Huntsville gazette. [volume] (Huntsville, Ala.) 1879-1894, 1891-07-25
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SOUTHERN GLEANINGS,
A NIiser.a Estate.

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character of Cabarras county, n. g., is
dead. He was a bachelor, about so
years old, and was known to be nisers
" in his habits to a wonderful degree.
His only companions were two dogs
and an old negro woman who had been
living with him during his entire life!
Curious to say, in his will he leftoher
not even penny morn shanty to cover
her head His real estate, consisting
Of 1880 acres, and his, home place
containing 500 acres, he left Jointly to
his two nephews, Allen and Peter
Bost. The balance was left to other
ncphews in 1oo-aere,lets. To his nieces
he gave nothing but his. dilapidated
homestead. His safe was thought to
hold thousands of dollars. When il
was opened the only money found was
a punched nicke1. u Further search was
instituted, and in an old bureau, cup
boards. pitchers. jars, old icclothes
pockets old stockings and in cracks in
his miserable house were, found $4,000
in gold, besides, a, large. quantity of
gold dust and bullion and a few hun
dred dollars in paper money. In the
search package from n Charlotte bank
was found, containing ;s70o, that had
never been opened at all. This was re-
ceived by him in $780, He had corn and
bacon on hand four years old, and some
hay THAT has, been stacked Twenty-Five
years. He eased his conscience by leav-
ing 500 of his hard earnings to- p
church. He made his Will only three
weeks before he died, and there is
much talk kof,contestingI it, for seme1 OF
his kin have been left without anything
An Ex-President's Granddaughter
The last granddaughter, Of the late
.x-President Andrew Joiflsony died
in Colorado a fewadaysD ago,l where she
had been staying for few months
hoping to recover her health. During
the Johnson administration She was
Little Belle Patterson and scarcely
less beloved by the president than was
her mother, his eldest daughter: The
4Nhite " HouseH was fullaaofiq little
folk, during President lJehnspn's, adj
ministration. but this graceful little
girl was his idol. Mrs. Patterson lived
with her parents, nnds his interest
in his, granddaughter intensified itself
until his death. Several years ago con-
sumption seized Miss Patterson, and
after her marriage, ,tthree years ago,iit
made rapid progress. She leaves a
daughter not yet12 years old, Presi-
dent Johnson's children are all dead
save Mrs. Patterson, and she and her
husband, ex-senator Patterson, live
alone at the old family homestead in
Greenville, Tenn. The remains of her
daughter were taken to east Tennessee
and buried in the cemetery there. .-
at- Mrs. Davis Chooses Richmond. vrhy
Mrs. Davis, the widow of the late
jefferson Davis, who has been sojourn-
ing at the New York hotel, in Rev
York city, for some time past, in q let
.er forwarded to the, citizens of Rich
mond. states that after much delibera-
ton she has decided to give Virgisia
the care of her husbands body. She
briefly reviews the claims Of the various
states to her husbands remains, and
urges that Sin the fullness of fame he
did not belong to any part of the coun-
try, but that in Richmond he received
generous and unwavering support in
the darkest hours of the south defeat
She refers to her personal sacrifice in
giving up the hope of dwelling near her
husbands resting place. and expresses
the hope that 1.-The states of the con-
federacy will also relinquish, their
cherished plans for the sake of crafty
ing the majority of the veterans of the
south who have urged Richmond as the
proper place. f t.4...,s. -.t.-
Bounties to Louisiana Planters. I
In a summary of the applications for
sugar bounty in Louisiana it is ascer-
tanned that the Caffrey Central Sngar
Refinery and Railroad Co. has made the
largest application, which was for 12.-
900, 900 pounds, and the smallest that Of
J. M. White. of Lincoln parish, who
proposes to make only 500 pounds. The
total number of applications is 704, ag-
gregating $50. .611 900 pounds or an aver.
aye of 792, $50 pounds to each planter.
These are maximum estimates of the
amount to be raised. Deputy Fontelieu
thinks that somewhere near 400, ,o0O 900
pounds will be the actual crop raised.
ne sugar bounty dllOWeu NY sLnes gov
ernment is two cents a pound, and even
at the above estimate the amount to be
received by the planters Of the state
will be Ss, 900, coo. M
1AA Child Killed by Lightning fN
Near Briar Creek, Ga, a number OF
children We're going home. from school,
1T was raining, with some lightning and
thunder. Seven Of them were together
passing along the road, when the light
ming struck a tree about fifteen feet
from them, and portion of the electric
charge struck the children. Frank At
kins., aged about 13,. a, son of the late
/ DIR. Lucius Atkins, was instantly killed
\ His younger brother, Lucius, and Carrie
Lee Anderson were dangerously
shocked, The others escaped serions
injury, ..s....s4 f..ts...a
syB4 sFeu Against a FIy-WheeI. h~v w,
Dave Prince. colored, IS years, was
accidentally killed at Princeton, KY,
in the engine-room of the Banner MILL
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