The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-09-22


dent last Saturday. file was on his way
to Ciarksburgh with the mail, and just
this side Of the town, as he reached the
foot Of little slant, his horse fell with
him The horse fell on its head, turning
over landed on Mr. Brandon's legs bury-
ing them in the mud, the ground being
soft from rain The horse made several
efforts TO get up but couldn't, and for
nearly an hour Mr.. Brandon las wedged
to the ground by the weight Of the horse.
lie would not make the horse get up tor
fear he would strike him with his feet in
the effort. Mr.. Brandon was finally res,
cued by friends without any very serious
damage, although it was very narrow
risk.-Huntlngdon Democrat.
One Of the most thrilling incidents that
ever came under the observation Of the
citizens OF West Dickson, occurred in that
part of this city last week II is this;
Last Friday the 2-year-old son of Mr..
Bud Brown, while playing in front OF one
of the new houses in course of erection
there, came upon large rattlesnake, and
by instinct made an assault upon his
snakeship. The little fellow, just old
enough TO totter around, gathered some
blocks OF wood and approaching within
6 feet of the serpent began pelting him
severely. The old rattler deliberately
coied himself and in few more seconds
doubtless would have gotten in his deadly
work had his efforts not been detected.
The child was within few feet of the
snake when rescued by its mother and
taken away. Help was called and the
snake killed.-Dickson Enterprise.
A special of the 18th instant from SOM
erville to the Memphis Commercial says,
GA tragedy was enacted about six miles
south of this place this morning about s
O'Clock, in which John Taylor was killed
by negro named John McCerrin. Nc
Clerrin was in Taylor's orchard knocking
down some fruit with a pole, when Tay-
lor came out and told him that he was
welcome to the fruit, but that he should
not break the trees. The negro bit him
on the head with the pole, crushing the
skull, and after he had fallen took his
pistol from his pocket and shot him in
the left side. Taylor lived about two
hours, but made statement to this effect
= before he died. Mr.. Taylor was quiet
peaceful young citizen, and was respected
9 very highly in this community. He leaves
\ q widowed mother and three sisters, who
= were depending on him for support. The
! negro had been heard to abuse Taylor sew.
u eral times before this happened. The
. negro was caught and placed in the Jail
u here about noon by Sheriff Knox. He is
very likely to stretch hemp"
ASavannah correspondent to the Nash
+, vile American says: "About four miles
from here in Tennessee River bottom, w.
G. Armstrong, on the 10th instant, had
some men at work for him getting out
!. axe-handle timbers. When at noon the
hands went to the shanty for dinner the
oYerseer saw that some obscene language
:. had been written upon the walls, and,
= upon approaching the cook, one Samuel
. Lay, he was told that Lay himself and a
: fellow by the name of Jack Shelley had
: done the writing. The overseer told Lay
that he did not want any such as that
about the place, SO Lay took pan of
water and washed what he had written
- off. When Shelley came he was asked
:, about the writing and denied having done
- any of it and at once raised difficulty
with Lay, which soon eliminated in the
: death of Lay. Shelley knocked him on
the head with stick of wood and at once
:. made his escape into the neighborine
:, jungles and has thus far eluded his pur.
suers, 1t is reported here that reward
: of $3.50 has been offered for the delivery
- of Shelley to the sheriff and that about
seventy-fve men are ON the lookout fol
him."
nv On last Thursday, while out squire
Of hunting, John Sanders, one Of Humph
r. reys County's popular young men, wai
an accidentally shot in the left breas; with
,re shotgun in the hands Of Ruben Turner
m. While vending their way through q larg
AN cane-brake near Clear Lake, which
re- seems was the hand OF providence tha
ita his life was spared The cause OF the gul
nd discharging was from catching its ham
.et mer on bent cane, which sprung to it
-ell position raising the hammer high enoug
,.s to explode the cartridge. The gun wa
no. under Turner's arm and the muzzle wa