Madison County AlArchives News.....Items from The Huntsville Weekly Democrat November 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 January 10, 2007, 12:35 pm Microfilm At Huntsville Library November 15, 1882 PERSONAL MENTION J. Burns Moore, Esq., has removed from Tuscumbia to Montgomery, Ala., much to the regret of many North Ala. friends. We wish him abundant success in his new home. D. D. Shelby, Esq., and wife, left for Montgomery last Friday. Chief Justice Brickell has gone to Montgomery, and Wm. L. Clay left for that city, on Sunday last. Dr. E. T. Taliaferro, of New Market, Judge Nelson Kyle and Hon. Alex’r Snodgrass, of Scottsboro, were in Huntsville yesterday. Mrs. Lina Richardson (nee Gordon), after several days’ sojourn with her brother, Geo. S. Gordon, Esq., left for Mississippi yesterday. Dr. Jos. S. Macon has gone to Atlanta for a week’s absence. We are glad to see on our streets George Steel, who was injured by a railroad accident some time ago. A few days ago, Mr. Isham H. Watkins’s little son had the end of one of his fingers bitten off by a horse he was poking fodder to through a crack. Col. John F. Steele, now a citizen of Florence, and Engineer on a Railroad from Evansville, Indiana, via Florence to some more Southern point, was among the Florence delegation to our Democratic Jubilee, last night. H. A. Torbett, one of our old Madison friend, who went to Marion, Ala., Wm. E. Vasser, of Athens, Thos. J. McClellan, of Limestone, and Brother Grubbs, of the Decatur News, were here, to rejoice with us last night. Mrs. R. W. Walker and Mrs. John M. Bolling (nee Walker) and her infant daughter, left for New York last Wednesday. DIED: At the Cruse residence in this city, Nov. 10, 1882, WILLIE P. COLES, son of the late James P. and Maria P. Coles, aged 28. Willie was the last of his immediate family, an excellent young man, who struggled against physical disease for years to do his duty. Afflicted with pulmonary constriction, he came home to his aunts, Miss Mary Ann Cruse and Mrs. Hattie Logemann, to be nursed in his dying days. Their loving ministration comforted him but could not save him from the inevitable. He endured his trials and tribulations as a good soldier of Christ, died in the faith as it was once delivered to the Saints, and in the communion of the Episcopal Church, and is now, doubtless, in Paradise. BRANDON.—At Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 12, 1882, WM. MAC. BRANDON, aged 56. Mr. Brandon, a native of this county, lately visited his old home and friends here, in the full glow of health and hope. Returning home, he was attached with typhoid fever and died. A man of estimable character, he has many friends here to deplore his death and sympathize with surviving relatives. MARRIED: VANDEVENTER-PHILLIPS.—At 2 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 14, 1882, by the Rev. John A. Thompson, at the residence of the bride’s father, Jas. A. Phillips near Cluttsville, in this county, Mr. GEORGE D. VANDEVENTER of Huntsville, to Miss MAIE J. PHILLIPS. George has been Foreman in the Democrat office, a good printer and clever fellow. He and his bonny bride must have been under lucky * *. We ? the opportunity to give our hand in hearty congratulations and best wishes. He and his bride are at his father’s, Mr. John D. VandeVenter’s in this city. SLOSS-JAMAR.—At the residence of the bride’s father, Mr. Thos. Jamar, in this city, Nov. 14, 1882, by Rev. A. B. Jones, Mr. PERCY M. SLOSS to Miss MOLLIE E. JAMAR. HUNT-MCCALLEY.—In this city, at 7 a.m., Nov. 15, 1882, by Rev. Dr. B. W. McDonald, Mr. GEORGE W. HUNT, of Winchester, Tenn., to Mrs. TULLIOLA POWERS MCCULLEY, of Huntsville. The happy couple left on the next train for a visit to Winchester, Tenn.; May the evening of their days be blest with bliss and prosperity. ERSKINE-WARREN.—At the Presbyterian Church, Tuscumbia, Ala., Nov. 9, 1882, by Rev. J. C. Lane, Mr. ALEX’R ERSKINE, of Huntsville, to Miss ROSABEL WARREN of Tuscumbia. May their lot in life be happy and prosperous. The hard time, the frost, the comet, the marriage associations, the Democratic victory or something else has given such a stimulus to free trade in the matrimonial line, that we can’t keep up with the marriage reports, unless they are correctly reported to us by parties immediately concerned. LOCAL ITEMS The law firm of Walker (L. P.) Shelby (D. D.) has dissolved, as one advertising columns show. The public say political incompatibly is the cause, and we believe the public are right. Cotton is coming in briskly. Prices range here from 8 ½ @ 9:10c.-a little improvement. Esmeralda ------------ This popular play is to be produced by the New York Madison Square Company at the Huntsville Opera House, Tuesday night, Nov. 21.