The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-02-07
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS,

ago, Loss, SSD,UDV; no insurance.
Captain J. K. WOnlack, a botel-keeper
at Greensbure- La, was killed the other
night Mt Grangerville, la, by his son-in-
law, Page stricklin,
The oldest f:-grQ man In Alabama lives
] in the extreme southern suburbs OF Mont
| gome.y, His name Is Isaac Fraser, ana
he is one hdndTed and fv5 years old.
Robert Erwin, prominent CALDWELL
| County (Ky.) farmer, w5ils engaged in
| cutting timber, a few days ago, was
crustes " death by a falling tree.
At Dayton, Fern. few days since.
| Colonel 3. B. NOrtlup was shot andkilled
| by Policeman NJ. II. Dor,gfIerty. The po-
| liceman had been ordered Syrt OF room
| by Northup, who followed iiirs out and
| struck him several times with cane.
Doughersy pulled revolver. placed IL
against Northup's side and fired it, ~
| ficting a mortal wound, from which the
victim soon died EoTthup was a promi-
nent citizen, and his death cEeased a great
sensation.
Hon. John NJ. Clayton was shot and in
startly killed few nights ago at Plum
meryille, &rk., by some Hnsnown person.
The cause is as $ct unknown. Mr.. Clay
ton resided at Pine Bluff, but was at
Plummerville taking testimony fr hi
contest for the seat in Congress occIplet
by Hon. G.. II. Breckenridge, from the
Secohd district. Plummerville is a small
;illage in Conway County, forty miles
west from Little Hoctt. irhabited mostly
by negroes.
Captain J. z. Long, the oldest citizen OF
Chatt-aooga. Tenn, died recently.
The Fran hiir Touring mills and tho
Dempsey building IA Franklin, Tenn,
were totally destroyed by hre, few days
since.
c. II. Roberts, a promirert citizen, died
suddenly at his home near H0pkInsvllie,
KY, fscently, after a brief illneSe, aged
about sevehty-Svs years.
| The Board of Supervisors of Lafayette
J County, Miss, have attached the property
| of J. n. Hatl, ex-county trustee. for S2,f
500, it bein1 discovered that he Is that
amount short in official accounts.
VIM Heitman, workman in Rose
| woods lumber mill Mt OwensboTo, KY,
| was crinming sa-- n few days since,
| when an crfe-Ty wheel exploded, tearing
/. his head OFF No G;7e was in the mill when
/ the >ccidext occurred. and his body was
cold whdT discovered.
At North BirminghauT. Ala, few days
! ago, George Avery, coloTed furnace Ia
bore1', ~as Drained with an axe and in
stantly kiliG', by an unknown ae2ro, who
| escaped. TAe rffcn quargeled about
woman. Avery was struck with TIE edge
Of tic axe and his head split wide open
Charley Thomas, a negro clerk IN the
store of Brooks & CO., IN the suburbs Of
Birmingham, Ala, while sitting in the
store. the other day, was assaulted by
another negro and Drained With piece or
railroad iron. His murderer, Harvey
Nelson, who rifcd tbs cash-drawer of tho
| store, was captured.
Mr.. Lawrence Bryan, father of, NJ. L.
! Bryan. of Nashville, Tenn, and Lieuten-
eut -G0TsTnCr Bryan Of Kentucky, dled
recently fiji Nashville. Mr.. Bryan was
native of Ireland but emigrated to this
country ia his early manhood and set
tied in Bourbon County, KY, where he
resided for nearly forty years.
| R. W. Hensley, an express messenger
| on the Mobile, g. Ohio railroad, recently
stole a package containing $50 which
was en- route from Tuscumbia, Ala, to-
/ st, Louis. He was arrested and confessed
his crime. superintendent Agee had him
reieassa and he will not be prosecuted.
j. ". Dee, d respectable white citizen
of Montgomery, Ala, died suddenly,
few days since, from the effects Of dose
of chlOroform. The drug was admins
tered by attending physicians, for the pur-
pose of performing a surgical operation.
vxe was in very feeble health, and his
systein being too weak to resist the infiu-
ence of the drug he died from its effects
The distillery OF T, II. Baker & Co., near
South Carrollton, KY, was totally de-
stroyed by fire a few nights ago. The
loss includes nearly 1000 gallons and a
large lot of corn, making q total loss "t
0fk1 -.
;yAs undoubtedly the work of an incen-
diary. 80 there had been no fire about the
building during the previous twenty-four
hours.
Rich veins of iron ore have been dis
covered near Princeton, KY, and 200 tons
of the ore have been shipped to Evans
Vile and other points. Ths ore has been
tried and the result is that a company OF
New York capitalists is being formed for
the purpo SC of erecting bla it furnaces and
working the mines. The ore is of rich
quality and yields over fifty per cent. OF
pure iron.
Jim Rutherford, living near Murfree5-
boro, Tenn, was shot and killed few
days ago, He had attended a dance at the
house of Dave Fleming, six miles out on
the Woodbury. turnpike, and had gone
home with the wife and daughters OF Bill
Hope. while hs and the women ws'e
talking before the fire soE1e unknown
party fred through the window, killing
Rutherford almost instantly. Rutherford
was a young man, and unmarried.
The hostilities that have existed in New
| Iberia, La, since the killing of Traynor,
white merchant, by young negro named
Wakefield, resulted, few days ago, In a
second lynching. Wakefield, when ar
| rested by the sheriff, was at once set upon
by q mob and shot. The regulators then
whipped a number of negroes and Feat
| them out of town. Among those wnJ
were ordered to leave was Joseph Rosa
mond. He did so, but subsequently re-
| turned to town to get some of his effects,
1t is said, but was found by the regulators
and lynched on the bridge that crosses tho
Teche.
The condition of affairs prevailing in
Iberia Parish La, was recently called to the
attention OF the Governor, and although
no demand was made for assistance from
the officers of the parish, he ordered tbs
Attorney G eneral of the State to at once
proceed to New iberia, investigate the
matter and take every step necessary to
bring about vigorous enforcement of the
law.
North Carolina was settled in 1850.
E. C. Haley was arrested recently for
rcohing house at La Grange, KY. He
claimed that he was the son Of the mayor
of st. Catharines, Can, and had nothir :
to do with the robbery. His story wa,
discredited and he was locked up. Letter.