Calhoun County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for JULY & AUGUST 1885 1885 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: C Gravelle tealtree@comcast.net October 3, 2006, 12:46 pm The Jacksonville Republican 1885 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE JACKSONVILLE REPUBLICAN", Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Alabama for JULY 1885 and AUGUST 1885 NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, JULY 4, 1885 ALABAMA News ETOWAH County News Mrs. L.L. Wikle, died in Attala some days ago. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Pickens. --- There is an old gentleman living eight miles from Gadsden who is 108 years old and who walks into town to see a son in Gadsden. --- Mr. Adcock who shot Roy Fullenwider, surrendered himself to the Sheriff and his bond was fixed at $500. Fullenwider has almost recovered from his wounds. --- TALLADEGA County News Mr. John Henderson Jr. of Talladega county has been admitted as a cadet at the U.S. Military Institute at West Point. --- Mr. Matt Murphy of Talladega county, known as a Chinnabee Chief, died a few days ago. ---- CLEBURNE County News A little boy of Mr. J.K. Barber died some days ago. Also a little son of Mr. J.M. Reid died. --- A little child of Mr. W.T. Home died in Edwardsville recently. --- Mr. S.W. Pruett of Cleburne has received a shipment of German carp and will go into fish culture. --- The team of Mr. S.W. Pruett ran away with him in Edwardsville recently and he was thrown from his buggy and seriously injured. --- Mrs. Gann of Cleburne was carried to the Insane Asylum at Tuscaloosa a few days ago. --- Judge Burton was thrown from his wagon near his mill a few days ago and right badly hurt. --- CHEROKEE County News Mr. James Mitchell and Mrs. Malissa Thompson were married in Centre recently. --- Mr. W.T. Aiken and Miss Mary V. Hannah were married in Centre recently. --- ST. CLAIR County News The mother of Maj. James Truss who lately died in St. Clair county was 82 years of age. --- BLOUNT County News Mrs. C.C. Huffstulter died recently in Blount county. --- Mr. Asa J. Glascock died recently in Blount county. --- TUSCALOOSA News Captains and Colonels of Alabama troops are urgently requested to foward any muster rolls of their commands in their possession to the Alabama Historical Society at Tuscaloosa. --- The Alabama Historical Society will issue a monthly magazine. ---- MARSHALL County News Thos. Brazier of Marshall county recently stabbed R.S. McGuire in the back. Brazier is in jail. --- Mrs. Elizabeth Ledbetter, wife of the late L.L. Ledbetter of Marshall county, has received five thousand dollars from the Legion of Honor, of which her husband was a member four years. --- DEKALB County News Mr. John Kirby and Miss Fannie Hicks of DeKalb county recently married. --- Lemuel Nicholsoon, son of B.H. Nicholson of DeKalb county died recently. --- LOCAL News LADIGA Community News Abe Wood living near Ladiga, was killed by lightning the 26th ult. The old man had taken shelter from a rain under a tree in his yard when the bolt struck, killing both him and the mare he was riding. --- BERA Community News The wife of Mr. James Clark died one day this week. --- A 13 year old boy of Mr. E.A. Walker died a few days ago. --- HEBRON Community News Mr. J.T. Hagins who has been very low with typhoid fever is convalescing. --- Mr. R.H. Wynne met with a serious accident last Saturday by the overturning of his buggy. Dr. Eaton thinks the prospect of his recovery at this time is very doubtful. --- LOCAL News The Supreme Court has affirmed the case of John A. DeArman and the sentence of the Circuit Court will be carried out. We believe it was for four years in the penitentiary. --- Died, Saturday the 27th ult., in this place, Miss Emma Souther, after a long and painful illness. She was most estimable young lady and her early death has cast a shadow of sadness over the community. --- HOMICIDE IN CALHOUN COUNTY Last Saturday night or rather last Sunday morning about 2 o'clock, A.M. Gid J. Endrikin cut John Leatherwood fatally with a knife, killing him almost instantly. Endrikin was a laborer in Zuber's coaling, in Maddox's Beat, known better as Beat Four. Leatherwood had formerly worked in Anniston but of late had been working in a coaling north of Jacksonville some miles. At the time of the killing, Leatherwood was on a visit to his two children who were staying at Zuber's house. Endrikin