Madison County AlArchives News.....Items from The Huntsville Weekly Democrat, 9 Nov 1881 November 9, 1881 ************************************************ 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: Kenneth Stacy klstacyfamily@aol.com November 9, 2006, 11:19 pm The Huntsville Weekly Democrat November 9, 1881 PERSONALS J. Withers Clay, Jr., and Henry Newman, who went to the Atlanta Exposition, have returned, and, like other visitors, speak enthusiastically of the exhibition of material resources and results of inventive genius. Ex-Gov. Chapman has gone to the Morgan Circuit Court at Somerville. Mrs. James Mayhew and Miss Nannie French have returned from their visit to East Tennessee. Wm. H. Halsey, who has been delving in the gold mines of Colorado for several months, came back last week, and expects to return, believing his prospects are fair for a good profit in the future. We hope he will realize a bonanza. Messrs. Chars. J. Mastin, Jas. H. Ewing, and J. M. Ammerman have gone to enter fine racing horses in the State Fair. Julian Lanier, of Nashville, is the guest of Col. L. H. Scruggs. Mr. Wm. H. Edwards, a citizen of Huntsville ever since 1820, has gone to Atlanta, and may settle there, if he can get profitable employment. We have known him from boyhood. He is an imiustrious, honest, good citizen, whose word is as good as his bond. – We with him well, wherever he may go. We are gratified to learn that the Trustees of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, one of the most reputable institutions of the kind in the United States, has appointed Dr. L. P. Walker, Jr., an Assistant Surgeon in the infirmary. That affable and accommodating young man, David N. Teague, is now behind the counters of the popular dry goods emporium of M. M. Newman & Co., ready to serve anxious customers. Mrs. Malone Jewett, of Macon, Ga., a niece of Mrs. H. L. Clay, is visiting Col. H. L. Clay’s family. Rev. Stuart McQueen, a recently ordained Deacon of the Protestant Episcopal Church, has been appointed by Rt. Rev. Bishop Wilmer to Missionary work in the Tennessee Valley. – His residence, when in Huntsville, his headquarters, is at the residence of Mr. W. H. Donegan. We regret so learn from our exchanges that the Rt. Rev. Bishop Green, of Mississippi, recently fell and broke one of his arms. MARRIED: ALLISON – MATTHEWS. – At the residence of Benj. L. Matthews, the bride’s father, in Madison Co., Ala., Nov. 8, 1881, by Rev. Dr. J. H. Bryson, JOE H. ALLISON, of Chattanooga, to MISS MARIA MATTHEWS. HENKE – WILSON. – At St. Mary’s Church, Huntsville, Ala., at 7 1/2 a. m., Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1881, by Rev. Father Benedict, J. B. HENKE, of Tuscumbia, Ala., to MISS HANNAH WILSON, of Athens, Ala. DIED: PATTON. – At her residence in Huntsville, Ala., Monday, Oct. 7, 1881, MRS. MARTHA LESLIE PATTON, widow of the late Dr. Charles H. Patton, aged 70 years. Mrs. Patton had been in delicate health for many years, and mingled very little in general society. For several weeks, she had been very ill; for several days unconscious. She had been for many years, a communicant in the Protestant Episcopal Church, and, as she trusted in the merits of Christ, so we trust that she has passed through the grave and gate of death to a joyful resurrection. Her family have our sincere sympathy in their distress. LINKSKY. – In this city, Oct. 8, 1881, MARY STELLA LINKSKY, infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. E. Linksky. LOCAL NEWS Valuable Real Estate for Sale. ---------- Persons, who wish to buy, should bear in mind that H. L. Clay, as Administrator of the estate of Mary Wall dec’d, will offer very valuable real estate for sale, on Monday next. See advertisement. The North Alabama Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, will assemble (God willing) in Huntsville on the 23d of November, 1881 – Bishop McTyeire presiding. The people of Huntsville will, then, have an opportunity to maintain their proverbial character for hospitality, as well as to be entertained and instructed by the representative wisdom and Christian virtues of this branch of the Methodist Church. A Worthy Patriarch ---------- Mr. Robert J. Browning, who resides near Cluttsville, Madison County, Ala., aged 72, informs us that he has had 64 descendents, 2 of whom, his sons, died in the Confederate Army, and 6 others (grandchildren) died in infancy, leaving 56 now living. He has 8 married daughters and 8 sons-in-law, 2 married sons and 2 daughters-in-law, besides the 2 widows of his sons who died in the war. He was born near Yanceysville, North Carolina, May 17, 1800, and his wife Frances Browning, was born in Giles Co., Tenn., abut 1812. They were married in Giles Co., in 1830 or 1831. Both are, now, vigorous, and seem to bid fair for many more years on earth. They are highly respected for their moral worth. May kind Heaven bless them in time and eternity. ALABAMA NEWS Col. Melanethon Smith Dead. ----------- The Mobile Register announces the death of Col. Melanethon Smith, who has been ill for a long time. He was a graduate of West Point and an officer of the United States Army. He served with credit in the Confederate army, and proved himself a gallant officer, having attained the rank of Col. of Artillery. He engaged in journalism after the war and was a fluent and graceful writer. He had many warm friends wherever known. He was the son of Gen. Walter Smith, one of Mobile’s oldest citizens, and a brother of Mrs. Jas. W. Hardie, of this city. Montgomery Advertiser. Alex Bell, the “Pike county giant,” was in Troy last Thursday. He will be 14 years of age of the 25th of January next, and weighs 355 pounds. A Green county farmer has sent a bale of fine cotton to the Atlanta Exposition, to contend for a premium. The Sloss furnace now building at Birmingham will cost when completed $180,000, will employ about 250 men, and will have a capacity of 80 tons per day. The Coosa River Navigation Company has been organized in Selma. Its object is to secure aid in making the River navigable from Greensport to Wetumpka. CLASSIFIEDS Lands for Rent. ---------- The farms, belonging to the estate of Charles P. Cabaniss dec’d, are for rent for the next year. If not sooner rented, privately, they will be rented, at public auction, on the 26th November, 1881, in front of the Court House in Huntsville. S. D. CABANISS, Nov. 9-3w. Adm’r of C. P. 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