Calhoun County AlArchives News.....Newspaper abstracts for OCT., NOV., DEC. 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 13, 2006, 1:40 pm The Jacksonville Republican 1887 NEWSPAPER ABSTRACTS FROM "THE JACKSONVILLE REPUBLICAN", Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Alabama for OCTOBER 1887, NOVEMBER 1887, DECEMBER 1887 NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, OCTOBER 1, 1887 ALABAMA State News TALLADEGA County News A.O. Riser of Talladega county, who will be remembered by all members of the old Tenth Alabama Regiment, lost an arm a few days ago by a gun. --- MURDER ON COOSA RIVER Some days ago, the body of Jim Putman, a negro man, was found in the Coosa River, near Mr. Ross Whisenant's place, just over the Calhoun and Etowah county line. The body bore marks of violence. The facts so far developed have led to the arrest of Potter Read and several other people of his color who are now in the Etowah county jail, charged with the murder. A woman is said to be at the bottom of the trouble. ---- JEFFERSON County News J.C. Morrow, an ex-probate judge of Jefferson county, died recently. --- Jos. Hill, a brakeman, was killed by a train at Birmingham last Friday. --- MADISON County News Alex. Brandon had one of his arms torn off in a gin near Huntsville last week. --- MOBILE County News John Batisti Ponquinette, a creole, was drowned near Otis Mills in Mobile county one day last week. --- LIMESTONE County News Chas. Bradley of Limestone is 111 years old and Rufus Sandifer in the same county was born in 1765. --- CALHOUN County Local News Alf McCarty, a white man in the employ of Mr. J.W. Williams near Peek's Hill, in Calhoun county, was accidentally killed Friday last. He was hauling a heavy timber to the gin house of Mr. Williams, when the wagon careened on a hillside and threw the timber off, Mr. McCarty falling with it. The heavy timber fell upon his breast and crushed the life out of him. --- Married at Blue Mountain Springs on Wednesday Sept. 28th, Mr. D.C. Ashe of Birmingham and Miss Bessie Weir of Uniontown. --- Mr. Jno. P. Gore of Peek's Hill got his hands caught in a gin a few days ago and had them fearfully lacerated. It is said that one hand will be lost. --- DEATH OF A FIRST SETTLER Mr. Berry T. Moreland died near this place on the 27th inst., at the age of 79 years. His father moved to this county before the removal of the Indians. Mr. Moreland, at the time of his death had been living in Calhoun county considerably over fifty years. --- Mr. B.J. Mathews of this place, while operating an engine at the cotton gin of Mr. W.J. Aderholdt, near the depot, met with what was almost a fatal accident Tuesday. He laid his hand on the lower part of the belt in front of the driving wheel a few inches. Instantly his hand was carried between the belt and the driving wheel. He was carried around with the wheel, his back striking the end of the shaft as he descended. His arm and shoulder were badly wrenched. ---- STATE OF ALABAMA, Calhoun County Probate Court, Special Term, Sept. 15, 1887 This day came Mrs. M.W. Mattison, as administratrix of the estate of Elizabeth Spruill, deceased, and as an individual, filed in court her application in writing and under oath, representing that Ellen Sisson who was the widow of Charles B. Sisson deceased, but late Ellen Boozer, died in the fall of 1886, and petitioner asks this court for an order and decree for the sale and partition of the proceeds, among those entitled, of the lands known as the Dower of said Ellen Sisson out of the lands of said Chas. B. Sisson, dec'd, as described in said application. It is ordered that the 18th day of October 1887 be appointed the day on which to hear and determine said application, 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 the non-resident distributee or joint owners of said lands, and all others interested to be and appear in said court on the said 18th day of October 1887 and contest said application if they think proper; and that a copy of the paper containing this shall be mailed to the following persons, viz: Caroline Morris of Brownwood, Texas Margaret Phillis, Sarah Graham and Ellen Graves of Hemstead county, Texas C.H., Georgia Smith, of Rome, Georgia Sallie Kirpatrick, VInings Station, Georgia Cassie Faulkner and Sallie Robinson, Cornelia, Habersham county, Georgia Josie Wynn, Fish, Polk County, Georgia Maud Cunningham, Greenville, South Carolina Emmet F. Crook, Judge of Probate ---- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, OCTOBER 8, 1887 ALABAMA STATE News TALLADEGA County News Five miles from Talladega town, on the St. Clair road, lived David Ogletree, a well- to -do farmer. On the 4th inst., Ogletree went to Talladega and bought a jug of whiskey, as was his custom. That night all the family took a drink of it and next morning, every member of the family except one, took another drink. In half an hour, each one who had drank of the whiskey was dead. The son who survives has been arrested, charged with the murder of his relatives. The Ogletree family is quite numerous in Talladega county and all are farmers of good circumstances. ---- CALHOUN County Local News Died, September 27, 1887, Mr. Wm. A. McMillan, formerly of Anniston, Ala., aged fifty years, seven months and fourteen days, at the home of his brother in law Dr. James Bryson, near Little Rock, Arkansas. --- The funeral service of Mrs. Hames Fleming who died in Glen Addie on Monday took place yesterday morning. The remains were interred at Hillside cemetery. --- DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN Mr. Jno. P. Gore of the western part of the county who met with a serious accident at his gin some days ago, died Monday last. The hurt was a serious but not necessarily fatal one. Fever set in, however, and he died from the combined effect of his injury and the disease. Mr. Gore was one of the early settlers of the county and was a man of great energy and push. In the course of a busy life he