Madison County AlArchives News.....Items from The Huntsville Weekly Democrat April 12, 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 27, 2006, 2:37 pm Microfilm At Huntsville Library April 12, 1882 PERSONAL MENTION Miss Rose Sheffey delighted her family and many friends by returning home from New York, last Wednesday. Robert H. Lowe, Esq., of Birmingham, is in Huntsville on a visit. We were glad to meet in our city, on Monday, our excellent friend, Dr. A. S. Harris, of Madison, with his health restored after long sickness. Mrs. Frank Figures and Miss Annie young were down here from Gurleysville on Sunday last. Mrs. Wm. H. Todd, formerly Miss Lou Wyeth, a lovely daughter of our dear old friends, Judge and Mrs. Wyeth, came here from Guntersville, several days ago, and is a guest in the family of Mr. Wm. P. Newman. Mr. Samuel Blackwell, of Danville, Ala., is here attending U. S. Court. Miss Berenice Steele delighted her friends by returning home a few days ago. Gen. E. A. O’Neal is attending the U. S. Court in our city. So is R. N. McClellan, of Athens. LOCAL ITEMS Attention Heavy Dragoons! --------------------------------- George Hubert says he will hold a special meeting at his Barber Shop, on Thursday, before you go to Chattanooga. A full attendance is solicited as business of importance will be transacted. Easter Festival --------------- On Sunday morning lat, the Church of the Nativity, in this city, celebrated the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, by special services and the administration of the Holy Communion. The Rev. Dr. Banister’s sermon, touching the practical lesson taught by incidents of Christ’s death, burial and resurrection, was instructive, eloquent and impressive. The music was exceptionally beautiful. The Easter offerings amounted to more that $80. The Children of the Church had their Easter Festival at night. The Church was crowded. The carols were appropriate in sentiment, and the music well selected and beautifully rendered. The floral decorations were exceedingly chaste and beautiful, and the gas lights brilliant. The fourteen classes presented their offerings, aggregating the handsome sum of $361.80, to go into the treasury of the Lord. ALABAMA ITEMS Prospects of a Cotton Chopper Factory ----------------------------------- From the Chattanooga Times The Curry Cotton Chopper Manufacturing Company of Huntsville have concluded to erect another factory at some point in this locality, either at Chattanooga, Birmingham or Rome, and are now sending agents to the different points to ascertain the advantages of each. Col. C. G. Samuels was in this city, Saturday, looking around, and stated to a Times reporter that the company had a decided preference for Chattanooga, and would probably, locate the factory here. The factory they propose to locate will have a capacity of 1,000 choppers per year, and will employ about 100 hands. The machines they manufacture chop sixteen acres per day. They not only chop out the growing cotton, but cultivate the entire surface of the soil. The factory at Huntsville is in a very prosperous condition, and is so crowded with orders that additional capacity is needed. U.S. NEWS AUGUSTA, Ga., April 5. – Walter Roundtree, a University student, was shot last evening, at Athens, by two young colored men, named Frank Johnson and Enoch Echols. His wounds are in the neck, back, and head. He died to-day. Johnson and Echols are in jail. There is great excitement in Athens. A special to the Chronicle and Constitutionalist from Athens says: “The Coroner’s jury found a verdict of willful and premeditated murder on Roundtree against Frank Johnson, and Enoch Echols as abettor. Three hundred armed negroes surrounded the jail last night. No attempt was made to release the prisoners. The streets tonight are filled with negroes, who seem defiant. The Mayor has detailed citizens to guard the jail. Trouble is reared, and bloodshed apprehended. The Mayor has summoned the ringmasters of the mob, to appear at court.” INDIANAPOLIS, IND., April 4, 1882. – Charles Jamison, in jail at Kokona, for theft and rape of a three year child, was taken from the jail by a mob, last night, and hung in presence of over 1000 people. His last words were, “hang me decent.” He said his right name was Richard Long. KANSAS CITY, March 4. – Officer Pat Jones attempted, last night, to arrest two negroes. One of them shot him three times, and both ran. One was however, seized and taken to the West Kansas City Police Station. While the officers were removing him to the Central Station, a mob collected, seized the negro, and hung him from the Bluff Street bridge. Officer Jones leaves a wife and five children. LEGAL NOTICES Mortgage Sale of Real Estate ---------- State of Alabama – Madison County ---------- Under and by virtue of the terms of a mortgage made and executed to me by James C. Flynt and Lavinia O. Flynt, I, as Mortgagee, will proceed to sell in the city of Huntsville, at the Court House door, for cash, within the legal hours of sale, on Monday, the 24th day of April, 1882 the following described house and lot in the town of Gurleysville, commencing at the section line in the center of the public road near the corner of Mollie Hall’s lot, running south one hundred and five feet to a stone in the center of said public road; thence east two hundred and ten feet; thence north one hundred and five feet; thence west two hundred and ten feet to the beginning; containing one half acre more or less. MARTHA H. BONE, Apl12-2w Mortgagee File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/madison/newspapers/itemsfro1190gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 6.1 Kb