Huntsville gazette., 1890-11-08
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.
A Bridal Tour in = Balloon.

a uIludl tOuT III DdllOO1 occurred az
the Alabama State Fair at Birmingham.
At two o'clock p. m. Thomas J. Minis
and Miss Gertrude Pittman, of Brewton,
Ala, were married, and Immediately
after the ceremony entered the basket
of balloon in.waiting The aeronaus
shouted, Let go, every body!" and
the big air ship sailed skyward. The
weather was clear, with a light
wind blowing from the north, and
the balloon, after going up mile or
more, moved slowly southwark. 1t re-
manned in view for thirty minutes or
more, and when finally lost to sight
seemed to be still moving southwark.
Prof. Baldwin, Of Quincy, Ill, was in
charge of the balloon, and expected to
to make landing thirty or forty miles
away, but landing was made eighteen
miles south, after an air voyage Of an
hour and half The couple who made
the novel bridal tour are only twenty
one and eighteen years of age, but they
went up smiling and waving their hands
to the thousands OF people who wit
messed the ascension The young couple
were unhurt and greatly enjoyed the
novel experience. They returned to
the city and held public reception.
Picking Cotton BY Machinery.
There was on exhibition at the
Memphis (Tenn.) Cotton Exchange the
other day bale Of cotton which had
been picked by machinery, and the cot
ton brokers are talking OF the beginning
nf ir, hn hno
The bale weighed ATS pounds and was
picked by the machine in two hours,
notwithstanding the rain, on the plan
tation of G. c. Glover, near Memphis.
Tho work done is equivalent to that Of
fifteen men for the same time. The
cotton is much cleaner than that picked
by hand and will bring from q cent to
u cent more per pound.
Typhoid Fever Epidemic.
There appears to be an epidemic of
typhoid fever among the people of Gill
lespie County, Tex. Nearly every fam
lily in the county has suffered more or
less from it. and Peter Burke, wealthy
farmer living near Fredericksburg the
county seat, recently lost three chill
dren from the malady. The type of the
disease is unusually aggravated, and
battles tho skill of the best physicians
Some Of the doctors contend that the
fever is '1a grippe" on it's second round
through that part Of the State, and in
It's recurrent form is fatal in the major
ity OF cases.
Little Rock to Have Recount.
At meeting of business men Of Lit
tie Rock, Ark, it was resolved to have
a recount Of the population Of the city.
The official figures show %, $50 inhab-
itants. 1t is claimed that careful
count will show 10000. Brown and
Lewis, of the Arkansas Press, offer to
make the recount for $1,000 The re-
count is then to be verified by Mayor
Whipple, President of the Board of
Trade Fones and j. II. Mccarthy. Con-
gress will then be memoralized to sub
sti tute the recount for the official count
A LunatIc's VIII Sustained.
At Lexington, Ga, Mrs. Susan
O'Wray was adjudged a lunatic on APP
plication of Judge Sam Lumpkin, Of
the Superior Court bench. On the lame
day she willed $40, 900 worth of prop
erty to the Judge. Upon her death the
will was contested. Judge Lumplin
testified that he knew nothing of the
will at the time, and the jury decided
in his favor, and he gets the money.
Lynched a Seventeen-Year- Old Boy.
John Williams, negro boy, seven
to1 old ch nd ri vn
vear-old son Of j. r. Robertson, white,
five miles from Miller, Ga. A few nights
afterward sheriff's deputy started with
Williams for Waynesboro, but was met
by an armed mob, who took the prisoner
away, and tying him to tree riddled
him with bullets The coroner's ver-
dict was death by parties unknown.
Florids's Population.
The Census Office has announced the
total population of the State of Florida
to be 800, 345; increase, 120, ,942, or A. So
per cent. The populations Of Jackson
Vile and Key West are given as follows:
Jacksonville, Is, 100; increase, 9.51O; per
cent, 12431. Key West 1so5s; increase,
s, 1853; per cent, s2.59.
A Good Farmer.
Peter Vickers is the wealthiest negro
in Coffee County, Ga. He owns between
5, 900 and 5000 acres Of land, and is No.
l farmer His cotton is magnificent,
perhaps the best in the county, and his
corn crop in good proportion. He will
make 81, 600 worth Of produce this year.
A Steam Hemp-Breaker
D. Sheely, Of Lexington. KY, has
built and has in practical and successful
operation the only steam hemp-breaker
on earth. This is as great step for
ward in the hemp industry as was the
first ginning mill in the cotton industry.
All on Account of Pup.
At Dawson, Ca, Simon Greer, at the
command Of his father, shot and killed
Tom Turner, who had shot at old man
Greer. The trouble grew out OF the
ownership of a pup
Horrible Case.
At Athens, Ca, white woman was
found in > hut sick and starving, with