Calhoun County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for APRIL, MAY, JUNE 1886 1886 ************************************************ 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 5, 2006, 11:18 pm The Jacksonville Republican 1886 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE JACKSONVILLE REPUBLICAN", Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Alabama for APRIL 1886, MAY 1886, JUNE 1886 NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, APRIL 10, 1886 CALHOUN County Local News CROSS PLAINS Community News Mrs. S.B. Hudson died on the 3rd inst. after a lingering illness. We tender to the bereaved husband and family our warmest sympathies. --- STATE OF ALABAMA, CALHOUN County Probate Court, Special Term, February 3, 1886 In the matter of the application of Henry Fowler to Probate the Will of Fannie Fowler, dec'd vs. Next of Kin and Heirs at law of said deceased This day came Henry Fowler and filed in court his application in writing and under oath, asking that all necessary orders and proceedings be had to effect the due probate and Record of the Will of Mrs. Fannie Fowler, deceased, which is presented and filed together with his said application. It is therefore ordered by the court that the 5th day of April 1886 is hereby appointed by order of continuance to hear and determine said application and for the Probating and Admitting to Record said Will and that notice thereof be given by publication for three successive weeks in the Jacksonville Republican, a newspaper published in said county, as a notice to: Lum Whiteside of Bell county, Texas Bill Steavens of Kaufman county, Texas Bob Cobb, post office unknown; who are non-residents and to all others interested in said proceeding, to appear the day appointed and contest said application if they think proper. A. Woods, Judge of Probate ----- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, APRIL 17, 1886 ALABAMA State News LAMAR County News John Hawkins was arrested by the sheriff of Lamar county recently on a charge of a murder committed thirteen years ago. --- CHAMBERS County News L.L. Buckalew of Chambers county has been arrested, charged with attempt to murder. --- JACKSON County News John W. Barnett, a prominent citizen of Scottsboro stabbed Robt. F. Proctor, another prominent citizen, recently. --- CLEBURNE County News The White gold mines near Edwardsville are to be worked with improved machinery. --- CALHOUN County Local News OBITUARY OF MRS. McRENOLDS On the 7th of April, Mrs. McRenolds passed into the sleep of death without one struggle. It has for many days before the final hour been her earnest prayer that this mercy should be granted her. It was in such a signal manner that her friends rejoice at the recollection of it. For the information of her large circle of devoted friends it is well to record some of the incidents of her dying bed. For weeks, Mrs. McRenolds had warned her friends the end was very near and for hours would talk with her usual eloquence and profound philosopy of death and wonderous future. Physically she said she found the act of passing out of life rather pleasant in the sensation she experienced. The pain was in the spiritual struggle, in the commotion of ideas, in the want of perfect assurance and repose. Mrs. McRenolds' last moments in the sublime christian faith, and heroism that distinguished it, must cause the heart of the believer to glow with renewed ferver and hope and the heart of the doubter to look to its supports. We speak of these manifestations in presence to the mention of other things, which all will remember when our dear friend's name is mentioned. Now in the hour of bereavement she has left many relatives and friends to mourn her death. But, by her pious life and triumphant death she points all "to the lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world." Mrs. McRenolds was at her death, 93 years, 7 months of age. J.P.F. ----- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, APRIL 24, 1886 ALABAMA State News TALLADEGA County News Mr. Richard Artrey, for many years a citizen of Talladega, died at his home in Plantersville, Chilton county, a few days ago in his 76th year. The Talladega Home newspaper. --- Mr. S.H. Johnson and Miss Ella Dunlop were married at Renfroe recently. --- Mr. James H. Burdett and Miss Mattie Rhodes were married at Renfroe recently. --- Mr. W.A. Amorine, an old citizen of Clay and Talladega is dead at the age of 76. --- ST. CLAIR County News Mr. Willie Yates of Whitney, Ga., and Miss Laura Neely of Ashville were recently married at Trenton, Ga. --- CLEBURNE