The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-11-10
TENNESSEE NEWS BRIEFS.
Gleanings Culled From the Columns Of
Our State Exchanges.

Our State Exchanges.
Samuel Semones, one OF the most prom
inent citizens OF Union City, was perhaps
fatally stabbed by negro Monday.
Joseph e. Johnson had his left hand
cut off Monday while at work in the ak
handle factory Of Wall & Teachout, at
Huntingdon.
The city is now full of courts. Besides
the sitting of federal court, chancery court
convened yesterday, Judge Hawkins pre-
siding, and this morning Judge Levi S.
Woods will convene special term of cir
cult court.-Jackson Wing.
The Tennessee Midland Railroad Com
pany and the Paducah. Tennessee, and
Alabama Railroad Company are in the
hands of W. L. Huse, of ST. Louis, and
John Oyerton, jr., of Memphis, as joint
receivers. There will be no change in the
operation of the two roads.
Nashville is to have new daily paper.
Hon. Henry Watterson and D. Pierce, of
the Louisville Courier-J ournal, are back
ing a project to establish branch of the
Courier-J Journal at Nashville. The new
enterprise is regarded as a certainty, and
the paper will probably appear at an ear
ly date.
The question of the abatement of the
indictment against Rev. G. F. B. Howard
was argued in the federal court at jack
son Tuesday. Judge Hammiond's charge
was full and thorough. The jury was out
about thirty minutes and returned YER
diet in favor Of the United States. The
case is now being tried on its merits, and
the verdict will soon be known.
T. H. Naples and w. G. Ambrose, of
Beda, are the boss tobacco growers. The
END Of last May they planted out acres
of tobacco. They cultivated, cut, and
housed the first crop, and then turned out
the suckers " on acre of the first cut
ting, and after stripping the first crop,
hung the last crop on some OF the same
sticks. The yield of the last crop was
quite as good as the first.-rhe Hartford
/, Herald
AT late hour Friday night OF last week
the home of Ned Waggoner, colored, who
resided near Lynchburgh, was surround
ed by a mob of three hundred masked
, men, and in less time than thirty minutes
: Ned Waggoner, his son, William Wag-
goner, bis son-in-law, Samuel Motlaw
and his daughter, Mary Motlaw, had been
hanged to the same tree. The four ne
groes were charged with complicity in the
destruction by fire Of residences and barns
90 in Moore County. Close watch had beer
kept on them, as they had been suspected
for some time. 1t is said they were over
heard making detail plans for more helm
Gus work, and that the citizens of tina
county were fully satisfied of their guilt
. An attempt was made last Friday nigh
at Coal Greek water-tank, 30 miles nortl
of Knoxville, 10 rob an express and pas
\ senger train. The robbery was expected
: as there was on the train Chief of Polc
: Atkins of Roanoke, Va, and Agent N
- S. Woodward, of Knoxville. When tn
=. train stopped for water two men jumpe,
- on the platform of the car and ordered tn
messenger TO open the door. This wa
done, but instead of the lone messenger
i, the would-be robbers were covered by hal
III a dozen pistols. Firing in rapid success
sion from both sides commenced, whe
90 the robbers tried to escape, but both wer
I'd captured, however, one of the men bein
IT. MORALLY wounded. Chief of Police A
lie kins was shot in the left arm. There
d, said to have been considerable money
in the express car. There were four robbie,
~ in the party, two Of whom escaped.