Huntsville gazette., 1889-04-06
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS,

recently in their search for navy yard
site.
John Henderson. an employe of the
Hall & Bingley circus, stranded at At
lauta- Ca, dropped dead a few days since.
Mrs. Julia Pettis, an old and estimable
lady of Paducah. KY, died recently at
the residence of her son in that city, in
the seventy-seventh year of her age.
| News comes Of the murder of E. N.
| Hall, prominent planter, near Bastrop,
La, few days since, by Robert Sawyer.
| Hall and Sawyer had for some time been
| Oh bad terms.
A serious shooting affray took place at
Julien station, KY. few days ago, be-
| tween Rober+ Tyler and Grant Hawi,lns,
| during which the former was shot in the
breast and neck by Hawkins, receiving
wounds that will result fatally.
Information from various points in Mis-
| siss1ppi reports the planters a month
ahead on work. Corn is ali planted and
the ground is well prepared for cotton.
Five miles OF the e.ectric railway the
| first in the South, extending from Chat.
| tanooga, Tenn, to Missionary R,dge. Is
| finished. 1t is to scale ihe summit and
rLn to the historic y;.;ticij4lI Of EhIcka-
| mauga.
| Rev. J. A. sitter, an evangelist from
| Harrison, g.. recently closed at the Meth
| odist tNOrth) Church in Chattanooga,
| Tenn, the most remark K able revival IN the
| religious history Of the city. 1t con-
| tinued for six weeks and resulted in over
| 400 conversions, forty eight being bap-
tised on the last day.
| Colonel Thomas l.. Jones, brother-in-
law of Congressman Joe Wheeler, OF
| Alabama, died at his home, near Cort-
| land, Ala, recently. He was the largest
| landowner in Alabama. He leaves no
relatives but his sister, Mrs. Wheeler.
A novel political sensation has been
| sprung upon the voters of the Fifth Con-
| gressional district of Georgia. Rev.
Sam Small will contest it next year with
| Hon. John D. Stewart, the present incum-
| bent.
| The Governor Of Tennessee has sign ap
| the bill making women eligible to the
| office of county superintendent of educa-
| ton.
The grand Interstate prize drill and
| pageant to be held at the Sub Tropical
Exposition, in Jacksonville, Fla. on A pril
| ID, ii and II, will be an event of much in
| terest.
Ground was broken recently at the line
| oCtN CCA 0COi Slo dlN 4O1ACooOO AO4 VIZ
Chattanooga Southern railr Dad, extend
| ing to McLemore's Cove, penetrating the
| important mineral and coal region.
Alvin Potter, a merchant at HelenwooS,
Tenn, was shot and killed by his nephew,
Drewry Potter, few days ago. No def
ute particulars have been received, but
it is learned that the tragedy grew out OF
a killing at Helenwood several weeks
ago.
ii. Sullivan Moore, Jr., recently tried
FOR murder, at Atlanta, in killing Hon.
James Hunt a member of the Georgia
L g:slature. was convicted. the jury rec
| ommendi1g Imprisonment for life. Hunt
| aud Moore were friends and room mates.
The Rogers Locomotive Works, Of New
| Jersey, are to be moved to Gate City, Ala,
| eight miles above Birmingham. The
| company has been given twenty acres OF
land and other properties by the Gate
City Land Company.
A sensation was caused at Selma, Ala,
| recently, by the arrest of Mrs. j. K Par
| rett, wife of a respectable white farmer,
and Will Fountain, young mulatto, who
had eloped from Wilcox County. They
we're promptly lodged in jail. 1t is the
| irst case Of the sort that has occurred in
| Alabama for many years.
Etienne Deschamps, the aged magnetic
healer, now confined in the parish prison
| in New Orleans awaiting trial for the
murder of Juliette Dietsch, the pretty
hirteen-year- old girl whom he ruined and
| lilled, made his t. .rd attempt at suicide.
few days ago, by jumping from an upper
| ;ier to the floor of the jail, and seems to
lave almost accomplished his purpose.
Sheriff Long, of Union County, S. c.,
| visited Jackson. Tenn, recently, with pa
pers from Governors Richardson of South
Carolina and Taylor Of Tennessee for d.
:. Jeter, who murdered his brother in
| taw, Busby, at Union, s. c., June 20, 1862
| There have been twenty-five indictments
lound against Jeter since the murder.
The occasion Of the dedication Of new
Hebrew Orphans Home at Atlanta, Ga,
)uilt by District No. 5 of the Order of
B'Nai Birth, was eat day for the He
1rews of the South. The building is a
magnificent structure, erected on a COM
handing height just south Of the city. 1t
S an ideal building for its purpose. and
S capable OF accommodating $50 children.
At a recent conference Of Rev. DIR. J.
dartzel, secretary OF the Freemen Aid
Society of the NJ. E. Church, with the
ocal trustees Of the Chattanooga (Tenn.) }
University and Grant Memorial Univer-
,ity, Of Athens, Tenn, it was decided to
consolidate the two institutions, to be
lnown as the Grant Memorial University,
rnder one board of trustees selected from
Cincinnati, Chattanooga and Athens, the
Athens members representing the society
1T large.
Senator Pryor Carter, of Macon County,
Tenn, and Mrs. Cordelia Jordan, Of
Nashville, were united in marriage, few
LAYS ago. in the State Senate chamber IN
the presence of both houses Of the Gener-
IL Assembly. The ceremony was per-
,ormed by Governor r. L. Taylor, this be-
ng the first time that marriage has
oeen solemnized in Tennessee by the Gov
ernor.
Governor Nichols Of Louisiana has
signed the death warrant of Charles Sell
Iers, convicted in Richland Parish Of the
murder of Bunyan Adams, and sentenced
February 27. His execution is fixed for
April 81. He has lalso signed the
ieath warrant Of Borie Peterson, con-
victed IN st. Landry Parish of the murder
of Henry C. Miller and sentenced to hang