Madison County AlArchives News.....Items from The Huntsville Weekly Democrat December 20, 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 11, 2007, 6:32 pm Microfilm At Huntsville Library December 20, 1882 PERSONAL MENTION A young lady asks us not to announce his arrival this week. Hon. David Shelby and wife returned from Montgomery last week, also, Miss Mattie Barnard and Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Clay. Mr. Wm. R. Moore is in our city. Mrs. Daniel Coleman is visiting her son, Capt. Daniel Coleman, in our city. Alonzo S. Elliott, formerly of Huntsville, has been elected an Alderman in Birmingham. Mr. Jas. L. Watkins, Jr., and R. H. Watkins of Birmingham, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Cooper (formerly Miss Ella Polk,) of Columbia, Tenn., Miss Florence Faust and Mr. Will S. E?ell of Pulaski, and Maj. And Mrs. Alfred M. O’Neal, of Florence, Ala., were among those who graced the occasion of the marriage of Mr. Faust to Miss Matthews. Richard H. Lowe, Esq., and Mr. Todd Harrison have returned from a trip to Texas. MARRIED: Orange Blossoms Married, Nov. 20, 1882, by Rev. Mr. Kendrick, at Marion, Ala., Mr. Otis David, of Waco, Texas, to Miss Isla Lawson, daughter of the late P. B. Lawson, Esq., of Marion. The bridegroom will be remembered as a youth of unusual promise in our city some years ago. We wish him and his bride bliss ineffable. Married in Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 12, 1882, Mr. Eugene Wyatt to Miss Sallie Lanier Edwards, daughter of our old citizen, Mr. Wm. W. Edwards, whose marriage was announced in the Democrat 40 years ago. Long life, health, and happiness to the wedded pair. Married in the Church of the Nativity, Huntsville, Ala., Dec. 18, 1882, by Rev. Dr. J. M. Banister, Mr. John A. Faust, of New York, to Miss Susie Matthews, daughter of the late Luke Matthews, of Huntsville. The bridegroom and bride and their attendants were faultless in the elegance of their attire. The attendants were Mr. M. L. Kirkman, of Nashville, with Miss Susie Echols, of Huntsville, Mr. O. D. Porter, of Nashville, and Miss Stiles of Ga., Mr. Lewis T. Baxter, of Nashville with Miss Mary Lou Newman, of Huntsville, Mr. Wm. R. Moore, of Huntsville with Miss Mattie M. Gordon, of Nashville, Many relatives and friends-ourself among them, were present to wish the pair joy and bid them God speed in their future life. The happy pair and a number of the bridal party left, to-day for Pulaski, Tenn., the former home of the bridegroom. LOCAL ITEMS I have this day, sold my interest in the “Candy Stand,” on Washington Street, just above Baker’s store—but will continue business at South Corner Commercial Row, at old Post Office stand. Call and see me. dec.20-t. EDWIN L. DRAKE ALABAMA ITEMS Democratic Nominee For Congress JOSEPH WHEELER Election on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1883 ----------------------------- Wheeler and McClellan ----------------------------- Last Saturday night, on short notice, a respectable number of the citizens of Huntsville assembled in the Court House, to hear a discussion between the Hon. Jos. Wheeler and Hon. John B. McClellan, candidates to fill the unexpired term in the U. S. Congress. The short notice and cold weather, doubtless, reduced the number of the audience. Gen. Wheeler opened the discussion, as the nominee of the Democratic party, with clearness and force, sustaining his positions with incontrovertible facts and figures. Judge McClellan followed, declaring himself the nominee of no convention or caucus, and the representative of no party, but simply as an Independent Democrat, running on his own platform, as announced in his circular, which is too general in its terms to enable any one to determine his particular status. He said he represented the principles of Jefferson, Jackson, Clay and Webster, theoretically and practically, which were almost as wide as the South and North poles, and their views are irreconcilable. On Wednesday night of last week, at the residence of W. W. King, on Town Creek, in this county, a man, named Bud McWhorter, stabbed Wm. Samples to death. Our information is that the parties were drinking and had quarreled, but no one saw the stabbing, and it was not known that S had been stabbed until he was very nearly dead. McWhorter and his father and brother, both of whom were present, have fled, and it is supposed have gone in the direction of Cullman.—Guntersville Democrat. U.S. NEWS A Stone with a History ---------------------------- Oxford Falcon. Ben Milan, who resides in Mississippi, near the Marshall county line, and who is the owner of the wonderful mad-stone, of which we made mention some months ago, dropped in to see us on Saturday last while on a trip to our city. Mr. Milan inform us that, since the stone has been in possession of his family 1,220 cases have been treated in all, not one of which failed to recover. An average of fifteen patients test the curative powers of the stone annually, which number is about three times as great since as before the war. The history of this wonderful stone, as we get it from Milan, is that in 1810 a Dr. Barker, of Alabama, brought the same stone from China, being used by the Chinese to cure snake and spider bites and those of other poisonous insects. Soon after Dr. Barker returned to Alabama, he began to test the stone on persons bitten by mad dogs, and with great success he used it until his death, which occurred several years afterward, when, with other effects, the stone was sold and became the property of Garvin Milan (father of Ben) and three of his neighbors. One at a time the joint owners sold out until Mr. Milan became proprietor of the stone, and at his death willed it to his son, the present owner, who only a few days since refused $7,500 for it. Moonshiner Killed ----------------------- NEAR ATTALLA, ALA., DEC. 19 ------------------------ Chattanooga Times The details of a