was arrested and brought to Jacksonville for preliminary trial before Judge Woods. The evidence disclosed that the two men met the night of the killing and together went to a place in the country near the coaling and got whiskey; that while at the place Leatherwood became boisterous and was ordered off together with Endrikin. They left. The next heard of them, Endrikin goes to Zuber's house and awakes him to tell him that he has had a difficulty with Leatherwood and cut him and that he (Endrikin) was also cut, but declined Mr. Zuber's offer to examine his wound and summon a doctor. Zuber hastened to the spot indicated by Endrikin and found Leatherwood dead, cut almost literally to pieces. Endrikin went to his home and afterwards returned to the place where the dead man lay and made a statement to the crowd assembled that he did the killing but did it in self defense after Leatherwood had attacked him. Endrikin then surrendered himself. Endrikin was bound over to the Circuit Court in a bond of five hundred dollars, which he has failed to give, and he now lies in jail here. On the preliminary trial Endrikin testified in his own behalf. No one, save Endrikin, saw the killing. Endrikin is a man of family, having a wife and five or six children and is an intelligent looking man. Leatherwood had two children who were dependent upon him. The facts show, so far as developed, that but for whiskey, this unfortunate affair should never have occurred. If reports be true it was a "blind tiger" that furnished the whiskey that thus wrecked the life long happiness of two families, and launched an unprepared soul into eternity, and yet the "blind tiger" is tolerated in this land of law. ---- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, JULY 11, 1885 ALABAMA News TALLADEGA County News Mrs. M.M. Sisson died near Lincoln on Sunday the 28th ult., after an illness of only one day. --- ETOWAH County News Mr. G.P. Watkins of Arkansas and Miss Annie S. Ashley of Etowah county were married recently. --- Mr. A.L. Griffin of Etowah county died in Florida, whither he had gone with the hope of being benefitted. --- Mrs. Mary Phillips, wife of Mr. Wm. R. Phillips, died in Gadsden the 29th ult. She was the daughter of Mrs. O.W. Ward. --- Mr. Wm. Acker of Gadsden and Mrs. W.P. Prickett and two children were knocked down by lightning at Mrs. Prickett's house on Canoe Creek a few days ago. Nobody seriously hurt. --- CHEROKEE County News Mr. J.V. Sutherlin, aged 70 years, died at his home near Cedar Bluff the 26th ult. --- CLEBURNE County News Wm. Barnwell was thrown from his ox wagon near Edwardsville some days ago and was badly hurt. --- Mrs. John Webb of Edwardsville died Tuesday morning. She was quite old and had been nearly blind for some time. --- MONTGOMERY News Mrs. Ann Beasley, an old lady about 76 years of age was burned to death in Montgomery on the 5th inst. by her bed catching on fire from a match that she had struck. A son and son-in-law were badly burned in trying to rescue her. --- LOCAL News PEEK'S HILL Community News Col. J.C. Archer is suffering from a paralytic stroke. --- BYNUM Community News Our Bynum correspondent says: "We had a very sudden death near here the night of the 5th. Mrs. Payne, wife of Charley Payne, was well apparently as she had ever been, up to about 10 o'clock when she suddenly grew sick and quickly died. --- CHOCCOLOCCO Community News The aged father of Mr. W.H. Stroud of this place recently died in Georgia. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, JULY 25, 1885 ALABAMA News CLEBURNE County News John Weathers of Arbacoochee, aged 70 years died last week. --- Mrs. John Holly of Shoal Creek died last week. --- Mrs. Wm. R. Brown died last week. ---- TALLADEGA County News Mr. Lafayette Fariss, an old and substantial farmer of Talladega county died last week. --- Mr. James Hill of Cast Beat, died the 14th. --- ETOWAH County News Mr. W.H. Appleman and Mrs. Mattie Smith of Gadsden were married the 12th inst. --- Ned Keeling, an old negro man was found dead in Gadsden a few night ago, from heart disease. --- CHEROKEE County News Mr. Allie McGhee of Centre was married to Miss Southerland of Cave Springs a few days ago. --- Col. H.C. Sanford of Cherokee county is now 75 years old and still hale and hearty. --- TUSCALOOSA County News Mrs. Julia Martin, wife of E.B. Martin of Selma and daughter of John Glasscock of Tuscaloosa, died in San Marcos, Texas on July 13th. --- COOSA