Madison County AlArchives News.....Items from The Huntsville Weekly Democrat April 26, 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, 3:06 pm Microfilm At Huntsville Library April 26, 1882 PERSONAL MENTION Miss Carrie Boone returned from Arkansas last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Sol. Schiffman left here, on Sunday last; to visit relatives in Europe, after an absence of 14 years, expecting to return next September. We wish them a pleasant trip and a safe return. Mr. John Hooe Russell reached here, from his home in West Va., on Friday night last, to the delight of his sister, Miss Mary Russell, other relatives and friends. Jeff. Thompson, now assistant Express agent at Decatur, came to Huntsville on Monday night, and is here now. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bolling, of New York, arrived here on Sunday last, and are the guests of Mrs. B’s mother, Mrs. Richard W. Walker. Messrs. Phelan & Goree of Chattanooga, and Col. L. H. Dobbs of DeKalb Co., Ala., prominent lawyers attending the U. S. Court, left for home last night. Our excellent friend, Dr. Geo. D. Norris, in unwonted bloom and vigor for a man of his advanced years, we were pleased to meet in our city on Monday last. Rev. Dr. Bryson, who (we are glad to say) has recovered from recent sickness, will lecture on “The Homes of Art” at the U. S. Court room, next Friday night. We hear that Henry Bernard has gone to Washington to take a clerkship in the Pension office. We were glad to meet on our streets, to-day, Col. Thos. H. Hewlett, who has been seriously ill, but is regaining his wonted health. Mrs. Ellen Weakley and the Misses Dyas, of Tennessee, and Mrs. Morrison and daughter, of New Orleans, are at Mr. W. H. Donegan’s. Chief Justice Brickell has been here several days. DIED: SCRUGGS. – In Huntsville, Ala., April 21, 1882, of pulmonary consumption Frank Mastin Scruggs, in his 21st year. About 12 m. on Friday last, Frank was walking in the yard at the residence of his brother-in-law, Mr. Ellie Matthews. He returned to his room shortly before one, laid down, and, in a few minutes, was dead. He had an amiable disposition and excellent character, was beloved by many relatives and friends, and professed to have become reconciled to his Heavenly Father through Christ, and to be ready to die. His sorrowing relatives have our sincere sympathy. LOCAL NEWS The U. S. Court adjourned to-day, after a term of over three weeks, and the general public experienced a sense of relief at the removal an of engine of oppression, instead of a Court of justice and equity. The grand jury were discharged, and the grand and petit juries, for the next term, drawn to-day. Judge Bruce and District Attorneys Smith and Turner, we understand, left for Montgomery on the 12:30 train. The Madison Square Theatre Company presented “Hazel Kirke” to a good audience at the Huntsville Opera House last night. If the applause and the general talk is evidence, the performance was a triumph of dramatic art. The scenery was fine, the costumes elegant, and every performer fully sustained his or her part. We have not space to notice each one, but we must be pardoned for saying that Mr. James Gilbert and his charming wife, formerly Belle Reynolds – Huntsville favorites in the Gilbert Troup, 7 years ago – were recipients of enthusiastic recognition from the audience. Mr. Wm. G. Hunter, Stage Manager, is entitled to special commendation for the perfect smoothness with which everything went off. Houses Burnt ---------------- On Friday last, the two-story log dwelling house of Mayor Thomas W. White, on his plantation near Whitesburg, caught fire and burned to the ground. On the same day, a shed, with provender, belonging to Mr. Henry Motz, near Huntsville, caught fire and burnt up. Both fires were accidental. Mr. Motz thinks a strong wind carried sparks from his blacksmith shop to the shed, and puts his loss at about tow hundred dollars. We understand that articles in Mr. White’s house were saved. The value of the White house, we have not ascertained. Young Add. White occupied the house and managed the plantation. Election of Public Teachers --------------------------------- At a meeting of the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Huntsville held April 20, 1882, the following resolution was passed: Resolved, That the election of Teachers for the Public Schools of this city will be held on the night of the 16th of May. ED. I. MASTIN Apl23-2w City Clerk Homicide ------------ On Friday last, Ned. Williams, a negro man, was killed at or near the farm of Carver D. King, in this county. On Monday last, affidavit was made before Robert W. Figg, by Moses B. Williams, negro, charging four negroes – Sandy Beasley and his wife, Lucy, and two daughters, Mary and Martha – with the killing. We