accumulated a neat property. He leaves a wife and children. ---- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, OCTOBER 22, 1887 ALABAMA State News ETOWAH County News Mr. Isaac Moragne, one of the oldest citizens of Etowah county, died Sunday night after an illness of only three days. He was a man of much force of character and once possessed of ample means. He has represented Calhoun county in the Legislature before the formation of Etowah county and represented Etowah in the same body only a few years ago. ---- TALLADEGA County News State chemist N.T. Lupton has examined the whiskey drank by old man Olgletree and wife of Talladega county just before they both died suddenly in convulsions, and also the stomachs of each and reports that he finds no trace of poison either in the whiskey or the stomachs of the dead people. It will be remembered that Harry Ogletree was arrested and put in jail under charge of having poisoned his father and mother. He is still in jail. It is a curious case of sudden death from no apparent cause. --- CALHOUN County Local News Mrs. C.T. Hilton of Oxford, a most estimable lady, died in that place the 16th inst. --- Mr. Gus Ross, living on the old Ross homestead near Davisville, was found Tuesday morning with a bullet hole in his breast and one in his bowels and his pistol lying by his side. He died before medical attention could reach him. It is rumored that it was a case of suicide. Cause unknown. --- Married, on the 2nd of Oct., Mr. David Cooke and Miss Etta J. Hicks, by Esq. J.M. Busby. --- Mr. Jas. E. Watson, over sixty years of age, has made this year by his own labor, four bales of cotton and over three hundred bushels of corn. He makes two bales of this cotton on one acre. This industrious and respected old man sets an example that many stout young men of this county would do well to follow. With such results of labor on Calhoun soil, there is no reason why everybody should not have plenty and to spare. ---- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, OCTOBER 29, 1887 CALHOUN County Local News Married, near White Plains on the 20th inst., at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. Simpson G. Dodd and Miss Irene Black. --- Married in Jacksonville at the residence of the bride's father on the 20th inst., Mr. Wm. Morgan of Anniston to Miss Sarah Irvin of Jacksonville, by Rev. S.R. Emerson. --- Married at the residence of the bride's father on Oct. 20th, Mr. W.J. Duke and Miss Willie M. Prater, Rev. T.K. Trotter officiating. --- TRIBUTE OF RESPECT IN MEMORY OF ELISHA V. WEAVER By Alexandria Lodge No. 208 F. & A.M. Aug. 18, 1887 Brother Weaver, the subject of our notice, was born March 18, 1826 in Putnam county, Ga.; joined the Baptist church at Mt. Zion in our county Oct. 19, 1847; was ordained deacon of Oakbowry church April 16, 1870 and was a member of the Baptist church at Jacksonville at his death. Was made a Mason in 1866. Resolved, that in the death of Brother Weaver, our Lodge sustained an irreparable loss, the church an active and strict member, the county a good citizen, and his family a devoted husband and father. Resolved that these proceedings be placed upon a blank page of our record and a copy be sent to the bereaved family and that the Jacksonville Republican be furnished the same for publication. A.J. Douthit C.N. Martin W.P. Cooper, Committee ---- STATE OF ALABAMA, Calhoun County Probate Court, Special Term, Oct. 27, 1887 Tis day came D.C. Savage, administrator of the estate of D.L. McKee, deceased, and filed in court his application in writing and under oath, praying for an order and decree to sell a certain house and lot in Cross Plains, Ala., set out and described in said application as the property of said estate, for the purpose of paying debts thereof, upon the grounds that the personal property is insufficient therefor. It is ordered that the 12th day of Dec. 1887 be and is hereby appointed the day upon which to hear and determine said application, and that notice thereof be given by publication for three successive weks in the Jacksonville Republican, a newspaper published in said county, as a notice to: Catherine Hood and her husband T.W. Hood and A.D. McKee, non-residents, living at Canton, Marion county, Florida, and W.H. McKee of Anderson county, state of South Carolina; and all others interested, to be and appear in said Probate Court on the said 12th day of December 1887 and contest said application, if they think proper; that a copy of the first issue of this notice be forwarded by mail to the said non-residents. Emmett F. Crook, Judge of Probate ----- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, NOVEMBER 5, 1887 CALHOUN County Local News Mr. Jake Green of this place, who has been in delicate health for years, is very sick as we go to press, and it is feared he will not survive. --- Mr. Frank Crook who used to live in Jacksonville, died at the home of his brother in Alexandria Valley a few days ago. He was a good man and had many friends here. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, NOVEMBER 12, 1887 ALABAMA State News CHAMBERS County News BLOODY BATTLE; Detective Sullivan Tells of His Fight with Dink Buckalew Detective A.J. Sullivan reached the city last night on the 11:40 train from Montgomery. He came direct from Chambers county where, with one of his aides, he fought a bloody battle with an outlaw of that county named Dink Buckalew. " It was the liveliest scrimmage I have been in for some time", said the fearless detective to an Age reporter last night. He then told the following story of the attempt at Buckalew's capture and the fight: About ten days ago, Sullivan, accompanied by Scarborough, one of his best men, left the city for Chambers county for the purpose of capturing the famous outlaw. Buckalew was living in a large farm house, surrounded by a number of white and colored women of ill repute, and such a terror had he become to the citizens and officers of that section that