County News Wm. Goldwaite, colored, aged 80 years, died in Coosa county a few days ago. He was set free before the war for good conduct and after the war voted the Democratic ticket every time. --- PIKE County News A correspondent of the Troy Messenger writes that paper that perhaps Mr. McLendon who lives twelve miles east of Troy, is one of the most remarkable men of the county. His mother is now living at the age of 94 years. He is 75 years old, has raised twelve children, the oldest being 56 and the youngest age 9. He has fifty-three grandchildren and thirty- seven great grandchildren. His teeth are all sound, never had a toothache, has no gray hairs, and does all manner of farm work. He has raised onions, continuously from sets given him by his mother-in-law fifty-six years ago. He also has his second coffee mill, 35 years old, and what is still further unusual, Mr. McLendon lives at home and owes no one. There is some little complication in his family relations; he is brother-in-law to his son and the grandfather of his step-daughter- in law. ---- LOCAL News DAVISVILLE Community News Obadiah Brill was struck with paralysis on Sunday morning. He has completely lost the use of his left side. --- MORRISVILLE Community News Two weeks old, the old Mrs. Acker died and last week her husband Peter Acker died, which makes 4 deaths at their house since Christmas, and there is another one expected to die soon. ---- ANNISTON Community News Willis Brown, a negro man, was killed at Anniston on Monday evening by a tunnel in which he was working caving in upon him. --- CROSS Plains Community News Mr. Frank Rountree of South Carolina is on a visit to his brother Mr. George Rountree who is at present quite sick. --- Mrs. Mitchell wife of Mr. Adolph. Mitchell of Amberson and sister of our townsman Capt. J.N. Hood, died on the morning of the 19th inst. of Consumption. --- Mrs. Hugh Crag is quite sick. --- Mr. Columbus Oaks, one of the visiting young men of our town, is filling the position of telegraph operator at Cave Spring, Ga., for the present. --- PEEK'S HILL Community News Dick Boozer's wife, (colored) died on Monday. --- Mr. W.F. Kenneda and son have left for parts unknown. --- Mr. Alexander Norris left a few days ago for a visit to North Alabama. We think he is looking for some widow who is getting tired of her solitude. --- LOCAL News Mr. Jonas Aderholt of this county sustained a serious injury to one of his legs some two weeks ago, by the falling of a piece of timber. He is compelled to use crutches. --- Judge Thos. A. Walker has gone to Waukesha, Wisconsin for the benefit of the waters there. --- NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PARDON Notice is hereby given that application will be made to the Governor of Alabama for the pardon of Jno. A. DeArman, convicted at the January term 1885 of the Circuit Court of Calhoun county of manslaughter in the first degree and sentenced to four years in the penitentiary. J.T. DeArman, N.B. DeArman ----- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, AUGUST 1, 1885 ALABAMA News ETOWAH County News The father of Mr. James L. Tanner of Gadsden is dead. --- MARSHALL County News Mr. W.W. Williams of Marshall county was found dead in his bed the morning of the 15th. He retired in good health apparently the night previous. It is supposed he died of dropsy of the heart. --- ELMORE County News Mr. J.S. Hatton, living near Wetumpka, had three deaths in his family in one day, last week. --- LOCAL News CROSS PLAINS Community News Mr. Penn Bedell is sick with the fever. --- PEEK'S HILL Community News Mrs. Fannie Powes is visiting her sister Mrs. Wilkins at this place. --- LOCAL News We learn with deep regret of the death last week of Spivey Cannon of this county. With one exception, he was probably the oldest man in the county. He was among the early settlers of the county and was highly regarded by all who knew him. With him has pased away another of the old landmarks of the county. ---- Mrs. Walker Reynolds, the mother of Mrs. James Crook, was visiting her daughter here last week. --- Maj. Wm. J. Willis of Texas who has been visitng this section where he was once an honored citizen, returned to his Texas home last week. His old friends throughout the county will be glad to learn that the trip improved his health. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, AUGUST 15, 1885 ALABAMA News CLEBURNE County, News Mrs. S.W. Hinson of Heflin died the 26th ult. --- Mrs. Thomas Strickland of Shoal Creek died Friday last, and her daughter, age 16, died Monday of this week. They both got overheat on Monday the 27th of July while trying to get a calf out of the corn field. ---- CHEROKEE County News John W. Price, a model young man, foreman of the Coosa River news office, died in Centre some days ago. --- A.P. Farmer and Miss Lela Scroggins of Cherokee county have married recently. --- ETOWAH County News Mrs. Jacob Aderholt, an aged lady of Attalla, fell from the door of her house a few days ago and sustained painful injuries. --- Mrs. Mary Germany, mother of Mrs. B.F. Pope, died in Gadsden the 31st ult., aged 85 years. --- Miss Ellen Shook of Gadsden died at Newport, Tenn. the 30th ult. --- We regret exceedingly to hear of the death of Mr. Rolan Thompson of Coat's Bend. While out hunting Tuesday morning, the 4th inst., he accidentally shot himself with a double barrel shot gun. He had crippled a squirrel and while punching at it with his gun the gun was discharged, the load of shot lodging in his breast. He died instantly. His father, Mr. Mercer Thompson, was hunting with him. He belonged to one of Etowah's best families and everybody regrets his death. The Gadsden News ---- Beverly Bass, charged with the killing of Butler Sparks in Cherokee county, was tried at the late term of Etowah Circuit Court and acquitted. The verdict was received with great pleasure by the people in the court room. --- TALLADEGA County News Judge Woodward, who recently died in Talladega had been a resident of that county for thirty years. He was eighty years of age at the time of his death. He once represented a South Carolina District in congress and was a gentleman of culture and literary taste. ---- MARSHALL County News The most heart rending accident we have heard of for many days happened on the mountain some three miles east of here last Thursday. Mrs. Cale Paris was making soap out in the yard and her little four year old girl, Scrap, while playing near by, fell head foremost into the boiling soap. She was quickly rescued but only to lie in the most intense agony for about twelve hours, when she died. The Guntersville Democrat News ----- LOWNDES County News Elisha Robinson, colored, of Lowndes county was killed by lightning a few days ago. --- MONTGOMERY County News George McDonald of Montgomery, aged 17 years, was drowned while bathing some days ago. --- HENRY County News Archie Bruner of Henry county was shot and killed while feeding his hogs about dark a few days ago. Some years ago he killed a man named Bess and it is supposed he was murdered in revenge. ---- RANDOLPH County News Mr. H.J. Hulstey, an old gentleman livng just over the line in Randolph county near Blake Ferry, had his house and everything in it burned upon the 20th ult. The family were all in the field at work. It is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. --- CHAMBERS County News Aug. 7th, Special from LaFayette, Ala. - - - - In Chambers county, eight miles from LaFayette, William Hancock, aged 57 years, and his son William Hancock were partners in a threshing machine. Yesterday they quarreled over a division of tolls. The old man got a gun and made threats of assault against his son, but no violence occurred. The father, with another son named John, then went to William's house. Soon after that William arrived and procuring a gun told his father he was ready to shoot it out. The old man raised his gun to fire. William being quicker, fired first, striking but not disabling his father. The old man fired without effect and William fired his second barrel, killing his father instantly. John Hancock seized his father's gun and shot his brother under the eye. William drew a pistol and began firing, while John ran. One shot took effect in his side. William overtook him and carried him back home. William has been arrested. ---- BIBB County News News of a shocking murder which occurred twelve miles from Green Pond, Alabama last Monday night, was received in this city yesterday. About midnight Monday night, Jesse Alexander, a young farmer, was awakended by someone calling loudly at his gate. He arose, having partially dressed, and opened the door. He discovered several men standing near the gate and one of them called out in a friendly manner, "Is that you, Jess?" He replied in the affirmative and he had scarcely uttered the words when a half dozen reports of a gun were heard and