Madison County AlArchives News.....Items from The Huntsville Weekly Democrat May 24, 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, 3:32 pm Microfilm At Huntsville Library May 24, 1882 PERSONAL MENTION Hon. H. C. Speake came home from Athens on Saturday, and returned, Sunday night to continue the term of Limestone Circuit Court. Mrs. Wm. Barry left, last week, with the Patience Troupe, on a visit to relatives in Nashville. Among delegates to the Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly, now in session here, we have been pleased to meet Rev. Mr. DeWitt, once pastor of the Church here. Gov. Patton, R. O. Pickett and wife, Robt. McFarland, R. T. Simpson, and Emmett O’Neal, of Florence, were in our city, last week. Col. H. L. Clay and wife went with the Patience Troupe to Nashville, and returned Monday. Mr. Geo. W. Hunt, of Winchester, a citizen of Huntsville many years ago, has been spending several days here. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Shelton, returned, last Friday, from their bridal tour to Cincinnati, New York, &c. Col. and Mrs. Turner Clanton, summoned by the death of Mrs. C’s father, Gov. Chapman, reached here last Thursday. Col. C., has returned to his home in Sumter Co., and Mrs. C. is still here. Sam. J. Kennerly, now of Texas has been visiting friends here. Sam. B. Barron, Esq., formerly of Huntsville, and a brother of Dr. Wm. J. Barron, is a delegate to the Cumberland Presbyterian Assembly. His residence is Rusk, and he is Coun Clerk of Cherokee Co., Texas. Nick Davis, Esq., and family have returned from a two weeks sojourn in Colbert Co. Miss Annie Young will have a May Festival in her promising school at Gurleysville on Friday next. Paul L. Jones, Esq., has returned from Montgomery, where he has been prosecuting election cases. DIED: CHILDS.--On Monday, May 21, 1882, near Huntsville, Ala., Mrs. J. Hamilton Childs, aged 77 years. Mrs. Childs came to Huntsville about 40 years ago, opened a private school and afterward was connected with the Huntsville Female College, and, shortly before the war, became Principal of the Methodist College at Athens, Ala. After the war she came back to Huntsville, and has lived here a number of years. She was a devoted member of the Methodist Church, noted for her generous contributions to the Church and her charities to the poor. THOMPSON.—On Thursday, May 22, 1882, at the residence of her father, Judge Wm. H. Moore, near Huntsville, Mrs. Fannie Moore Thompson, wife of Rev. John A. Thompson, Pastor of the Methodist Church in this city. Mrs. Thompson was an amiable, lovely woman, of high mental culture, and fervent piety, in the communion of the Methodist church. We sympathize profoundly with the deceased in their great affliction. FRANKENBERGER--At his residence near Huntsville, of pulmonary consumption, May 22, 1882, Mr. B. Frankenberger, age 65. Mr. Frankenberger was one of our valuable acquisitions from Pennsylvania after the war. He was regarded as a most estimable man and useful citizen. We extend our deep sympathy to his family in their great loss. LOCAL ITEMS: The Late Gov. Chapman ------------------------------ We publish resolutions of the Bar in worthy appreciation of the distinguished dead. The Mayor and alderman of Huntsville adopted appropriate resolutions also, but we have been unable to obtain them for publication. The funeral services took place at 5 p.m. on Friday last, Gen. L. P. Walker, S. D. Cabaniss, Esq., Judge P. M. Dox, Chief Justice R. C. Brickell, Hon. W. W. Garth, Col. R. B. Rhett, and Messrs. John T. Fariss, Chas. S. McCalley, W. R. Rison and Geo. R. Montague, acting as pall-bearers. The body was removed from the Huntsville Hotel to the Church of the Nativity, followed by many mourning relatives and friends. The Rev. Dr. J. M. Banister met the body at the door of the Church and conducted the services impressively, and the Choir san the funeral chant and “Rock of ages” with touching pathos. The congregation was large, many persons standing in the aisles. The services at the Church ended, a long cortege of people in carriages and on foot followed the body to the City Cemetery. It was committed to the grave, the solemn service followed, and the mound was profusely decorated with crosses, wreathes and bouquets of choicest flowers and evergreens. By request of the City authorities, business houses were closed during the sad ceremonials, in honor of the distinguished citizen and statesman. The Late Gov. Chapman ----------------------------- Action of the Huntsville Bar ---------------------------------- At a meeting of the Huntsville Bar on the 18th inst., for the purpose of expressing its regret at the death of Ex-Gov. REUBEN CHAPMAN, and the esteem in which it held him, Mr. Cabaniss was called to the