The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-11-01
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

Near FalD0uth, KY, few days since,
four brothers named Draper and their
Dfcther-in-law, JOHN Gordon, had a
shooting afray. in which Gordon was
seriously and Richard Draper fatally
wounded.
ttook sixteen men, fourteen dogs and
nine charges Of buckshot to kill bear in
Madison County, Ga, a few days ago.
Four of the dogs were killed aud three
. wounded. The chase lasted for twelve
hours.
B. Sterling young white man living
on his plantation On Deer Creek, near
|, Greenville, Miss, had s0Ias words with
one oi the negro hands Of the place few
days ago 1t seems that the latter was
, around with double -barrelcd shotgun
ready TO open fire on the white man, but
Sterling vas the quickest in procuring
his sLo oJdng iron, anI shot the negro in
The stomach. inAictiDg probably fatal
wound.
young woman named 5ailie Clements
was found about four miles from Ovens
boro. Ky. q few nights ago, in ditch.
She was speecnlee= AMI insensible, and
bore marks OF having been brutdiIy
treated After time she was restored
! to Consciousness, but could give no ac-
count e herself or OF how she came to be
IN the condition in which she was found.
She soon lapscd irtp insensLbility again,
and couid not be aroused She was taken
to Owensboro in this pecari0us condition,
and it was thought she would die.
E. J.. Carter accidentally shot and killed
Clarence Beall in Americus, Ga, few
days ago.
The skeleton Of a union soldier was
, .our,. recently under the flooring Of the
hotel %,tanSu at Diuwiddie Court-H ouse,
Va. close tr the skeleton was musket
and cautecn.
rear Holleville, Ga, few days since,
! WiI1afa s,livan shot and instantly
killed John wilson. The tragedy grew
out Of a disputed land line. Both men
were wealthy farmers.
in a row at circus at Mount Vernon
XIV, u few DAYS ago. William Parker was
; .atal!y cut and James Jones shot
u Polics L,eu.ea1ut Warren, Of Column
! b1;s, ta. a ailf!ai and efficient OFFICER,
. has resigned ratAar than submit to an IN
!. ye,tigattoa os tie charge taat he had ne
+ ~ p.ood ia, velns,
= VIM. S.ric<land, the white man who
e was stabbed se@sa times, n Wake Coun-
. ty, Y. c., by lola ificEs, a colored wom-
' an. several dars ago. died Of his injuries.
u The w0ii,an Is under arrest
: The subject OF penal colony or farm
> on which to work S,ato conYlcts Is now
Il b,ing agitatei in Alabama. 1t is put
q forth as a grand scheme for the reform
% OF the present convict system.
g. 1t spartaabarg, :. c., few days ago.
l r. Sem End Helen Boland, both white.
p were sentenced TO be hanged on Deceu-
y Der l. for the murder Of Mrs Sem two
=. years ago.
:, The Memphis & Charleston and the
: Louisville & Nashville railroads are pre-
a pairing to locate extensive yards and build
Il shops at Sheffield Ala, at an early date.
r George Nude, an emplOye of the Georgia
Il Marbl4 Works at Atlanta, Ga, committed
s suicide Il few DAYS since by blowing his
+ brains ont with a pistol. No cause Is
: known for the not.
. Jim Rice. the seyenteen-year-o boy
>. who stole horse and cart from man
. living on the Mckenzie place. near
{ Helaua Ark, was arrested at Brlnkley'
; and taken back and placed in jail.
+ John Bolton, cOlored man, residing
+ in Monteonlerr Ky. was hunting few
> DAYS ago when lie fell from cliff, break
I; I'M: his back and receiving other injuries
that resulted in his death.
. Waiter Howard, a negro, robbed the
( express Office at Jacks on, Tenn, few
D days arc. H made an effort to escape
T. on a freight train Policeman J. E. Owen
: was shot through the leg by the Scoundrel
while trying to arrest him Tfs negro
escaped.
While Joseph Whitaker, colored was
, absent from his home i'll BlacGShear, Ga,
: a few days ago, his house caught hre ana
i. was burned His four children made in
ettectual attempts to escape and their
bodies were found in the RUNS. 1t IS
said the fire was started by an enemy OF
, Whitaker.
, A sensation has been created at Knox
vile, Tcnl., by the announcement thai
j. A. S.van, late treasurer OF Knoxville
; County was short about $25 900 upon
fua! settlement with his successor. He
! is now 80 L ~omewhere in the West.
The body &C an unknown man was
! found in the woods near Hartford, KY, q
, few day; since There were no marks or
violence ou the body, and from surround-
, lag circumstance it was evident that he
aad c. .uni,ted suicide by taking poison.
There were no papers on his body by
which he coull be identified, and no one
, in the ueigAUUrhood had ever seen him
uefOre.
B. order o, the board of trustees, the
pu0li: schools il Bowling Green, KY,
have b reu closed on account of the prev
a!e4cn ot .!ipAtheria and me asles among
tie stu tents. There have been forty
cases of measles reported and about
, | tWeliy-ltH o. I'll pQluSr4d- bIu SlA VI
eight deaths from the latter cause.
The steamer Phil Armour, running in
, the VicEsUurs and Greenville trade,
struck suag at Wilson chute, forty
miles above Vicksburg, Miss, a few
nightS ago and sunk il eighteen feet OF
water. NJ lives were lost aud the books
, and papers and a portion OF tho freight
. we're saved. 1. was thought the steamer
= would be "a total loss.
A terrible tragedy occurred at Lump
=, kin, Ga, a few nights ago. A party or
: bloods were painting the town. One of
= = he number, L. L. Carter, began firing
: lis revolver Oae shot struck Clarence
: Beall in the back, killing him at once.
. Carter was so overwhelmed that he en-
leavored 10 kill himself. 4 coroner s
: Jury returned a verdict of killing by ac-
,ident.
The United States District Court at
u Nashville, Tenn, has indicted Henry I.
: Wilson for counterfeiting. The indict-
:, nent was found at the ins tanca Of United
: States Detective Bauer, who recently sue
: ,eeded in having Wilson sentenced to
;. i've years. Imprisonment. Wilson is one
8 If the most expert counterfeiters that
i, ,per operated in Kentucky and Tennes-
= zee.
Jackson, Miss, is all right again.
There has been recently placed IN po-
= Iition at Sparta, Ga, the handsome mon
n lment which the friends of Bishop Pierce
,ava arsctad tn his memory. III stands