St. Landry democrat., 1882-07-15
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

ing his farm, near Dublin, Ga, the other
night, his horse received Il ponderous blow
on the shoulder from the tail of an alligator,
knocking the animal entirely out Of the road,
The alligator did not follow up the fight,
but now stood on the defense, in threaten
ing attitude, however, with its huge mouth
stretched open wide enough to take in the
end of barrel. Mr.. Renfroe took a rail
from the fence and rammed it into the mon
ster's throat. AS quick as light the alliga'
tor closed on the rail and hurled Mr.. Rem
froe against the fence, hurting him badly,
and enapping the rail like a chalk pipe stem.
He then called to his family to send him his
gun, pistol, and AK. While waiting for his
weapons he amused himself by ramming
fence rails into the aIlgator's mouth. 1t
broke dozen as easily as it did the first.
When his weapons came he shot the alliga.
tor twelve times with Il Smith & Wes>on
pistol and four times with shotgun, and
then buried an AK in its head in eight places.
After all this life was not extinct for twelve
hours afterward. All the pistol balls how.
ever, did not enter. Fully half of them
glanced harmlessly from the tough hide and
went singing away through space. The
monster was over ten feet long and weighed
fully 800 pounds. The horse was badly in
jured.
The latest snake story from Georgia
is thus told by the Rome Bulletin: ''The
other day certain young lady started out
shopping. While putting on her hat she
thought it felt rather heavy, but not notic
ing anything put it on her head. On her
return home she asked her sister to take of
her hat, that she thought something was on
it. Her sister took off her hat and while
doing so came near being bitten by a snake.
The lady had worn the snake around with
her all the time, unconscious of its pres
ence.'
Powhatan Causey and a party of sew
en- surrounded house in which thieves
were concealed, near Summit, Miss, the
other evening. They were met by Mrs.
John Harrison, who invited them in. say
ing, "There is no one here" whereupon
Causey and two others entered and made
search of the premises. They discovered
man lying upon the joist of a room. He at
tempted to draw his pistol, whereupon
Causey fired. Then followed in rapid sue
cession some forty shots, and when the
smoke died away VIM. johnson and VIM.
Enos were lying upon the ground-the first
dead, and the latter dangerously wounded.
1t is supposed that one of the thieves was
killed, and that others were wounded.
A novel but profitable industry in the
mountains of Tennessee is that of collecting
roots (mosly laureD. The roots are shipped
to Philadelphia and Boston and used for the
manufacture OF door-knobs and pipe-bowls.
The roots frequently weigh from Is to 15C
pounds. There is constant demand, and
good prices are paid for them by the ton.
A Fayette County (Texas) jury hav
ing decided that man was guilty of MUIR
der in the first degree were divided as to
the punishment. Nine favored hanging and
three life imprisonment, In order to ar.
rive at conclusion they drew lots, result.
ing in the death penalty. This proceeding
having leaked out, new trial has been
granted.
The logging business on the Ocklock.
once and other rivers, in Wakulla
County, Florida, is assuming large proper.
tions. Several hundred men and about
hundred teams are engaged in cutting and
hauling timber. The logs are RATED down
to Carabela and Apalachicola, aud sold at
from IS to Sc per thousand feet.
The Prussian Government has Sc.
lected Aiken, S. c., as one of the stations
for the observation OF the transit of Venus,
which takes place on December s, 1882. Tbs
scientific members of the expedition will
arrive in Aiken about the end of October
and remain until the middle of December
Last year Chattanooga, Tenn, ship.
ped ten thousand pounds of Strawberries
and 100000 pounds of grapes, besides other
fruit, and this year the shipments will be
third greater.
AS pleasing proof of the growth Of
home Industries, Charleston Is. CO. paper
mentions the building OF steamer and the
construction of all her machinery in that
city.
At Tampa the cattle trade is brisk.
Cattle are being concentrated near Tampa
from all parts of Southern Florida.
st. Andrews Bay is the Long Branch
for West Floridians. 1t is about midway
between Pensacola and Apalachicola.
A 3-months-o negro child, at Frank
lin, KY, was attacked by rats while asleep,
and its nose eaten off and holes gnawed in
Its forehead and eyelids.
While prospecting in the neighbor-
hood of Kings Mountain, North Carolina,
one day last week, man found crystal
which has been pronounced diamond OF
great value.
The quarrying interest in East Ten
nessee has doubled within the last seven
years.
Ground has been broken at Columbus,
Ga, for new cotton factory.
Mobile, Ala, makes female violators
of the law work out their fines on the chain
gang.
A number of ponds in Mason County,
Kentucky, are being stocked with German