chair, and Richard Lowe made secretary. On motion of ex-Gov. Lewis the following committee was appointed to draw up and present to the meeting a series of resolutions expressive of the sense of the Bar: Gen. L. P. Walker, ex-Gov. D. P. Lewis, Wm. Weeden, Esq., W. L. Clay, Esq., R. T. Simpson, Esq., J. J. McDavid, Esq., J. D. Brandon, Esq. The meeting was then adjourned until the next morning at 10 o’clock, at which time is was called to order by Mr. Cabaniss, when Gen. Walker, Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions, presented the following. Resolved, That the Bar of Huntsville again meet to mourn the departure of one of its distinguished members. In the death of Ex-Gov. Reuben Chapman, this Bar, and the community it represents, and the State of Alabama have lost an able counselor, a fearless and incorruptible patriot; a citizen whose presence was knowledge, and whose knowledge was wisdom. To the day of his death his intellect was as bright and vigorous and active, and the interest he took in public affairs, and in the welfare, growth and development of the country, as generous unstinted and zealous as in the palmy days of his long political career, when friends admired and applauded, and foes feared to oppose him. Governor Chapman’s life, both public and private, was remarkable for its constancy, courage and success, the correlation of forces governing each fitting in with singular aptness of relation. He understood the economies of life as few men ever did, and practiced them, not from necessity, but as virtues of abstinence. He was a man of convictions grounded on principles, and these he never surrendered, no matter what might befall him in their vindication. The Spanish inquisition, in the plentitude of its atrocity would have had no terrors for him. He would have marched unflinchingly to the stake for the maintenance of a principle. No truer friend ever lived, and he stood by his friendships whatever the consequences. He was eminently a peacemaker, and many a grave trouble has been settled by his intervention. His courage was proverbial – he feared neither the thunderbolt of Jupiter, nor the trident of Neptune. He had his faults – they were venial. His virtues were perennial, and we will cherish them as living testimonials of the admirable characteristics that make Governor Chapman’s life historical, and deserving of an enduring niche in the temple of Fame. Full of years, he has passed from our immortal sight. Peace be to his ashes, which, re-endowed with a new life, shall, we trust, live forever in the beatitude of that House not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens. Resolved, That we tender to his bereaved family our sincere sympathies, and that a copy of these resolutions be sent to them by the Secretary. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be published in the city papers. Gen. Walker, in presenting these resolutions, concluded with remarks full of feeling, which told of Governor Chapman’s worth and wisdom, his sagacity, his incorruptible integrity, and his political courage and discernment. That he was a sage, and, in many ways, one of the most remarkable men he had ever known. That, when our transient memory of his faults have passed away, his virtues and his worth will be remembered and appreciated. That, if his history is ever truthfully written it will be that of a great and good man. Ex-Judge Dox, Mr. Cabaniss and Judge Richardson spoke of him in an impressive manner, accordant with the deep and prevailing feeling of regret. On motion of Mr. White the resolutions were adopted, and the meeting adjourned. R. H. Lowe, S. D. Cabaniss, Secretary Chairman. ALABAMA ITEMS A colored man, named John Hunt died in Jefferson county, a few days ago at the advanced age of 108 years. Capt. Henry Cochran has recovered $4,375 against the Alabama Central road for causing the death of his wife, and for injuries to himself in a collision between his buggy and the train. Dave Blewitt, a negro brute, made drunk a little white girl of Tuscaloosa county, and then tried to outrage her person. He was detected in the act, arrested and committed to jail – still he lives. Mr. Gyp. Robertson, of Colbert county, now nearly sixty years of age, and who has been farming all his life, has in al that time, bought only one barrel of flour, one ham, and eight bushels of corn. At the last term of Blount circuit court, James P. Shelton was fined $200 for disclosing testimony given before the grand jury. Five more cases for the same offense, against other parties, were continued. In Fayette county, a man named Allen shot and killed his wife for refusing to live with him. Her brother-in-law lived near enough to hear the shot, and came over to learn the cause. Seeing Mrs. Allen lying dead, and Allen fleeing, he shot the murderer dead. The Deaf Hear .