Huntsville gazette., 1889-02-09
SOUTHERN GLEANiNGS,


was burned, with twenty seven horses and
twenty hacks and buggies, a few nights
ago. Loss, So 600; no insurance.
Captain J. Z. Womack, a hotel-keeper
at Greensburg, La, was killed the other
night at Grangerville, La, by his son-in-
law, Page Stricklin,
The Oldest negro man in Alabama lives
in the extreme southern suburbs Of Mont
gomery. his Same is Isaac Fraser, and
he is one hundred and five years old.
Robert Erwin, prominent Caldwell
County (Ky) farmer, while engaged in
cutting timber, a few days ago, was
crushed to death by falling tree.
At Dayton, Tenn, a few days since,
Colonel S. B. Northup was shot and killed
by Policeman NJ. H. Dougherty. The po-
hceman had been ordered out of a room
by Northup, who followed him out and
struck him several times with a cane.
Dougherty pulled a revolver, placed il
against Northup's side and fired it, in
ficting a mortal wound, from which the
victim soon died. Northup was a promi-
nent citizen, and his death created great
sensation.
Hon. John N. Clayton was shot and in
stantly killed few nights ago at Plum.
merville, Ark, by some unknown person
The cause is as yet unknown. Mr.. Clay
ton resided at Pine Bluff, but was a.
Plummerville taking testimony in his
contest for the seat in Congress occupied
by Hon. G. R. Breckenridge, from the
Second district. Plummerville is a small
village in Conway County, forty miles
west from Little Rock, inhabited mostly
by negroes.
Captain j. P. Long, the Oldest citizen OF
Chattanooga, Tenn, died recently.
The Franklin Touring mills and the
Dempsey building in Franklin, Tenn.
were totally destroyed by fire, few dayt
since.
Q. II. Roberts, q prominent citizen, died
suddenly at his home near Hopkinsville,
KY. recently, after brief illness, aged
about seventy five years.
The Board Of Supervisors of Lafayette
County, Miss, have attached the property
of j. NJ. Hall, ex-county trustee, for 81
500, it being discovered that he is that
amount short in official accounts.
VIM. Heitman, a workman in Rose
woods lumber mill at Owensboro, KY,
was cumming a saw, few days since,
when an emery wheel exploded, tearing
his head off. No one was in the mill when
the accident occurred, and his body was
cold when discovered.
At North Birmingham, Ala, a few days
ago, George Avery, a colored furnace la
borer, was Drained with an axe and in
stantly killed by an unknown negro, who
escaped. The men quarreled about
woman Avery was struck with the edge
Of the 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 of
railroad iron. His murderer, Harvey
Nelson, who rifed the cash drawer Of the
store, was captured.
Mr.. Lawrence Bryan, father Of NJ. t.
Bryan, Of Nashville, Tenn, and Lieuten
ent- Governor Bryan Of Kentucky, died
recently in Nashville. Mr.. Bryan was a
native Of Ireland, but emigrated to this
country in 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, & Ohio railroad, recently
stole q package containing $3.50 which
was en- route from Tuscumbia, Ala, to
St Louis. He was arrested and confessed
his crime. Superintendent Agee had him
released and he will not be prosecuted.
j. w. Dee, a respectable white citizen
Of Montgomery, Ala, died suddenly, a
few days since, from the effects of q dose
Of chloroform. The drug was admins
tered by attending physicians, for the pur-
pose of performing q surgical operation.
Dee was in very feeble health, and his
system being too weak to resist the infu
ence Of the drug, he died from its effects.
The distillery of T. NJ. Baker & Co., near
South Carrollton, KY, was totally de-
stroyed by fire q few nights ago. The
loss includes nearly 1000 gallons and a
large lot of corn, making total loss of
about S, 900, with no insurance. The fire
was undoubtedly the work of an incen-
diary, as 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. The ore has been
tried and the result is that a company of
New York capitalists is being formed for
The purpose Of erecting blast furnaces and
WORKING tuS IuluSS. I1lC VI 10 VI q AiSL
Juality and yields over fifty per cent. Of
pure iron.
jim Rutherford, living near Murfrees-
5oro, Tenn, was shot and killed a few
DAYS ago. He had attended, dance at the
house Of Dave Fleming, six miles out on
he Woodbury. turnpike, and had gone
home with the wife and daughters Of Bill
Hope. While he and the women We're
talking before the fire some unknown
partv 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, a
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 mob and shot. The regulators then
whipped number of negroes and sent
hem out of town. Among those who
we're ordered to leave was Joseph Rosa
nond. He did SO, but subsequently re-
1lrned to town to get some of his effects,
If is said, but was found by the regulators
and lynched on the bridge that crosses the
Teche.
The condition of affairs prevailing in
IBERIA Parish La, was recently called to the
,4+aD+ior1 Of the Governor and a1th0uph