Huntsville gazette., 1890-02-01
Worked to Death.

liberated.
Worked to Death.
Advices from Eutaw, Ala, tell of a
remarkable death near that place, Rich
ard Cook, well-known negro, having
worked himself to death. He bought
tract of land on credit four or five years
ago, and worked day and night to pay
for it. He had about paid for the farm,
and had it well stocked, having cleared
good deal Of heavily-timbered land.
but the constant strain cost him his life.
He leaves his family in good circum
stances.
An Alabama Tragedy.
R. B. Barns and c. A. Carroll, both
prominent citizens of OpeIika, Ala, en-
gagged in difficulty few nights ago.
Barns shot Carroll and killed him in
stantly. Carroll was advancing on Barns
when the latter drew his revolver and
fired the fatal shot. The people of the
town are divided into two political fac
tions, and the supposition is that the
difficulty arose from political differ.
ences. Barns surrendered to the sheriff
Dead Printer.
''Tug" Wilson, a printer known all
over the country, was found dead at the
top of the Constitution building in At
lanta, Ga, a few days ago. Wilson had
been on protracted spree, and had
crawled up dark stairway to sleep off
the effects. There his body was found
Fed the Convicts Bad Meat.
In the legislative investigation Of the
management of the penitentiary at
Frankfort, KY, under Mason, Board &
Co., the lessees, Warden Taylor testified
that lot of spoiled pork was bought in
November, and has been fed to the men
steadily ever since in spite of his re-
peated protests. He said the meat was
not at all fit to eat.
Quart Too Much for Him.
Henry Wilson, a negro at Hartford.
KY, boasted of being able to drink a
gallon of whisky. Theodore Martin, a
telegraph operator, offered to buy him
quart if ne would drink it in fifteen
minutes. He accepted the offer and
Martin got the whisky. Williams put
the bottle to his lips and did not take 1T
away until the last drop was gone. In
half an hour Williams was dead drunk
and in few hours was dead.
A yicksburg Girls Suicide.
Miss Cora L. Tighlman, beautiful
girl of Vicksburg, Miss, committed
suicide by taking morphine at jack
son, in that State. A faithless lover
was the cause of the sad act.
In Memory of jefferson Davis.
The Legislature of Mississippi held
joint memorial services in Representa-
tive Hall at jackson in honor Of the
memory of the late jefferson Davis.
Mrs. Davis was invited to be present,
but was prevented by sickness.
Fire in New Orleans.
Fire at No. Baronne street, New Or
cans, recently, caused loss aggregat-
ing fully S55, 900, of which $4,000 falls
ON the Chess Club.
Mail Car Burned.
A mail car of an Iron Mountain train
was destroyed by fire near Knoble, Ark,
involving the loss of mail for Texas
points, ST. Louis, Chicago and the West,
and registered matter to the value OF
81, 000 A broken lamp did the damage
Cutting Over Cards.
Abe McQuady and Frank Kinney had
a row over game of cards, at Baltown,
KY, and McQuady was fatally cut by
Kinney. Kinney gave himself up, and
is held in custody to await the result OF
McQuady's injuries.
HONEYMOON Interrupted.
E. c. Day, of Pennsylvania, was mar.
ried recently at Henderson, n. c., TO q
LADY from Mississippi, who had adver-
tised for husband, the two having
agreed to meet there. 1t was brief
courtship, and the honeymoon has come
TO startling end. Day went over t
Oxford, and has been arrested there o
a charge of forgery committed at Clark
| vile, Va.
| A Desperate Gang Captured.
| AS a sequel to the atrocious murder
of Constable Robert Long, and the dan
| gerous wounding of his wife in their
residence in Guyandotte County, W..
Va, five of the most desperate crimi-
| nails that the mountains in the vicinity
of Cattlettsburg, KY, ever sheltered,
have been arrested charged with the
outrage.
A Triple Drowning.
Mr.. James Blackwell, accompanied
by his two sons, James and Fred, were
on their way home from Belleville te
| Providence, KY, and, in crossing the
the Tradewater, the skiff was capsized
inisome manner, and before assistance
could be rendered the entire party was
drowned. The bodies of the boys were
recovered.