, Ala, few days ago,
Gid Blackburn, aged six, and Lewis Davis,
aged four, were playing with an old rusty
shotgun, which was supposed to be un-
loaded. Blackburn applied a lighted
match to the tube Of the gun, and it was
discharged, blowing Davis head nearly
off, hilling him ms tantly. The two little
boys were cousins.
In the Criminal Court of Mecklenburg
County, N. c., recently, two colored
women were arraigned on presentments
by the grand jury charging them with
murder. One Of these is Jane Morr1son,
who, in January, 1887, killed her husband
with skillet. The other, Ann Wallace,
cut the throat of Millie Robinson.
Charles McAfee and Gus Page. two Of
the murderers of Joseph Williams. who
was so horribly butchered in Chattanoo-
ga, Tenn, a few days ago, were captured
at Graysville. Ca, and were returned to
Chattanooga. The third man implicated
was being pursued by posse Of men with
bloodhounds.
ings since, Henry Shropshire and his
wife went to church, about two miles from
their house, taking their baby With them,
but leaving at home their two other chill
dren, aged respectively six and eight
years. When they returned, three hours
later, they found their house burned to
tbs ground and IN the smoking ruins the
charred re mains of the two children.
John 3. Starnes, who killed William
Phelps, near Nashville, Tenn, by strik-
ing him with stone, fracturlng his skull,
was arrested recently, at Elkton, and
taken back to Nashville for trial. Starnes
and Phelps quarreled about rumor that
there was smallpox at Phelps house.
Starnes fed and made his way to Elkton.
Miles Erwin, who some days ago in
hicted deadly blow with stone on the
head Of John Sanders, at Chattanooga,
Tenn, was arrested at Boyce by police
officers, who we're latter trio Of es capped
murderers Erwin was seen in crowd Of
bvstanders and broke and ran for the
WOOuS, Uub w dS I'LL WV 14O Wo' eoASA
back to Chattanooga, where he will be
tried for murder
The city of Decatur, Ala, has made q
contract for S45, 900 worth of street i'm
provement The report Of the tax asses
sor just finished for 1888 shows tax val
uation Of over $40, 900, 900, an increase Of
over $1,000, 900 in the last year. This does
not include New Decatur. Work has
been commenced on a city hall and mar
ket-house, to cost Sl5 900, and franchise g
has been granted for the building OF a
gas plant, to cost $4,000.
The yearly meeting Of Friends, or
Quakers, held at High Point, N. c., just
closed, had no less than 1000 people pres
ent, every State in the Union being rep
resented in the great congregation. The
Friends have established a college and
given it an endowment of 100000. The
meeting decided to extend educatiOna al
work among the three thousand Cherokee
Indians who reside on their great reser-
ton in Western North Carolina.
There was severe electric storm al
Southport, n. c., few days ago. Light
ming struck two tenement houses oc-
cupied by colored people. The buildings
were badly damaged and the occupants
stunned. At one house, where twenty in
mates where in bed asleep, the lightning