Huntsville gazette., 1888-02-25
SOUTHERN GL.EANINGS,


William Kelly, inventor OF the pneu.
matte steel process known as the Besse.
rner, died at Louisville KY, recently,
aged seventy eight years.
W. e. Grimes, editor of the Che ster
| County Citizen, published at Henderson
! Tenn, was killed in personal difficulty
at Snbrosa, Ark, recently.
In an ARRAY at Gaddstown, Ga, few
days since, dot" Gaddis and his brother
| Maxwell were both badly cut by Henry
Ward. They were involved in some litiga
! ton. A fuss arose between them in
which Gaddis was fatally cut by
Ward. It's said that Gaddis was thought
to have been ''shy" against the moon
sinners, and that this was the cause Of
the killing. Maxwell was not seriously
| hurt
Near Moorehead City, N. c., few days
| ago, wha e of the species known as the
right whale was killed by crew of men.
The length of the whale is sixty feet, and
its savers had desperate struggle with
1T. 1t is valued at 81 000
DR.. j. NJ Bradley, leading physician
Of South Pit tsburg, Tenn, left his home
some days ago with a large amount of
money on his person to go a short dis
tance in the country on professional
visit. Search has been instituted for him,
but he can not be found. His friends
| think he has been murdered for his money
and his body hidden.
Fire was discovered few days ago in
the rear of McCnesney's drug store at
j ackson, Tenn. near where fire has oc-
| Cured three times recently. A carpet
| was burning which had been saturated
with oil on the steps adjoining McChes-
news oil rooms. The steps going up
stairs were also covered with oil. This is
the fourth attempt since Christmas to
| burn this building. 1t is evidently the
wo of an incendiary. Detectives are
on the lookout.
Ruth Woodalla, a negro woman, living
in Jones County, Ga, mixed some Rough
| on Rats" with water and made her two
daughters. aged seven and five wears,
drink of it. She then drank what was
left The moth II and older daughter
died, bat the other child was saved by
physician. No cause is assigned for the
deed.
Governor John B. Gordon Of Georgia IS
said to be a poor man again in conse-
quence of unlucky sp9culations.
The sent ment in favor of prohibition is
sai id o be rap dly on the increase in North
Carolina.
A Mississippi man recently made three
attempts to commit suicide, but all of
them were unsuccessful.
John Outlaw. If Chester County, N. c.,
is the oldest man in that State. He was
born in 1913. He was a soldier in the war
of 1872
The headless body of jeff Huff, col.
orei hotel porter. was found on the rail-
road track at Knoxville. Tenn, a few
mornings since. 1t is not known whether
he threw himself under the train or was
frst murdered and his body thrown
across the track to cover up the crime.
E. II. Taylor, an aged negro, was found
| lead near the railroad switch that enters
the spoke factory il lex ngton, Ky.,. a
few davs ago. with two wounds in the
head, supposed to have been done with
some blunt instrument. He is said TO have
saved considerable money, and it is
thought that robbery was the cause of the
| murder.
| Mr.. Stephen Swift. ninety-two years of
age, and at one time prominent business
man Of lexington Ky, fell down flight
| Of sta RS at his residence a few DAYS ago,
| from the effec's ol which he died. He
| moved from Mas iachusetts to kentucky
IN 1917. He leaves six children and a
| large fortune.
| A party of eight persons, all sgroes,
| crossed the river few days since from
La Reusite plantation to Dymold's Fair
view place, in Concordia Parish, La. The
boat was old and when the party were
returning, and within a hundred feet of
their home landing, the swelIs of a pass
| ing steamer caused the skif 10 go to
| pieces and seven of the occupants were
1 J,.-x Al A IA al Nv ri lir,cy
| ing 10 piec9 Of the broken boat.
There is post-offi in Tennessee called
Sweet Lips.
| A report that smallpox exists at Jack
| son, Tenn, is denied. 1t is positively
stated that there is not single case in
| the city.
There is young lady in girls school
in Georgia who goes By the nickne Of
''Pos tscript." Her real name is Adeiine
Moore.
| Great interest is felt in the revival
which has been going on in the First
MethoIiss Church at Jackson, Tenn,
| during the rast few weeks. Some Of
the most eminent divines in the South
are present. and large number Of con-
versions have been made.
VIII am Young, while hunting in
| Chckasaw County, Miss, undertook to
| chop possum out of hollow log. He
not only got the possum, but 1872 silver
dollars which some one had concealed
there.
| WI. Patterson, who is in jail at Louis
Vile, XIV, under sentence of death for
the mu der of Jennie Bowman, has again
been respited by Governor Buckner, this
| time for ninety DAYS:
The sal death OF Mrs. Bob Chapman, Of
Barnett, Ga, occurred recently. Her hus-
band, in administering the medicine left
by her father, he attending physician,
gave four grains of morphine instead of
the same quantity of quinine, as in.
| structed, which resulted in her death.
The engineer on north bound rassen-
ger train on he Alabama Great Southern
railroad a few days since discovered the
dead body Of a woman lying near the
track. about two miles from Tuscaloosa.
The train was stopped and Il ie body ex-
amined. Il proved TO lie that of a hand.
some woman about twenty five years old,
and the cuts and bruises found showed
that she had been knocked from the track
by pas ing train. Attached to the
bosom of the woman's dress was a card
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