St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-04-29
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

| danced with her husband, who, previous to
marriage, had been lover of the offending
party. She had pleaded with her husband
not to dance with the former rival, and then
left the room. On returning she saw them
on the floor, having taken their places in a
quadrille. Stepping outside for moment,
she returned, walked up to the girl, BRAN
dishing knife and eNclaiming, "Well,
you've danced enough plunged the blade
into her breast. The victim fell to the floor
and died. Southern and his wife escaped
but she was afterward arrested, tried and
sentenced to ten years. Imprisonment in the
Penitentiary. The tragedy created great
excitement throughout the State, and de-
tailed accounts were printed by the press
generally. few days ago Mrs. Southern
was pardoned by Gov. Colquitt.
An immense cave has been discovered
in mountain near Brownwood, Texas.
1t is very small at the opening, barely large
enough for man to crawl in, but after
going ten feet person can easily walk
about. 1t is one hundred feet long, seven
ty.five feet wide, and twenty five feet to the
top, which is covered with stalactites. On
one side is Il stream of clear running water,
about ten feet wide, and two feet deep, but
it contains no fish. This stream has no
exit from the cave, but disappears at one
end into the ground, and it is believed to
have subterranean course, and to empty
into the Colorado River. All features con-
nected with the cave are to be thoroughly
| investigated.
There was an interesting and enthu-
siastic meeting at the Jewish Temple, in
Louisville, Ky, few days ago, participant
ed in by the members Of all the Jewish con-
gregations in the city. The object was to
effect permanent organization for the re-
lief of the Israelite refugees now focking to
American shores, driven by the atrocities
of the Russians. For several months past
desultory wanderers have been arriving,
and have been cared for by few of the Is
raelite citizens, and from the small begin
ming of personal sympathy there bids fair to
grow powerful and compact organization
that will work substantial benefits by its
philanthropy. A permanent organization
was formed, with the following named off
GERS: President, n. Bloom; vice-presi-
dents, S. Ullman and S. Hene; treasurer,
N. Hoffheimer; secretary, Rev. E. Meyers.
WALTER ROUNDTREE, university
student at. Athens, Ga, was fatally
shot by Frank johnson and Enoch
EchoIs, colored, a few days ago,
and the town was thrown into the widest
excitement. The streets were filled with
armed negroes, and the Mayor detailed fifty
citizens to guard the Jail. A conflict be-
tween the students and friends of the col
ored men was expected and some arrests
were made. A coroner's jury charged
johnson with deliberate and premeditated
murder, and Echols with abetting it.
During a thunderstorm a few nights
since, lightning struck a poplar tree near
Greensboro, KY, and not vestige of it was
left, but the spl;nters We're scattered dis
lance of two hundred yards.
From 1851 to 1860 the Southern
States Gncluding Maryland, Delaware, Mis-.
souri, and West Virginia) patented but 2 pa
inventions, whereas from 1871 to 1880 they
patented IA, 40. It is said that NECESSITY
is the mother of invention,' and it is unde-
niable that necessity" has been conspicu-
ousy abroad in the South since 1871.
Mainly through the efforts of Col.
John c. Calhoun, son Of the famous states
man of that name, a stock company is going
into cotton culture extensively in Chicot
County, Arkansas. The capital is provided
by New England men, and amounts to ST.
100000. Plantations aggregating $4,000
acres have been purchased along the route
of projected railroad and bordering the
Mississippi River. Negro labor will be en-
pIoyed at days wages in cash, and the best
machinery will be put in.
A steamboat fitted with machinery
for grinding and COMPRISING tan bark, is
new venture on the Tennessee River. The
bark is taken on board, ground, compressed
and packed in kegs or half-barrels, and in
that shape shipped to Europe. Bark is now
brought to market in bulk and handled at
great expense, and can not be shipped to
Europe at all.
The Governor of South Carolina has
ordered the Attorney General OF the State
to defend the election conspirators in the
federal courts.
In the overlooked portion of Arkansas
cattle are still dying of hunger and being
tortured by gnats. BuzZards can be seen
by thousands, having grown SO tame that
they scarcely fly out Of the way of boats.
At meeting of the Board of Direct
tors of the Memphis & Charleston Railroad
the plan for consolidation with the East
Tennessee, Virginia g. Georgia Railroad was
favored, and the stockholders have been
called to meet in June to confirm the pre-
posed consolidation.
The bones of a woman and baby have
just been found in an old shaft near Villa
Rica, Ga. They are supposed to be those OF
young lady who, seventeen years ago, hav-
ing coRlmitted social indiscretion, disap-
peared and was never after heard from.
The Louisville Ky.) Council offers
IL ,O0O,0 900 to secure the removal of the State
capital from Frankfort.
There are over half million acres Of |