Madison County AlArchives News.....Items from The Huntsville Weekly Democrat May 3, 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, 3:13 pm Microfilm At Huntsville Library May 3, 1882 PERSONAL MENTION Robert Halsey, of the firm of Erskine & Halsey, Commission Merchants, is recovering from typhoid fever. Jeff. Thompson has returned to the Decatur Express office. Mrs. John E. Moore has returned from Florence, and is with her sister, Mrs. Alfred Moore. Gen. Dabney H. Maury left here, on Thursday night, last, for Columbia, Tenn. John Hooe Russell has gone back to Huntington, West Va., and to his duties as President of a Bank there. Mr. Jas. H. Duncan, book keeper for Duncan & Rand, left Monday, for the St. Louis Business College. Rob’t Matthews, son of our clever countryman, Mr. B. L. Mathews got home Sunday from Atlanta, where he has been for some time, attending Moore’s Business College. We understand that Rev. Anson West and Rev. John Thompson have gone to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South which met at Nashville Tenn., to-day. Rev. Dr. Banister and Capt. Daniel Coleman, who attended the Episcopal Diocesan Convention at Montgomery last week as delegates from the Church of the Nativity, have returned. We regret to hear of the death of an excellent young man J. Davis Battle, on Saturday night, last, at the residence of his brother-in-law, Dr. J. P. Hampton. We will publish, next week, an obituary received too late for this issue. Dr. John H. Wortham, brother of our worthy countryman, Larkin A. Wortham is visiting relatives and friends in our county. He was a gallant member of the Immortal Fourth Alabama regiment during the late civil war, went to Winchester, Va., in 1869, married, and has been living there till recently, as a physician and druggist. He meets a hearty welcome from his old war comrades and other friends. LOCAL ITEMS Last week, a negro preacher, Allen Spencer, was arrested by Sheriff Cooper under the following circumstances: Spencer was charged with felony in Mississippi, and Gov. Lowry, of Miss., made a requisition for him on Gov. Cobb, of Ala., who directed Sheriff Cooper to arrest Spencer. Sheriff C. had been on the lookout for him, and, spotting him for the first time as a witness in some case last week, arrested him and was taking him to jail, when he suddenly, ran off. Sheriff C. shot at him six times, missing him. Deputy Sheriff Joe Cooper and Policeman Street joined in the pursuit and he was re- captured on Walker Street, and lodged in jail. A telegram to an agent of the State of Mississippi was sent at once, and he came for Spencer on Saturday last, and started to Mississippi with him. Army worms are making sad havoc with the wheat in this vicinity. Maj. J. R. Stevens has a 60 acre field near town, from which he expected 1300 bushels. He showed us some of the stalks, last Saturday, which were completely stripped of leaves, and the heads were partly devoured. He says, about twenty acres, sown last September, are utterly ruined. They had made little, it any, inroad on his later wheat so far, but he is expecting them to attack it. We hear like accounts from 73 acres of Jas. B. White, near by; from Capt. Milton Humes’s unusually fine wheat on the North of town; and from Gen. Sam. H. Moore’s wheat on the Whitesburg turnpike. We trust the worms will have no wider range, but greatly fear for the entire crop of this county, unless the weather shall speedily turn hot, and destroy the, as it is said to do. We hear of some signs of rust, but none to hurt yet. The prospect for oats and corn are propitious. Too early to predict as to cotton. The army worm, or a worm like it, is destroying cabbages. In other respects, gardens are, generally, looking well. The wheat planted on ground recently in clover, is said to suffer most. The Huntsville Steam Fire Company No. 1, have furnished us the names of officers and members for the coming year, as follows: Jas. M. Hutchens, Fire Marshal; John R. Johnson, President; A. A. Baker, Foreman; John Smith, Assistant Foreman; H. G. Poore, Secretary; John G. Baker, Treasurer; John P. Spence, Engineer; F. L. Pollard, 1st Fireman; J. M. Ammerman, 2d do.; John R. Johnson, Thos. Masort, 1st Nozzlemen; Aaron Franks, Wm. Blakemore, 2d do.; J. C. Jones, Arthur Dill, Finance Committee; West Brock, Aaron Franks, Relief Committee; John Hughes, Doorkeeper; Isaac Erskine, Driver. Regular meeting, first Monday in each month. Regular drill, first Thursday in each month. ALABAMA ITEMS Rev. T. J. Beard, of Mobile, has received and accepted a call to take charge of the Episcopal Church in Birmingham. The Moulton Advertiser says: A few stump-sucking Greenbackers of Lawrence are laboring hard to make people believe that their party is the strongest in the country, when the truth is they couldn’t elect a constable without Republican assistance. Referring to our election table of November, 1880, when all three parties had tickets in the field, we find the following vote polled for each: Hancock (Democrat) 1555 Garfield (Republican) 1414 Weaver (Greenbacker) 558 And in a similar contest to-morrow, the Greenbackers would not poll 300 votes. The day for hoodwinking and deceiving the black man and brother has gone never to return, and in the next election he will either support men of his own faith or give his suffrage to his honorable and venerable antagonist – the Democratic party. The Editors and Publishers Association, which met in Montgomery on Thursday morning, adjourned Friday evening. For the ensuing year, the following