no one had dared go near the house for several months, notwithstanding the fact that there was a reward of $400. offered for his arrest. Sullivan attempted to watch the house until Buckalew came out and then attempt his capture where the chances would be equal. They reached Lafayette in safety and went at once to the neighborhood of Buckalew's house. For two days and nights they watched the house without sight of the outlaw. The two detectives were concealed in a fodder house in the fields, from which they had a good view of the residence. Thursday morning about 9 o'clock, a negro came out from the house and discovered their hiding place. They knew the jig was up then and they must go at once, so it was resolved to make a dash and try to capture Buckalew in his stronghold. They separated in order to approach the house from different directions. When about forty yards from the house, Buckalew appeared at an upstairs window and opened fire on Scarborough with a double barrel shot gun. At the first fire, the detective fell to the ground with three buckshot in his shoulder. The outlaw then opened fire with his pistol and two balls took affect in Scarborough's face, one of them breaking his jaw bone. With the blood gushing from his face, the brave officer arose and opened fire at the window where the outlaw stood. He broke every pane of glass out of the window, but Buckalew had turned his attention to Sullivan, who was in the house. The latter had dashed forward rapidly and was near the front door when Scarborough was shot down. He ran into a room and was greeted by four shots from the outlaw's revolver, but escaped unhurt. After firing the four shots in rapid succession, Buckalew ran back up stairs. Sullivan was armed with a Winchester rifle and fired a dozen shots through the floor into the room which the outlaw had retreated. He then ran up stairs only to see Buckalew leap from a window and escape to the swamps close at hand. When Sullivan rushed into the house he shouted to Scarborough to go for assistance, but the latter was too weak from loss of blood to walk. Two balls from the officers rifle took effect in Buckalew's body but did not disable him. As soon as Sullivan saw there was no chance of capturing his man, he turned his attention to his wounded companion. He secured conveyance and carried Scarborough to the nearest physician, but that individual would not touch the wounded man for fear of arousing the enmity of the dreaded outlaw. The wounded man was taken to LaFayette where his wounds were dressed and he was left in the care of relatives. His wounds are not dangerous and he will be able to come home in a few days. Sullivan remained in the neighborhood until he was satisfied that Buckalew had left that section of the country, and then came home. --------- CHEROKEE County News Mr. G.F. Love of Plano, died the 28th of October. --- Leman McKnight, formerly of Cherokee, was accidentally shot on Sand Mountain a few days ago. The wound may prove fatal. --- John W. Ellensburg and Miss Georgia Witherspoon of Gaylesville were married recently. --- Mr. T.J. Tatum of Centre and Miss Mamie Lee Tripp were married recently. --- ETOWAH County News Mrs. Battles on Sand Mountain gave birth to triplets last week. --- Wallace K. Reese of Attalla is dead. --- S.G. Ward and Miss Jane Kent were married the 30th ult. --- CLEBURNE County News Eck McAlpine and Charley Talliferro, charged with the murder of Wm. Morgan of Cleburne county, have been arrested. Morgan was beaten to death by unknown parties because they suspected Morgan of reporting them for illicit distilling. --- ST. CLAIR County News Jessie Ragland who escaped from the sheriff of St. Clair eighteen months ago, has been captured. --- Arch Walker, aged 84, died a few days ago of paralysis. --- TALLADEGA County News Mrs. Parsons, wife of ex-Gov. Parsons, a most excellent woman, died at the home of her husband in Talladega, recently. Many fine tributes have been paid to her memory through the local press. --- Mrs. Frank Mallory, formerly of Talladega, died in Birmingham a few days ago. --- CALHOUN County Local News Mr. Henry D. Smith, aged 65 years, died at his home near Crawfordsville, Ga., the 3rd inst. The deceased was at one time president of the Masonic Female College at Rome and assistant editor of the Rome Commercial. He was the father of Mrs. J.B. Williams of this place and Mr. H.D. Smith Jr. of Anniston, Ala. ---- Mrs. J. Seymore Rodgers, sister of Mrs. Oliver Cooper of Oxford, Ala., died at her home near Griffin, Ga., a few days ago. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, NOVEMBER 19, 1887 ALABAMA State News ETOWAH County News In an affray at Gadsden the 13th, Milt Fowler cut Drew Baker in half- a - dozen places. Baker's wounds are thought to be fatal. Fowler fled. --- CLEBURNE County News The News denies that the neighbors of Mrs. Morgan closed their doors to her after her husband was so badly beaten that he died. The News says truly that the people of Cleburne are not of that kind. --- McAlpin and Talliaferro, charged with the murder of Wm. Morgan, have been released for want of evidence. The News says it is a deep mystery as to who killed Morgan. --- TALLADEGA County News J.M. Sullivan and S.W. Lanier have bought the Waldo Gold Mines and will employ fifty hands. --- MADISON County News Mr. William Stewart of Huntstville, one of the oldest and most respected citizens of Madison county, died Sunday afternoon. --- LEE County News George Hart, a negro, was lynched near Opelika on the 5th. He had murdered a white boy for his money. --- JEFFERSON County News Conductor T.F. Walters was run over by a switch engine on the belt road at Birmingham a few days ago and killed. --- MONTGOMERY County News Col. Jno. D. Roquemore of Montgomery, a well known lawyer, was married to Miss Hennie Brown of Malden, Mass., last week. --- Dr. A.C. Walker, a dentist of Montgomery, shot Daisy Harris, a colored woman, who was formerly his mistress, in a