The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-04-20
THE SOUTHERN STATES.

DR.. George 3. Douglas, of Sylvia
mia, Georgia, is in possession of a
| tobacco box which was once the
property of President Jackson.
A baby recently born in Bruns-
wick, Georgia, had a full-grown
tooth on its lower jaw in front. Be-
ing loose it was easily extracted.
John Dennis, the engineer of the
train which ran over and killed a
negro woman near Hopkinsville,
Kentucky, was held in $1,000 bail.
Mr.. Cicero Chandler, OF Athens,
drives horse that was in Dahlgren's
raid to Richmond, and the animal
has been shot three times. The
horse does good service now.
Georgetown, Kentucky, Weekly
ReUieW: On Fitzgerald's alley. in
this place, are stabbed more
thoroughbreds and trotters than
any street or alley in Kentucky.
The Yeomdn says that "pink-eye"
has been very fatal in that section
during the past two months. Mr..
John Henderson has had seven good
horses attacked by it, and has lost
four.
Last week two men got into a
drunken frolic at Dyersburg, Ten
nessee, and one poured coal oil on
the others head and set him on fire.
The Illuminating chap got off with
a fine of $25.
DIR. l.. M. Moore, of Orange co1n-
ty, Florida, recently extracted one
of his own teeth, filled the cavity
and had it reset in his jaw, and the
tooth is now doing capital duty on
Florida beef.
Clara Lehman. a servant girl in
the family of John Anderson, of
Newport, Kentucky, tried to COM
nit suicide on Saturday night by
shooting himself. The wound may
yet prove fatal.
A dog trap was recently set on the
farm of Colonel Alexander, near
Hopkinsville, Kentucky, baited with
lamb which had been killed by a
marauding canine. Six dogs were
caught and killed.
AS three negroes, man and two
girls, and a mule were leaving a field
near OglethOrpe, Georgia, last week,
lightning struck the party. The mule
was killed, but the people, though
stunned and thrown to the ground,
were not injured.
Colonel Clifton B. Breckenridge
is an aspirant for the Democratic
nomination for congressman at
large in Arkansas. He is son of
the late Vice President John G..
Breckenridge, and is mentioned as q
man of considerable ability.
A negro boy in Crawford county,
Georgia, being bound to Mr.. Yancey
Jordan for year, got tired of work
and concluded to poison the whole
family. He poured box of rat
poison in the coffee-pot, and they
were all made sick, but none of
them died.
The French steamship Opal struck
on a shoal reef near Key West the
past week, but was relieved by
Capt. She Dawes boat, who received
$4,000 for the job. The money was
in kegs, and before She Dawes boat
reached land a squall struck it and
the money kegs rolled overheard.
Bracken Bulletin: Mrs. Mary
Mann, living near Milford, has sor-
rel mare that is thirty-one years old,
and has been valued on the asses
sor's books thirty times; but our
kind-hearted assessor would not
value her this year, and now she is
on the retired list.
Atlanta Constitution There is an
old lady in Macon who has a mania
for pumping water. She goes to
the Floyd house pump one hundred
times every day. by actual count,
and takes away q bucket of water.
Though closely watched, no one
knows whatshe does with so much
water, as she couldn't very well
drink all of it, and she isn't under
contract to supply a canal. Hence
! the mystery.