Huntsville gazette., 1891-07-18
SOUTHERN GLEANiNGS.


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Near Milan, Tenn, Miss McCoy,
Mary Fly and Myra Johns went black
berrying. Miss Mccoy wandered of
from the others some hundred yards to
a place where the fruit grew in pro-
fusion. Suddenly wild scream, blood
curdling in its keenness, rang out.
The girls were terrified beyond
measure, not knowing what kind
of wild animal was in
the vicinity. Again the terrifying
shrek sounded, and the two girls to-
gether sank down behind some bushes.
Miss Mccoy started toward them at a
rapid walk, when panther appeared
directly behind her The frightened girl
screamed and started to run, but she
could not escape. The beast seized
her, and she was torn to pieces.
nreranSy places ,tbsa the 9l.s flesh was .as
The other girls, seeing the ami
| NAL attacked their friend, ran scream
ing from the scene, never stopping un-
| til they reached home, when party of
men organized, and with shotguns hur-
| riedly went to the scene of the attack
The panther was still at the body and
was shot by the hunters The beast
measured Z feet inches from tip to
tip. 1t had escaped from circus.
A Modest Tennesseean.
There is military talent loose in the
country yet A young gentleman in
Tennessee wrote last winter to the
superintendent at West Point for the
terms of admission. The usual circular
of information froln the secretary of
war was returned to him. Some time
after he wrote as follows: -
CATLES's MILLS, DE KALB COUNTY, TENN,
Jan. II, 1891:
Vest Point Military A. c.: Mr. Secretary
Honorable Sir: fr -
/ received your terms some time since. I
was not II years of age when / heard from
you. can't come under such terms. / will
give you the terms that 1 will come under.
I want only to study military tactics. 1 want
to stay three years. want $40 per month.
At the end of the term want position over
some army Of the United States. want you
to send me a round ticket there and back.
think am both physically and mentally
qualified to fill the position. will not be
out anything, but 1 want the position. Please
/ answer this.
| "~sus Chrlst's sDeath Warrant"
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| among n-A curiosities in possession of
the West Virgins Historical and Anti
| quarian association ls an ancient docu-
ment purporting to be the death war
rant OF Jesus Christ. 1t was engraved
on plate of brass, and found by the
French commissioners of art while ex-
cavating in the ancient city of Aquilla,
in the kingdom of Naples. 1t was writ
ten in Hebrew and translated by the
| French commissioners of art of the
French armies. On the reverse side of
the plate from that on which tLe aaath
sentence is written are the words:
Similar plate is sent to each tribe
AS the Romans were careful to record
the official acts of the emperor and the
governors of the provinces, it is possible
that this death sentence is genuine.
Bank suspeDds.
Moses Bros bank at Montgomery,
Ala. has suspended payments. They
say their assets will amount to more
than their liabilities. The failure is
due to stringency of money. The liza
bilities are said to be about $500, 900.
They did a saving bank business and
have many scores of depositors among
the poorer people. The firm stands
very high for integrity.
Quick Courtship. t.
A romantic wedding occurred at DENT
son, Tex, few days ago. Lee Ander.
son, of Philadelphia, and Miss Sadie
ln1,e,el, Of St Louis, met on a train
anu So o., u:n an acquaintance. Being
posed. DOS was accepted and drffPtleman fPe lem pro,
to get off the train at Denison, the frs.
| place at which the license could be pro-
| cured.
The Smallest Stlll.
| The smallest 'moonshine" distillery
ever captured by the revenue officers
was found recently in Atlanta, Ca, and
sent to Washington as a curiosity. Its
capacity is about three gallons 1t Il
constructed SO as to be operated on an
ordinary cooking stove, and is complete
in every detail.
Murdered His wife and Brother.
! From the backwoods of Baldwin
county, Ala, comes the report OF
tragedy in which Jesse Cartwright
killed his brother, John William Cart
wright, with buckshot, and afterwards
cut his own wife's throat. He was
jealous.
| A Veteran.
Joseph Patton, who lives near Cllf
ton Hill, in Randolph county, Mo-, stD
has the pony he rode in the confederat'
army. 1t is now thirty-six years oil
and as fat as mole, not having beel
used any, or very little, for some years
Gen. Jubal A. Early as Orator.
1t has been officially announced tina
Gen. Jubal A. Early has accepted tn
invitation of the monument commltte
as orator on the occasion of the unvel
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