lawyer's office at Montgomery on the 11th inst. The woman had refused to live with him longer. He was once a respected citizen of Montgomery but liquor and his strange infatuation for this woman has been his ruin. ---- JEFFERSON County News E.S. Carpenter, who was formerly a resident of Rome and an employee of the E.T. Va. and Ga. railroad, deserted his wife and child in Birmingham a few days ago. --- CLEBURNE County News J.H. Smith, a white brakeman on the Georgia Pacific Railroad, who lived at Heflin, fell between two box cars at Anniston about seven o'clock Thursday and had his left leg cut off. He died Thursday evening about one o'clock. ---- CALHOUN County Local News Mr. Abraham Aderholt, aged over 80 years, one of the oldest and most respected citizen of Calhoun had his hand so lacerated in a gin on Tuesday that amputation became necessary. Drs. Crook and Stone performed the painful operation Tuesday night. The gin had to be taken to pieces before the unfortunate man could be liberated. But for the fact that the band came off, he would have lost his life. --- Thomas and James Jacks were arraigned before his Honor Judge Crook last Saturday, charged with assault upon Wm. T. Morgan of Nance's Creek Valley in this county. The Jacks' were tenants of Mr. Morgan and the difficulty arose over the division of rent corn. Mr. Morgan was knocked down with a pine knot and pretty badly hurt, but not dangerously so. The testimony was convincing. After hearing all the evidence, Judge Crook discharged Thos. Jacks and fined Jas. Jacks ten dollars and costs. ---- DEATH OF AN ESTIMABLE LADY Mrs. Catherine Watson, wife of commissioner Jno. C. Watson of this county, died at her home in the western part of the county the 11th inst. She was the daughter of Elias Teague, one of the first settlers of Calhoun county, and for many years had been a member of the Methodist church at White Plains. She was a most loveable, christian woman, and her death is deplored by a very large circle of kindred and friends throughout the county. The husband and children have the deepst sympathies of all in their hour of sad bereavement. ---- Mrs. Wm. H. Forney returned from a visit to Baltimore a few days ago, and her daughter Mrs. Mary A. Baker of Baltimore accompanied her. --- OBITUARY OF JAMES LIVINGSTON WILBANKS The subject of this sketch was born in Jackson county, Georgia, September 29, 1820; was married to Miss Julia A. Pritchett in 1845, and during the year 1846, professed religion and joined the M.E. Church, South, of which he lived a consistent member until called home to rest. His death occurred at his home three miles southwest of Morrisville, Ala., at 2:30 a.m., November 5, 1887, where he had lived for most of the time since the war. His conduct has been such as to win for him the respect and confidence of the entire community. The witer of this sketch has known the deceased only about eight months, but in that brief period has been forcibly impressed with the christian piety and devotion of the much lamented brother. He bore his afflictions with great patience and fortitude, thus exhibiting to his family and friends the consolation in the religion he professed. Never in his most trying moments when the most torturing pains were racking his body did he forget for a single moment to thank God that things were no worse with him than what they were. Many are the times the family have been awakened in the still hours of midnight by the soul-stirring songs of the suffering husband and father; singing and praying until his own soul was made happy. Religion was his whole theme and his sufferings only seemed to reconsecrate him to the Cross. Often with conversing with the writer he would become so enthused over the subject that he would break down in a "glory to God" or "thank God, shout. But a short while before death claimed him, he was bemoaning the wickedness of the world, and wound up saying "what a glorious thing religion is." He said he was perfectly willing to die, as he was confident he would enter into eternal rest, where sufferings are no more. The deceased leaves a wife, two sons and two daughters and a great number of relatives and friends to mourn his depature. The sympathy of the entire community is extended to the family iin the time of their saddest bereavement. W.J. B., Cane Creek, Ala., Nov. 10, 1887 ------ NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, NOVEMBER 26, 1887 ALABAMA State News ETOWAH County News J.H. Quarles and family have left Etowah county for Arkansas. --- CHEROKEE County News Mr. James H. Doughdrill, who was a citizen of Centre during the war, died at Mobile lately, aged 74 years. --- New Parish died in jail at Centre recently. He had been sentenced to the chain gain but was too sick to be moved. --- Miss Alice Lanetty died of typhoid fever near Caloma some weeks ago. --- TALLADEGA County News Mr. H.A. Williams and Miss Ella Green of Talladega county were recently married. --- On the 17th, a white man named Hill was killed near Eastaboga by his wagon overturning and saw logs rolling over him. --- Mr. L.F. Frazier and Miss Ida Hare of Talladega were married recently. --- Mr. Robert Floyd Brown and Miss Mattie McElhanny of Talladega county were married recently. --- CLEBURNE County News The house of Jno. N. Thomas near Shoal Creek was burned a few days ago; it was thought to be the work of an incendiary. --- R.M. Cheatwood, elected pastor of Shoal Creek church, has notified his congregation he cannot serve, as he will soon move to Texas. --- F.M. Thompson and W.R. Batson of Cleburne county, with their families, have moved to Louisiana. Several other families will leave for Louisiana soon. --- Mr. Wm. H. Hight and Miss Julia Bacon of Cleburne county have married. --- Mr. Harrison Wise, who lives near Arbacoochee, and is aged 96, is very ill. --- J.M. Vancuren of Oak Level will leave for Louisiana soon. --- A son of W.K. Owen was recently thrown from a horse near Edwardsville and his leg was