Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1891-04-18
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS,
For Sale for Delinquent Taxes.

| FOLK place, the nome OF PreSldynt
James K. Polk, at Nashville, Tenn, and
| which has ever since his death been oc-
cupied by Mrs. Polk, has been adver-
| tised for sale to recover taxes to the
amount of nearly ST. 900. This fact has
| created no little comment. 1t is con-
tended by some that should the prop
erty be sold to some outside party for
| the taxes and a deed be made this
would defeat the terms of the will of
| President Polk, and the state could not
| then carry out the trust imposed upon
it. Polk place is si.nsAad lzas-slaa nnrsarr
of Vine and Union streets, and contains
the tomb of the president. In that portion
of the will disposing of this property Mr..
Polk says that under a mutual agree
ment between himself and wife it was
their wish that after the death of his
wife the property should never pass
into the hands of strangers, who are
not related to him by consanguinity.
He therefore bequeathea the property
from and after his wif,'s death to the
state of Tennessee, to be held in trust
for certain purposes and none other.
President Polk then says in the will
that the state shall permit the house
and premises to be occupied by such of
his blocd relatives having the name of
Polk as may be designated by the state,
but if at any time there shall be no
blood relation bearing the name OF
Polk, then the house and premises
shall be occupied, used and enjoyed by
such other of his blood relations as may
be designated by the state to execute
| this trust. The will further directs that
such occupant shall keep the place in
repair and pay the public taxes thereon.
Gen. Johnston's VIII.
| Gen. Joe Johnston's character is well
illustrated by his will, which was filed
at Washington the other day. He was
conscientious man, with desire to do
exact justice to every body. His wife
died some years ago, and he inherited
| her estate There were no children.
| 1t appears from the will that the gen
eral carefully kept his own and his
wifc's wealth separated. This is more
notable from the fact that the most Of
| the property of both was in stocks and
ginning of the will he states that as q
portion of his estate was derived from
| his wife it is his desire to distribute
| that portion to his wife's relatives. He
| then assigns various sums to the late
| Mrs. Johnston's relatives, principally
| to the McLanes, of Baltimore. His own
stocks and bonds in various railroads he
distributes among nephews and nieces.
| The estate is worth about $50, ,000
Remarkable Ferrymen.
| There have been two remarkable r.e-
gro ferrymen at the old Petersburg fer
ry, at the junction of Broad and Say an
nah rivers, in Georgia. This ferry has
been owned by Capt. Drew Cade for a
plumber of years. When he came into
possession of it old Bob was the ferry
| man, and he remained there till he died,
completing the remarkably long term
of sixty-nine years as ferrymen at that
place. Just before he died, about ten
years ago, he told where his gold and
silver money was buried on the river
bank. 1t was found to amount to $500.
| The river often overfowed it. but old
Bob never troubled about this. Old
Bob's son, Abe, the present ferryman,
commenced the work with his father
| thirty-two years ago, and is always at
| his post, and will remain there as long
as he lives, perhaps, bequeathing the
place to his son.
| Foul Attempt to Kill Woman.
| In the lower end of Jefferson county,
| Ala, near Brook Woods, live two broth
ers, Columbus and Bud Garner. The
| other night Columbus and wife visited
at Buds house, and after making them
welcome to seats Bud went out, slipped
under the house and fired at the woman
with pistol through a crack in the
floor over which she was sitting. The
bullet struck her foot and glanced, pro-
ducing no serious results. The would
| be murderer is still at large. 1t is said
| to have been done in pursuance OF a
deliberate plot to get rid of the woman.
Seriously ScaIded.
At Paris. Tex, Tom Willis, the 5-year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. II. P. Willis
while playing in room with other chill
dren, fell into a kettle filled with hot
water that was setting in the fireplace,
and was scalded in a frightful manner
There were two grown people in the
room and his 9-year-old sister, and they
pulled him out at once, but he was SC
badly scalded that the skin and parts OF
flesh came off his left arm and leg. He
is also burned about the head and face,
as he pitched head-fr st into the kettle
Louisiana Cyclone.
A terrible cyclone and whirlwind
passed through the country near Homer
La, the other day, tearing down trees
fences, and everything before it, its di
rection being from west to east. A
negro church near Mr.. J. Keener's farm
occupied as colored school, was com
| pletelv demolished. About twenty-five
colored children were in the building
but all escaped injury.
| Tired of Life.
Capt. Pratt, of Atlanta, Ga, went t.
Milledgevile, Ca. 1n~charge of his wife
who was violently insane, to place he
in the state lunatic asylum a. tina