County News Mrs. Hollingshead has been sent from the Pauper House of Cleburne to Tuscaloosa to the Insane Asylum. --- Mr. and Mrs. David Creamer of Arbacoochee have been quite sick. --- BULLOCK County News W.D. Cheatham, a forger and confidence man, was arrested in Union Springs recently. --- CONECUH County News J.W. Barrow who stole a horse at Milton, Florida recently and made his way to Evergreen, was shot and killed in that place on the 2nd. --- JACKSON County News At Bridgeport recently, a young man named Chas. Kennimore was brutally murdered by Tom Porter. They had a dispute over a canoe and Porter deliberately pulled out his pistol and shot him down. Kennimore had been married only three or four months. --- RUSSELL County News Mrs. Howard, wife of Dr. T.C. Howard, a prominent physician of Girard, died recently. --- Mrs. M.D. Hodley of Mechanicsville, died of the measles on Friday last, while on a visit to friends in Girard, Russell County. --- LEE County News A difficulty occurred near Rock Spring church in Lee county on Saturday between Mr. W.V. Horton and Mr. J.L. Thomas in which Mr. Horton threw a rock at Mr. Thomas and broke both bones of his ankle. Mr. Thomas is an old man about seventy-five years of age and Mr. Horton about forty years of age. The difficulty arose over Mr. Thomas' bull getting into Mr. Horton's field. ---- SHELBY County News Blackie Holcomb, an old citizen, was recently murdered near Wilsonville. Robbery is supposed to have been the motive, as he was a quiet and inoffensive citizen. --- CALHOUN County Local News CROSS PLAINS Community News Mr. Russ C. Johnson and his sister Mrs. A.J. McBride of Atlanta arrived here last Monday in answer to a summons to the bedside of Mrs. John F. Johnson who is very low. --- Mrs. A.N. McBride is still quite sick. --- DAVISVILLE News April 21st Mrs. W.F. Wells died on the 5th inst. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, MAY 1, 1886 ALABAMA State News CLEBURNE County News Mr. James Flynn and Mrs. Sarah Moore were married near Edwardsville on the 15th. --- ETOWAH County News Mrs. Nancy Simmons died on the 16th ult. --- D.A. Perkins Sr. died at Leesburg, in Etowah county on the 11th inst. --- Mrs. Abel, wife of Mr. Wm. Abel, died at her home near Hoke's Bluff on the 28th of March of cancer of the breast. She was a good lady and leaves a kind husband and children to mourn her departure. --- The flood recently unearthed a great many relics of former civilization at several points along the river banks, but especially on the Green Foster place above and Col. Sam Henry's place in the Whorton bend. Mr. James Henry who examined some of these curiosities on his father's place, told us that some of the bones of the human skeletons found were of very unusual proportions, indicating a larger stature than is now attained by the genus homo. The Gadsden News --- Mr. James F. Henry who discovered the bones of the big skeleton on his father's farm on the bank of the Coosa River near Gadsden, says that he could easily place his head in its skull and the bone was half an inch thick. The thigh bone was about twenty-two inches in length and three times as large as the bone in an ordinary man. The bone from the shoulder to elbow measured about twenty inches; and when all the bones were placed in their proper places they showed that the owner, when alive, must have been at least twelve feet from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet. Two or three of these enormous skeletons were found. ---- DALE County News Old Uncle Elisha Matthews has been living in Dale county sixty-one years. He went from South Carolina to Dale county in 1824. He says that since he has been living there, he has paid as high as $20 a barrel for flour, $10. for a sack of salt and 50 cents for a yard of calico. --- TUSCALOOSA County News At Tuscaloosa on the 15th, Chas. Donald, a negro brakeman on the Alabama Great Southern railroad was killed by a gravel train. He was standing on a flat car and when the train started he lost his balance and fell between the cars. --- BIBB County News While attempting to cross a swollen creek one day last week, Messrs. Chas. Wadley and Abner Rogers, students at Six Mile Academy were overturned, the latter being carried over the shoals and drowned. --- ESCAMBIA County News Last Wednesday morning just before sunrise, Messrs. Phillip Henderson and William Henderson were attacked by a large black bear at the Shambo landing on Burnt Cork creek. The Hendersons immediately stampeded in all directions except the direction of the bear, leaving the bruin master of the field. --- JEFFERSON