The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1890-09-26
BRIEF STATE NEWS.

Scarlet fever and diphtheria-ex-
list among the children at Gallatin.
The Savannah Courier says that
the crops in that section are above
an average,
Capt. John M. Taylor willspeak
at the Confederate reunionat Troy
tomorrow.
The annual convention sof the
Women's Christian Temperance
Unioneof Tennessee WILDE held in
McMinnville the latter part of Oe-
tober next
Accolored brakeman on the I'LL
nois Central Railroad had has leg
cut off while coupling cars near
Toons last Saturday. The negro
is in a critical conditiomand will
notTecover.
At B. D. Bradford's steam gin, a
few miles north of Brownsville, last
Friday Jack Thurmond in some
way got caught in the machinery
and had one arm and one leg bro
ken and received other ;injuries.
He died in a few hours.
According to the census returns
Henry County's population has de-
creased in the last ten years l,129.
In 1880 the, population was 22;l42,
and in 1S90'it is said to be 2lO13.
The Paris 1Post-Intelligencer says
thatsomething is wrong, andinsists
upon recount.
A grand reunion of Confederate
veterans of the South and West
will be held,at Memphis, October
2, when the Interstate fair will be
in full operation. Arrangements
have been made with the various
lines Of railroad for cheap trans
portation, and orators of national
reputation will be present.
AS appears from an interview in
the Chattanooga Times, Governor
Taylor has completed arrangements
for making Chattanooga his future
home. 1t is announced through
the same medium that Governor
Taylor will take the stump for
Buchanan early next month and
speak through Middle and West
Tennessee.
The boiler of an engine attached
to a freight train on the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail
road exploded last Sunday evening
at Sherman Heights, 5 miles from
Chattanooga. All that could be
found Of the engineer and fireman
was a coat. The brakeman was Sc
riously injured. The engine was
blown to atoms.
By order of Judge Swiggart, the
negro, Wesley Mailing, whom the
citizens of Weakley county have
been making great efforts to lynch
was removed from Paris to the
GAINESVILLE jail Saturday. 1t is
not thought that the mob will try
to get him there, though they de.
clare they will go to hades after
him if necessary.
For the information of people
who would like to know where tC
find mad-stones in case of bites
from rabid dogs, we will state tina
there is one at Green Fletcher's
II miles from Summitville Station
in Coffee County, and Monroe Dri
yer, living 8 miles southwest o.
Crossville, Cumberland County
, also has one Sparta Expositor.
Mr.. D. A. Orr, one of the mos
successful farmers of the county
brought to town last Monday'a Gu
| cumber that he raised OH his farm
!, near Newbern, which pulls thu
beam down to48 pounds. He say
3 he has one on his farm that weigh
= about 60 pounds. This cucumbe
} was on exhibition at misplace sew
} eral days, and viewed by hundred
5 of people. Newbern Tennesseau
James and johns laGlson, fathe
and son, were killed Saturday b.
a wild engine on theEast Tennes
see, Virginia, and Georgia RailroaC
1 near Ooltewah. They were driv
: ing a blind horse to, wagon, AM
4 the animal had just cleared tn
{ track when the wagon was struck
q The old man was thrown 30 feet
: the boy, about sixteen years ole
Il went so feet before he struck tn
: earth dead, his skull being badl
{ crushed. The wagon was smashe