The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-04-04
SOUTHERN oLEANINos.


John Henderson, an employe of the
Hall & Bingley circus, stranded at At
| lanta, Ca, dropped dead few days since.
Mrs. Julia Pettis, an old and estimable
lady of Paducah. KY, died recently al
the residence of her son in that city, in
the seventy seventh year of her age.
! News comes of the murder of q. N.
Hall, a prn-s.ii,...S planter, near Bastrop,
: Ia :. lew days since, by Robert Sawyer.
I Hall and Sawyer had for some time been
| on bad terms.
serious shooting affray took place at
! Julien station, KY, few days ago, be-
| tween Robert Tyler and Grant Hawkins,
during which the former was shot in the
breast e.; neck by Hawkins, receiving
| wounds that will result fatally.
! Information from various points in Mis-
sissippi reports the planters q month
ahead on work Corn is all planted and
the ground is well prepared for cotton.
Five miles of the electric railway. the
| first in the South, extending from Chat
tanooga, Tenn, to Missionary Ridge, is
finished. 1t is to scale the summit and
run to the historic battlefield Of Chicka-
| mauga.
! Rev. j. A. Bitter, an evangelist from
| Harrison, o., recently closed at the Meth
| odist (North) Church in Chattanooga,
Tenn, the most remarks able revival in the
eligious history of the city. 1t con-
inued for six weeks and resulted in over
400 conversions, forty-eight being bap-
| tlsed on the last day.
Colonel Thomas L. Jones, brother-in-
Jaw OF Congressman Joe Wheeler, of
alabama, died at his home. near Cort-
land, Ala, recently. He was the largest
md-owner in Alabama. He leaves no
slatives but his sister, Mrs. Wheeler.
A novel political sensation has been
iprung upon the voters Of the Fifth Con-
gressional district of Georgia. Rev.
Sam Small will contest it next year with
Hon. John d. Stewart, the present incum-
bent.
The Governor of Tennessee has sign ep
the bill making women eligible to the
office Of county superintendent Of educa-
ton.
The grand Interstate prize drill and
pageant to be held at the Sub-Tropical
Exposition, in Jacksonville, Fla, on April
10, IL and 12 will be an event of much in
terest
Ground was broken recently at the line
between Georgia and Tennessee for the
Chattanooga Southern railr DAD, extend
ing to McLemore's Cove, penetrating the
important mineral and coal region.
Alvin Potter, a merchant at Helenwood,
Tenn, was shot aud killed by his nephew,
Drewry Potter, few days ago. No def
mite particulars have been received, but
it is learned that the tragedy grew out Of
a killing at Helenwood several weeks
| ago.
II. Sullivan Moore, Jr., recently tried
for murder, at Atlanta, in killing Hon.
James Hunt, a member of the Georgia
Legislature, was convicted, the jury rec
ommending Imprisonment for life. Hunt
and Moore were friends and room mates.
The Rogers Locomotive Works, of New
Jersey, are to be moved to Gate City, Ala,
eight miles above Birmingham. The
company has been given twenty acres Of
land and other properties by the Gate
City Land Company.
A sensation was caused at Selma, Ala,
recently, by the arrest of Mrs. ]. E. Par
rett, wife OF respectable white farmer,
and viii Fountain, a young mulatto, who
had eloped from Wilcox County. They
were promptly lodged in Jail. 1t is the
first case of the sort that has occurred in
Alabama for many years.
Etienne Deschamps, the aged magnetic
healer, now confined in the parish prison
in New Orleans awaiting trial for the
murder of Juliette Dietsch the pretty
! thirteen year old girl whom he ruined and
killed, made his third attempt at suicide,
a few days ago, by jumping from an upper
tier to the floor Of the Jail, and seems to
have almost accomplished his purpose.
Sheriff Long, of Union County s. O.,
visited Jackson, Tenn, recently, with pa
pers from Governors Richardson of South
Carolina and Taylor Of Tennessee for d.
L. Jeter, who murdered his brother-in-
law, Busby, at Union, s. c., June 20, 1860.
There have been twenty-five indictments
found against Jeter since the murder.
The occasion of the dedication of new
Hebrew Orphans Home at Atlanta, Ca,
built by District No. 5 of the Order of
B'Nai Birth, was great day for the He
brews of the South. The building is a
magnificent structure, erected on COM
manding height just south of the city. 1t
is an ideal building for its purpose, and
Is capable OF accommodating $50 children.
At a recent conference of Rev. DIR. J.
Hartzel, secretary of the Freemen Aid
Society of the NJ. f. Church, with the
local trustees of the Chattanooga (Tenn.)
University and Grant Memorial Univer-
sity, of Athens, Tenn, it was decided to
consolidate the two institutions, to be
known as the Grant Memorial University,
under one board Of trustees selected from
Cincinnati Chattanooga and Athens, the
Athens members representing the society
at large.
Senator Pryor Carter, of Macon County,
Tenn, and Mrs. Cordelia Jordan, Of
Nashville, were united in marriage, a few
days ago. in the State Senate chamber in
the presence Of both houses of the Gener-
al Assembly. The ceremony was per-
formed by Governor r. l.. Taylor, this be-
ing the first time that a marriage has
been solemnized in Tennessee by the Gov
ernor.
Governor Nichols OF Louisiana has
signed the death warrant of Charles Sell
lers, convicted in Richland Parish of the
murder of Bunyan Adams and sentenced
February o. His execution is fixed for
April 27. He has Ialso signed the
death warrant of Borie Peterson, con-
victed in St. Landry Parish Of the murder
Of Henry c. Miller aud sentenced to hang
October q last, execution fixed for April
27.
Monroe Edwards, colored, convicted of
murder in East Feliciana Parish, La.
and sentenced to hang, and who was
respited December % last just as the rope
was being placed around his neck, and
who was again sentenced to hang last
Friday, will in all probability escape the
gallows.
Ex-Governor Proctor Knott, of Leba-
non, KY, whose speech on Duluth is one
OF the richest pieces OF humor in the lam
guage, has accepted an invitation to de-
liver an address before the Scotch Irish
Congress, which will be in session in
Columbia, Tenn, from May to H. He
will be the especial representative of Ken
lucky.
The Sydenham Coal & Iron Company,
with headquarters at Salem, Va, has pur-
chased extensive mineral and other prop
critics nineteen miles from Bir mingham,
Ala, and are laying out and building
town. They will also bufid large fur
paca a oalrfnU nlanf and other iudugtrieg