County News Birmingham, April 24th News came to town last night of a desperate piece of highway work by three negro robbers, some seventeen miles in the country. Yesterday afternoon, Martin Phillips and Drew Tanner, two countrymen, on their way to town, were seated on a bridge across Five Mile Creek, when the negroes came up and asked them for change for a ten dollar bill. Phillips took out his pocket book to give them the money, whereupon one of the negroes snatched it, and the three took to their heels. The white men had pursued them some two hundred yards when one of the thieves, Otis Brown, produced a pistol and shot Tanner in the breast. Tanner was carried to Douglas' mill near by, where medical attention was given him. The negroes got away with their booty. News reached the city later this afternoon that Otis Brown was found dead this morning, some two miles from the scene of the crime, with three bullet holes in his body. Nobody undertakes to give the particulars of the killing. It is only known that there were white men on his tracks last night. ---- CALHOUN County Local News BERA Community News Mr. J.P. Mills is very sick with typhoid fever. --- Mr. John Cooper is not expected to live. --- DAVISVILLE Community News Mr. D.A. Wright and wife have returned from Texas where they have been visiting friends and relatives. --- Mrs. T.A. Caldwell who has been confined to her bed for the past six weeks from paralysis is improving slowly. --- WEAVER'S STATION Community News There was a serious accident here last week. A horse of Mr. John L. Ayers ran away with him and the wagon. Through the excitement he jumped out, breaking his left leg just above the ankle. --- CROSS PLAINS Community News Our whole community has been saddened by the death of Mrs. Mollie Johnson, wife of Mr. J.F. Johnson. She was a most estimable lady and was held in high esteem by a large circle of friends. The attendance at the funeral exercises was of the largest ever witnessed here and the many sad countenances proved the sorrow of our people at her death. To the bereaved husband and family we tender our heart felt sympathies. May God bless the dear little children. --- We regret to hear of the death of Miss Allen, sister of Mr. James Allen. She was buried at Goshen cemetery on the evening of the 28th. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, MAY 8, 1886 ALABAMA State News CLEBURNE County News Mrs. Dr. Charles, who lives near the Georgia line, went out to Heflin a few weeks back to see her daughter Mrs. A.D. Bailey and on her return home, accompanied by her daughter, in passing the mill near Heflin, the mule became frightened and ran away with the buggy, throwing her and her daughter both out. Mrs. Charles had her ankle bruised badly so that she could not walk for several days, and her daughter had a leg and three ribs broken. All are doing well at present. Mrs. Charles went to see her daughter about a year ago when a similar accident happened to her. ---- ETOWAH County News Peter Hardin, aged 84 years, who has been a citizen of St. Clair county for 64 years, visited Gadsden a few days ago. He passed through Gadsden 64 years ago on his way from South Carolina to St. Clair county. --- CALHOUN County Local News DAVISVILLE Community News Dick Smith and wife, colored, were attacked last night by a negro posse and dragged out of the house and beaten unmercifully. Several pistol shots were fired during the excitement but no one shot. More trouble is expected. --- WHITE PLAINS Community News Sunday morning, Mr. J.H. Busby and Mrs. Joe C. Martin were united in marriage by Rev. C.C. O'Neal. May Providence ever smile upon them. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, MAY 15, 1886 ALABAMA State News ETOWAH County News William Slaughter, father of Thos. G. Slaughter, died on the 27th ult. --- ST. CLAIR County News A very sad accident happened to a son of Mr. B.F. Simmons near Cornelia last Tuesday. He was plowing and the mule became frightened and ran away, jerking him down and dragging the plow over him. The plow struck him in the back of the head, killing him almost instantly. ---- CLEBURNE County News Mrs. Killian, living near Bell's Mills, died recently. --- TALLADEGA County News Mrs. J.A. Hudgins of Talladega county died recently. --- CHAMBERS County News A white male child was put into a basket and deposited in Dave Scheusler's yard in Lafayette recently. --- FRANKLIN County News Ku-Kluxing is still in vogue in Franklin county. The Franklin County Democrat says a crowd of masked men went to the house of old man Tom Clark last Saturday night, took