Huntsville gazette., 1889-02-23
SOUTHERN GLEANiNGS,

N. ". udrrlS, e4-Snerln OF CrOcKeu
| County, Tenn, died few evenings since,
| after a lingering illness. He served aa
| sheriff for several terms, and was highly
| respected.
William E. Clark and Miss Sarah Tay.
| lor, an eloping couple from Caldwell
| County, KY, were united in marriage at
the depot in Clarksville, Tenn, a few days
| ago, Squire Caldwell officiating.
The Wallace Election law, which is mod
| eled after the Australian law and applies
| to the city of Louisville, KY, has been de-
cided to be constitutional by the Kentucky
| Supreme Court.
Warrants have been issued against 8.
| III. Mullen, colored justice of the peace Of
| Donaldson, La, and one Edmund, a clerk,
| for brutal assault on one Perry, a colored
| man.
| Legislation on the Board Of Health bills
at Tallahassee, Fla, is rapidly crystalizing
into the form of opposing or not opposing
restriction of commerce with Cuba to and
I! from the Gulf ports Of Florida
| E. Fl. Oldenburg, a grocer, sixty years
| old, was murdered at his store in Charles.
ton, S. c., a few nights ago, by two un.
| known negroes, who had entered the store
| for the purpose Of robbery. The murder
| ers escaped with the till, containing about
| fifty dollars.
The news Of the terrible death Of Henry
Womac, respectable young farmer, who
lived six miles below Monroe, Ca, from
cat bite is now followed by that Of his
| wife dying from the same cause.
| Henry Wallingford, tobacco trader,
thirty-five years old, hanged himself IN
| his fathers barn, in Mason County, KY,
| recently. Poor health was the probable
| cause.
Captain Archie McGehee, clerk OF the
United States Court for the Southern Dis
| trict of Mississippi, died at jackson re-
| Gently after only few hours illness. He
was between sixty-fve and seventy years
| of age, and was among the oldest and
most respected citizens Of the state.
The local optionists were defeated in
recent election at Jackson, Miss.
A negro pauper jumped from the
| steamer Leathers into the Mississippi
river at Vickburg, Miss, few nights ago,
| and was drowned.
Alma Bird killed Alice Johnson at
| Vicksburg, Miss, a few days ago. They
| quarreled over a man.
The court house at Donaldsonville, La,
was destroyed by fire a few days ago.
Part Of the public records were lost.
| The Comptroller of the Currency has
authorized the American National Bank
| Of New Orleans, La, to begin business,
with capital Of $200,0OO.
A new fair company has been organized
In Henderson, KY. with capital stock OF
$4,000.
Colonel W. B. Dunn, for sixty years q
resident of Mobile, Ala, and prominent
citizen and lawyer, died recently, aged
eighty-one.
t1xyr IA Pow
charter for an electric railroad from Chat
tanooga, Tenn, to the famous battlefield
| Of Chickamauga. 1t will be ten miles long
and cost 5000, 600.
Mr.. Conrad Weaver died of old age re-
Gently at his home near Bluff City, Tenn.
Perfectly credible records show that he
was one hundred and one years ten months
and eight days old.
The man who assassinated Joseph Par
due at Helena, Ark, recently, while the
latter was playing billiards, has been
captured. His name is Coghill and he is
a relative OF the postmaster at Wynne,
Ark.
The Alabama House Of Representatives
has passed bill reducing the tax rate in
| that State for 1890 from to Az mills, and
| for 1891 from AZ to 4 mills, making the
fermer 45c on the 800, and 40c for the
| latter year.
Advices from Manchester, KY, says
| that five men implicated in the recent
midnight assassination Of Bill Sizemore
and Carr Smith have been arrested and
| lodged in Jail. Sixteen men are said to
have done the bloody work.
Judge Ridley, Of the Nashville (Tenn.)
Criminal Court, has declared war against
the pool rooms, and issued warrants for
| of xuha ha 20
conducting them.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Hiebelschauser, a
| wealthy widow Of Crestline, O., commit
ted suicide at Louisville, KY, few days
ago. She had been in low spirits since
the death of her husband several months
ago, and was visiting her daughter In
Louisville in hope of finding relief.
Two masked men broke into the house
of John Arterburn at Nabob, KY, few
nights ago, and took S74O in cash and
notes to the value of several thousand
dollars. The money had just been re-
ceived by Mr.. Arterburn, and the robbers
made Mrs. Arterburn turn it over to
| them, threatening her with death if she
refused.
The Enterprise Manufacturing Company
at Birmingham, Ala, has reorganized
with capital of $2OO, 900, and will build a
cotton mill at once. Great interest At
taches to the enterprise, as it is the first
attempt to add cotton manufacture to the
iron industries at Birmingham.
| VIM. Webb, who was convicted, recent
ly, in the Davidson County (Tenn.) Grim
inal Court Of assault with intent to kill,
and sentenced to imprisonment in the
penitentiary for three years, made an un-
successful attempt ID commit suicide by
drinkinga arge quantity Of deodorized
tincture Of opium, which he found in the
cell Of a fellow prisoner. Prompt action
! saved his life.
j. d. Berry was suddenly taken i'll and
lied, few days since, at Greenville,
Miss, OF apoplexy. Sarah Brown, q mu-
latto servant girl in the employ of T. P.
| Price, a whose house Berry died, asked
for permission to look at the remains,
which was granted her. When she entered
the room in which the body was lying she
fell to the foor dead.
A Baptist preacher at Water Valley,
Miss, Joined mob, a few days since, who
| were bent On lynching negro murderer.
He pleaded for law, religion and good
order with such force as to convert the
crowd, and the negro was placed In the
local Jail. An night another mob deter
| ,r.nad to dn the lvnchinQ but found that