Calhoun County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for JAN., FEB., MAR., APR., MAY, JUNE 1887 1887 ************************************************ 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 9, 2006, 2:43 pm The Jacksonville Republican 1887 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE JACKSONVILLE REPUBLICAN", Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Alabama for JANUARY 1887, FEBRUARY 1887, MARCH 1887, APRIL 1887, MAY 1887, JUNE 1887 (NOTE: There are many missing newspaper issues for 1887 which were not filmed for the microfilm roll.) NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, JANUARY 15, 1887 CALHOUN County Local News Mr. James M. Bradshaw of Selma is quite sick at the residence of his father-in- law Mr. J.B. Porterfield in Cross Plains community. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, JANUARY 22, 1887 CALHOUN County Local News Yesterday morning at 7 o'clock an awful explosion occurred at Skelton's Mill near Eularton in which Perry Ford and Charlie Dempsey were almost instantly killed and John D. Sheran seriously injured, his head fractured and a thigh broken. Will Haines and Buck Shirra were all wounded and scalded. The explosion of the boiler was so violent as to break it into hundreds of pieces, which were thrown with terrific violence in all directions, striking the men on all portions of the body. Mr. Ford, one of the men killed, was a most excellent citizen of our county. he had no connection with the mill at all and had just stepped up and was engaged in a business conversation when the awful explosion occurred which sent him into eternity. Charlie Dempsey was a young man, a good workman and a clever fellow. John D. Sheran lives in the vicinity of Atlanta and his father has been telegraphed for. His wounds are so serious that they may cause his death. Drs. Huger and Davis of our city repaired at once to the scene of the accident. The description given of mangled bodies, of lacerated limbs, of burned and scalded flesh, of pieces of boiler hurled hither and thither in every direction, were heart rending. They remarked that the scene reminded them of the horrors of the war. They did all in their power to allay the pangs of those still living and to assist in gathering up the bodies of the dead. This is one of the saddest events that ever occurred in our county and we hope never to hear of another such. The Anniston Watchman --- ALABAMA State News Mr. S.L. Ellis was killed at Ripton by Mr. John Posey on Christmas Day and it is claimed that the killing was accidental, but Mr. Posey has been sent to jail without bail. --- MARENGO County News Mr. John H. Love of the Demopolis police force was badly wounded in the head on Wednesday last by a brick thrown at him which was pressed into a snow ball. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, JANUARY 29, 1887 ALABAMA State News LEE County News Mr. J. Roby and Miss Kate McNamee of Opelika eloped to LaGrange, Ga. and got married last Wednesday. --- ELMORE County News Mrs. E.D. Brown died at the resdience of Col. W.T. Long near Coosada on Friday last. She was a sister of Col. Bolling Hall and was eighty-two years old. --- CALHOUN County Local News Mr. B.F. Wyly Jr. was recently married to Miss Annie Peck of Atlanta. Several parties went from here to attend. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, FEBRUARY 5, 1887 ALABAMA State News JACKSON County News Mr. Tom Gullatt owns a silver mine in Jackson county from which he expects great things. --- SUMTER County News Susan Irvin, colored, was fatally shot by some unknown person last week at Livingston. --- PIKE County News W.P. Floyd fell dead while working in a new ground cutting in Pike county a few days ago. --- R.C. Freeman has been appointed tax assessor of Pike county to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father John Freeman. --- BARBOUR County News The Eufaula Times reports a serious difficulty which occurred on Mr. A.B. Bush's place near Cotton Hill, between Will Moore, colored and Mr. Charlie Stevenson, a young white man, employed by Mr. Bush, in which the latter was mortally wounded, being cut in eighteen or twenty places. The negro was arrested, brought to the city and sent to Clayton jail. --- CALHOUN County Local News A MOUNTAIN OF COAL DISCOVERED IN ALEXANDRIA VALLEY Mr. S.W. Crook of Alexandria Valley was in the city yesterday and caused a good deal of excitement by exhibiting a fine specimen of coal, taken from his place eleven miles from here in Alexandria Valley. Quite a number of years ago this coal bed, which is believed to be one of the richest in the county, was discovered by an old miner and eminent geologist. He went to Mississippi carrying the secret with him. Some few weeks since he wrote to Gen. Forney our congressman elect, disclosing the secret of his discovery. Gen. Forney immediately wrote to Mr. Crook about the matter and an investigation began. Going to the point on Tallasahatchie creek, pointed out in the