St. Landry democrat., 1882-12-16
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

south CaTOllHa at Inc 1aSt eleCLloH suo"s
some surprising results. The whole num-
Der of votes cast for the candidates for Gov
ernor was 87,S77. This is considerably less
than one-half of the entire vote at the State,
which, according to the censns Of 1880, was
2O5, 7s9. At the election of 1876 the total vote
cast was ,6S2. In 1880 the total vote for
President was 170,976.
Col. w. C. Young is starting ranch
in GAIA County, Texas, which out in that
country is looked upon as rather small
sized affair. He begins with only 125, 600
acres and 5000 worth of cattle.
A Tennessee law prohibits the sale OF
loose cotton between sunset and sunrise, the
object being to protect planters from the
theft of their cotton by night. Under this
law thirty indictments were returned against
G.. N. Trust, doing business near Memphis,
who had been buying loose cotton at night
from colored men whom be knew had stolen
it. Six negroes who testified in the cases
were held for perjury.
The jailer at Louisville, KY, ascer-
tanned that life prisoner, named George NJ.
Alsop, who had been kept heavily ironed,
had filed his shackles apart and secured a
model key with which to escape, the other
day. He is shrewd, educated man, very
desperate. This is his second almost sue
cessful effort to escape. He is now confined
in close cell, with sixteen pound shackles
on his limbs.
The grand jury at New Orleans found
indictments against the following persons
for election frauds: Edmond j. Dupaquier,
Bartholomew Thames, Jr., r. Ulricb,
Dan Rees, Prosper Grand. Jr., Charles
Cune, Gustave Buder, Jr.. William Lyons,
James Daigman, Louis Kaufman, William
FL. Buckley, John A. Brennan, John Vigers.
Rees and Dupaquier gave bail in $4,000
each. The remainder filed bonds of II, 600
each.
just prior to his death an Elberton,
Ga, man hid q large amount of money in q
secret place in his house, known only to
him. ALI efforts to discover the treasure
have, so far, proved futile.
The scene of the Dade massacre, in
Florida, historic field, is being plowed for
cultivation. Cannon and musket balls,
muskets and other broken weapons are
found i'll great numbers.
The Governor of Alabama has ordered
an election for Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1888, in the
Eighth District, to fill the vacancy caused
by the death OF William NJ. Lowe, who had
been seated in the place of Gen. Joseph
Wheeler.
The Kentucky Public Elevator, owned
and operated by stock company of Louis
1o Srct of bn yi,,l tod
opened the otherday, and is ready to receive
grain of all descriptions. The capacity is
half million bushels. There are half a
dozen other elevators in the city, owned by
private parties, but this one will issue grain
certificates. as is the custom in other cities.
Admiral Strong, retired, died at CO.
lumbia, S. c., the other day, from hem
orrhage of the lungs. For some time he
had been confined to a wheel chair with
rheumatism.
Mrs. Senters, of Chattanooga, has be-
come maniac over the sentence of her son
to the penitentiary for horse-sealing
In Coffee County, Georgia, the other
Investigation was found to have black
snake wound around llS neck.
The St. Louis & Texas Narrow-gauge,
when completed, will reduce passenger
rates in Arkansas to cents q mile.
It is alleged that gold mine in For
syth County. Georgia, was recently sold for
900, the purchasers being syndicate
of English capitalists. The claim is made
that the mine is richer in ore than any of the
California mines.
There are hundreds of acres of cotton
between Austin and San Antonio, Texas,
on the International line, which will not be
picked, owing to the scarcity Of labor. Hun
dreds Of thousands of dollars will be lost in
the State this season on this account.
The North Carolina peanut crop will
this year reach 10000 bushels.
Moses Lockhardt, colored, was hanged
at Edgefeld, s. c., on the 1st, for the muir
der OF Moses Blalock last April. The cause
Of the murder was jealousy.
At Mayersville, Miss, recently, Joe
Thomas was found guilty Of the murder Of
Charles NJ. Murphy, editor of the Rolling
Fork ReUietc. Sentence was fixed at life
imprisonment.
John w. Dorsey, a young man widely
known in the social circles Of Baltimore,
having sunk large Inheritance in the grain
business, took his life recently with re-
volver.
Burglars the other day raided the
post-office and three stores at Ringgold, Ga,
obtaining nearly So, 600 in goods and stamps.
Near Maplewood, La, few evenings
ago John Morgan (white) killed two colored
men. The parties had a difficulty about a
beef just slaughtered. Morgan fled. A
large posse was in pursuit.
Mayor Johnston, of Danville, Va, has
been acquitted of the killing Of the Chief Of
Police.
Eli Mcconnell, a drunken carpenter,
residing at Weatherford, Texas, recently