Huntsville gazette., 1889-06-22
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS,

KY, is six feet four inches and has seven
sons taller than herself, one standing six
feet eight inches.
M. Q. Lancaster, prominent shoe
dealer Of Lexington, KY, fell oft q stool
IN his countingro few days ago,
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 ut each service.
The Alabama State Board Of Assess
ment of railroad property has completed
It's work for the present tax year. The
total valuation of railroad property is as
sessed at $40, 1853, 776. This is an increase
Of valuation over last year of $4, 655,918.
A heavy cyclone struck the little city of
Dayton, Tenn, a few days ago, from one
end to the other. The cloud was funnel
shaped. 1t struck 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 ex-Contederates was
held at New Orleans, few days since,
for the purpose of organizing an associa.
ton embracing all the surviving Confed-
crate soldiers. The meeting organized
the "Confederate Veterans Association
by adopting a constitution and electing
General John B. Gordon, of Georgia,
president.
Fire destroyed sixteen houses at Liv-
ingston, Ala, 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 &C.
count Of dullness in business.
The commencement exercises at Fisk
University, at Nashville, Tenn, was held
recently in the presence of a 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
a kettle of boiling water upon himself, Q
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 f. T. Holman, was drowned
| by the overturning of q skiff on to which
he had stepped from the steamer at
Nashville, Tenn, 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, few days ago.
1t was a great meeting. A conservative
estimate of the accessiOns to the church
is between six and seven hundred.
George Handley, teamster, died at the
| Charity Hospital in Birmingham, Ala, a
few days since, of lock- jaw, caused by a
| kick of a mule. Handley was trying to
put a harness on young mule when il
| kicked him in the face. His injury did
not appear to be serious, but lock jaw set
in and he died in a few hours.
r. A. Fretwell is in Jail at Memphis,
| Temp, charged with obtaining by false
| pretenses, deeds to 1000 worth Of real
estate from r. W. Buford. The property
is situated in Shelby County, Tenn, De-
Soto and Tallahatchie counties, Miss.
| Fretwell is a member Of the firm of Fret
well & George, of Tyler, Tex, who own
the patent rights to an ironing table.
| A cowardly and unprovoked murder
was committed at Aberdeen, Miss, few
days ago. Alphonso Webb, a we'll l-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 infiict-
ing slight wound.
News has been received from Nebo, q
! village in Hopkins County, KY, in regard
| to a killing that took place at colored
funeral near there a few evenings ago
Several men, who were drinking, became
| involved in a difficulty over q 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 fed and
| escaped.
A most horrible triple murder is re.
ported to have occurred recently at AL
Grove, S. G. The slaughter was commit
| ted by Mr.. Anderson, who is a section
master of the railroad between Sumter
and Lanes. While suffering from deliriun
| tremens he cut the throat OF his wife and
killed his two children, who were in beC
asleep. The mother and wife was
found lying across the threshold Of hel
home with terrible cash in her throat
Although there have been forty murders
in Scott County, Tenn, the double lynch
ing Of Lloyd and Reynolds, few nights
ago, was the first hanging. After th'
men were in the hands Of the mob thel
were asked if they wanted to pray, and al
affirmative answer having been given
they were allowed to kneel in the road il
silent devotion for five minutes. Rey
nolds was first tied to limb and stood
upon log fence. Somebody was asked T.
) sing for him, but as all were backward, ht
led the singing in hymn, Come Thinl
On Death and Judgment" Lloyd wal
placed beside him and the fence pushet
down under them.
Conductor Barlow Whigham, of tn
Savannah, Americus & Montgomery rail
road, was brutally murdered near King
Crossing few mornings ago while tax
ing his train to Americus. He was OF
TOP Of the cars, and discovered two negr'
, tramps stealing ride on the ladder. H
ordered them to come up, and at tn
same time pulled the bell-rope in orde