description, a search was instituted and after digging off the surface of the earth, an immense deposit of coal was laid bare. Tests were made all over the mountain and it seems to be a solid bed of coal. The mountain is one mile from the East and West road and right along the line of the Anniston, Cincinnati and Chicago. If it is what it appears to be the find will be of immense benefit to our city and a fortune in the pocket of the owner. Mr. William Noble pronounced it to be a good quality of coal. Mr. Crook has invited several to go up and inspect the find. The Anniston Watchman ---- Wm. Laird, one time an old citizen of Jacksonville, died in California recently. His daughter, writing to a friend here about his death, says he never relinquished his desire to again live in Jacksonville and that his love for his old home was second alone to that for his children. He died a christian, resigned to his fate. He was a good and deserving man and had many friends here who will deeply regret to hear of his death. ---- Married, at the bride's residence of Sunday the 23rd ult., Mr. William Thompson and Mrs. C.L. Carr, all of Calhoun county, J.A. Graham officiating. --- Married, Jan. 13, 1887, Shelton Kanada and Miss Mollie Thompson of Peeks Hill, by J.W. Williams, J.P. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, FEBRUARY 12, 1887 ALABAMA State News CLAY County News Near Lineville in Clay county, a sixteen year old son of Jack Bruce shot and killed his father, who was on a spree, in self defense and was acquitted by a coroner's jury. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, MARCH 5, 1887 CALHOUN County Local News Mr. J.G. Bice of Choccolocco valley was seized with apoplexy on Wednesday evening while in his field and fell dead in his tracks. --- ALABAMA State News CHEROKEE County News John W. Ramsey, formerly of Centre, Ala., died at his home in Cleveland, Tennessee recently. --- LAWRENCE County News Hon. Thos. J. Foster, a distinguished citizen of Lawrence county died at his home a few days ago. --- MACON County News The following Mexican war veterans have been brought to light in Macon county by the recent passage of the Mexican War pension bill: Capt. R.F. Ligon A.F. Harper E. Roland John P. Wright Josiah Payne James M. Tarpley ---- COLBERT County News A stone cutter, Frank Orleans, while walking a railroad trestle near Tuscumbia a few night ago, accidentally stumbled and fell to the ground breaking his neck. --- BARBOUR County News Mr. Henry Bradley, a clerk of the circuit court of Barbour county, is lying critically ill at his home in Eufaula, with erisypelas, caused by a wound received during the war. --- SUMTER County News Recently, Mr. Dan Norville, formerly of Livingston, Ala., met with a painful accident while hunting. He had killed two birds and was looking for them, carrying his gun cocked, prepared to shoot should any other birds arise. While engaged in this, with his gun pointing downward, from some unknown cause it fired, bored a hole through his right foot and amputated two toes. He was carried to the office of Dr. Mart Thompson who dressed the wound. Mr. Norville is resting as easy as might be expected and hopes to be out at an early date. The Meridian News ---- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, MARCH 19, 1887 CALHOUN County Local News MORRISVILLE Community News Married, March 16, 1887, at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. A.J. Smith of Raleigh. N.C. and Miss Nellie Morris of Calhoun County, Ala. The happy couple started at once for their home in North Carolina. They have the good wishes of all their friends. --- ALABAMA State News MOBILE County News In Mobile on Tuesday morning, a switch engine on the Louisville & Nashville railroad ran over and killed Peter Schutt. The coroner's jury say that he was either drinking or asleep and so the railroad was exonerated from blame. --- MONROE County News Louise Henderson, a colored woman, was found dead near Harter's Mill about four miles from Monroeville last Saturday. She left home on some errand and not returning, the family became alarmed and started in search of her and found her sitting in a fence corner, dead. --- JACKSON County News James Carter was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of seven years last week for the killing of Mr. Smith some three years ago. The Scottsboro Herald --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, MARCH 26, 1887 ALABAMA State News TUSCALOOSA County News Mr. Robert R. Burdine of Louisville, Kentucky was married at Tuscaloosa last week to Miss Ruth Roddy. --- DALLAS County News Joe Carter who lives about 12 miles from Selma, killed his brother with a fence rail recently. He is now in jail. --- BUTLER County News Mrs. Susan Williamson, formerly Miss Rainer, of Oak Streak in Butler County was recently burned so badly that death ensued shortly afterward. --- MARENGO County News Mrs. Susie Rembert, wife of Mr. Jules P. Rembert, who was rescued from the burning steamer Gardner and who has been critically ill in Demopolis since, died in that city at 7 o'clock Monday morning. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, APRIL 2, 1887 CALHOUN County Local News Joseph Reidinger, an old citizen of this county who moved to Sand Mountain a short time ago, died February 28th. He was born May 2, 1811. He was greatly loved by everyone who knew him. He was a peaceful neighbor and a true christian. ----- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, APRIL 9, 1887 CALHOUN County Local News A few night ago, some unknown party or parties set fire to the premises of Julia Buchanan, white, living a few miles west of this place and when the ppor woman rushed from her house with a little child clinging to her, she was shot down by some would be assassin in ambush. She now lies in a very critical condition and is suffering greatly. One load of shot penetrated her back and side and one in her right arm. The attempt at assassination is one of the most cold blooded and cowardly that has ever been perpetrated in this county and calls for the closest investigation on the part of law officers of the government. So far, no arrests have been made but footprints and other evidences may lead the detectives to the law breakers. ---- CROSS PLAINS Community News We regret to chronicle the death of Mr. John Stanley, which occurred at his residence two miles from this place, on the morning of the fifth inst. We tender our sympathies to the bereaved family. --- MURDER AT OXFORD in Calhoun County Charles St. Clair, a negro resident of Oxford was shot and instantly killed about 8 o'clock last night. A coroner's jury was empanelled soon after and reached the following verdict: From the best circumstantial evidence, it is agreed that the deceased came to his death from the effect of a pistol shot in the hands of R.H. Weaver. Weaver stays in the saloon of R.P. Everett. He was arrested under a warrant issued by Judge Elmore Garrett of Anniston and a preliminary trial before him has been delayed until tonight, waiting for the verdict of the coroner's jury. At this time it is impossible to get particulars of the affair, but it is learned that the difficulty grew out of some trivial matter. ----- ALABAMA State News RANDOLPH County News One of Andrew Jackson's veterans, John Rigsby, died at his home on the 22nd of March in Randolph county. The Wedowee Observer says: Mr. John Rigsby, one of our oldest and best citizens, passed from the stage of action at his home in this county on the 23rd inst. He joined the U.S. Army as a drummer boy at the age of nine years and was with the illustrious Andrew Jackson at the battle of New Orleans on the 8th day of January 1815. His was one of the drums to the sound of which those gallant heroes marched forth with patriotic pride to meet and conquer the forces of Edward Packenham, the British General then invading our shores. Mr. Rigsby has for several years drawn a pension from the United States for his services during that time. ---- LAMAR County News Mrs. Ned Lawrence who lived near Vernon, in Lamar county, met with a sad death last week. She was out in a field where some brush and leaves were being burned, when her clothing accidentally caught fire and she was so badly burned that she died in a few days thereafter. --- CHEROKEE County News A man named George Smith the other day at a coaling camp between Rock Run and Centre, cut Richard Allen on the arm with a knife. It is since reported that Mr. Allen bled to death a short time afterwards. --- TUSCALOOSA County News James Wilson, a young man who lived at Binion's Creek in Tuscaloosa county, committed suicide last week. --- BARBOUR County News The Rutledge Enterprise notes the death of Mr. Ezry Miller near Sal Soda in Barbour county, aged 65. He died of cancer. --- JACKSON County News The Scottsboro Citizen reports that David Willbanks of that vicinity who was a Federal soldier during the War, has named his new baby Joe Wheeler. If the boy takes after his illustrious namesake he'll make a "whizzer." ---- George Mooney, aged 18 years, who worked for Mr. Ben Phillips in Paint Rock valley, Jackson county, met with a horrible death last Saturday evening. The young man after finishing his day's work got on his mule to start to the house when the mule threw the boy, his feet becoming entangled in the gear as the mule ran away, and the unfortunate boy was dragged quite a distance and terribly mangled. ---- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, APRIL 16, 1887 ALABAMA State News DEKALB County News Judge James Bradford, one of the leading and most highly esteemed citizen of Collingsville, died Tuesday night. Judge Bradford was about 71 years old. --- CHILTON County News Seaborn Jones of the river hills settlement east of Clanton was found dead recently near the roadside, in a sitting position, with his back against a log. He was 80 years of age and has a large family connection in that county. --- On last Saturday morning, Mr. J.B. McDaniel, who lives just across the