The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1896-05-07
SOUTHERN oLEANINos.



nah, Ga, Judge Borman, OF Louisiana
presiding, T.. L. Warren was being
tried for larceny from the post Office at
Barwick, Ga. During the trial an
aged white man named Black testified
against the prisoner. Later in tho
day, Walter Presley, young friend
to Warren, stated on the witness stand
that he would not believe Black ON his
oath. The district attorney scored
PRESLEY severely and said his state
ment BODIED him no good, and would
come back to him. A few minutes
later, when PRESLEY was leaving the
court room, he suddenly reeled in the
corridor and fell against the wall, his
eyesight gone. PRESLEY was taken to
his home at Okapilko, Ga, and will ur-
dergo treatment.
E!oped With Frechled-Face Man.
The following unique description OIL
two clippers was received by the chief
OF police of st. Louis in telegram
from j. Cutchen, Littleton, N. c., pre-
sumably the girls father: Paul Ely,
Seaboard, N. G., height feet, raw
boned, red freclled face, no whiskers,
light hair. weight one forty. Mary II.
Cutchen, Littleton, N. c.. height feet
half, weight one thirty. dark short
curly hair, gray eyes, wears gold
framed glasses, dark pimply COM
plexion, flesh mole left side neck,
small scar right side' The couple
eloped, Ely is said to have left wife
and child in Seaboard.
Gold Mining In North Georgia.
An English company is to be organ
lied with a large capital to develop
the gold mines of north Georgia. The
gold ore of this belt assays low and is
sulphuretted, but the new chlorination
process is cheap. 1t is claimed that by
its use the Georgia ores Gamble handled
ut profit of So a ton. Their average
richness is from So to Sc a ton, improv-
ing as the shafts go down. One of the
mines, at the depth of "a feet, assayed
$5s of gold and 81. so of silver. Another
mine is down $40 feet, and it's yield in
gold last year was $4,000
Saved His Prisoner From Lynchers.
Near Royie, Franklin county, Miss.
Tom Mccoy, colored, during an alter.
cation with BENJAMIN Mccullough,
white, struck the latter over the head
with club, fracturing his skull, and
causing death. After Mccoy was ar
rested excitement ran high, and a
! lynching appeared imminent, but
Sheriff Calcote of Franklin county,
after an exciting chase, succeeded in
evading the mob and reached Natchez
safely with Mccoy and lodged him in
jail.
BOY Mail Thief.
Wade Latimer, aged IA, has been ar.
rested, charged with robbing the mails
at Geneva, Ala. Mail containing money
and valuables has been missed from
the Geneva Office for some time, and a
detective has been working on the
Case. He arrested Latimer, who was
clerk in the Office. The arrest caused
a big sensation, as the boy belonged to
| the most prominent family in the
| place. He was released on Sc, 900 bond
Tuskegee Normal College.
Gov. Oates has accepted an invitation
to deliver the.commencementa address at
the Tuskegee (Ala.) normal and indus
trial college, Booker T. Washington
cOlorcd school, on May % yhe school
has just passed through the most pros
porous year of it's experience having
more than 1900 students in the INDUS.
trial departments.
Severe Rain and Hal Storm.
A severe rain and hail storm swept
over Selma, Ala, and vicinity the
other day, blowing down trees and
demolishing fences. Great damage
was done to the growing crops. Four
miles from Selma, on the Childers
place, several houses were blown
down, and picnic party had narrow
escape.
A Kentucky Farmer Fails.
John /. Ferguson, of Furguson Sta
ton, KY, IS miles north of GAINESVILLE,
Tenn, considered one of wealthiest
farmers and country merchants in the
county. has assigned. Liabilities, S So
600; assets, $4,000.
A Life Sentence.
Jim Martin, one of the men accused
of numbering the Crocker family near
Wharton, Wharton county, Tex. has
been sentenced to life imprisonment.
Called On tho Wrong Man.
John Crouch, masked, attempted 20
hold up VIM. Wolf, depot agent at
Piney Flats, Tenn, on the Southern
railway, and was fatally wounded.
Struck by Lightning.
The Rust university building at Holly
Springs, Miss. struck by lightning, do
ing considerable damage to the struc-
turc; students escaped injury.
Lived to BE Ninoty-NIne,
John Sanders celebrated his ninetv.
ninth birthday anniversary in East
Perry, Ala, and died that night. Oldest
citizen ofsPerry county.
While Drums.
John w. Parker, a half breed Indian
of A B G, Tenn, went home drunk and
clicked Nashville Cole in the side. kill.
ing her. Parker escaped.
Handsome Residence Burned.
The handsome residence of Judge
liner, near Birmingham, Ala, was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss, $40, 900, with in
surance of only $500.