- We learn that Jas. R. Dutton, who was raised in DeKalb county, and who had been perfectly deaf and dumb for sixteen years, became so excited and shocked, when the Steamer Wilder ran aground in the “Suck” a few weeks ago, that he has entirely recovered from his deafness, and can now hear and talk as well or nearly so, as he ever did. The truth of the above is vouched for by a gentleman who was in our office last week. – Guntersville Democrat. U.S. NEWS Northern Insult to Colored Ministers -------------------------------------------- POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., May 16--At the session of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Conference to-day, resolutions were adopted denouncing the action of the steward of the steamer John S. Hancock for refusing to allow Bishop Moore and other colored clergymen to sup at the same table with the white passengers, and charging that Capt. Cooper by his silence endorsed the action. A committee was appointed to interview the owners of the steamboat and inquire if they are responsible for the actions of their employees, and whether their line is operated without regard to race or color. The dead body of Phoebe Spence, was found recently near Rome, Ga., in the last stage of decomposition and devoured by the buzzards. Her husband murdered her, in order to marry another woman. From a private letter from Eureka Springs, we learn that Dr. Nuttall, formerly a prominent physician of Memphis, now located at Eureka, thinks Senator Hill has a chance for recovery, but that his other physicians do not entertain this hope. The jaw bone is the part most seriously affected now.-- N. Alabamian. Collapse of Independentism in Georgia ----------------------------------------------- ATLANTA, May 15.—Nine leading Independent Democrats met here to-day, and issued an address to the people of Georgia, indefinitely postponing the mass meeting called for June the first, and urging the party to support Hon. Alexander H. Stephens for Governor. The address was signed by W. H. Felton, Jas. S. Hoak, Jas. B. Park, F. M. Berles, H. V. M. Milton, Albert Howell, P. F. Lawahe, W. M. Bray, M. Van Estes. Mr. George Otto Trevelyan, who has been appointed successor to the murdered Cavendish, as Chief Secretary for Ireland, is a nephew of the famous Lord Macauley, and the author of that most fascinating biography of his illustrious uncle—“The Life and Letters of Lord Macauley.” He has been a Member of Parliament for the Hawick district of Burghs for the last twelve years. He comes of a race of able men, men of executive ability. His father was a leading official in British India, and his uncle’s energy, force and resource are celebrated. LEGAL NOTICES Petition to Probate Will -------------------- State of Ala. – Madison Co. -------------------- Regular May Term, Court of Probate, May 23, 1882. -------------------- Estate of Reuben Chapman, sr., dec’d -------------------- Petition to admit Will to Probate -------------------- This day came Reuben Chapman, jr., who is named with Wm. R. Rison, as Executors, in a certain instrument in writing dated the 25th day of March, 1876, and purporting to be the last true will and testament of Reuben Chapman sr., deceased, late a resident citizen of the County of Madison, State of Alabama, and presents to the Court his written petition asking and praying that said instrument in writing be admitted to probate and declare it to be the last true will and testament of the said Reuben Chapman, sr., deceased: It is ordered by the Court that the 16th day of June, 1882, be and the same is hereby appointed a day on which to hear, consider and determine and petition, together with the proof submitted in support of same. It is, also, ordered by the Court that due and legal notice of the filing of the petition, the nature of the same, and the time appointed by the Court for the hearing thereof be given to Alberta C. Taylor, and her husband John Taylor, who reside in the City of Silverton, State of Colorado, and Bolling Hubard who resides in Buckingham county, State of Virginia, 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 same if they see proper to do so. WILLIAM RICHARDSON, May24-3w. Judge of Probate CLASSIFIED To the West Double Daily Passenger Trains to Arkansas and Texas Points A full set of First-Class and Emigrant Tickets on sale at all principal stations. Through coaches and baggage cars run between Chattanooga and Little Rock Baggage Checked Through No Sunday Delays For further information, address either, JAS. R. OGDEN, Gen’l Passenger Agent, Knoxville, Tenn. T. S. DAVANT, Asst. Gen’l Passenger Agent, Memphis, Or any Agents of the Route. 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