officers were elected: J. B. Stanley, President; H. M. King, 1st Vice President, S. F. Nunnelee, 2nd Vice President; D. F. McCall, Secretary; L. Hensly Grubbs, Treasurer; L. J. Walker, Orator; H. C. Jones, Alternate Orator; G. K. Miller, L. H. Mathews, and W. F. Wilkinson, Executive Committee. Selma was chosen as the next place of meeting. U.S. NEWS Miss Susan N. Randolph, a great-grand-daughter of Thomas Jefferson, is now the head of the Patapsco Institute at Ellciot City , Md. Writing to Congressman Manning respecting the proposed monument to Jefferson, she says: “The little graveyard at Monticello – only one hundred feet square – is all of the ten thousand acres of land owned by Jefferson when he entered public life which is now left in the possession of his descendants. He sleeps, amid scenes of surpassing beauty and grandeur, on that lovely mountain side, surrounded by the graves of his children and grand-children to the fifth generation.” LEGAL NOTICES Non-Resident Notice -------------------- State of Alabama, Madison County -------------------- Regular April Term, Court of Probate, April 29, 1882. -------------------- Estate of Mary Oaks Deceased This day came Samuel W. Sanford, Executor of the Estate of Mary Oaks, deceased, late resident citizen of the County of Madison, State of Alabama; and presents to the Court his written petition duly verified by oath, asking and praying an order and proceedings from this Court authorizing him, as such Executor, to sell certain real estate described in said petition, belonging to the estate of said decedent, and situated and being in the county of Madison, State of Alabama on the grounds and for the reason that the personal property of said decedent is insufficient to pay the debts of said estate. It is considered ordered, adjudged and decreed by the Court, that the 15th day of June, 1882, be and is appointed a day on which to hear, consider and determine said petition, together with the proof submitted in support of same. It is also ordered, That notice of the filing of said petition, the nature of the same, and the time appointed by the Court for the hearing thereof, be given by publication for three successive weeks in the Huntsville Democrat, a newspaper published in said county, to George Oaks, who resides near Elkton, in the State of Tennessee, Mattie Thompson, who resides near Kelso, in the State of Tennessee and Mary Wheless, who resides in Austin State of Texas, who are non-residents of the State of Alabama, at which time, all persons interested can appear and contest the same, if they see proper to do so. WILLIAM RICHARDSON, May3-3w. Judge of Probate Executor’s Sale of Personal Property -------------------------------------------- State of Alabama | Madison County By virtue of a decree of the Honorable Court of Probate, for the County of Madison, State of Alabama, made and entered on the 29th day of April, 1882, the undersigned, as executor of the estate of Mary Oaks, deceased, will offer for sale at public outcry, to the highest bidder, for cash, at Maysville, in the County of Madison, State of Alabama, on Saturday the 27th day of May, 1882 the following described personal property, to wit: Two Feather-beds, Pillows, Bolsters, 1 Clock, 1 Bureau, 1 Saw, 1 Axe, 1 Small Table and 4 Chairs, Terms cash. SAMUEL W. SANFORD, May3-3W Executor of Mary Oaks, deceased. Administrator’s Sale of Personal Property, Memphis & Charleston Railroad Stock, Etc. -------------------------------------------- State of Alabama | Madison County By virtue of a decree of the Honorable Court of Probate, for the County of Madison, State of Alabama, made and entered on the 12th [sic] day of May, 1882, the undersigned as the administrator of the estate of D. R. Whitman, deceased, will offer for sale, to the highest bidder, for cash, at the court- house door, in the city of Huntsville, County of Madison, State of Alabama, on; Saturday, May 27th, 1882, the following described personal property to-wit: Twenty-five shares of the capital stock of the Memphis & Charleston Railroad Company, and two Gold Watches. Terms of sale strictly cash. W. G. LAXSON, may3-3w Adm’r of D. R. Whitman, deceased. NOTICE ---------- I will be at the Mayor’s Office, during business hours, from the 15th of May to the 15th of June, inclusive, for the purpose of assessing city taxes. All parties liable will please call and give in their taxes, as required by law. JOHN C. BRADLEY may3 to june3 City Assessor and Collector Sheriff’s Sale ----------------- To satisfy an execution in my hands from the Circuit Court of Madison County, State of Alabama, in favor of Worthington & Smith, Plaintiffs vs. Landon Carter, Defendant, I will offer for sale at public outcry, to the highest bidder, for cash, at the Court House door, in the City of Huntsville, Alabama, within legal hours of sale, on Monday, June 5th, 1882, the following described real estate to wit: The entire interest of Landon Carter in and to the property, House and Lot situated on the corner of Franklin and Gates Streets, bounded on the North by Gates street, on the East by Franklin street, on the West by lot of James W. Steele, on the South by lot of John Van Valkenburg, containing one acre more or less, with the improvements thereon. Levied on as the property of Landon Carter and will be sold to satisfy said execution. JOHN W. COOPER may 3 30d Sheriff Madison County Printers fee $12 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/madison/newspapers/itemsfro1193gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 11.8 Kb