Madison County AlArchives News.....Items from The Huntsville Weekly Democrat, 8 Mar 1882 March 8, 1882 ************************************************ 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 10, 2006, 10:08 pm The Huntsville Weekly Democrat March 8, 1882 PERSONAL MENTION On Thursday last, Miss Jennie C. Clay accompanied Col. Gabriel Jordan and her aunt, Mrs. Jordan, to Houston, Texas, to spend several months in the Lone Star State. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Watkins, Sr., left Huntsville, on Friday last, to visit their daughter, Mrs. Robinson, at Bolton, Miss. Dr. J. F. Goldman and Mr. Amenta, brother-in-law of Mr. Ernest Karthaus, returned, last week, from the Insane Asylum at Tuskaloosa, whither they had taken Mr. Karthaus. They report that Dr. Bryee, the able Superintendent of the Asylum, said, Mr. K. had acute mania, and would, probably, be restored to his proper mind in a few weeks. Maj. Wm. H. Scruggs, of the popular House of Lanier & Son, of Nashville, Tenn., is in our city, visiting relatives and old friends. We regret to know that Rev. W. F. Kone, the faithful pastor of the Baptist Church in this city, has been dangerously ill for more than a week. MARRIED: FIGURES – HUGHES. – At the residence of the bride’s father, Dr. A. J. Hughes, near Helena, Ark., February 28, 1882, by Rev. A. E. Garrison, MR. FRANK FIGURES, of Gurleysville, Ala., to MISS LIDA HUGHES. The happy couple reached Huntsville last Wednesday night, and remained, as guests of the bridegroom’s mother, Mrs. Wm. B. Figures, till Monday night, receiving visits and congratulations of friends, when they went to Gurleysville, their future home. May they live long, prosper, and be happy! ANDERSON – DICKSON. – In the vicinity of Huntsville, Ala., at the residence of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Robert K. Dickson, at 6:30 p. m., Tuesday, March 7, 1882, by Rev. Jno. A. Thompson, MR. JAMES ANDERSON, son of Mr. John B. Anderson, of this county, to MISS MOLLIE L. DICKSON. The wedding was a very quiet one, only a few select friends being present to witness the ceremony. After receiving congratulations, the happy pair took the 7:30 train for Decatur, Ala., where the bridegroom has established himself in a lucrative business. May a kind and beneficent Providence smile brightly upon them as they glide o’er the matrimonial sea! – Heaven’s choicest blessings be theirs, and “May they fondly love each other Till their dream of life is past, Then may both be home together In the realms of bliss at last!” LOCAL NEWS & ITEMS New Departure In Garden Need Business ---------- D. Landreth & Sons, Seedmen, of Philadelphia, Penn., have adopted the rule of stamping all their papers of Garden Seeds with the date of the year (for instance, for this year stamping 1882), and destroying all papers of seeds of previous year on hand, so as to ensure customers Fresh Seeds every year. In pursuance of this plan, John L. Rison made a holocaust of all of Landreth’s old paper seeds on the Public Square, to-day, and we witnessed the burning of them. City and country merchants and others can get a supply of Landreth’s Garden Seeds, fresh, at J. L. Rison’s Drug Store, Mar.8-1m. Huntsville, Ala. The Religious Revival ---------- This remarkable and interesting religious awakening is still in progress, and is attracting a great deal of attention, here and elsewhere. It is in the fifth week of its existence, during which time, there have been something in the neighborhood of 175 conversions, and many accessions to the different Churches participating in the meeting. Rev. Dr. A. M. Leftwich, of Nashville, has been occupying the pulpit for the past ten days, and has done some very good work. On Thursday last, a petition was circulated among the business men of the city, requesting them to suspend business from 11 to 12 o’clock Friday morning, which received about sixty signatures. Friday, at 4 p. m., open air services were held in the Court House yard, which was largely attended. Services are held every week day at 12 m. for the benefit of business men. May the good work continue, till all the people are converted to God! ALABAMA NEWS Impeachment Proceedings ---------- Montgomery Advertiser On Thursday last, the Attorney General filed an information before the Judges of the Supreme Court, inaugurating impeachment proceedings against Judge Wiley Jones, now Judge of Probate for the county of Barbour, under the provisions of the act of January 2d, 1879, providing for the impeachment and removal from office of certain officers therein metioned. An order was made, requiring the defendant to appear before the Court, on the 6th day of April next and answer the charges contained in the information. U.S. NEWS Post-Route Indictments ---------- Washington, Feb. 28 – The grand jury to-day indicted Sam’l G. Cabell, John N. Minnix and Chas. H. Dickson for conspiracy to defraud the Government of the United States by means of fraudulent bids for 8,100 post routes, located in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi, and corruptly combining to obtain contracts for the same, by means of bogus sureties, Cabell being the principal, and Minnix and Dickkson bondsmen. They further indict Minnix and Dickson for perjury, in falsely swearing that each owned 275 acres of unimproved coal land in Morgan county, Ky., valued at $100,000. Dr. N. J. Bussy, president of the Eagle and Phoenix cotton mills, at Columbus, Ga., says, in his last report: “Our profits have averaged 19 ˝ per cent, net earnings on the capital stock for the past three years, paying, also during that period, a large interest account, deducted each year from gross receipts. The interest accounts shows a steady decrease each year. We expect, with usual favorable seasons, to continue to be prosperous.” NASHVILLE, February 28. – Dr. J. W. Nuckols was shot and killed at Springfield, yesterday, by S. B. Hopkins, of Nashville. The killing was the result of a hostile meeting, Monday, between Nuckols and Asa Hopkins, who was S. B. Hopkins’s father, and father-in-law to Nuckols, who had been separated from his wife about eighteen months. Nuckols threatened to kill Asa Hopkins at their next meeting. LEGAL NOTICES STATE OF ALABAMA, MADISON COUNTY, Regular March Term, Court of Probate, March 8, 1882. ---------- Estates of Mary B., Jesse R., and Emma M. Heinemen, Infants ---------- Accounts for Partial Settlement This day, Adolph Proskaur, Guardian of the estates of Mary B., Jesse R., and Emma M. Heineman, filed with the Court his accounts and vouchers for a Partial Settlement of the estate of each of said wards: It is considered, ordered, adjudged and decreed by the Court that the 5th day of April, 1882, be and the same is hereby appointed a day on which to make said settlements. It is, also, ordered by the Court that due and legal notice of the filing of the accounts and vouchers, the nature of the same, and the time appointed for tench of said settlements, be given, by publication for three successive weeks, in the Huntsville Democrat, a newspaper published in the County of Madison, State of Alabama; at which time, all persons interested can appear and contest said settlements, if they see proper to do so. WILLIAM RICHARDSON, March 8-3w. Judge of Probate ADVERTISEMENTS Sewing Machine Needles, for all Machines, at T. A. Nixon’s. “Lightning” Sewing Machine Oil at T. A. Nixon’s. Use no other. Mme. Demorest’s Port Folio of Fashion, for Spring and Summer, at T. A. Nixon’s, Price 10 cents. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/madison/newspapers/itemsfro1183gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 8.1 Kb