broken. --- The name of Harpers Mills post office has been changed to Muscadine. --- DEKALB County News Mr. Columbus Haigler and Miss Matilda Duncan were recently married. --- CHILTON County News Archie Johnson was killed near Jemison in Chilton county recently, by falling between the cars on a pole road. --- MOBILE County News Minnie Cash of Mobile was badly burned on the 17th by her clothing taking fire. --- COOSA County News Tyler Little, who killed "Singin" Sam Miller in Coosa county a few days ago, was captured near Opelika a few days afterward. --- LAWRENCE County News Bud Gargas wes recently acquitted at Moulton for killing Tip Collins. Collins had reportedly seduced Gargas' wife. --- JEFFERSON County News Tom Wilson and George Williams, negroes, have been sentenced to be hung on Dec. 23rd, for the murder of Cash Mosely, a fellow convict at Pratt Mines. Nathan Collins, another negro convicted of the same crime, died the day his companions were sentenced. --- LOWNDES County News James Meadows of Hayneville was stung to death by a swarm of bees recently. --- MORGAN County News A little daughter of T.P. Robertson was instantly killed near Falkville, Morgan county, by a falling chesnut tree which crushed her to death. --- Gus Edmundson, the man who murdered his insane wife near Summerville last spring, and then pretended she had drowned herself, has been found guilty by a jury of Morgan county and has been sentenced to be hung on Dec. 30th. After the sentence, he confessed to the murder, which was one of the most heartless and brutal ever committed in the state. It will be remembered he made his and her own little daughter assist him in the crime. ---- BLOUNT County News Miss Jennie Speed, age 17, while cooking dinner at her home near Blountsville, caught on fire and was fatally burned, and died after agonizing suffering for three days. --- WALKER County News Ab O'Rear and Isaac Williams had a quarrel at a saloon near Jasper. They agreed to go out doors and fight. While O'rear was pulling off his coat, Williams shot him with a pistol, wounding him dangerously. --- CALHOUN County Local News Charlie George, the young white man of Anniston who had his left arm crushed some days ago while coupling cars, has died of his wounds. --- A handsome, well dressed and courteous young man registered at the Rome Hotel Monday night as J.W. Akridge, of Anniston, Ala. Next day he was found dead in his bed. He was a member of the firm of Akridge & Cason of Anniston and was very popular in that town. --- Young Baker who was stabbed in Gadsden some days ago, still lives in critical condition. --- Jno. A. DeArman died at Wetumpka on Nov. 1st after an illness of several weeks. Mrs. DeArman was with him the last sixteen days of his illness, and it is from a letter written to one of her sons here that we learn of his death. ---- DEATH OF EDDIE WOODWARD Wednesday evening, a half past ten o'clock, Eddie Woodward, aged 19 years, breathed his last at the home of his mother Mrs. Ida Woodward in Jacksonville. Long a sufferer of Consumption, death came to him a welcome visitor. Conscious to the last moment, fully realizing his condition, he awaited his end with calm resignation and perfect trust in God. We never knew of a gentler or purer spirit. He was of nature so gentle, so unselfish, so unassuming, so earnest and of such singleness of purpose that unconsciously and without an effort, he drew all men to him with whom he was brought into contact. When younger, he was a page in the House of Representatives and the Senate, and though but a timid child, he impressed himself upon members of both houses, and to the day of his death, he numbered among his friends many of the most intellectual and most dintinguished men of the state; men who afterwards passed from the Legislature to the Governor's chair, the Judge's bench and other positions of trust and honor; and these preserved a most lively interest in his welfare to the last..... Fully prepared for the change that awaited him, his only expressed regret at dying was that it ended for him a well planned career of usefulness and good and deprived him of the power of being an aid and solace to his widowed mother. Entirely unselfish, pure in heart, a model in conduct and demeanor, a christian who worshipped God from principle, understandingly and intelligently, he has gone to his reward; and his kindred, knowing the pitfalls that line the pathway of youth, comfort themselves with the thought that for him it was a thousand times better for him to have died as he was, than to have lived to be what they could, by no possibility forseen, although his life so far had given only promise of good fruits. ---- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, DECEMBER 3, 1887 ALABAMA State News JEFFERSON County News A DEADLY DUEL A duel to the death was fought Monday night at Trussville, by two negroes named Moore and Humphries. Moore went to the house of Humphries and whipped his wife, it is said, for some cause unknown. When Humphries returned he took his pistol and went in search of Moore. He soon found him and both men commenced shooting about the same time. When they had emptied their pistols and the smoke had cleared away, Moore was lying on the ground dead and Humphries had three bullets in his body. Moore was shot through the body and died almost instantly. Humphries was alive yesterday afternoon, but the physician who was called to see him says there is no chance of his recovery. Both men were employed at Worthington's quarries. ---- TALLADEGA County News Talladega Mountain Home News Thos. F. Elliott, living seven miles from the city, on the place cleared and put into cultivation by his father in 1849, has made this year 91 bales of cotton on 140 acres of land, with 8 mules, or 11 1/2 bales to the man and mule, besides making on the place plenty of corn, fodder and hay to run his place. Last year, Mr. Elliott raised 86 bales of cotton on the same amount of land with 7 mules. His