Alexander fell a corpse on his doorstep. His body was riddled with bullets and his face could hardly be recognized. The news of the terrible affair spread like wildfire through the neighborhood and a thorough search was made for the perpetrators but no trace of them could be found. It is stated that Alexander was murdered by the friends of a young lady whom he had betrayed. Every effort was brought to bear to induce him to marry his victim and save her from disgrace but he persistently refused. ----- LOCAL News A son of Mrs. Props, living some miles from here, died some days ago very suddenly. He was taken sick in the evening and died before eleven o'clock at night. --- DEATH OF MRS. E.V. WEAVER Mrs. E.V. Weaver died in this place Tuesday the 11th inst., after a long and most painful illness. She had cancerous affliction and was confined to her bed many months before death came and released her from pain. During her long illness she preserved a wonderfully cheerful spirit and daily gave evidence of the faith which sustained and cheered her. During her residence here she made many friends and her death is sincerely lamented. She leaves a husband and family of little children, who have the sympathy of our community in their bereavement. ---- PEEK'S HILL Community News Sickness is still raging. Mrs. Gilleland is very sick. Mrs. Mooney is also very sick. Pink Pruett has a baby very sick. ---- Messrs. M.H. and S.H. Griffin are going into the mercantile business at the Lewis Vernon old residence just across in Etowah county. --- MORRISVILLE Community News Married, August 5th by Rev. G.D. Harris at his residence, Mr. B.B. Nunnelly Jr. and Miss Idora Johnston, all of Calhoun county. --- OHATCHIE Community News We learn with pleasure that Mr. Larkin Coker who has been seriously ill for several weeks is in a fair way to recover. --- DAVISVILLE Community News There is a wild man in this community by the name of Levy Barnett. He sleeps in the woods, lives upon green corn and fruit and he roams over the country, and at times he will run from a man like a wild horse. He can be seen most any day traveling around. When he goes to a house at night and finds the people are away, he will go in and eat such victuals as he can find, sleeps upon the bed and leaves soon in the morning. Some are afraid of him and others are not. ---- OXFORD Community News Mrs. Mary McGehee of Clay county died August 4th. She was a sister-in-law of Mrs. Thos. A. Walker and the mother of Mrs. T. Phillips of Oxford. The family of Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. A.M. Wynne of Atlanta went to Clay county to pay a last tribute of respect to the memory of the deceased lady. She was universally beloved by all who knew her and the attendance at her funeral was the largest ever witnessed in that county. ---- Mrs. Wm. McGehee of Clay county and Mrs. A.M. Wynne of Atlanta are visiting the family of Mr. T. Phillips of this place. ----- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, AUGUST 22, 1885 ALABAMA News TALLADEGA County News Harry Turner, son of Judge Alfred Turner of Eastaboga died recently at the age of 22 years. He was a very promising young man. --- Shelly Montgomery will be hung in Talladega on the 28th of this month. He says he is ready to die and will be glad when the day of execution comes. This will be the first execution in Talladega since the war. ---- ETOWAH County News Died, in Etowah, on the 4th inst., Mrs. Samuel Upton. --- Died, in Etowah, on the 8th inst., Mr. Allen Gaylor, aged 97 years. He was the father of twenty-five children. ---- John May Sr. and Mrs. Lizzie Smith near Attalla were married lately. --- CHEROKEE County News Sheriff Vandiver of Cherokee county has arrested Mrs. Line Tanner for selling whiskey on the sly at Rock Run. She is said to be an old offender as a "blind tigress." --- CLEBURNE County News Messrs. Wm. Hamilton and N.G. Malloy have gone on a trip through Arkansas and Texas. --- ST. CLAIR County News Mrs. J.M. Jarvis died near Ashville on the 5th inst. --- Mr. Wm. Self near Sulphur Springs died the early part of this month. --- DEKALB County News Levi Lowery of DeKalb county is 92 years old. --- Ellis Phillips of DeKalb county shot Wm. J. Been of the same county on the 11th inst., slightly wounding him, over an argument about Phillips' hogs which were in Mr. Been's field. --- Frank Lyons of DeKalb county was badly hurt a few days ago by a lump of earth falling on him