The Russellville Democrat., 1889-02-07
SOUTHERN oLEAnlNes.

ago Loss, $20,000: no insurance.
 Captain J. K. Womack, 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 name is Isaac Fraser, and he is one hundred and five years old.
 Robert Erwin, prominent Caldwell County (Ky.) farmer, while engaged in cutting timber, Q few days ago, was crushed to death by a falling :fee.
 At Dayton Tenn, a few days since, Colonel S. B. Northup was shot and killed by Policeman NJ. H. Dougherty. The po- liceman had been ordered out of room by Northup, who followed him out and struck him several times with q cane. Dougherty pulled a revolver, placed it against Northup's side and fired it, in- flicting mortal wound, from which the victim soon died. Northup was promi- nent citizen, and his death created a great sensation.
 Hon. John NJ. 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 at Plummerville taking testimony in his contest for the seat in Congress occupied by Hon. c. R. Breckinridge, from the Second district. Plummerville is 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 days since.
 c. H. Roberts, 0 prominent citizen, died suddenly at his home near Hopkinsyille, 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 s. 300, it being discovered that he is that amount short in official accounts.
 Vim. Heitman. a workman in Rose- woods lumber mill at Greensboro, Ky, was gummiag 6 saw, u 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, few days ago, George Avery, colored furnace la- borer, was brained 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 ne gro and brained with piece of railroad iron. His murderer, Harvey Nelson, who rified the cash drawer of the store, was captured.
 Mir. Lawrence Bryan, father of M. T. Bryan, of Nashville, Tenn, and Lieuten- ent-Goyernor Bryan of Kentucky, died recently in Nashville. Mir. Bryan was 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.
 K. W. Hensley, an express messenger on the Mobile, x Ohio railroad, recently stole package containing S250 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 citize, of Montgomery, Ala, died suddenly, few days since, from the effects of a dost of chloroform. The drug was admins tered by attending physicians, for the pur. pose of performing surgical operation. Dee was in very feeble health, and his system being too weak to resist the iufiu- ence of the drug, he dled from its effects.
 The distillery of T. NJ. Baker & Co.,, near South Carrollton, Ky, was totally de- stroyed by fire few nights ago. The loss includes nearly 1000 gallons and a large lot of corn, making total loss of about sS, 900, with no insurance, The fire was undoubtedly the work of an iucen- 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 company of New York capitalists is being formed for the purpose of erecting blast furnaces and working the mines. The ore is of rich quality and yields over fifty per cent. of pure iron.
 Jim Rutherford, living near Murfrees. boro, Tenn, was shot and killed few days ago. He had attended 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 he and the women were talking before the fire some unknown party fired through the window, killing Rutherford almost instantly. Rutherford was 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 q second lynching. Wakefield, when ar rested by the sheriff, was at once set upon by mob and shot The regulators then whipped a number of negroes and sent them out of town. Among those who were ordered to leave was Joseph Rosa mond. He did so, but subsequently, re- turned 10 town to get some of his effects, it is said, but was found by the regulators and lynched on the bridge that crosses the Teehe.
 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 parisb he ordered the Attorney General of the State Co 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 1G50.
 F. c. Haley was arrested recently for robbing a house at La Grange, Ky. He claimed that he was the son of the mayor of St. Catharines, Can, and had nothing to do with the robbery. His story was diseredited and he was locked up. Letters have since been received from St. Cath crimes showing that his story was true and that his father had just died, leaving him s60, 900.
 An effort Is being made to organize a Southern basel ball league, made up of clubs from Charleston, Savannah. Ga. Columbus, Ga.; Macon, Ga; Montgom- cry, Ala; Augusta, Ga., and Chattanoo- ga, Tenn.
 Levees on Red River above Shreveport,