The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-04-26
SOUTHERN GLEANlNoS.

Cairo, KY, was destroyed by fire few
days ago. a negro child and three loco
motives were consumed.
Hon. J. C. 1;versole and Nicholas Combs,
of Perry County, KY, were shot from am
bush few nights ago and instantly killed
by unknow parties. a reward of 500 has
been offered for the arrest of the murder
err. A renewal of former hostilities and
further bloodshed is expected in Perry
County between the Eversole and French
factions.
Rosetta Washington, better known rs
"Grandma," living with her daughter in
an alley in Louisville, KY, claims that
she was 12l years old the middle of this
month. Her daughter, who is seventy
five years old, makes this statement:
Grandma says she was born in WASH
ing'On County, KY, and her mother was
half Indian" Her father, she saws, came
from Guinea and could not speak English.
The little mining town of Warrior, Ala,
was the scene of bloody double tragedy
q few nights ago. William Dodd, white
miner eighteen years old, cut the throat
of j. G. Tumble from ear to ear, killing
him instantly, and fatally stabbed an
other miner, whose name could not be
learned.
As result Of recent Investigations and
cruelties reported in the jefferson County
(Ala.) convict camps, Governor Seay has
ordered the contracts annuled.
The Governor of South Carolina has APP
pointed j. .. Marshall Secretary of State
- fill vacancy.
The jury in the case of James S. Hamil
ton, charged with the murder of Il. ID,
Gambrell, in Mississippi, brought in
verdict of not guilty.
Major George b. Clark. United States
revenue agent Of North Carolina. has been
ordered to st. Louis.
Much alarm exists at greensboro, Ky,
over the breaking out of series Of cases
of erysipelas of a malignant character,
and fears are entertained that it may be-
come an epidemic.
Governor Taylor of Tennessee refused
to commute the death sentence of Ma
poleon b. Lester. and he was hanged at
Lebanon for the murder of Lieutenant
J. I. Lane
Mrs. Efie Powell, of Owensboro. Ky,
fell from her buggy few days ago, and
died from the effects of the accident.
She was only eighteen years old, and had
been married but a short time.
The Thomas railroad bill passed the
lower house of the Kentucky Legislature,
The bill provides for the control of the
railroads by statute and aholishes the
railroad commission.
Rev. George a. Loften, ID, formerly
pastor of the Third Baptist Church of st,
Louis, Mo. and at present pastor Of the
church at Talladega. Ala. has been called
TO the pastorate of the Central Baptist
Church of Nashville, Tenn.
The marines and blue jackets paItici
pated i'll ? sham battle at Pensacola, Fla,
few days ago. Five blue jackets and a
marine were wounded. 1t is supposed
that the material in the cone of a few
shells had hardened and tore off the metal
cone, wounding the men.
The Southern yellow Pine Lumber AS
sociation met in Montgomery, Ala, last
week. The subject Of prices was discus sed
at length, but no material changes were
made. One member of the association
was suspended from membership for vio
lating the established price list.
James Weir foreman Of Washington
Fire Company No. %, ut New Orleans, was
fatally shot a few nights ago by George
Dunn, A difficulty had arisen between
Weir's brother and Dunn, and James Weir
was trying to separate them.
Joel Pitman, a well-to- do farmer, living
near Wingo, a small station some twenty
five miles south of Paducah, KY, was
found hanging by the neck in his meat
house few evenings since, and quite
dead. 1t was clear case of suicide. Pit
man lost his wife a few months ago. and
brooded over his bereavement until he
lost his reason.
In a wreck of work train on the New
Orleans Pacific railway at Victoria mills,
two miles west of Provincial, La, a few
days ago, cause unknown, but supposed
to be some defect i'll II switch, the fireman,
George woodward, was instantly killed.
and Engineer G. Brownell was injured so
badly that he died in a few hours there
afteE.
Mrs. Virginia Kirkland mother of DR..
j. H. Kirkland, professor Of Latin at
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn,
died few days since after prolonged
illness. Mrs. Kirkland was also the
mother Of Dr.. W. d. Kirkland, editor of
the .SOuheyn Christian 1drOcdte, of
Columbia, S. c., and of Mrs. j. W. Tar
bauX, whose husband is a missionary to
Brazil.
The champion curiosity in the shape of
an orange tree may be seen at Mr.. Cod
ington's residence, near Barton, Fla. 1t
is only eleven and half inches from
the ground to the extreme top, and is less
than one eighth of an inch in diameter at
the ground, but it has well developed
fruit-bud opened, and there is every iudi-
cation that it viii bear fruit this year.
The Alabama State Temperance conven-
ton met at Decatur last week and the at
tendance was good. The convention NOM
mated State ticket as follows: For Gov
ernor, j. c. Orr: for Secretary of State,
l.. c. ConelsOn: for Auditor. NJ. c. Wade;
for Treasurer, n. +. Thompson; for Su-
perinteudent Education, NJ. c. benson.
Hon. Z. G.. Sebree, one Of the wcalthest
and most influential citizens Of his Sec
ton, died at his home in Trenton, KY, a
few days ago, of paralysis, in the sixty
sixth year of his age. He was formerly
State Senator from his district, and was
one of the directors in building the Evans
Vile, Henderson & Nashville railroad.
He was father of Hon. Elijah Sebrce, pres
ent member of the Legislature from
Christian County.
While Angus Preyatt, a ScOtchman, who
lived near Gibson station in Richmond
County, n. c., was in his house with his
wife and four little children a few nights
ago, he was called to the door. As he
opened the door aud his figure was plain
in relief, he was fired at by a concealed
assassin, and rife bullet struck him in
the abdomen. He sank on the floor and
in moment died. The murderer is sUs-
pected.
Work in the cotton fields is booming.
Mrs. Caroline Simpson, aged seventy
two, of Fort Gaines, Ga, has just COM
pleted an elegant dress, all hand made,