The Russellville Democrat., 1889-06-20
SOUTHERN GLEANlNcs.

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 l Nj. 0. Lancaster, a prominent shoe
 dealer of Lexington, Ky, fell of a stool | in his counting room, Q few days ago, l and was seriously, if not fatally injured. | Sam Jones' preaching, at Jackson, | Miss, has stirred the city from center to | circumference. Fully five thousand per | sons of all classes and conditions listen to | him at each service.
 The Alabama State Board of Assess
 ment of railroad property has completed its work Tor the present tax year. The total valuation of railroad property Is as- | sessed at $40. 163, TIC. This is an increase | of valuation over last year of S4, S55, SIS. A heavy cyclone struck the little city of | Dayton, Tenn, few days ago, from one l end to the other. The cloud was funnel l shaped. It struck a new block and dam aged it so that it will have to be torn down and rebuilt unroofed the opera house and shook the most substantial building in the city. No lives were' lost. A convention of -Contederates was held at New Orleans, a few days since, for the purpose of organizing an associa- tion embracing all the surviving Confed- crate soldiers. The meeting organized the "Confederate Veterans Association"
 by adopting constitution and electing General John D. Gordon, of Georgia, president.
 Fire destroyed sixteen houses at Liv- ingston, Ala, a few evenings ago. Loss
 not estimated. There was no insurance
 on buildings or stock of goods.
 The East Tennessee, Virginia & Geor-
 gia road has discharged two hundred shop-hands at Knoxville, Tenn, on ac-
 count of dullness iu business.
 The commencement exercises at Fisk University, at Nashville, Tenn. was held
 recently in the presence of very large gathering, both from Nashville and else-
 where. There were nineteen graduates.
 A little three year old son of James
 Brown, of Ohio County, Ky, overturned kettle of boiling water upon himself, a few days since, and was terribly burned.
 He died in great agony.
 Mrs. Catherine Boyle aged sixty five,
 and her children Miss Nora, aged twen-
 ty-fve; Frank, aged thirty, and William. aged twenty three, were all adjudged in- sane at Louisville, Ky, recently, and sent to Anchorage Asylum.
 James Warren, white, about nineteen years old. employed as a watchman on the steamer E. T. Holman, was drowned
 by the overturning of a skif on to which he had stepped from the steamer at Nashville, Tenn, a few days ago.
 The Republican State central commit
 tee of Kentucky has decided to hold another convention to nominate candi- date for State treasurer in place of John
 Barrett who declined the race. This convention will meet at Lexington July 4.
 The revival meeting of Rev. Sam Jones closed at Jackson, Miss, a few days ago. It was a great meeting A conservative
 estimate of the accessions to the church
 is between six and seven hundred.
 George Haudley, a teamster, died at the Charity Hospital in Birmingham, Ala, a few days since, of lock-jaw, caused by a kick of mule. Handley was trying to put harness on a young mule when it kicked him in the face. His injury did not appear to be serious, but lock-jaw set in and he died in few hours.
 R. A. Fretwell is in jail at Memphis,
 TenD., charged with obtaining, by false
 pretenses, deeds to S14,000 worth of real estate from R. w. Buford. The property is situated in Shelby County, Tenn., De-
 Soto and Tallahatohie counties, Miss. Fretwell is a member of the firm of Fret well 6 George, of Tyler, Tex. who own the patent rights to an ironing table.
 A cowardly and uuprovoked murder W
 days ago. Alphonso Webb, a we'll known
 citizen, became intoxicated and was taken
 to his home by Policeman Ed Mccoy. As the officer was passing through the gate
 he was fired upon by Webb and almost instantly killed. He managed, however, to exchange one shot with Webb, inflict- ing slight wound.
 News has been received from Nebo, a village in Hopkins County, Ky. in regard to killing that took place at oolored funeral near there few evenings ago. Several men, who were drinking, became involved in a difficulty over jug of whisky, when Harry Perkins drew re- volver and fired upon Dick Green, shoot ing him through the head. Green fell and instantly expired, when Perkins fled and escaped.
 A most horrible triple murder is re-
 ported to have occurred recently at AL crove, s. c. Int slaughter was commit ted by Mir. Anderson. who Is section master of the railroad between Sumter and Lanes. While suffering from delirium tremens he cut the throat of his wife and killed his two children, who were in bod
 asleep The mother and wife was found lying across the threshold of her home with terrible gash in her throat. Although there have been forty murders in Scott County, Tenn, the double lynch ing of Lloyd and Reynolds, a few nights ago, was the first hanging. After the men were in the hands of the mob they were asked if they wanted 10 pray, and an affirmative answer having been given. | they were allowed to kneel in the road in
 silent devotion for five minutes. Rey- holds was first tied to a limb and stood upon log fence. Somebody was asked to
 sing for him, but as all were backward, he
 led the singing in a hymn, Come Think On Death and Judgment" Lloyd was placed beside him and the fence pushed down under them.
 Conductor Barlow Whigham, of tbe | Savannah, Amerious & Montgomery rail- | road, was brutally murdered near Kings | Crossing few mornings ago while talk | ing his train to Americus He was on top of the cars, and discovered two negro tramps stealing a ride on the ladder. He
 ordered them to come up, and at the same time pulled the hell-rope in order | to stop and put them of. As the negroes | came forward one drew his pistol and | fired. The ball struck the conductor over the eye. He fell from the car, which was
 moving at a rate of twenty-five miles an hour. The train was stopped and the conductor picked up. He soon died. The negroes escaped.
 Bailiff Hamln died a few days ago at Tyty, Ga., from a pistol shot wound in- | ficted by John Groom, colored, whom he was trying to arrest Groom shot Section
 Master stricklin last fall, but has since | eluded arrest
 | Shelby Ward shot and mortally
 wounded Rhodes Thompson, about seven
 miles from Lexington, Ky, a few days | ago. Both are young white men and they | fell out over young lady. Ward is out | on bail.
 David McCabe attempted to bathe in | front of the elevator at Vieksburg, Miss, | a few evenings ago. Although he could | not swim, he went alone and floating