cotton crop this year has been sold for $4000. and the cost for the raising of the entire crop on his place has been about $1,400. Mr. Elliott raises his own meat, keeps good stock and fine cattle and the secret of his success may be told in the fact that he stays on his farm during the growing seasons and attends to the superintending of his entire premises. He is yet a young man, a good citizen, an earnest worker in his church, and a supporter of all moral and religious questions. ---- ST. CLAIR County News Arch Walker of St. Clair county, aged 84 years, died a few days ago of paralysis. --- Mr. Pink Rakestraw and Miss Mary Cobb of Ashville were married on the 21st. --- JEFFERSON County News Kit Carson, a colored convict at Pratt Mines, was killed one day last week by a body of coal falling upon him. --- CHEROKEE County News Leman McKnight, formerly of Cherokee, was accidentally shot on Sand Mountain a few days ago. The wound may prove fatal. --- CHAMBERS County News Hal Rampey has been found guilty of murder in the second degree in Chambers circuit court and sentenced to forty years in the penitentiary. --- LEE County News John Cook of Lee county was kicked on the hip by a horse and at last accounts, he was not expected to live. --- JACKSON County News In a personal difficulty in Jackson county, Dan Wagoner shot and killed Geo. Gifford and left for parts unknown. --- COOSA County News Tyler Lydle killed Sam Mitchell in Coosa county, ten miles from Alexander City, Thursday night of last week. Both of the parties are negroes. --- BIBB County News The Bibb Blade (newspaper) referring to the recent murder of Mr. Harrison, superintendant of the Peter Mines, Brierfield, says Harrison shot a man by the name of Rutherford at Peter Mines in September. Mr. Harrison was the superintendant of the mines and had a difficulty with Rutherford about his (Harrison's) wife. Mr. Rutherford recovered from the effects of the wound. On last Thrusday night, Mr. Harrison was shot and killed while in his home. Mr. Rutherford was arrested on suspicion, but proved an alibi and was released. Opinion is divided as to the murder. ---- WALKER County News Two negroes, Hannon Conner and Will Nabors, got into a difficulty at Corona Coal Mines in Walker county. Conner advanced on Nabors with an open razor, when Nabors pulled a pistol and killed him. --- DEKALB County News J.D. Cunningham who has been in Texas a year, has returned to DeKalb. --- John Franklyn, son of J.B. Franklyn, is dead and another son is very sick in Chattanooga. --- Mrs. E.C. Stout who lived at Fort Payne two years ago, died recently at Union Springs. --- Mrs. Dr. Cain of Collingsville is dead. --- Mrs. Elizabeth Wooton of Black Oak, died the 12th inst. at 72 years. --- Mr. Jno. Barnett and Miss Paralee Lackey of DeKalb have married. --- CLEBURNE County News Harrison Wise, aged 94 years, died at his home near Arbacoochie recently. He was an upright farmer and a man of model deportment. --- Robert Traylor was tried in the circuit court at Wedowee last week for the killing of lawyer W.C. Whorton last May, and was acquitted of the charge. --- Mr. Ned W. Steed and Miss Lula L. Lambert of Cleburne have married. ---- Mr. F.M. Smith from near Hooper has moved to Texas. --- A man named Mann was killed on the Georgia Pacific three miles above this place Wednesday night. He was walking along the railroad on is way to Tallapoosa, Ga., and on the approach of the train, stepped to one side, but got too near the track, and the train struck him, killing him instantly. He was a brick mason from Anniston and was in this place but a short time before the accident occurred, and bought something to eat, and a bottle of whiskey, but the grocery man said he did not appear to be drinking. ---- ETOWAH County News W.F. Lancaster died near Gadsden the 23rd. --- Fred Lancaster, white, stabbed Thornt Mauldin, colored, in Gadsden the 27th. Both men were bound over to the Circuit Court. --- Thos. W. Stell and Miss Ida Gilliland have married. --- TALLADEGA County News Mrs. Ella Glazener died near Sycamore lately. --- Mr. H.A. Williams and Miss Ellen Green of Talladega were recently married. --- Mr. W.A. Herring and Miss Annie Adams were married at Renfoe lately. --- Allen J. Weathers, one of the earliest settlers of Talladega county, died near Chandler's Springs the 22nd of Nov., age 73. --- CHEROKEE County News Maj. Runnels of Rock Run is dead. --- Mr. Jas. H. Lawrence of Cedar Bluff and Miss Sue Ward of Centre have married. --- SHELBY County News W. Meldon, aged 60 and Miss Cora Grimes, age 16, eloped recently. --- CALHOUN County Local News Wm. Garner, living in Goshen Valley, four miles north of Cross Plains, met with a serious accident on the railroad, one mile this side of Weaver's Station, Wednesday night. He was walking on the railroad track when a freight train approached. He stepped aside until it passed and then got on the track again, when a hand car, which was following the train, struck him and ran over him, dragging him along the track some distance. His head was badly cut and his leg was very badly torn. He was taken on board the car and brought to Jacksonville where he received medical attention at the hands of Dr. John Crook. He was taken to Cross plains on Thursday at the instance of Mr. Cowart, a kind hearted employee of the road. ---- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, DECEMBER 10, 1887 ALABAMA State News ST. CLAIR County News Rev. Peter Harden of Odenville died Nov. 25th at the age of 85. --- CLEBURNE County News The man killed on the Georgia Pacific track a few days ago near Edwardsville was named Taylor Mann, who lived in Tallapoosa. He had been laying brick in Anniston and was on his way home on foot, when struck by the train. He left a wife and two children in almost destitute circumstances. --- Mr. J.W. Hunt of Cedartown, Ga., and Miss Mary Brannon of Bells Mills, Cleburne county, were married recently. --- ETOWAH County News Maj. N.M. Thornton, an