from a well in which he was digging. --- The Union soldiers of DeKalb county are called upon through a paper of the county to meet on Oct. 1st for the purpose of organizing for the protection of their rights and claims against the government. ---- DALLAS County News Mr. Robert Moore of Dallas county, a worthy, good citizen is dead. --- CHAMBERS County News Charles Hancock of Chambers county who was shot by a pistol in the hands of his brother, is in critical condition. --- LETTER FROM TEXAS, FROM JOE P. COOPER Waxahachie, Tex., Aug. 11, 1885 Dear Republican, I will give you a short account of our (Soldier's) Reunion at Fort Worth, Texas, Aug. 5th, 6th, and 7th. We met on the 4th and went into organization by States and by Brigades; amost every state in the Union was represented, at least all the Southern and Western states. The number of persons attending the reunion was estimated at 30,000. We had speeches from eminent men such as Gen. Murry, Gen. L.M. Lewis, Hon. Olive Welbourn and many others. I met one Col. Morris of Alabama who organized with us. Our organization was about 250 strong. I met several men originally from Calhoun county. We camped in tents, drew our beef and bread (which was better than we used to get), fought over battles as it were, told anecdotes and had a pleasant time generally. Among other Calhoun boys, I met Mr. Abe and Daniel Hollingsworth, sons of your Hon. fellow citizen J.D. Hollingsworth, who went through thick and thin with the boys of the 30th Alabama, who all know him. Those young gentleman enjoyed themselves hugely. I find them model young gentlemen. While they like Texas, very well, they speak in praise of old Calhoun county. They paid us a visit to Ellis county and Daniel is spending a week with friends and relatives here. While I found the best of spirits between the boys in blue and those in the gray, one incident occurred that went to show how sacred those mementoes of the olden times were guarded. An ex-union soldier who was somewhat under the influence of the "O be joyful", in passing Missouri headquarters said he would pull down their flag, and made an attempt, and those old veterans who had stood together under that flag while Missouri was invaded on every hand by Yank and Kansas "Jayhawker", yet did honor to their flag by one of their number giving the said Yank a most powerful flogging, such as he probably had not had in many years. With that exception, everything went well. We all mingled together freely, drew the same rations and ate on the same ground; in fact we all enjoyed ourselves together and on Saturday our boys put up the National flag at half mast and gave Gen. Grant a christian burial, and did him all the honor we were capable of, away here in Texas, and trust that with his burial, the last vestige or semblance of war and party strife is buried, and trust our old hero Jefferson Davis may live long, and may we not soon forget our old heroes, Robt. E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. for greater men did not live in this age. Our next reunion is at Waco, Texas next summer and we trust that we may live to meet at many reunions with those whom we cast our lot against in common, for now we are a united people, and trust that some day our poor unfortunate crippled and maimed soldiers will be provided for. I saw a good many, who were very poor and some old ex-condederates blind and begging. The boys in gray were very liberal in giving. I will close. May the Jacksonville Republican live long and prosper as she certainly deserves success. Yours truly, Joe P. Cooper ----- LOCAL News Mr. Jake DeArman, brother of Jno. A. DeArman, who has been presenting a petition for the pardon of his brother to the good citizens of this county, informs us that he will very soon present the same to the Governor. The petition, at the time Mr. DeArman showed it to us, had about a thousand names upon it, including eleven of the jury who convicted him. ---- CROSS PLAINS Community News Mr. Pink Westbrooks and family of Murphree's Valley are visiting relatives here. We understand that Mr. Westbrooks contemplates locating in our town. --- Our townsman Mr. D.C. Savage has bought the Pike plantation seven miles below town, on the Jacksonville road. Mr. Pike will move to Texas. --- MERRILLTON Community News John W. Pike has sold his farm, stock and implements in a lump, to D.C. Savage of Cross Plains, for about five thousand dollars. Mr. Savage, we