Birmingham age-herald., 1895-06-19
ATTAILA.
J. R. McGregor Brutally Assaulted by Ihree
 Men-One of Them Arrested

Men-One of Them Arrested.
 AttalIa, June 17.-(Special Correspond 1-Today about F o'clock J. R. Mc- Gregor formerly general traFehhs pas seuger agent for the Alabama Great Southern railroad, but who now runs an employment agency or bureau at Blr- n1ingham, was standing~on the railroad track near the cotton mill at Alabama City, which is located three miles from this city and two miles this side or Gadsden. when three of the overseers came out and began at once to curse and order him away, accusing nm or trying to hire their men. MT McGfegof told them he had not offered to hire any of their men, but simply wanted to DICK up the idle men on the ground. lie had not gone on their property, however. to do that but was standing on the platiorn n at the dummy station.
 This explanation did not satisfy the enraged men, who told him to get, and at once began striking at him, one with a bar of iron, one with his fist and the other one with a pistol. Mir. McGregor succeeded, however, in partially Warding off all the strokes, and came away with only few slight bruises and immedi- ately on arriving here had warrants is sued for all three of the men for assault with intent to murder, and Deputy Sher- if Johnson arrested one man by the name of A. M. Humphrey. E. D. Mullin and the other man, whose name your re- porter failed to get, could not be found A preliminary trial will be given them tomorrow before Justice Jones of this city. It is expected that both the other men will be arrested tonight.
 Bit By a Mad Dog.-The Brundidge News says: Mir. Jordan, who lives about a mile out of town, on the Joiner's bridge road, was bitten by dog supposed to be mad. The animal was one he raised, and on account of it's severity was kept blocked almost constantly, especially at night Sunday evening the dog disap- peared, and did not come back until Tuesday morning, when Mir Jordan mo- ticed that he appeared to look and act rather strangely, but paid little atten- ton to it, but when he went to put the block on the dog snapped him on the finger. He went to Troy Thursday, and ahe mad stone owned by T. M. Murphree was applied. It was placed on the wound several times, and aSit would be- come saturated with the virus would fall off, and finally would not adhere at all. The poison which came from the stone, on soaking it, was of Whitish appear ance. but would turn green on exposure to the air. MT. Jordan is confident that there is no further danger from the bite. We learn that the dog, on leaving home on Tuesday. made his way to MT. Lo- gan's where he attacked puppy be- longing to MT. Charlie Logan, who killed the mad animal. The dog that was bit ten should also be killed, if 1t has not already been done.
 Died of Heart Disease.--The Gadsden Tinles-News says: J. w. Vinson, aged 67 died at his home in East Gadsden last Sunday afternoon shortly after o'clock. He had just eaten hearty meal and had gone to sleep. A little grandchild, who was flaming him, noticed something pc culiar in his sleep and reported it to his wife. When she went into the room she discovered that he was dead. Mir. yinson WAS highly e4ected citizen