old and respected citizen of Etowah county was stricken with paralysis in Atlanta the 22nd ult. --- Mercer Thompson of Coats Bend, aged 80, died the 25th ult. --- WALKER County News A desperate encounter took place at Day's Gap on Sunday night between Dr. Monroe and W.J. Watkins. Dr. Monroe was struck in the head with a pair of brass knucks and Watkins was severely cut in several places with a knife. Dr. Monroe's wound is not considered dangerous but at last accounts, it was thought that Watkins would probably die. --- JEFFERSON County News An ugly shooting affray took place in Birmingham recently, being the culmination of a dispute over a valuable piece of property. This is claimed by Jules Lockwood, a prominent business man of the city, and a Mr. Ashe of Mississippi. Lockwood recently had his men build him a house on the grounds, which was born away by a squad of laborers in Ashe's employ. Finding the house rebuilt, some of the latter set fire to it. While it was burning, Oden came out to look over the property and a row ensued, which soon took the form of a fusilade, about a dozen shots being fired. Oden received a gunshot charge in his head, the others, five in number, all fled, but one of them, a white man named Hogersby, who was run down and brought back to town and jailed. Three of the refugees are negroes. Oden's wounds are not dangerous. He emptied a 42 calibre pistol among the enemy and thinks he winged one of the others by a pistol ball if he didn't kill him. ---- CALHOUN County Local News Mrs. Sallie Savage of Cross Plains, died Dec. 1st at the age of 73 years. She was a most excellent christian woman and the mother of a large family of boys who have all done well in the world, thanks to the excellent early training of the good, christian mother. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, DECEMBER 17, 1887 ALABAMA State News TALLADEGA County News The remains of Miss Ludie Nix, the unfortunate young lady who took an overdose of chloroform resulting in death, were carried to Sylacauga yesterday. --- Mrs. Grady, a resident of Childersburg, went into a field where broom was burning and going too far into the flames, her clothing caught on fire and she was burned to death in the field. --- CHEROKEE County News Richard Parker who loved near Chattooga is dead. --- Mr. J.E. O'Neal who lived near Centre is dead. --- ETOWAH County News Robt. D. Stanfield has just recovered from a forty day attack of typhoid fever. --- Mr. C.W. Ewing and Miss Mollie Lay of Gadsden will marry the 21st. --- A meeting of the citizens of Ashville was held at the Methodist church Tuesday night to express their regret at the loss of Col. G.B. Cather and family who left Wednesday for Covington, Virginia, their future home. The meeting was largely attended and considerable feeling was manifested. The vacancy caused by Col. Cather's leaving will not be easily filled as he possessed traits of character that are rarely equaled, and we can only resign ourselves by knowing that Ashville's loss will be Covington's gain. --- CLEBURNE County News Messrs. B.D. Owen, J.T. Owen, Mr. Steve Coffey and their families all left for Louisiana some days ago. --- Mr. F.L. McMahan and Miss Julia Burton were married in Edwardsville a few days ago. --- Messrs. Howell & Rodgers of Oak Level are building a jug factory, making the fifth factory of the kind in Oak Level. --- Mr. M.A. Driggers will move to Louisiana soon. --- Messrs. Lee Pollard and F.M. Smith and families have left for Fannin, Texas. --- Dr. Pounds is prospecting for gold on his land. --- Mr. W.B. Ray, while out deer hunting, accidentally received a load of nine buckshot in his shoulder from the discharge of his gun. --- JACKSON County News W.C. Hicks who killed Dr. McCullough in Jackson county gave himself up and was released on $1000. bail. --- BLOUNT County News Jas. M. Williams, the man who killed Mr. Turner at Remlap last July, was captured in Perry county a few days ago and lodged in Blount county jail. He did not want to go to Blount for fear of Turner's friends and asked to be lodged in jail at Birmingham. ---- CALHOUN County Local News DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN Mr. Durham McClellan, one of the oldest citizens in Calhoun county, died at his home in Cross Plains, Saturday the 10th inst., of pneumonia. He was among the early settlers of the county and was well known and esteemed throughout the county. ---- Mr. Frank C. Smyley of this city will be married this afternoon at Jacksonville, Ala., to Miss S. Alice Boozer of Greenwood, S.C. at the residence of Mr. David Atkins, the uncle of the bride. The many friends of Mr. Smyley in Rome will join in wishing good luck to the happy young couple in advance. Mr. and Mrs. Smyley will arrive in Rome tomorrow morning and will take rooms at Mrs. Echols boarding house. The Rome Tribune The couple were married here (in Jacksonville, Ala.) Tuesday evening. The Republican joins the Tribune in congratulations. ---- A GOOD MAN GONE Friday evening the 9th inst., Mr. Jacob Green died at his residence in this place, after a long illness. He was about fifty years of age at the time of his death, and was a native of Calhoun county, being, we are informed, the second white child born in Calhoun. During this long life spent in the county he bore himself in all the relations of life as to win the good will and encomiums of everybody. When notification of his death went abroad, the universal verdict of all was "a good man has gone." He was a member of the Tenth Alabama Regiment and made a good and faithful soldier while his health lasted. After the war he looked after his planting interests in Alexandria Valley and was highly successful, living a quiet life in peace and amity with his neighbors. Of late years, his health again failed him and forced him from the active out- door life of the farm. About two years ago he moved to Jacksonville, both for health and to give an adopted daughter educational advantages. His