Madison County AlArchives News.....Items from The Huntsville Weekly Democrat, 15 Mar 1882 March 15, 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, 10:12 pm The Huntsville Weekly Democrat March 15, 1882 PERSONAL MENTION It is our painful duty to announce that Mrs. Archibald Rison, the venerable mother of Wm. R. and John L. Rison, of this city, accidentally fell and broke a bone in her right shoulder, on Friday last. We are glad to learn that she is getting on as well as could be expected. We had a pleasant surprise, on Monday last, at meeting, in our city, Capt. John Bonnycastle, only son of our old teacher, Mr. Charles Bonnycastle, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Virginia, when we graduated in that school in 1840. Capt. Bonnycastle, after going to West Point, entered the U. S. Army and left it in 1861. - He and his family are, now, living near Louisville, Ky. He is here prospecting, with a view to settling here, if he can secure a suitable house and small farm in this vicinity. We cordially welcome him, and hope that he will become a permanent citizen here. Taking advantage of a recess of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Brickell, his wife, and Robert C., Jr., came up from Montgomery on Saturday last, to spend this week at home. A painful accident happened to Edgar Glenn, a 16 year old son of Mr. John E. Glenn, of this city, on Monday evening last. While cutting wood, the axe missed its mark and struck his foot, nearly severing three of his toes. Dr. Dement sewed up the wounds, hoping to save the injured members. Rostan Betts, Esq., has received from H. C. Armstrong, State Superintendent of Education, the appointment of Superintendent of Education for Madison county vice J. L. Watkins resigned. Mr. Betts is a graduate of our State University, talented, and of excellent character, and will, we believe, prove faithful and efficient. Mrs. John D. Chadwick, Miss Fannie and Master Robert Chadwick have returned from a long visit to Corinth, Miss. Miss Lucy Cox has gone to Nashville on a visit to her sister, Mrs. J. Walker Hopkins. Mr. Henry C. Lay, who had been the guest of Mrs. Rice for several days, left for Maryland last night. We regretted to hear from him that his father, Bishop Lay, has suffered greatly with rheumatism, this Winter. We hear that Mr. Frank White is to be married to Miss Skelton, of Scottsboro, to-morrow. Thos. G. Hewlett has gone to Washington, we hear, to file his evidence in the Department of Justice, in response to Special Agent Lancaster’s charges against him as late Deputy Marshal, in reference to which he and J. Tom Green have a card in this issue of the Democrat. Paul. L. Jones, Esq., we are told, went to Washington, D. C., last week, as counsel for Lowe in his contest for Gen. Wheeler’s seat. It affords us pleasure to state that Rev. W. F. Kone has so far recovered from his recent serious illness as to be able to sit up. Jas. H. Mayhew is at home, to stay till the waters subside enough for resumption of Government work on the Tennessee river. DIED: RONAYNE. – In this city, March 14, 1882, Mirian Ronayne, wife of Dr. Justin Ronayne, at an advanced age. ALABAMA ITEMS In Greene county, Leslie Crawford struck another boy, son of Dave Woodward, with a baseball bat, breaking his neck and killing him instantly. John Grest, a leather dealer of Mobile, killed himself with a pistol last week. Cause supposed to be too much whiskey. Union Springs Herald: A Mr. Casey, who was sentenced to 3 month’s imprisonment at the last term of the U.S. court, for working in Dowd’s wildcat still, committed suicide by hanging himself from a joist in his house Wednesday, Feb. 22d, near Thomasville in this county. Judge Box defeats Judge Lynch ---------- From the Rome Courier. The heinous crime of Tom and Boley Moon is still fresh in the minds of the people throughout this section. It was these two young fellows who, at the dead hour of night, went to their old aunt’s house, murdered her and set fire to her house, hoping to get possession of a large sum of specie which she was known to have. This terrible crime was perpetrated in Cherokee county, Alabama, about two months ago. The two Moons were arrested on suspicion, and at the coroner’s inquest sufficient evidence was adduced to justify a commitment to the jail at Centre. The grand jury, which sat in that county two weeks ago, found true bills against both these young men, charging them with murder, and it was expected that they would be tried at the present term of court. This count has been in session for two weeks, and as there was a great deal of business before it, Judge Box, the presiding Judge, held night sessions, so as to dispose of as much business as possible during the term. On last Saturday night, the court was in session as usual, and just before the adjourning hour (12 o’clock), some one stepped up on the bench and informed the Judge that a large mob had been organized, and that they were coming into town that night to take the Moon boys from jail and either hang or burn them at the stake. Judge Box at once ordered the Deputy Sheriff of the county and the Marshal of Centre to immediately take the Moons from jail and carry them to Gadsden as fast as possible. These officers did not wait to procure horses, but at once repaired to the jail, and, securing the prisoners, crossed the Coosa river with them, and, with all possible speed, made their way towards Gadsden. They had been gone but a short time, when the crowed – for it could be scarcely called a mob, as it included good men who had determined that the fiends should atone with their lives for the terrible crime of which they are believed to be guilty – arrived in the town and, seeking the Sheriff, compelled him to surrender the keys of the jail. They were not satisfied when informed by the Sheriff that the Moons were not in the jail, but, disbelieving him, they entered the jail and searched it throughout. After lingering around a short while, the crowd dispersed, but not before avowing that Tom and Boler should suffer death for the crime they had committed. Gen. John D. Rather ---------- With pleasure, we copy, from the North Alabamian, the following just tribute to a worthy man: It was, we think, in the year 1849 that John D. Rather actively commenced his public and political career in the county of Morgan. At that time, the struggles of Whigery and