hear that Ned was stabbed in the breast and in the stomach, one wound in each, and that one or more of defendants held Ned, while one stabbed him. Justice Figg issued his warrants against all four, and Bartley Lightfoot, colored constable, arrested the three women, and brought them before the Justice in this city, Monday afternoon, and they were committed to the county jail, to await future examination. Sandy was not found. U.S. NEWS Died on Duty ----------------------- Chattanooga Times News was received yesterday of the death of J. J. Monroe, at Clyde, Texas, to which point he went from this city about four weeks ago. Mr. Monroe came to Chattanooga several months ago from Indiana, and acted in the capacity of telegraph agent of the E. T. V. & G. and M. C. roads. He was in very delicate health when he arrived, and seemed to decline while here, and was compelled to change his residence. His death was very remarkable and proved the character of the man. A few moments before he died, he felt that he was sinking, and telegraphed the train dispatcher as follows: “I am going up hill. Send a doctor with a switch engine.” The dispatched inquired, “What’s the matter?” The answer came back, “I am dying. Send a doctor.” The switch engine was sent at once with the doctor, but Monroe was dead before it arrived with his hand resting on the telegraph instrument. He left many devoted friends in Chattanooga, who deeply deplore his death. He was a noble young man, of good impulses, kind, generous, sociable and manly, and his characteristics were demonstrated by the manliness with which he faced death. LITTLE ROCK, April 17. – The governor of Arizona having asked the federal government for an appropriation of $150,000 to organize militia there to prevent Mexican outlaws from overriding the people, Brewster Cameron, chief of special agents of the department of justice, met Special Agents Z. C. Tidball and J. W. Bowman here today, and arranged a programme for visiting that Territory to see if militia is a necessity. The South Carolina Election Case ----------------------------------------- CHARLESTON, April 19. – In the United States Court to-day, before Judges Bond and Bryan, the grand jury found a true bill against thirty-eight citizens of Barnwell county, charging them with obstructing qualified voters at Buford’s bridge precinct, in Barnwell county, at the general election in November 1880. In the original indictment forty-three defendants were included, but the grand jury found “no bill” as to five of the number. The trial of the case of the United States against Lucien L. Carroll, and others, managers of the election at Maysville, in Sumpter county, which was commenced yesterday, was resumed and testimony on both sides was concluded. The testimony for the defense was delivered by fifteen white witnesses including the three defendants. These witnesses all testified that the poll at Maysville had been opened promptly at 6 o’clock on the morning of the election in 1880; that before voting began one of the managers opened the ballot box and exhibited it publicly to the crowd on the outside, and turned the box upside down to show that there were not tickets in it, when it was locked. All the witnesses who were present stated that they saw into the box clearly, and that it was perfectly empty. The Republican supervisor arrived at the poll about twenty minutes after voting began. He was admitted into the room, but the managers refused to re-open the box, so that he could see into it, telling him that the box had already been exhibited, and if they re-opened the box after voting had begun, they would invalidate the entire poll. The testimony for the defense went further to show that the surplus tickets found in the box were deposited through an aperture in the lid by voters. Good character of the defendants was testified to by a number of witnesses, both Republican and Democrats. Arguments in the case will be heard to-morrow morning. CLASSIFIEDS All Wool Nuns’ Veiling 35 cents per yard. 4-4 white straw matting; 20, 25, 30 cts per yard. 4-4 Fancy straw matting; 35, 40, 45 cents per yard. Window Shades $1,00, $1,25, $1.50, $2.00 per pair. Hartshorn Rollers 50 cents. Lace Curtains $1.00, $1.23, $1.50; per pair. Apl26-1m A. Campbell & Son We call the attention of the public to the large stock of Spring and Summer Goods, of a large variety, which are now on exhibition at the well known house of Mrs. Rabert Herstein, Northeast corner of Public Square. Unmarried men wishing to become members of the Southern Mutual Aid Association please call on D. A. Brown, local agent, Huntsville, Ala. April 26-1m W. A. McNeely, Gen. Ag’t File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/madison/newspapers/itemsfro1192gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 10.1 Kb