The Brookhaven leader., 1888-02-02
SOUTHERN oLEANINGS.


Williamson County, Tenn, is dead. hr.
Youngman was ninety eight years old.
Congressman Phelan, of Tennessee, not
satisfied with the literary honOrs that
have come to him in the editorial chair
has ready for the press a large history Of
his State, which is said to have considera-
BILE literary merit.
Mrs. Martha Fayard died near Biloxi,
Miss, a few days ago of cancer. She
was one hundred and six years old and
had ninety living defendants, some Of
whom are prominent men in that place.
Cotton shipments from Aberdeen, Miss,
for the season thus far amount to over
90 900 bales, and receipts to upwards OF
%, 900 bales. Receipts recently have been
very light, owing to the ground being COW
cred with three inches of sleet and snow,
and the impossibiity OF farm ers and
planters to reach the market.
The colored Methodists in the Charlotte
IN. C.) section are greatly stirred up at
the conversion of a church at Mount
Holly, CASTOR County, into a ball room.
A festival was held in the church, and a
brass band was present. During the
progress of the entertainment some Of
those present began to dance, excited by
the music. 1t was but short time before
the whole congregation was induging in
an old fashioned eak-down. The church
was turned into q ballroom, and the fun
went on fast and furious. And now the
dancers are to pay the penalty. All will
be formally tried for their misconduct.
| Such another case Is not on record in the
State.
The bill to grant pensions to all persons
disabled in the Confederate service en-
| listing from that State has passed the
lower house of the Mississippi Legislature.
Rev. j. F. Cameron, paste of the Shell
byville (Tenn.) Presbyterian Church. has
accepted call to the pastorate of the
church at Charleston, s. c.
| Robert Graham, Constable, commit
ted suicide at Montgomery, Ala, few
| days ago, by taking dose of morphine.
! He was about fifty years old, and had re.
sided there from boyhood.
| A New Orleans jury, in the case of
| gambling house proprietor, on trial for
running a game of faro, has found ver-
dict of not guilty, the defense being that
| keno is not in contravention of the
| Gambling act.
| The Supreme Court of Alabama has at
| firmed the decision of the Montgomery
! City Court in the case against Tarleton
| Steele, a negro, who brutallv murdered a
woman about a year ago. He is under
sentence of death and will be executed on
| March 16.
While Richard Meister was lying in bed
at Memphis, Tenn, few days ago, the
! bed clothes took fire from gas jet, and
he was fatally burned.
permanent organization of represent
atives of the commercial interests of the
! Savannah River valley has been formed
at Augusta, Ca, for the purpose of urging
upon Congress the need of improving the
navigation of the Savannah river.
Hon. j. NJ Patton, a representative in
the Mississippi Legislature from Smith
County, died a few days since of pneu-
monia. Senator Seal and several men,
| bers Of the Legislature are lying ill with
pm neumonia, which is very prevalent in
| Jackson.
The officers Of the Southern Base Ball
| League met at Atlanta, Ga, last week.
| The League has been completed by the
agreement of Atlanta to enter, and is now
composed of six clubs-New Orleans,
Charleston, Memphis, Atlanta, Birming-
ham and Chattanooga.
The Alabama Legislature has passed a
Joint resolution instructing their United
States Senators and members of Con.
gress to vote for the passage of the Blair
| Educational bill.
Charles g. Mnnegerode, a prominent
citizen of Alexandria, Va, committed
suicide at his residence a few nights ago
by shooting himself in the head. He was
the son of Rev. DR.. Minnegerode, of Rich
| mond, Va; was at one time Confederate
soldier and served on General Fitz Hug h
Lees staff. He leaves a widow and
eight children.
section hands on the Kansas City rail
road, quarreled at Birmingham, Ala, a
few days ago, about the ownership of a
shovel jackson drew pocket-knfe
and drove it to the hilt in the head Of
Douglass. The wounded mans brains
ran slowly out at the opening, but lie
lived nearly twelve hours after he was
| stabbed johnson took to the woods and
escaped.
One of the striking features ofthe liquor
law under which the traffic in Atlanta,
Ga, is now regulat is the black list.
| When an offender has been twice con-
| yicted of drunkenness his name goes on
| the black list and each saloon keeper is
notified of the fact. The penalty of SELL
| ing to a man whose name is on the black
list is $500 fine or thirty days. imprison-
| ment.
Chancellor p. H. Nell, of the Georgia
University, died at his residence in Athens
a few DAYS ago. His illness was of over
a months duration and was occasioned
| by oyerwork which, combined with his
age, made his recovery at all times doubt
| full The university exercises were sus
| pended pending the funeral, which oc-
| Cured in the university chapel on the
29th.
Rude Burrow, the captured outlaw and
train robber left Montgomery, Ala, a
few days ago in charge of Detective w.
J. Wilbrisky and another Pinkertou man,
and Captain John Martin, of the Mont
gomery police. They took the prisoner TO
Texarka ana, Ark, where he is wanted for
participation in the daring train robbsr y
at Genoa, on the 9th oflas December.
The board of directors of the Missis-
sippi State Fair Association has fixed
NAV % %, "a and 25 as the dates for their
| spring meeting. This meeting will tend
chiefly to encourage the truck farming in
dustry Of the State. The horticulturists
have taken hold for the purpose of assist
ing the Fair Association, and thus making
this one of the most important meetings
for that industry had for years in the
South. Liberal premiums have been Of
fered for displays by fruit and vegetable
growers.
Truck gardeners are getting busy.
The police of Montgomery, Ala, re
Gently attempted to arrest two men
James and Reuben Barrow. One of then
was captured, but the other made his es-
cape, after shooting and fatally wounding
Neil Bray, one of the police ass istants
The Barrows live in Lamar County, Ala.