him out and whipped him. It is said that they broke several of his ribs and came very near killing the old gentleman. --- GEORGIA State News Jesse Gaines Edwards, the man arrested recently since on a charge of murdering his wife in Marion county, Georgia thirty-two years ago, was tried in Superior court of that county last week and acquitted. ---- CALHOUN County Local News DAVISVILLE Community News May 12th Mrs. T.A. Caldwell, wife of the late Cary Caldwell, died at the residence of her son-in-law J.Q. Reaves, two miles above this place on the 7th inst. of Paralysis. Mrs. Caldwell was one of the most popular, influential and most highly esteemed ladies that ever dwelt in our midst. This was evidenced by the very large attendance upon her funeral, which took place in the Methodist church at this place on Sunday last at 10 o'clock a.m. The large church was filled to witness the eloquent funeral service by the Rev. J.A. Scott, which was the most impressive that we have ever heard, and perhaps every family in our community was represented. The casket was covered with beautiful and fragrant flowers which were placed upon it by loving friends. As a wife and mother, she was devoted and affectionate and as a christian she was an ever shining light. Her life was one of usefulness, to both her neighborhood and to the cause of christianity; and she has gone to received her reward which awaited her on Caanan's happy shore. She bore her suffering, which was intense, with christian fortitude and being aware of the approach of death, said "O God, Thy will be done, not mine." She died very happily, frequently speaking of the welfare of her orphan grandchildren, to whom she was a dear friend. While having enough of this world's goods, she wanted them to consecrate themselves to God and meet her with all her friends in Heaven, where there is no parting and regretted leaving them to battle through life's checkered scenes by themselves, and no one to point them to the straight and narrow path that leads to God and Glory. ---- GRAYTON Community News Dynamite was placed under the house of Miss Patie Jennings on Wm. Canada's place on Sunday morning the 6th inst., by some unknown person, exploding and blowing the house partly to pieces, doing no serious damage to the inmate save to deafen her for several hours. --- CROSS PLAINS Community News Messrs. John Whiteside, Sam Blair and James Combs of Texas have been here this week visiting relatives and friends. They left this section many years ago and say they are very much pleased with the state of their adoption. --- LOCAL News DIED Nonnie M. Whiteside, daughter of Elias C. and Sallie J. Whiteside, departed this life April 2, 1886 at the age of 9 years, 5 months and 27 days. She had all the attention possible from parents and friends, also the skillful attention of Dr. Brothers, but amid all of this, she fell a victim to the grim monster, death. Maudie, as everyone called her, was a lovely child. She professed religion on the 6th day of Aug. 1885 and the day following joined the M.E. Church South. The proof of her love to God was her prayerful and consistent life until death. S.R. Fester ---- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, MAY 22, 1886 ALABAMA STATE News WALKER County News Mr. James Tuggle accidentally shot and killed his son while out deer hunting near Jasper one day last week. --- RUSSELL County News Lem Ogletree killed Needham Bennefield last Saturday at Fort Mitchell in Russell county. They were at a picnic of the Odd Fellows, and with some other fellows had gone out into the woods for some target practice. It seems that they both were under the influence of liquor more or less. One account of the homicide is that Ogletree walked up to Benefield and placing a pistol to his forehead, said " You caused me to break my temperance pledge and if you don't repent of it, da---n you, I will kill you", and pulled the trigger, but the pistol did not fire. Benefield threw up his hand to ward off the pistol but Ogletree placed it in his face again and fired, the ball entering near the eye and Benefield fell dead. It is claimed by the friends of Ogletree that the shooting was accidental. The Russell Register newspaper. ---- TALLADEGA County News W.H. Pike of Talladega county, who murdered his uncle at Haney Bros. mills on Christmas eve night of 1883, has been pardoned by Gov. O'Neal. --- Rev. Daniel Duncan of Talladega, celebrated his eighty-third birthday on the 11th inst. