Huntsville gazette., 1890-12-13
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.
Gone to the Penitentiary.


Gone to the Penitentiary.
The Mississippi Supreme Court has af-
firmed the decision of the lower court
in the Hemingway case, and the ex-
State Treasurer has gone to the peni-
tentiary to begin five years term He
will be clad in the customary prison
garb, consisting OF cotton goods with
broad black stripe. His hair and
beard, as per custom observed with old
men, will not be disturbed. He will be
given some light work. The part
ing between Colonel Hemingway and his
family is described as affecting in the
extreme.
THE amount of Hemingways shortage ag-
gregates S312 1852. He was State Treasurer
Tor founteen years, and came near being re-
nominated for another term. The people
had implicit confidence in his integrity. He
Is fifty three years old, and has asserted
from the first that he never took one cent,
nor has any knowledge of any one who
did. There is not a particle of evidence
showing that he used one cent of the funds,
and many of his friends still believe in his
entire innocence. He has wife and eight
children, one being grown son, three young
ladies just approaching womanhood, and
the other four small children. The blow
falls heavily upon them.l
Disastrous Boiler Explosion.
Scotland, small town on the Bruins
wick & Western railroad, in Georgia,
was the scene of disastrous explosion
Thanksgiving. Messrs. John FL. Akers
& Co., who operate large steam saw
mill there, decided not to shut down for
Thanksgiving Day, but to go right on
as on other days. About o'clock, while
a number of the workmen were grouped
blew up spreading death and destruc-
tion on all sides. Three men were
killed instantly and four were seriously
injured. The boiler, which was a new
one, was shot through the top OF the
engine house and landed seventy-ive
yards away. The cause of the explosion
is mystery.
Murder and Robbery.
A few days ago I. III. B. Gaugh, aged
,ixty-fve years. citizen ei Neshoba
County, Miss, went to Meridian, where
he sold two bales. of cotton. After max
ing some purchases, the old gentleman
had five dollars left, and in company
with his son, aged fourteen years, and
man named Tatum, left for home short
ly before night They camped nine
miles from Meridian, and during the
night they were awakened by two ne
groes who robbed them, and then killed
Mr.. Gaugh, wounding the boy and Ta
| tum.
TO Reopen Swift's silver Mine.
A party of Cheyenne Indians passed
through Bowling Green, KY, the other
day on their way, they claimed, to re-
open Swift's silver mine in Eastern
Kentucky. Tradition has it that only
one person who is now living ever saw
the mine in operation. That person is
an Indian. and this party pointed to 9
very aged man, who carried a chart, as
that survivor. The chart shows the
exact loca tion of the mine.
Found Hanging Head Downward.
Near Lincolnton, Ca, few days ago,
the body of a white man was found, ON
an island in the Savannah river, hanging
h cad down from the fork of a tree, one
foot being caught, Papers bearing the
name of Sol Garrett were found in the
pockets Some surmise that the man
was murdered or drowned up the river
and washed down by the recent floods.
Sudden Death.
E. S. Davis, ex-presidenJ of the first
National bank established in Memphis,
died suddenly few mornings ago of
apoplexy. The deceased came recently
from New York, where he had resided
during the past few years, and was a
candidate for the position of collector
of the port at Memphis. The remains
were sent to Cincinnati for interment.
Man and Woman to Hang.
At Darien, Ga, Charles Reeves has
been sentenced to be hanged on Janu-
ary is, for the murder of Theodore
Greenwald. His accomplice, Ella Fa-
sens, was tried and given life sentence
last summer, but fought for new trial,
which brought down on her head SON.
tence of execution on the same date.
Whisky and an Ok Cart.
Near Macon, Ca. John W. Jones
started to town in an OK cart. The cart
| was loaded with cotton and Jones with
whisky Result: Jones fell off, was
run over by the cart and killed The
| OK pulled the load into town, and it was
some time before Jones' death was dis
covered.
Red Clouds Origin.
1t is alleged that Red Cloud, the
Sioux Indian chief, is in reality white
man, having been stolen from his par
ents when only three years old, in Wis
consin. He is said to have sister, who
is prominent in social circles, residing
| in Chattanooga, Tenn.