The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-12-13
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

Union at a recent meeting indOTsed Her
man A. Hasslock for Government Printer.
Van Canady, a mulatto, twenty-five
years old, was taken from Jail at Shelby,
n. c., few nights ago, by crowd OF
masked men and lynched for the murder
of James Philbeck, an old farmer, on No
vember y.
| Thomas S. Warren, a well-knOwn resi-
dept Of Norfolk, Va, committed suicide
! few daTe since, The deceased belonged
| to a prominen: NORTH Carolina family and
was a brother Of tic distinguished Dr.
| Edward Warren, Of Paris.
An explosion occurred on Mrs, GordOn'S
| plantation, ten miles north Of Selma, Ala,
| a few days since, which instantly kIled
| one man and fatally scalded another. Inc
| deceased was blown about one hundred
| Yards and mutilated beyond recognition.
| Louis Clare and John Gibson, convicted
| Of the murder of Hon. Patrick Mealyt
| commissioner of police at New Orleans,
| last New Years morning, have been seA-
/ fenced to the penitentiary for life.
| In Spartanburg County, $. c., rev
days ago. Clinton Turney and James Don'
two white boys, were squirrel hunting
| They were running after squlrrel When
| Doff fell over bush. His gun was DIS
! charged and killed his young companion.
J (TOEFTUff Lee Oh II lllld lltlS l'SNt~oN -
| proo,amatio,u offering $1,000 reward for
the apprehension OF the party OF parties
! engaged in the rele2se OF Wayman suit
! ton, convicted OF m@i"ei' LINN
| Wytheville jail. r...,,
! The National and Southern Forestry
| congresses were in session at Atlanta ""''
/ last week.
| The Alabama House of Representatives.
hos ma saad a bill adding 100000 to the
public school fund.
The trustees of yudson Female College
at Marion, Ala, recently buried, IN nave ave o'-
terrnined to rebuild at cost OF S6o,oVV'
Fire at New Orleans, few days slnce'
did 80. 900 damage to James Boyte " Co',
| $4,000 damage to Eugene Dupre ana
10000 to Theodore Doussan.
Judge'W. H. McBrayer, the dist1ller' OF
Lawrenceburg, KY, was stricken with
paralysis. a few days ago, and died wlthln
twenty-;mlr Eours.
Four election officers OF Memphis
Tenn. have been indicted for refusing 10
allow electors to witness the count Oh .ne
ballots. One of the indicted ofnclalS Is
negro. Il.
Henry Lvle. an old and prominent cltl- :
zen of Montgomery County, Tenn zen
dead at his home a few evenings SINCE,
| Tie was lpl I'LL tSC4 80 >-
the county.
At the recent municipal election in At
lanta. Ga, J.T. Glenn, for mayor, and the
Conservative ticket were elected. Inns
means elimination OF the prohibition
question from local pohtlcs.
John Garrity. an aged Irishman OF HOP
kinsville. KY, fell from a moving frelgn1
train. few nights ago, and broke ms col
lar bone, and received internal injuries
from which it was thought he coulf ho|
recover. 4.
The board of control of the Mississippi
ueniteptiary have annuled the convict
labor lease of the Gulf & Ship Island rail-
road because Of the failure OF the railroad
company to comply with the contract in
the matter Of making payments; also lor
failure to treat prisoners properly
An Injunction was issued II the Cnin-
cerv Court at Nashville, Tenn.s 1ew
days since, forbidding Governor IaJ 'oI 70
issue the certificate to II. Clay Evans, ;"9
Republican COngressman-elect from the
Third district. The matter VIII now oe
settled in the courts.
Fast orange freights are something new
in the railway service of Florida, and they
promise to give an impetus to their trade
between the North and South in tropical
fruits, The service began November ~,
and was instituted by the Florida Railway
q Navigation Company.
The Pauley Jail Company, of st. LOUIS,
has Just completed the new jail at JACK
son, Tenn, which has been received py
the commissioners. Jackson can now
boast of as comfortable and substantial
iail as any in West Tennessee, outside or
Memphis.
| A negro woman on Fl. o. Colqultt'S
place, near Lexington, Ca, locked her
three children in the house and went
visiting. On her return she discovered
that the house had been burned to the
ground, and that her three children had
periShed in the flames.
The Southern Surgical genealogical
Association, in session In Birmingham,
Ala, elected Dr.. Hunter Mcclure, of Rich
mond, Va, president. The next meeting
Of the association will be held in Nash
Vile, Tenn, beginning the second Tues
day in November, 1889. =
Harper Jordan, colored, who was re-
Gently tried at Clarksville, Tenn, for the
killing of John Nolan, in September, 1887,
was found guilty of murder in the first
degree and has been sentenced to be
hanged on Friday, January IL 1889. His
case will in the meantime be appealed to
the Supreme Court of Tennessee, but
there is no hope Tor reprleVe.
The Supreme Court of Alabama recent
lv rendered an important decision in the
case Of Kate Mcdonald against the Ala
bama Gold Life Insurance Company OF
Mobile. The case was taken up from the
Mobile Chancery Court and the decision
affirmed the question of the personal liza
bility Of the stockholders to the policy
holders of the company to an extent ag-
| orepatinp nearly 5000 000
The colored Republicans of Halifax, N.
c., and adjoining counties celebrated Har-
rison's victory at Weldon, recently, six or
, seven thousand people being present. The
crowd, with bands playing and flags fly
ing, serenaded T. L. Very, Democratic
State Senator from Halifax County, who,
in response to repeated calls, made short
speech full of good will and friendship for
. their race.
l At East Lake, a resident suburb six
1 miles from Birmingham, Ala, few days
ago. the body of beautiful and hand
. somely-dressed young girl was found
\ floating in the lake. There were no marks
3 of violence and an examination showed
: that death was caused by drowning. Her
? father, r. T. Hawse, is under arrest foI
= causing her death, and he is suspected OF
= having made away with his wife.
) Frost has killed yellow Jack.
Judge Thomas Settle, aged ffty-si1
years, died at Greensboro, N. c., few
days ago, from neuralgia OF the heart
" Judge Settle was Judge OF the United
: States District Court for the Northern