Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1898 — SOUTHERN. [ARTICLE]

SOUTHERN.

The Kentucky State Board of Valuations reduced the tax on whisky in bond from $8 to $7 \per barrel for the year 1899. At Chattanooga, Tenn., David W. Hughes, a lumber dealer, has filed a petition in bankruptcy, with liabilities at $250,000 and assets at SI,OOO. In a terrible duel with knives at Mount Vernon, Ga., between Charles Darley, on mule.back, and Thomas Jennings, on foot, the former was killed and Jennings badly wounded. Jennings is in jail. Sam Hall, the negro saloon-keeper of Newport News, Ya., who shot and killed Private Alonzo Andrews, One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana Regiment, has been acquitted of the murder charge against him. At Owensbofro, Ky., Mary Glover, aged 1 year, was burned to a crisp. Her mother left three children at home while she was at work. Smoke was seen issuing from the house and the neighbors, not knowing that any one was in the house, made no effort to save the child. Lindsay Freeman, a wealthy Trigg County, Ky., planter, and his son Charles, aged 19 years, became involved in a quarrel, which resulted in the son shooting the father, the ball taking effect in the left side near the heart, producing a wound that will result fatally. Fire did considerable damage at the Government yards on the Illinois Central Railroad in New Orleans, where are stored great quantities of oil, rosin, turpentine, etc. The fire broke out in the warehouse of A. Vizard & Co. and <lestroyed $30,000 worth of turpentine and rosin.

Henry Nelligan, cook, and George W. Beverly, bugler, of the First Florida Regiment, were killed nt Huntsville, Ala. They were on bad terms and had a fight in camp. Private Porter Weisnant, troop D, Tenth Cavalry, was found with a bullet wound in the throat in West Holmes street. He said only that he had been held up by two white soldiers and shot. Then he expired.