learn, intends converting the place into a stock farm. Mr. Pike will make Texas his future home. Good bye John, we are sorry to lose you. ---- Mrs. W.B. Green and Annie Stewart, in company with Mr. Mark Weaver, have gone to Texas on a visit to their children and other relatives there. --- Mr. G.W. Wells has been in quite a low state of health more than a year. We cherish the hope that we will soon see Wash again in the saddle. --- MORRISVILLE Community News An old lady named York and also an old man by the name of McKinnie died last week. --- LOCAL News Mrs. D.P. Loretz of Mayflower, Arkansas, formerly Miss Annie Abernathy of this place, is here visiting her mother and other relatives. --- Mr. Mayberry Andrews of Texas, formerly of this county, was in Jacksonville on Wednesday. He says he will return to Texas, but that a man can live much better in Calhoun. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, AUGUST 29, 1885 ALABAMA News CHEROKEE County News Mr. J.L.W. Shepherd and Mrs. M.E. Awbrey of Centre were married on the 10th of Aug. --- Miss Lizzie Russell who was an invalid five years, died at Sterling on the 29th. --- ETOWAH County News The negroes who were arrested under the charge of burning Sarah Murphy's house were acquitted at the late term of Etowah Circuit court. --- Monroe White, a white man who shot Sid Vaughn and Sam Sullivan, two negroes at Coosa furnace bar a few night ago, has fled. It is thought Vaughn will die. --- Mrs. Purcell of Little Wills Valley, died the 15th inst. --- CLEBURNE County News Mr. Laird and Miss Lou Kennedy of Cleburne county were recently married. --- A little girl of Mr. J.M. Allen of Arbacoochee recently died. --- Rev. C.M. Livingston of Calhoun county preached the funeral of Mr. D.V. Crider at Arbacoochee recently. --- Mr. J.J. Pollard and Mrs. C.J. Spruill, and Mr. J.M. Owens and Mrs. S.A.J. Mobley of Cleburne county were all married at the same time by the same preacher recently. --- Mrs. Ida Smith of Edwardsville died a few days ago. --- The youngest child of Mr. W.H. Wells of Shoal Creek died the 12th inst. --- CHAMBERS County News Henry White, a very promising young man of Chambers county, was recently bitten by a mad dog and died of hydrophobia shortly afterwards. --- MADISON County News A special from Huntsville says, as the time approaches for the execution of Charles Townsend, the Freeman murderer, the interest increases throughout the county. Townsend had his picture taken yesterday and seems perfectly resigned to his fate. He has become very religious of late and insisted on having his picture taken with a Bible in his hand. The workman will begin erecting the scaffold tomorrow. ---- Mrs. M.P. Rice, aged 83 years, died recently at Huntsville. --- BIBB County News Mr. Samuel Sellers, the Tax Assessor of Bibb county, died last Monday. --- BULLOCK County News Mr. T.M. Jones, of Bullock county, aged about 70 years, was found dead in a field near Pine Grove one day last week. He was a prominent merchant and planter of that section. He died, is is supposed, of heart disease combined with old age. --- LOCAL News LETTER FROM TEXAS, FROM ABEL B. HOLLINGSWORTH Millsap, Tex., Aug. 19, 1885 Mr. Editor, Yesterday I was the happy recipient of the Jacksonville Republican which I perused with much pleasure. I was also pleased to her that the crop prospects are so flattering in Calhoun. We are having some dry weather now, have not had any rain since the 5th of July. Cotton crops are badly injured by the drought. I was at Fort Worth at the reunion on the 5th and 6th inst. I met some of Alabama friends there, viz: Jim Smith, L. Callahan of Jacksonville and a Mr. Heart of Gadsden. The next reunion will be hald at Waco, Texas. I would be glad to hear from some of my Calhoun friends through the Republican. Mr. Editor, will you please find room for this in your valuable paper, I oblige, Yours, Abel B. Hollingsworth. ---- LOCAL News The contest over the Will of Blake Denman Sr. occupied three days of this week before Judge Woods and jury. The jury sustained the Will. ---- Mr. Frank Latham of Birmingham and Miss Maude Witt of Anniston eloped a few nights since and were married at Cleveland, Tenn. --- OTTERY Community News Mr. J.P. Cochran lost another child on the 23rd inst. This makes three he has lost in 12 months. --- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/calhoun/newspapers/newspape1127gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 32.1 Kb