—Esmeralda is presented by Belle Gilbert and George Drew, the mining engineer, Jim Gilbert, who have always brought down the house here, and they have a good support in the rest of the Company, we are told. Tickets at Murray’s. Madison County Solicitor ------------------------------- We think that the present Legislature of Alabama ought to pass a bill giving Madison County a separate Solicitor. The present Solicitor of this Judicial Circuit, on account of the amount of criminal business in this county, has found it necessary to appoint an Assistant Solicitor.—The County Court criminal docket, from Jan’y 1881 to Jan’y 1882, shows 640 cases and at the Jan’y term, 1882, 136 cases and the Circuit Court docket 171 cases. This surely indicates the necessity for a Solicitor for this County. A separate Solicitor involves no additional expense to the people of Madison or the State Treasury. We believe the people of Madison favor it. If any oppose it, let them speak out. ALABAMA ITEMS Official Vote of the 8th District ------------------------------------- We are not absolutely certain that we have the exact official figures in this Congressional District, but such as we have, from report, we will give unto you: For Pryor— Jackson 169 Morgan 329 Limestone 618 Lauderdale 401 Colbert 19 Franklin 206 ----- Total 1,742 For Shelby— Madison 564 Lawrence 392 ----- Total 956 Pryor’s majority in District, 786. Larkinsville, Ala. --------------------- LARKINSVILLE, IN A BLAZE OF GLORIOUS TRIUMPH, CELEBRATES PRYOR’S GRAND VICTORY AND THAT OF DEMOCRAT EVERYWHERE, AND NOMINATES HON. JOS. WHEELER FOR CONGRESS TO FILL THE EXISTING VACANCY. --------------------- Larkinsville, Ala., Nov. 11, 1882. Mr. Editor:--Last night, the Democrats of this village, and of the adjacent neighborhoods met, in great numbers, to give suitable expression to the joy and gladness which filled their hearts, on account of the success of Democratic principles in this Congressional District, and throughout our beloved country: to proffer to our Democratic brethren, our happy greetings and joyful congratulations of our gratitude, as well as our exalted appreciation of the noble and brilliant triumph of our illustrious leader, the matchless Luke Pryor, in his grand, inimitable canvass and redemption of the 8th District. Ample preparations had been inaugurated to make the occasion a grand success. The town was beautifully illuminated. Bonfires, blazing rockets, flashing fire-balls—grand illuminations—lit up earth and sky, and threw a brilliant flood of glory over the grand old mountains which so majestically skirt our beautiful valley. Our noble, gallant Democratic boys made the welkin ring with their glad shouts, and the mountains and the valleys to echo and re echo with the deep-toned thunders of exploding gunpowder. Brilliant meteoric showers and revolving, scintillating, coruscating streams of dazzling light illumined the smiling heavens, and bore aloft, on glory-crowned beams, a fit reflection of the light and joy which thrilled our glad hearts. Our noble, patriotic women, our lovely, beautiful maidens, were out in great numbers to honor the occasion, to testify their approval, and to manifest their joy in the triumph of a noble cause. Many, also, of our late political opponents gave us the pleasure of their presence, and it affords me great gratification to testify that, to their credit and honor, they demeaned themselves with manly dignity and propriety. Let it here be said in commendation of all present, Democrats, Greenbackers and Republicans that not one word was heard, not an act done, to cause a ripple in the stream of good humor and kindly feelings that flowed throughout the entire throng. In response to earnest calls from the assembled multitude, brief, soul- stirring speeches were made by Dr. B. B. Smith, our worthy Mayor, Hon. W. L. Higgins, former Representative from this County in the Legislature, David Austin, J. R. Morris, Dr. W. B. McKelvy, Polk Wright, and J. P. Harris. At an auspicious moment in the progress of these thrilling scenes, and by concert of action, J. R. Morris ascended the platform, and alluding in fit terms to the fidelity, the patriotism, and the unselfish devotion of that true and tried Democrat—the Hon. Joseph Wheeler, placed his name in nomination as the People’s candidate for Congress, to fill the vacancy made by the death of the late Hon. W. M. Lowe, and calling for the vote of the assembled multitude, one, long, loud, unanimous aye rent the very heavens with its spontaneous and hearty response. And now, in conclusion, Mr. Editor, will not every Democrat in the District, and every lover of right and justice, and every admirer of a manly, a noble, an unselfish patriot, which the gallant Wheeler has shown himself to be, ratify and endorse this nomination spontaneously and by acclamation and with one accord, return him to the seat from which he was ousted—thus administering a fir rebuke to a partisan Congress which disregards the