St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-12-09
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

morning in search OF his wife, who had rum
away from his bed and board at Louisville,
KY, with former lover named Schafer.
He gave her name as Mrs. Eta Sample, and
exhibited q photograph and letter which led.
to her discovery and Identification in less
than half an hour. Mr.. Sample related the
story of his troubles as follows: He was
married,to Miss Eta Altman on the I'd Of
November, and on the 7th went across the
river to Jacksonville, Ind, to look after
some lumber interests. His bride was to
follow him on the IL o'clock boat, but he:
waited for her all day in vain, and when he
returned home at night he learned she had
disappeared, saying to her mother that she
would take the boat for Jeffersonville. She.
was tracked to several places south on the.
lines OF railroad, but she could not be To-
Gated with certainty. A few days ago Mr.;
Sample received a letter from Memphis,i
signed "Etta Altman Sample," asking for
money. The writer stated she was
taking lessons in elocution with the inten-i
ton of preparing herself for the stage. De-
tectives soon discovered her living with
Schafer, as his wife, and both were ar,
rested. She is about twenty years Of age,
OF buxom appearance, rosy cheeks and,
full black eyes. Sample wanted divorce!
at first, but after short talk with Mrs.
Sample expressed himself willing to take
her back to Louisville. The young woman
seemed undecided. To Chief Davis, who
asked why she left home, she said it was q
case of s'love VS.. money" Schafer had been
her beau for years, and she loved him bet
ter than the old mans money. The girls
mother forced her to marry Sample against
her will. After little deliberation Schafer
was allowed to go and Eta went home with
her husband.
The family Of Thomas Hughes, living
near Spottsville, KY, went to church the
other day, leaving an infant in charge OF a
colored girl. The girl went to neighbours,
leaving the child ON pallet on the floor.
When the folks returned they found the
child dead and horribly eaten by rats.
Rev. j. G. Wharton, of Carthage,
Mo-, has been arrested at Elizabethtown,.
KY, in company with Mrs. Maggie McGill,
on charge of embezzlement.
A farmer in Statesville, N. c., has
raised five successive crops Of strawberries
from his plants this year.
TIE new Anchor line steamer City
OF st. Louis was launched at Louisville the
other day.
r. W. Barnwell, formerly Senator
from South Carolina, died a few days ago,
at Columbia, in his S1st year.
A State convention of Prohibrtionists
is called to meet in Louisville, Ky, on Feb.
19, 1888, to nominate candidates for Gov
ernor, Lieutenant Governor, Auditor, At
torney- General, Register Of the Land office,
Treasurer and Superintendent of Public In.
struction. The basis Of representation is one
delegate for each 800 voters in the counties.
A citizen of Wilcox County, Georgia,
having had several OF his chickens and tur-
keys destroyed by alligators decided to try
the efficacy of strychnine. esprinkled the
poison on pieces OF fresh meat and suspend
ed the pieces from limbs about four inches
from the water, and the result was every
gator in his pond was sent to his long
home.
The most interesting features of the
for the coming commencement
of Washington and Lee University, at Lex
ington, Va, will be the unwilling of the re-
cumbent statue Of Gen. r. E. Lee. Ex-
President Davis has been invited to deliver
an address on the military record OF Gen.
Lee, and Maj. John w. Daniel an Grafton on
the civil services Of the distinguished COM
Of the Confederate forces of North
ern Virginia.
Capt. T. P. feathers, of the steamer
Natchez, and an associate of Capt. Cowden
In the outlet scheme, testified before the
River Commission in New Orleans that he
had been on the river forty-six years, most
of the time running between New Orleans
and Vicksburg; made usually 100 landings
going up and eighty coming down; the river
was constantly changing its channel; banks
cave at low stages; often two or three acres,
with trees growing on them, fall into the
water at one time; the greatest deposits were
during the flood stage; the longer the dura-
ton of high water the greater the deposit of
sediment. After last season the average
depth between New Orleans and Vicksburg
was twelve feet at low water. The river
rose fifty feet in thes flood Of 1882, and is
deeper now than when he first saw it years
ago, and navigation has been improved.
This effect he ascribes to the levee and the
combining Of the water. The construction of
the jetties and the works in the Southwest
Pass have backed up the water in the river,
and the disastrous effects of the flood in 1882
were due to these causes.
E. Q. Glenn, store-keeper at Bowl
ing Green, KY. has been held in $500 bail
for shooting John Valentine. Valentine and
Two companions, while drunk, went to
Glenn's store, beat and otherwise abused
him, helped themselves to his goods, threw |
some in the street and carried others away.
They made three visits to the store, in each
Of which Glenn was mistreated. The last |
time Valentine started toward the store,
pistol in hand, OF which fact Glenn was