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, JUNE 5, 1886 ALABAMA State News CLEBURNE County News Miles Wheeler of Cleburne was badly cut with an axe while cutting down a bee tree recently. --- ST. CLAIR County News Mr. A.T. Hodges and Miss Mamie F. Cunningham of Ashville were married in Trenton, Ga., recently. --- TALLADEGA County News A boy named James Rhodes was struck on the head by a flying piece of timber at Rogers Single Mill recently and died from the wound. --- MONTGOMERY County News Mr. H.C. Sanderson of Montgomery was one of the soldiers who guarded the confederate treasury wagons which were abandoned at Washington, Ga., on May 7, 1865. One the night of that day each of the soldiers received $25. in silver. Mr. Sanderson kept his money and showed it the other day in the office of the Montgomery Advertiser. He says ex-President Davis ordered the greater part of the money to be paid to the soldiers and he does not believe Mr. Davis kept a single dollar for the necessities of himself and family. ---- Geo. B. Davis who murdered Archie Reams at Seal, is to be hung June 23rd. --- Miss Wilie Lee Farley, the adopted daughter of W.G. Farley of Montgomery, a lovely girl of twenty summers, committed suicide by inhaling chloroform the morning of Juen 1st. She left letters to her adopted parents giving the reasons for the rash act, which they allowed friends of the young lady to read. The doctors ascribe the suicide to emotional insanity, brought on by mental despondency. ---- HENRY County News O.L. Russ of Henry county was killed by lightning recently. --- LAWRENCE County News Prof. Livingston who killed his brother-in-law Mr. Little about one year ago in Lawrence county, was sentenced to the penitentiary for ninety-nine years last week. --- TALLAPOOSA County News May 24th News reached the city this afternoon of a fatal cutting affray in Alexander City, Tallapoosa county, between Joab Jackson and Owen Allen, both citizens of Alexander City, which resulted in the death of Allen. Jackson was gashed in five places but his wounds are not necessarily fatal. The difficulty grew out of political matters, being caused by the the posting of circulars concerning the present incumbent probate judgeship of Mr. R.A.J. Cumbee. The affair is very much regretted. Allen was stabbed in the abdomen. Both men are well connected. ---- CALHOUN County Local News Local News Mr. Benj. Neighbors, who has recently been on a few months visit to Texas, was in Jacksonville a few days ago shaking hands with his friends and looking like he was very happy to get back to old Calhoun again. --- The many friends of Mr. W.W. Woodward were glad last week to welcome him to Jacksonville again after a lengthy absence in Texas, whither he had gone in search of health. --- WORK OF A CYCLONE Dr. A.M. Buckalew was in the city yesterday and gave us the particulars of a cyclone that struck Choccolocco Valley on Sunday evening. It first struck the premises of Mr. John Bobo, three miles east of Oxford, blew his fencing down for about half a mile then blew down the carriage house of Mr. J.G. Hudson. Five children were in the house playing and one of them, a child of Mr. John Harrison was badly hurt; then it blew down a chimney at his residence and several stables. Then passed through a strip of timber between the places of Mr. Hudson and Mr. Sam Aderhold, fellling nearly all that came in its path. Mr. Aderhold and daughter were out driving and amidst the shower of rain and rails, he was forced to jump out and cut his horse from the buggy and seek a place of safety for himself and daughter. The cyclone then disappeared and no other trace could be found of it. The Anniston Watchman ---- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, JUNE 12, 1886 ALABAMA State News ETOWAH County News Archibald Mahaffey died on the 29th ult. --- TALLADEGA County News Mr. R.H. McAlpine of Talladega has moved to Bonnward, Texas. --- MARENGO County News J.T. Campbell was killed recently near Linden while resisting an officer. --- LOWNDES County News Mr. Tom McCall of Lowndes county who was lately shot accidentally, is in a dangerous condition as the result of it. He is one of Lowndes' most industrious men. The Hayneville Examiner --- LEE County News Mr. William Bodeford and Miss Mollie Richardson of Lee county were married on Friday by Justice Wooten. The groom is a youth of twenty years and the bride is a damsel of some forty summers. --- Robert Griffin who was killed at New Site in Tallapoosa county in a difficulty growing out of county politics, was a son of Dr. W.H. Griffin of Lee county. The report that his assailant Mr. Sherman was also killed, is untrue. --- BULLOCK County News The convict who escaped from