fatal difficulty at Attalla, on the A. G. S. R. R., reached the city yesterday, in which a moonshiner was killed by a U. S. revenue officer and another badly wounded. The affair created considerable talk over the city, and a Times reporter ascertained to the following facts: About two miles west of Attalla, in the mountains, there is an illicit distillery owned by a man named W_ who had two men named _liams and Bob Thomas _ run it. Monday night, revenue _ oodwin and his two _ during the ni_ _lery and, this mo_ _ destroy it. The _ knowing that there _ building and commenced _ _g the stills, and were roll_ a barrel of whisky, when _ ant Thomas, who were _ up stairs, rushed down _ _e what was the matter. As _ as Goodwin and his deputies _ them, they ordered them to _ow up their hands. This Williams and Thomas would not do, and there was a long and animated discussion, the moonshiners wanting to be released, as their distillery had been destroyed. The officers, of course, would not accede to their request. In the meantime, Williams had gotten his hand into his hip pocket, and was in the act of drawing a pistol when Goodwin fired, the bullet crushing through his brain, killing him instantly. Thomas started to run, when Goodwin shot him also, the ball entering his back just under the shoulder blade. The wound is thought to be serious. A coroner’s inquest was held and verdict rendered exonerating Goodwin on the ground that he had acted in self-defense. [Transcription note: Unfortunately, there are two large holes in this paper and numerous missing words are indicated by as underlines in the above text.] Norfolk, Va., Dec. 16.—The British steamship Towerhill has cleared for Liverpool with 10,468 bales of cotton. This is the largest cargo of cotton ever carried by any vessel. The Towerhill sails to-morrow. LEGAL NOTICES Executrix Notice -------------------- Estate of William C. Coles, dec’d -------------------- LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION on the Estate of said decedent having been granted to the undersigned on December 11th, 1882, 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. MARY ANN CRUSE dec.20-3w. Executrix of William C. Coles, dec’d STATE OF ALA.--MADISON COUNTY, -------------------- Court of Probate, Regular December Term 1882. -------------------- Estates of George Oldfield, Deceased. -------------------- Decree of Insolvency—and Order for Settlement -------------------- This, the 18th day of December 1882, being the day appointed to hear and pass upon the report of insolvency, heretofore filed in this Court by E. T. Taliaferro, Administrator of the estate of George Oldfield, deceased, asking and praying that said estate be declared insolvent: It is, therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed by the Court that said E. T. Taliaferro, Administrator, as aforesaid, is hereby required to appear before the Judge of this Court on the 22nd day of January, 1883, and make settlement of his accounts of said estate. It is, also, ordered that notice of the time appointed for said settlement and the nature thereof, be given to the creditors of said estate by publication for three consecutive weeks, in the Huntsville Democrat, a newspaper published in the this county; at which time, all persons interested can appear and contest said settlements, if they see proper to do so. WILLIAM RICHARDSON, dec.20-3w. Judge of Probate Administrator’s Sale of Valuable Farms, Jan. 15, 1883 ------------------- In accordance with decreed orders of the Probate Court of Madison county, Alabama, rendered October 3rd and December 18th, 1882, I will sell on Monday, the 15th day of January, 1883. at the court house of said county in Huntsville, Ala., on the terms hereinafter state, to the highest bidder at public outcry, the lands hereinafter described, belonging to the Estate of Charles P. Cabaniss deceased, situated in said county, about five miles Northwest from the City of Huntsville, upon which are two valuable farms adjoining each other, in a desirable neighborhood, and designated respectively, as The Wilson Place; and the Price or Cave Spring Place—all of said lands being in Township 3 of Range 1, West. The Wilson Place contains about 308 acres, embraces all of the North half of Section 20, except about 13 and 82-100 acres of the East part of the Northeast quarter of said section, heretofore sold to Miss C. C. White and sisters, and now enclosed with their lands on the East side of the lower Elkton road. The Price or Cave Spring Place contains the Northeast and Southeast quarters of Section seventeen (17)—and, with it, will be sold a woodland tract, about one mile distant, containing about one hundred acres consisting of the East half of the Southwest quarter of Section 7 and the west half of the Northwest fourth of the Northeast quarter of Section 18, in said township and range. Between 150 and 250 acres of the Wilson place and between 250 and 300 acres of the Price Place are cleared and tillable. That part of the Wilson Place lying North and East of the Public road, and containing about 50 acres, will be sold subject to a right of way 20 feet wide and about 50 rods long, extending from the Public road at the gate, North to the Price Tract. If desired by persons wishing to bid at said sale, and deemed advantageous to the Estate, the aforesaid fifty acres, or part of it, and twenty acres of said woodland tract, may be sold separately. Terms of Sale—One-third of purchase money payable in cash, balance in two equal annual installments, with interest from date of sale secured by bonds with two or more sureties, or all pay due in cash at option of buyer. Mr. James C. White, residing near the farms, will show boundaries, if requested. S. D. CABANISS, Dec.20-?? Adm’r of Charles P. Cabaniss, dec’d File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/madison/newspapers/itemsfro1262gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 12.4 Kb