St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-10-14
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

Office recently sent silver dollar to the 9TH =
GERS of the mint to ascertain il it was genu-
inc. The assayer made a test with acid and
pronounced it counterfeit. 1t was then
found to weigh one half grain more than the
legal limit of the standard dollar. 1t was
measured and found to be correct in diane l.
ter. The reeding was counted and found
to correspond with the genuine dollar. The
gentleman from whom the mint received the
dollar, having been telephoned that it was
counterfeit, and base one, gave permission
to make a thorough assay, and the assay
showed it to be genuine dollar, and some
body had nickel plated it.
In cave in the mountains of Virginia
resides hermit of immense size, with long
white HAIR and beard. He is over 80 years
of age, and for forty years has not spoken.
When he wants anything Of civilization he
indicates it by signs, but for months at a
time he secretes himself and communicates
with no one. 1t is said that he has lost
the power Of speech by disuSe.
The Texas corn crop is not so good
as expected. Cotton is fair, but a month
late.
A Boston company is about to organ
ize with the object OF building up Bruns-
wick, Ga. The corporation is to be known
as the Brunswick Land Improvement and
Colonization Company. The company pro-
poses to improve lands In the vicinity Of the
town and to erect wharves, docks, etc. 1t is
said that British capital is at the back Of the
enterprise.
A Chattanooga (Tenn.) bicyclist fool
ishIy attempted the descent Of steep hill
Oh his vehicle, but 1t went at such rapid
rate that he lost control of it. At the bot
tom of the hill the bicycle struck a deep
ditch. and the rider, whose name is Orion
Hurlburt, was thrown twenty feet, alight-
ing on his head and sustaining fatal inju-
rics.
Mr.. P. II. Fuller was engaged to Miss
Mary Bell, but broke off the match to mar
ry young lady who had more attractions
for him. Miss Bell brought suit for breach
OF promise, in the Circuit Court Of Law
renee County, S. c., laying her damages at
$4,000. The jury gave her $4,000. Fuller
has appealed to the Supreme Court.
Three girls from Austria, who spoke
no English, arrived in Comanche, Texas, a
few DAYS ago, having made the entire trip
without an escort, to join relatives who had
emigrsted before them.
The prairies of West Texas literally
swarm with plover, young doves, and quail.
1t is estimated that Alabama will turn
out so, 900 tons o: pig-iron in 1888.
EN- Woodruff, colored, of Gadsden,
Ala, recovered $500 judgment against
the East Alabama & Cincinnati Railroad,
recently, for damages received by her while
q passenger.
Two convict guards on cotton plan
tation south of Houston, Texas, named
Tower and Thomson, fought duel with re-
volvers, the other day. Twelve shots were
fired and both fell dead.
Col. Mcleod Turner, who died re-
Gently at Raleigh, n. c., was pierced by
eleven balls at the battle OF Gettysburg, and
his lingering so long was deemed a miracle.
He was wounded through the lungs, through
the body, was shot through the spine, be-
side lesser wounds. Both legs were par
alyzed, one arm partially; his shoulder was
dislocated. and many of his bones were
broken and became diseased.
At the request of the City Council OF
New Orleans, Governor McEnery has APP
proved of the allotment of $40, O00for closing
the crevasse at Bonnet Carrie and giving
clear salt water to Lake Pontchartrain.
The fishermen of St. Augustine, Fla,
report that they have never seen for years
past such an immense shoal of mullet near
the north beach as on one day last week.
These fish lined the shore as far as the eye
could reach down the coast, and were OF
very large size. Although there were so
many it was impossible to catch any number
Of them, in consequence of the great number
of sharks.
The Texas papers tell of young man
named Harrison who was attacked by three
cowboys and three Indians in the Nation,
and, after a bloody battle, won the field.
The Indians were killed and all the cowboys
wounded.
The committee appointed by the Tul-
lahoma convention to locate the "Southern
Chautauqua" met in Atlanta and decided on
Mount Eagle Springs. The place selected is
on the top of the Cumberland plateau,
eighty miles from Nashville and sixty
four miles from Chattanooga. The Uni
versity of the South is six miles distant and
Paramount Female College is only half a
mile away. g*3@
Two brave little girls in Ballard Coun-
ty, Kentucky, named Neal, found negro
under the bed, and, calling in the dog, they
armed themselves with brooms and the trio
soon dislodged the darky, Furnishing him Sc
verely before he succeeded in escaping. The
girls are aged respectively 10 and u years,
and were alone in the house.
Iowa capitalists, representing $780,
900, are Ito build another blast furnace in
Birmingham, Ala, This makes grand
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