voice and the rights of the people, and showing to our country that we understand our rights, and that we know how to vindicate them; and that we can, and do appreciate that noble spirit in which this unselfish man, who was justly entitled to precedence in the late Congressional race, stepped forward at Decatur, and, like a self-sacrificing and country-loving Roman, in the best days of that grand old Republic, magnanimously placed the People’s cause and their banner in the hands of Luke Pryor, our Cincinnatus. The write of this has no personal ends to subserve in this appeal to his fellow Democrats, and no interest, except that which is common to him and the people. He asks no office, seeks no honor for self, other than to be a faithful citizen of a country in which the people’s rights and liberties are held sacred, and he believes that the people do honor to themselves in the just and proper exercise of the elective franchise. ONE OF THE PEOPLE. U.S. NEWS Fight in a Court ------------------- ST. LOUIS, Nov. 4.—In the United States Court yesterday, while Ex-United States Senator John B. Henderson and Henry A. Cunningham were discussing an order of the court on a case in which both were counsel, Henderson remarked that Cunningham had not kept faith in some matter connected with the case. Cunningham replied in a heated manner that the assertion was false. Henderson struck out from shoulder and planted three blows on Cunningham’s face and head knocking him violently against an iron pillar in the court room and thence to the floor.—Friends interfered and the belligerents were separated. Judge Trent was greatly shocked and said it was the most disgraceful thing that had occurred in the court during the 24 years he has been on the bench, and he fined Henderson, not withstanding he made an apology. Lost Art of Preserving the Dead Discovered -------------------- WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.—P. S. Ensworth and Dr. Lovett of Erie, Penn., have taken out a patent for preserving human dead bodies. They claim to have discovered the long lost Egyptian art of preserving the bodies of the dead. By means of their patent, it is alleged that a body can be preserved, even when in an advanced state of decomposition. They have made several experiments; one was with the body of a child in Erie.—Two weeks after being treated by this new process, the body presented a perfectly natural appearance, and the flesh responded to the touch like India rubber. LEGAL NOTICES Valuable Farm For Sale ---------- The Tate Place, near hazel Green, one of the Four Farms belonging to the Estate of Chas. P. Cabaniss dec’d, heretofore advertised in The Democrat to be sold on Monday, Nov. 13, 1882, At the Court House in Huntsville, was not sold, and the sale was postponed to Monday, December 4, 1882 S. D. CABANISS nov.15-2w. Adm’r of C. P. Cabaniss dec’d Administrator’s Notice ---------- Estate of Albert Powers Dec’d LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION on the Estate of said decedent having been granted to the undersigned on the 10th day of November, 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. Persons indebted to said Estate will please settle with me at once. SUSAN ANN POWERS nov.15-3w. Administrator of the Estate of Albert Powers, dec’d STATE OF ALABAMA, MADISON COUNTY, Court of Probate, Regular, November Term, November 7, 1882. ---------- Estates of George Oldfield, Deceased ---------- Report of Insolvency This day, came E. T. Taliaferro, Administrator of the Estate of George Oldfield, deceased, late a resident citizen of the county of Madison, State of Alabama, and present to the Court his written report, duly verified by oath accompanied with the statements and lists required by law, representing and stating that the assets of said estate are insufficient to pay the debts thereof; and asking and praying that said estate be declared insolvent. It is ordered by the Court that the 18th day of December, 1882, be and is appointed a day on which to hear, consider and determine said report together with the proof submitted in support of the same. It is, also ordered, that notice of the filing of the report, the nature of the same, and the time appointed for the hearing thereof, be given to the creditors of said estate by publication for three successive weeks, in the Huntsville Democrat, a newspaper published in this county, at which time, all persons interested can appear and contest same, if they see proper to do so. WILLIAM RICHARDSON, nov.15-3w. Judge of Probate CLASSIFIED DISSOLUTION -------------------- The law partnership of Walker & Shelby is this day, dissolved by mutual consent. November 8, 1882 L. P. WALKER, D. D. SHELBY. nov.15-4w File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/madison/newspapers/itemsfro1256gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 15.4 Kb