Huntsville gazette., 1888-03-10
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS.


The trial of Colonel Jones S. Hamilton,
CHARGED with the murder of Roderick d.
Gamb ell on the 9TH of May last, is in
progress al Jackson, Miss.
| Steel from Alabama iron was made at
Birmingham few days ago for the first
time, and the success of the test means
much for the State and for the South.
While standing on the bank of Sulphur
Greek. in Montgomery Count ty, Tenn, a
few days ago, watching the food, the
earth caved in, and John and William
Rogers were drowned.
Colonel M. T. Jones, of Montgomery,
Ala., received telegram from Midway
few days ago stating that the dead body
Of his dau shter had been found near that
place. She is supposed TO have been en-
ticed away and murdered.
A little da ghter Of James McAndrews,
of Chattanooga, Tenn, was bitten by a
mad do while PLAYING near her house a
few days ag. The affair caused much
alarm.
The great revival which has been go
ing ON at the First Methodist Episcopal
Church, of Jackson. Tenn, for the past
month, still CONT nues, with no prospect
of closing. This is one Of the greatest
revivals ever known in West Tennessee
Colonel E. B. C. Cash, the famous duel
st and ''fire- ater," who killed Colonel
William M. Shannon, prominent lawyer,
in a d iel in August, 1887 and who SUBJ
sequenty for ten years defisd the power
of the State to arrest him. died at hi:
home in Chesterfield County,S. G., few
days ago, Of paralysis, aged sxty-si8
years
Will Miller, negro aged min teen, liv
ing in TJn ca Count Mss, was shot and
killed few DAYS aro in railroad camp
il the suburbs of the city, bv M Sc Mar.
vel, another negro. The two were play.
ing with g loaded pistol belonging to
| Miller, which MARVEL got possession Of,
and pointing it at Miller, pulled the trig-
ger. The bullet struck him in the center
of he forehead and he fell dead.
The storehouse of Blackwell & Webbs,
at Crucifer, Fl teen mites east of Jackson,
Tcun., was broken oven a few nights ago
| and robbed of sey eral hundred doll ars'
worth Of dry goods, clothing, boots, shoes
and jewelry. The theve7 entered the
store b. ying open The windows. After
| helping themselves to ali they wanted
| they departed, leaving note, signed
''The James Boys.' There is no clew to
| th rol bars.
| Near the Earle and Pho tx dam at
| Brownsville, Tex, a skeleton was re-
Gently iearthed by the rain. Mr.. j. "A.
| Allen ident fled the remains as those of
| Henry burlington, who was Killed BY the
| Wilson railers April Is, 1868. In 1874,
during a RAINY spell, similar to the pres
| emf one tile body was unearthed and
| Irri ed again.
| Five colored Children were burned to
death il a burning cab a near Greenville,
| s. G., few nights ago.
A constitutional amendment miting
| The Governors term Of Office to four years,
without tie right of succession has beer
pa sed by the Mississippi Legislature.
The Mississippi Senate is discussing the
| peniteutiary hi l. which proposes thatthe
State shall, within thirty days after its
passage, take full control of the peniten
! tiary and c)nvicts.
The mmittee to investi ate affairs in
| Rowan County, KY, viii, it is stated,
unanimously report favor of the dis
memberment of that. county, but there
are some differences as TO what should be
done in tile matter Of Judge Co'e.
John Pare, wefl-kAown young man Of
Simpson County, Ky, was found dead
rev nights ago about two miles from
FankIin, On the railroad track. His
sknIl was crushed He had either re.
ceiYed a ferrille blow or else the car
wheels hHi struck his head III passing.
The Tenre54ae Farmers Alliance was
organ ize in Nashville last week. ]. A.
Buchanan, 81 Rutherford County, was
elected resident; J. H. Mcdowell, OF
Obion. secret ary; and !. F. B ack, of
Giles, treasurer There were seventy
dele gates present, and the session was
secret
George ". Caraiine, W ho lived two and
a half m les from Carksvile Ca. took q
dose of strychnine few days ago. After
taking if his wife ask d him what he had
taken. He told hei, b It gave no rel eason
for the act. He died shortly after. Debt
is the only cause that can be surmised.
Jack Reinhard, a farmer, of Lincoln
County, n. G., has struck a bonanza. He
has found a gold mine in a cotton field on
his farm, for which he was few days
since offered $2) 900 il cash, which he re-
fused. The ore uncovered is Of the richest
quality and the vein large and well de-
fined.
"A handsome monument of granite and
marble wi soon Be erected in Cove Hill
Gene cry, near Louisville KY, over the
grave of Jennie Bowman, the domestic
lar. The ia ,crip,io to be placed on thu
shaft viii read: public Rscosnit on d
the Heroi m Of Jenu e Bowman-Faithfv
to Her T ust, Even Unto Death"
The Alabama Supreme Court has decfG-
ed the act establishing a colored univer-
sity 10 be mucous titutiona on the ground
that the monev appropriated was uart Of
a fund which bad been declared by the
Constitution t. b, for the common schools,
and VIII ca could no, be used for univer-
sitv.
Miss Davenport, the teacher of the
public school at r me, Miss, exnelsd one
or two pupils recently. Friends Of the
teacher on one hand, and those of the ex-
peled parties on the other, met at the
schooI-bouse. James Bailey, Jr, fired
six charges from his pistol, instantly
killing r. a. Rutledge and fatally wound
ing his son, Edward. They were buried
in the same grave. Benz. Fish and
Bailey's son received slight wounds.
Bailey was shot in the side and received
a cut in the back.
b. Gfooms, an old man residing near
Greenfielu, Weakly Comfy, Tenn, shot
and instantly xii ed a young man named