Hon. THos. Williams' place recently was drowned in the Tallapoosa river while attempting to cross Ware's Ferry. His body was found at Montgomery a few days afterward. Investigation has since identified the body as that of Bob Jackson, a life convict who murdered his wife in Bullock county. ---- CALHOUN County Local News DEATH OF AN OLD AND HONORED CITIZEN Mr. Nathan Clerk died at his residence four miles southwest of Jacksonville on Monday the 7th inst., after a long illness. He was over 70 years of age at the time of his death. He came to this country and settled in this county in 1838 or 1839 and has resided here constantly since until the time of his death. He was a man of untiring industry, great force of character, sterling integrity and was honored and trusted by all who knew him. With him passes away another of the old land marks of the county. ---- DAVISVILLE Community News Mr. Emerson Scarbrough of Rockdale, Texas is visiting relatives and friends in this place. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, JUNE 19, 1886 CALHOUN County Local News TRIBUTE OF RESPECT IN MEMORY OF LARKIN COKER To Editor of Republican: I ask for space in your paper to pay a last tribute of respect and love to the memory of our beloved friend and neighbor Larkin Coker, who departed this life on the 30th of May 1886. Language fails to express our heartfelt sympathy for the deeply bereaved family in the irreparable loss of husband and father. This country has produced few such men, considering his life from its alpha to omega. Starting out in life in times of poverty, and extreme hardships, without pecuniary, educational or religious advantages, he struggled along gradually but surely rising from zero to a place of esteem among his neighbors and church and acquired a sufficiency of this world's goods to place him in circumstances abundantly easy. In the struggle against hardships, want and sin in this world, he has reared a large family, to rank among our very best citizens, respected and beloved by all who know them. He had faults, who has not? Over these we draw the veil of charity and remember him as "Uncle Lark." Honest, sincere, and kind to his friends. At his home, he was the very soul of hospitality. In questions pertaining to church, state and social relations, you could always find him outspoken and pronounced. He was a positive christian, a man in whom there was no guile. Over a period of nearly half a century, he was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, and his death leaves in the family circle, a vacant chair which cannot be filled; in the church, a vacant pew which we drape with the mantle of love; and in society a place which must remain empty. Let us hope that beyond this land of separation and wants for the hungry longings of our immortal natures, we may meet him where there are no vacant chairs in our Father's house, no vacant pews in the congregation of the redeemed and no severing of neighborly bonds and social ties; we believe: When your final farewell to this world we have said, and gladly lie down to our rest, When sadly the watchers shall say, "we are dead", And fold our pale hands o'er our breast, He will be there at that beautiful gate, watching and waiting for us. A friend, Alexandria, Ala., June 17, 1886 ----- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, JUNE 26, 1886 ALABAMA State News CHEROKEE County News One of Gadsden's most successful business men, W.L. Echols, is going out of the liquor business on the first of July and will go into preaching. --- Wm. Fleming died near Sterling on the 2nd inst. He was 78 years old. --- Joe B. Pursley died on the 2nd inst., near Sterling. He was aged 28. --- Braxton Vickers, 15 years of age, died near Cedar Bluff on the 1st inst. --- CLEBURNE County News Mr. James Flynn has moved with his family to Calhoun county. --- Mrs. W.A. Hubbard, near Chulafinnee, died Friday last, aged about 35. --- TALLADEGA County News Mrs. Puss Terry died in Talladega on the 7th inst. --- ETOWAH County News Mrs. Whitt, living ten miles from Gadsden, has lived at her present home for fifty years, has never visited Gadsden or any other town and has never seen a railroad. --- Mr. W.P. Brock and Miss Dollie Gladden were married in Gadsden recently. --- Mr. Frank B. Head and Miss Belle Hill were married in Aurora recently. --- GREENE County News Calvin Whitehead of Greene county who was bitten by a rabid dog some time since, has died of hydrophobia. --- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/calhoun/newspapers/newspape1131gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 28.3 Kb