The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-11-08
SOUTHERN 6LEANINoS.

charged with the murder Of I. c. Gresh.
am, was acquitted
Henry Jones. q negro. was lynChsd by
| q mob at Woodland Mills, Tenn, fen
nights ago. Jones had murdered a white
| man IN cold blood few nights before.
Natural gas has been struck in abun.
dant quantities in the Sequatchie Valley,
| twenty-five miles west Of Chattanooga
Tenn.
Miss Tilla Coleman was burned TO death
at Birmingham, Ala, a few days since.
While lighting a fire with Kerosene her
clothing ignited and she rushed from the
house wrapped in fiar2es and rolled down
a flight of stairs into the midet Of group
Of women, setting fire to half a dozen Of
them. The house was burned down.
County Judge J. Tartar, Of Somerset
Ey., was drowned in Pitmau crock few
evenings since while attempting ;c cross
it in his buggy. The stream was swollen
by heavy rains. Congressman Frank
Finley was in the buggy with him at the
time, but jumped out and swan ashore.
He made an effort to save his friend, but
was unsuccessful The horse and buggy
were recovered. Judge Tartar leaTes
widow and seven children.
Mrs. Jane Duke died at Hertford, KY,
few days since in the ninety seventh
year of her age. She enjoyed the dis
tinction of being tie first white child born
in Ohio County, territory which at the
time of her birth included more thSn one
third Of Western Kentucky. She was in
many respects a remarkable woman, and
maintained her activity in great degree,
and her eyesigbt and memory up to the
time of her death.
Harry Smart was sentenced in LOUIS
vile, KY, few days since, TO impri SON.
ment for life for killing Meisner Green
and Belle Ward four months ago.
The jail at Greensburg, La, was burned
o few nights ago. There was only one
prisoner in the building, a young negro
charged with horse stealing; he was
cremated.
Is. Albritton, picked" juror in an
Atlanta (Ga.) murder trial. has been
sentenced to jail for twenty days and to
pay fine of 800.
At North Birmingham, Ala, a few
nights ago, Henry Brown, colored, shot
| and killed d. Johnson, white. The shoot
| ing was the result OF q quarrel about
some trivil matter. Brown escaped.
The report of the keeper of the Georgia
! penitentiary shows that during the last
| two Years the proportion Of female con-
victs in Georgia has increased more than
| twenty per cent
Hon John P. Campbell, an arla LAWYER
and ex-member of Congress, died snd'
denly at his home i'll Hopkipsville, KY,
recently, ia the sixty ninth year Of his
age. He was at one time member of the
| Missouri Legislature.
John Corbitt died recently at Nashville,
| Tenn, from the effects Of an overdose of
| laudanum, taken with suicidal intent
| The cause of the deed is not known but it
| is supposed that he was suffering from
mental alteration.
Andrew johnson, a cripple, living near
Red Hill, KY, while digging in the
ground, recently, unearthed copper ket-
| tie filled with gold and silver coins. The
kettle was inscribed October, 11S5." The
| treasure amounted to over $1,000.
Fire at Lynchburg, Va, few days ago,
| destroyed Moorman's tobacco warehouse;
he Dental chewing gum factory; Hef-
,ernan's sash, blind and door establish
ment, and Ainslie & Bros carnage works,
causing loss of over so 000; insurance;
s21, 900
Governor Seay of Alabama has re-
| moved the civil and political disabilities
of John R Tankersley, Of Crenshaw
County, convicted OF murder in 1873, and
sentenced to the penitenttary for ten
years. He was discharged from prison
asst year and the Governor, in response
% strong petitions, restored him to the
lights and privileges OF citizenship.
Joe Williams, Hardy Pope, Hardy
Lewis and Jack Bailey escaped from the
Jail at Kingston. Tenn, few days ago.
When the sheriff and jailer opened the
loor the quartet pouuced on them and
after securing the sheriff's pistol made
break for liberty After lively chase,
which q large number Of citizens
oined, the Jail birds were all recaptured.
At Fayetteville, Tenn, a few nights
lgo, Verb McElroy, about eighteen years
I'D, clerking III L. Garneau'S bakery, be-
.ame involved in q quarrel with expo
iceman w. II. McCOwn, about the way
some oysters were served McElroy
stabbed McCown in the throat, cutting an
artery. McCown bled profusely, blood
unning from his eyes, ears and nose.
He became very weak and was carried
home, where lie died the next morning
Jesse Brundage, a twelve-year-0id son
If Mr.. H. Brundago, OF Leon, Ala, was
accidentally killed a few days ago, at the
;team gin of John Merrill. The boy
stepped over a revolving shaft, which
caught and twisted his clothing and
Tfirled HIM over and over until his body
vas battered and bruised almost beyond
recognition. He was dead when discOv-
,red He was the son of mute parents,
md bright boy.
At Huntsville, Ga, few nights ago,
William Harrison, in an inexplicable fit
If jealousy. shot his little niece without
warning while sitting by the freside. He
hen fred at his sister, wounding her in
he hip. She will probably recover. Har-
.ison fed, but returned, admitted his
.rime, and said he had attempted suicide
oy jumping into;a we'll. Later he denied all
knowledge of the crime. Harrison said
le had been drinking heavily.
A remarkable scene was witness in
Atlanta, Ca, few nights ago. Ten
thousand indignant citizens congregated
n front Of the courthouse to testify their
iisgust for jury which acquitted George
Eddleman, a murderer, against whom
vas most conclusive evidence. He killed
Thomas Gresham in a cruel and unpro-
voked manner, and every body expected
ais conviction. The jurors were burnt in
sfigy. Many of the best citizens were in
he crowd There was great excitement,
out no disturbance occurred. Eddleman
las left Atlanta If he returns he will
certainly be lynched.
Yellow fever will not down.
A stranger named Charles Emory was
rilled by a train on the z asst Tennessee
.oad, near the East corporation line Of
Chattanooga, Tenn, a few nights ago.
de was standing in the middle Of the
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