Huntsville gazette., 1888-01-21
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS,

a,
Ga., recently met his brother Frank,
whom he had not seen before in thirty.
four years.
A Virginia paper published thirty years
ago contains long description Of the
teaching negro children how to read and
write.
A runaway couple seated on the back
of a small mule rode up to the court
house at Milton, Fla. the other day and
were married by the county judge.
parson in Upton County, Ca, mar
ried Ill couples before he got single fee.
The last martyr gave him five dollars.
The indictments pending in the Criminal
Court of Memphis, Tenn. against Presi-
dent Hadden and other officials Of the tax.
ing district were dismissed.
fire at Louisa Court house, Va, a few
nights ago resulted in the destruction Of
| twenty-one out of twenty -four business
houses and shops in the town. The new
hotel escaped the flames. The individual
losses are all small and aggregate $25, 900;
insurance, $40, OOO
"Aunt" Mary Young, coored, died in
Knoxville, Tenn, recently at the age of
one hundred and fifteen. Records of the
family to which she belonged show that
she was born at Fairfax Court House, Va,
in 1773 She retained her mental facul-
ties up to few days before her death.
Harry L. Edwa rds, new Orleans law
yer, few days ago shot and fatally
wounded DR.. L. L. Kuy kendall, and then
turned upon his wife and shot her through
the right lung. infjcting fatal wound.
Edwards and his wife had separated on
account of his jealousy.
The Florida judge who recently sem
fenced fifty tramps to receive each thirty
nine lashes on the bare back has been
moved by numerous appeals to revoke the
sentence, but declares the penalty shall
be enforced on the next lot Of tramps
brought before him.
Kentucky still heats her State house
at Frankfort with old d-fashloned wood
fires.
At Hawkinsville, Ca, lately, five thou
sand acres of good timber land were sold
for $5S.
w. J. Morrison, who sued the publish
ers of the Nashville (Tenn.) Daily Amert
can for $4,000 damages, for defamation
of character, was awarded Judgment for
$500.
The Alabama law requiring all conduct
ors and trainmen to obtain certificates of
|
liners appointed by the State, is working
satisfactorily.
In quarrel at Chattanooga, Tenn, a
few days ago. Owens, leading capital
ist, was shot and mortally wounded by J..
D. Barnes, boot and shoe merchant
man at Muckalee, Ca, recently saw a
large flock of birds and amused himself
throwing stones at them. When he got
through his watch was missslIg, and by.
ISLANDERS say that he was so excited he
had thrown it at the birds.
Alexander McGound, residing at James
town, KY, put a shotgun to his head
few days ago, and blew his brains out.
He was a member of the G. 4. r. and
drew pension of twenty -four dollars
month. There is no known reason for the
suicide.
Senator George, of Mississippi, is said
to be chiefly interested in bill he has in
: troduced to erect a monument in WASH
ington to Zachary TAYLOR. The Senator
was Lieutenant in old Zach's army.
In a shooting affray at Home Park
Landing, Miss, few days ago, negro
man and woman were shot and seriousl Y
wounded by a noted negro known as
"One- Arril SIN tn" who in turn was in
stantly killed by another negro name un-
| known. Sm'th'5 slayer escaped.
Joseph R. Banks and John Coclril', the
latter coIo~e |, indicted for the murder of
John Littleton, editor of the National Re-
pieac, who was shot on the streets of Nash
vile, Tenn, on December "a were ar
raigned in the Criminal Court last week.
A plea of guilty wrs entered, and the trial
set for February q.
Sixteen leading members Of the First
| DO CT af Ia nd
three newspapers in different parts of the
State are defendants in an action for $50,
900 damages brought by Rev. Frederick
Howard pastor of the Central Baptist
Church in Jackson. They are charged
with making statements injurious to his
character.
Representative Phelan, of Tennes see,
has prepared a constitutional amendment
giving Congress power to annually grant
$40, 900, 900 to the public schools in the
States, to be distributed pro rata among
the States on the basis of illiteracy.
The last seen of Ben Burton, who left
FIVE wives sitting in the Atlanta (Ga.) }
courtroom awaiting his return, was in a
batteau crossing the Chattahoochie river.
With him sat number six, whom he picked
up on his fight from the courtroom and
induced TO fly with him. Her father has
now joined the grand army of pursuers.
The abandoned wives held conven ton
and passed resolutions to pool their in
terests in order to run down their hus-
band.
AS the north bound passenger train on
the Chester & Lsnoir railroad was cross
ing the trestle about two miles north OF
Hickory, N. c., a few nights ago, the
trestle collapsed and the train was pre-.
cipitated to the ground twenty feet below.
The cars were piled one upon the other,
and in a few minutes fire broke out in the
wreck from the stoves, and all the cars
were consumed. The most remarkable
feature of the disaster was that all the
passengers and crew escaped with in.
significant injuries. All mail and express
matter was burned. Tho road is a part Of
the Richmond g. Danville system
Eight years ago John Sampson, young g
colored man from Clinton, N. c., went to
work in one of the turpentineries neat
Eastman. He said he never intended to
go back home until he could buy his old
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