creek east of Clanton, had the misfortune to have a tree fall on him, inflicting serious injuries. He is in a critical condition and his recovery is doubtful. He is very aged. ---- CHAMBERS County News Felix Walker, a sixteen year old son of Joel Walker of Chambers county, met with a severe accident last week. He attempted to blow up a large stump in the yard with powder and a premature explosion occurred, which resulted in a very serious injury to one if not both of his eyes. ---- BLOUNT County News John A. Bates was killed in Blount county last week by a falling tree and he died between the plow handles. --- JEFFERSON County News Dr. Alexander Lane, father of Mayor Lane of Birmingham, died in that city on the 27th ult. --- RUSSELL County News An old negro man named Ben Hawkins, aged 60 years, was murdered near Marvyn in Russell county. Ben was missed from his usual duties March 26th and on Saturday the 2nd inst., his body was found by a party which had been organized to search for him, at the bottom of the Ingram Mill creek. An axe was tied to his neck and subsequent investigation showed that his neck had been broken. The physician who examined the body was of the opinion that it had been in the water seven or eight days. Warrants were taken out for Adelaide Hawkins, wife of the murdered man and Green Ingram, his stepson. The evidence against them is principally circumstantial. The reporter talked with both of the accused who are now in the county jail and both deny knowing anything about the murder. ---- CALHOUN County Local News Married in Jacksonville at the residence of J.A. Graham on Sunday morning the 10th inst., L.M. Homesly to Miss Emma A. Carr, all of Calhoun county., J.A. Graham officiating. ---- Died, on the 25th of March near Cuero, DeWitt county, Texas, of congestion of the brain, Mrs. Mattie Phillips, wife of J.L. Phillips, in the 41st year of her age. Also died on the 31st, an infant daughter 10 days old. ---- Died, in this city at 8 p.m. on the 3rd inst., E.P. Davis, aged 59 years. The deceased came to Breham, Texas in 1867 from Jacksonville, Alabama and has resided here continually till the day of his death. He has been an invalid for the past three years and was confined to his house for the last twelve months. He leaves no family except his wife. He was a bricklayer by trade and a contractor, having built a large number of brick houses in Brenham. He was honest and upright in all his dealings and was universally respected by all who knew him. Brenham council of A.L. of H. of which organzation he was a member, conducted the funeral obsequies on Monday; the burial took place at the city cemetery. Brenham, Texas Banner ---- OBITUARY OF MATTIE A. RHODES Died, at her home in Talladega county, February 28, 1887, Mattie A. Rhodes. She professed religion in early youth and united with the Mt. Zion Baptist church. She was married to Dr. Rhodes in March __? Mrs. Rhodes was one of the purest and loviest christians I ever knew. As a daughter and sister she gave to the world a noble example that all may safely follow. She often spoke of her departed parents and delighted at all times to administer comfort to her friends. As a wife she was a helpmate in deed and in truth. She had been in declining health about a year but was always cheerful and looked on the bright side of everything. Although her afflictions were long and trying she never murmured. In the presence of husband, brothers, sisters and christian friends, she crossed over to the other shore. She left comforting messages for the absent relatives, spoke of dear ones who had gone before, and asked all present to meet her in the better land. To her almost broken hearted home circle and bereaved ones, may God give his grace and spirit in this dark hour of afflictions, and may all be gathered with his bright jewels in the Sweet Bye and Bye. E.T.S. ---- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, APRIL 23, 1887 CALHOUN County Local News Uncle Jimmy Mohon, an old and well known citizen of this county, who formerly lived some miles above this place, died at his home after a long illness. He had many friends in Jacksonville. --- ALABAMA State News JACKSON County News Mr. Thomas Brown, aged seventy-six years, living near Stevenson in Jackson county, is the sixth of a family of fifteen children, all of whom are said to be living, and not one of them ever took a dose of medicine. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, MAY 7, 1887 ALABAMA State News MOBILE County News Dr. Joseph C. Hamilton of Mobile is dead. He was 62 years of age. --- JACKSON County News Mrs. Rufus Green of Scottsbor is forty-three years old, has no gray hairs on her head, and is the mother of fourteen children, seven boys and seven girls, eleven of whom are living. --- CHILTON County News Mr. Abe Littlejohn and wife, an aged couple, were burned with their dwelling, two and a half miles east of Lomax, recently. The two bodies were found on oppostive sides of the hearthstone, but had been too nearly consumed to afford any evidence as to whether murder had preceeded the burning. The coroner's jury decided that this was probably the case, as all the circumstances were suspicious. The sheriff and posse are out making observations but have not yet made any arrests. The citizens are greatly excited and lynching has been threatened in case the guilty party can be found. The old couple were poor but is thought that they were murdered for the purpose of robbery and then burned to conceal the crime. ---- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, MAY 21, 1887 CALHOUN County Local News DEATH OF CAPT. THOMAS HAYDEN (from The Talladega Mountain Home) In the death of our fellow citizen, Capt. Thomas Hayden, Talladega appreciates the loss of one who has for many years, been a feature and factor in her history, military and civil community. He was born at Jacksonville, Ala., on the 21st day of March 1832; was married to Miss Fannie A. Gibson at Ashville in St. Clair county, Ala., by Rev. A.A. Porter on the 7th day of September 1856; and died at his home in this city at 9 o'clock on Sunday morning, the 15th inst. Of his immediate family, he leaves surviving him, his wife, two sons James and Thomas, and one daughter Nannie, the wife of our townsman Geo. B. Wood. All through the many years of his sojourn with us, his life has been marked by kind, generous words and deeds and happy social qualities. Except in the exercise of a wit, merciless and impartial as it was keen and natural, he never willfully wounded the feelings or marred any interest of a fellow being, but his sympathies and kind words and generous deeds never dishonored a draft made upon them by the suffering or sorrow of others. Captain Hayden made public confessions of his Christian faith and united himself on the 9th day of August 1884 with the Prebyterian church of this city in the faith and fellowship of which he died. Dr. J.J.D. Renfoe, being in the city in attendance upon the funeral of Mrs. Cecil Brown, was present at and took a prominent part in the obsequies of Captain Hayden. Services were had at the family residence and were begun with a most impressively rendered vocal by members of the Presybterian choir. This was followed by selections of scripture read by Rev. L.L. Overman of the Presbyterian church who in this connection gave touching expression of his sympathy with the bereaved family and made apt prelude to remarks from Dr. Renroe. Dr. Renfoe spoke of Captain Hayden as he knew him since 1857; of his bouyancy and life; intensely social, a keen appreciation of the ludicrous, his ready wit, scathing satire and with it, his ready, tender sympathies toward every form of suffering; and of these, the speaker gave some illustrations which came under his own observations. He enlarged upon his intimacy with and knowledge of Capt. Hayden during the war, Dr. Renfoe being Chaplain of the 10th Alabama Regiment of which Captain Hayden was a member, gave high compliment of his faithfulness and efficiency as quarter-master of his regiment and mentioned incidents illustrative of the character and bearing of the deceased, in that great crucible of character, the Army. Dr. Renfoe, in conclusion, bore testimony to the Christian profession of Capt. Hayden since 1884 and with an eloquence which can be born only of genuine sympathy and deep feeling, evoking comfort and consolation and blessing to come from this great occasion of sorrow, to the wife and children and friends, now so stricken and bowed. "Nearer my God to Thee" was then sung by the choir and audience after which Rev. L.L. Overman read a short biographical sketch of Capt. Hayden's life. This was followed by a prayer of peculiar pathos and power by Dr. G.A. Lofton. The choir sang "We're Going Home Tomorrow" and the body was taken charge of by the Masonic Fraternity, conveyed to the cemetery and buried with the honors of that order. Thus has passed from our community one whose place is a vacancy, for in his own peculiar, original, genial way, he has impressed himself on the memory and hearts of very many friends here and in the wife and children of his love, he left monuments to his memory, as husband and father. " And the Healer is here, and His arms around, And he lays them with tenderest care, He shows them a star in the bright upper world, Tis their star shining brilliantly there. They have each heard a voice, tis the voice of their God, " I love thee, I love thee, pass under the rod." ------ LOCAL News Mrs. L.W. Grant, Mrs. Ida Woodward and her son Eddie Woodward left for Red Sulphur Springs, West Virginia on Thursday last to spend a season for the benefit of the health of the last named. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, MAY 28, 1887 ALABAMA State News LEE County News Mr. Thomas Shealy of Lee county was recently attacked with hydrophobia and his physicians regard his case as hopeless. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, JUNE 4, 1887 ALABAMA State News LAUDERDALE County News Miss Nellie Nixon walked eleven miles one night last week to Chattanooga, barefooted, with her lover to marry him, which she did, just a few minutes before her angry father arrived. The Florence Banner ---- CALHOUN County Local News MORRISVILLE Community News Rev. Mr. Lester of Ohatchie circuit is to preach Robert Setliff's funeral at Morrisville church the 1st Sunday in June. Also Rev. T.K. Trotter is to preach a sermon in memory of Reuben Nolen's daughter at Cane Creek church the 2nd Sunday in June. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, JUNE 11, 1887 CALHOUN County Local News Simon Crow, a colored man who works at the livery stable of Martin & Wilkerson, while trying to drive a Jersey bull into an enclosure near the stable a few days ago, was attacked by the vicious animal and severely injured. He was tossed up three times and finally when he fell to the ground the bull placed its head upon his breat and bore its entire weight upon him and would have killed him, but for the timely arrival of some gentlemen who witnessed it. The man has been confined to his bed since and has suffered much. ---- Jeff Alford of Alford's Bend, in Etowah county, a prominent citizen and well known in this county also, died last week at his home. For nine years Mr. Alford has suffered with cancer of the face and it eventually terminated his life. He was a good neighbor and an honest man, one who will be missed in this section. He owned a valuable plantation on the river and was accounted "well-to- do." He leaves a widow and several children. ---- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, JUNE 18, 1887 CALHOUN County Local News Mr. Mat Price who lives a few miles south of this place and who has been sick for a few weeks, died at his home yesterday. He will be buried by the Alexandria Masonic Lodge today (Friday). ---- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, JUNE 25, 1887 ALABAMA State News CRENSHAW County News A son of Mr. Wesley Potter, living three miles below Bullock in Crenshaw county, was killed by lightning a few days ago. The young fellow was about 13 years old. --- MORGAN County News Mr. Randolph Sandlin who lived five miles west of Hartselle, died at his home last Sunday night. He was about eighty years old. He had lived in that neighborhood for a number of years and was highly respected by all. The Huntsville Index ---- MARENGO County News The Linden Reporter says that on Monday last, the little six year old daughter of Mr. S.O. Elliott, who lives between this place and Dayton, was burned to death. The little girl and some small children were in the house alone. She was playing near the fire and her clothes were caught. A physician was sent for but she only lived a few hours. --- The Demopolis News reports that Isaac, a ten year old colored boy, son of Charlie Davis, on the Reid place near town, met with a fatal accident recently. He was trying to make a fire by pouring kerosene oil on it from the can. The flames ran up the stream from the spout and exploded the can, throwing oil all over Isaac and setting him afire. He ran into a field about a hundred yards away where his sister was working, and she threw water on him which extinguished the flames. He then ran to his father some distance off, who carried him to to the house and summoned Dr. Whitfield but the boy died in a few hours. ---- CHILTON County News A negro went to the house of Mr. John Traywick, three miles south of Clanton, exhibited a knife and threatened to cut Mrs. Traywick and her infant's heads off. With remarkable coolness she called for her husband. The negro, thinking him near, skipped. ---- It is reported in the neighborhood of Clanton that the negro Green Harrington who so brutally murdered the aged couple near there some weeks ago (the Littlejohn couple) has been captured and killed near the spot of the crime. The report also says that he confessed having committed the outrage on the lady nearby, shortly after murdering the Littlejohn couple. ---- A correspondent of the Clanton View reports that John Marcus who was cut by a knife in the hands of W.J. Lindsey, twelve miles east of Dixie, died from the wounds at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning. Lindsey was under the influence of whiskey at the time of the cutting and from all accounts the murder was unprovoked. ---- CHOCTAW County News A two year old child of Mr. W.F. McElroy, living seven miles west of Bladon, was drowned on Wednesday evening. It started to follow its mother to the spring and took a different path and was found about 9 o'clock at night in the creek nearby. --- COVINGTON County News The Andalusia Times says that the wife of Mr. James Wright, fifteen miles south of Andalusia, died very suddenly on Friday morning. She had carried some clothing to the spring and was preparing to wash them, when she fell to the ground and expired. --- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/calhoun/newspapers/newspape1139gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 30.6 Kb