Democracy concentrated the talent of the county. The hopes of all ardent and ambitious youths looked realization in the triumphs and ascendancy of one or the other of these great parties. Approving the “strict construction doctrines” of the Democratic creed, he arrayed himself under that venerable banner, and yielding to the zealous solicitations of friends, he became, in that year, a candidate to represent the people of Morgan in the General Assembly of Alabama. A vigorous and successful canvass was crowned with victory. – His services and deportment, in the Legislative Session, not only confirmed and strengthened the confidence of his constituents, but attracted Democratic attention from the remotest portions of the State – culminating in his re-election in 1851, and his elevation to the Speaker’s Chair – an honor and a compliment rarely awarded to one so young and inexperienced. John D. Rather, however, proved himself worthy of the responsible position in which he had been placed. As a Speaker, he developed qualities which, in after years, made him one of the very best presiding officers in the State of Alabama. From the close of this second session in the General Assembly to the Buchanan and Breckinridge campaign in 1866, he confined himself to an energetic, lucrative prosecution of his profession of the law – at once advancing his private fortune and establishing a reputation for prudence, industry and sobriety, which have characterized him in all the business of life. In 1856, in the exciting Presidential contest of that year, the Democratic Electorship was confided to his vigilance, and we well remember how efficiently he met its requirements and exactions. In 1857, the combined vote of Limestone and Morgan Counties sent him to the Senate of Alabama, where, by his talent, perseverance and popularity, he contributed vastly to secure the topographical surveys which ultimately resulted in the construction of the railroad from Montgomery to Decatur - unfolding the mineral riches of our mountain regions, and promising to render, at no distant day, our own Birmingham the proud center of Southern industry and enterprise. – In 1859, he was chosen President of the Senate; and, since our Civil War, the Presidency of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad Company, membership in the Constitutional Convention 1875, and the Presidency of the State Senate, a place which he now occupies, have rewarded and recognized his capability and fidelity. – Such are briefly the salient points of this life – disclosing, in a successful public life of thirty-three years, more than ordinary intellectual endowments, excellent moral and social habits, sagacity and prudence in business, and a practical knowledge of the material and political interest of Alabama. We, therefore, feel a pride in inviting popular consideration to the merits and claims of our townsman and fellow-citizen, John D. Rather. U.S. NEWS A very pretty story is told by the Louisville Courier-Journal, to the effect that an infant child of Mr. Joseph Mayer, of that city, had apparently died after a very brief illness, and the mourning family and friends were around it, when the child’s brother, about ten years old, bent over the little one’s body and kissed the pallid lips. The baby’s mouth was slightly open, and, in kissing her, the boy’s breath was blown down her throat. The little lips suddenly moved, there were several sudden gasps, and respiration was resumed. At last accounts, the child was alive and still improving. Conkling and Edwards, both, having refused to be Associate Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court, President Arthur has nominated Samuel Blatchford, of New York. Is it not strange and unjust, that, of nine Supreme Court Judges, not a single Southern-born man can get on the Supreme Bench? LEGAL NOTICES Mortgage Sale ---------- By virtue of a mortgage executed to Kennerly & Lowry, on the 5th day of March, 1880, by J. B. East and his wife, Sarah J. East, and recorded, on the 31st day of July 1880, in Mortgage Book No 7, page 3?7, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Madison County, State of Alabama, the undersigned will sell to the highest bidder, for cash, at public outcry, at the Court House door in Huntsville, Alabama, on Saturday, April 1, 1882, the following described real estate, to-wit: A house and lot in the village of Meridianville, County of Madison, State of Alabama, known and described as follows: Beginning at the Northwest corner of the lot now owned by J. G. Bentley, running thence East, from the Eastern margin of the Meridian road, sixty-nine and a half -(69 1/2) yards; thence North seventy-two and a half (72 1/2) yards, to S. P. McDavid’s lot; thence West, sixty-nine and a half (69 1/4) yards, to the margin of the Meridian road; thence South seventy two and a half (72 1/2) yards to the place of beginning, containing one acre and a fraction, it being the lot deeded to John G. Bentley to John F. Lehr and wife. KENNERLY & LOWRY, March 15-2w. Administrator’s Notice ---------- State of Alabama – Madison County ---------- Estate of Morris K. Taylor dec’d LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION on the estate of said decedent having been granted to the undersigned on the 13th day of March, 1882, by the Hon. William Richardson, Judge of the Probate Court of Madison County notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said estate are hereby required to present the same within the time required by law, or the same will be barred; and all persons, indebted to said estate, are requested to settle with me without delay. R. A. PETTY Mar. 15-3w. Adm’r of Morris K. Taylor dec’d CLASSIFIEDS Spring and Summer Goods ---------- New Spring and Summer samples just received by D. A. Brown , for 1882, suitable for Gent’s Youths’ and Children’s Clothing, made to order, by measure, on short notice. He insures good fit, or money refunded. Call and examine samples and prices, and have your orders filled. D. A. BROWN NEW STOCK BOOTS AHD SHOES C. L. SCHAUDIES (Opposite Huntsville Hotel) Complete New Line of Latest Styles of Boots and Shoes just received Ladies’ and Misses’ Shoes A Specialty Satisfaction Assured. Call on me. C. L. SCHAUDIES File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/madison/newspapers/itemsfro1184gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 13.3 Kb