life here was quiet, unobtrusive, benevolent and here as everywhere, he attracted the love and regard of all who came in contact with him. he was buried in the cemetery here, the entire town turning out to pay the last tribute of respect to his memory. Truly, a good man has gone from our midst. ---- GEORGIA State News COWETA County News Mrs. C.W. Snead, while bathing her face at the wash stand at College Temple, Newnan, Ga., threw her hands to her face and exclaimed "Oh, my head" and fell back on the floor dead. She had been complaining some the last few days. The cause was paralysis of the heart. --- BLECKLEY County News A four year old child of Bartly Joiner was burned to death at Cochran, Ga., the other day. --- NEWSPAPER Issue of Saturday, DECEMBER 24, 1887 ALABAMA State News CLEBURNE County News Mr. Wm. Henry and family have moved from Cleburne county to Mississippi. --- Mr. R.W. Taylor and Miss Amanda J. Hedrick have married. --- Mr. Wm. Wiggins and Miss Dora Walker have married. --- ETOWAH County News John Jordan and Miss Mahala Gay have married. --- Mr. Paul Harbour and Miss Lizzie Griffith have married. --- TALLADEGA County News Thos. J. Sylvester died at his home near Estaboga recently. --- DEKALB County News W.S.A. Lyon and J.D. Lankford and their families have left DeKalb county for Texas. --- A fight occurred in Fort Payne a few days ago over a game of crackloo between N.B. Little and a photographer named Hopper, in which Hopper drew a pistol and fired at his antagonist. --- CALHOUN County Local News TRIBUTE OF RESPECT IN THE MEMORY OF WM. M. COCHRAN By Ohatchee Lodge No. 380 of Free and Accepted Masons The committee apppointed by Ohatchee Lodge No. 380 of Free and Accepted Masions offer a tribute of respect to the memory of our brother Wm. M. Cochran who died December the 9th, 1887: Whereas, it has pleased our Supreme and Heavenly Grand Master to callf rom earth our brother, Wm. M. Cochran, who was a devoted member of our fraternity. Resolved first; that in the death of brother Cochran, the fraternity has lost a true and zealous member, the church a devoted christian, the family a model husband and devoted and affectionate father. Resolved second; that while we deeply mourn the death of our brother, we extend to his bereaved family and friends our heartfelt sympathy; that we strive to emulate his many virtues as a Mason, Christian and citizen and our loss is his eternal gain. Resolved 3rd; that this Lodge wear the usual badge of Masonic mourning for thirty days. Resolved 4th; that these resolutions be published in the Jacksonville Republican and a copy of the paper containing the same be sent to the family. R.H. Wynne S.R. Lester W.R. Akridge, Committee ---- GEORGIA STATE News The trial of Tom Woolfolk of Macon, Ga., for the murder of his father and eight members of his family, with the particulars of which horrible crime our readers are familiar, closed last week. The jury, after an absence of twenty minutes, returned a verdict of guilty on all the counts, and the prisoner was sentenced to be hanged on the 10th of February next. The evidence, though strong, was entirely circumstantial, and there are some who do not believe Woolfolk guilty. A motion for a new trial has been made. Woolfolk again declared his innocence after the verdict had been rendered, and said that some of the witnesses swore falsely. ---- ALABAMA State News BUTLER County News J.R. Burnett, a prominent citizen of Greenville, dropped dead on Saturday. --- DALLAS County News Mr. Ben N. Boggs of Selma, died Wednesday after a short illness contracted from a cold which resulted in pneumonia. The deceased was well known throughout the state. --- HENRY County News The latest information from Henry county regarding the killing of Charles Johnson by his brother, shows that the first report was greatly exaggerated. The terrible tragedy was the result of an ugly quarrel between the brothers Charlie and John, in which the former used a shotgun and the latter a knife. The aged mother was not knocked down and the father was not compelled to sue on bended knees for mercy from his sons. Neither was there any dancing in the pools of blood and whistling over the murdered boy. It resolved intself into an unfortunate difficulty between two brothers of violent temper and one of whom had been drinking. The young man who was killed apears to have been the aggressor. John Johnson had not fled from the scene and is willing to stand trial, as it is alleged his deceased brother first attacked him with the gun and he was compelled to use his knife. The Montgomery Star ---- MARION County News TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN MARION COUNTY Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 16th Revenue Collector Tatwiller of this city returned today from a raid in Marion and Franklin counties, where he destroyed two illicit stills. He brought the first news received here of a terrible tragedy which occurred in Marion county last Saturday. About one month ago, a party of revenue officers made a raid in Marion county and were guided to several stills by two young farmers named Bannister and Terrell. Last Friday night these young men were on their way to meet the revenue officers to again serve as their guides. They spent the night at a farm house, and next morning found their mules gone. They started in pursuit of the animals and when only a few hundred years from the house, both were shot down by men in ambush. Bannister was instantly killed, two loads of buckshot taking effect in his body. Terrell is still alive but is dangerously wounded. A load of buckshot struck him in the back and one shot lodged in his spine, and he is paralyzed in every limb. It is not known who did the shooting but there is strong circumstantial evidence against the desperate moonshiners. ---- File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/calhoun/newspapers/newspape1141gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 49.1 Kb