St. Landry democrat., 1882-04-01
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

rev persons, we imagine, had any
idea of the vast number of deer still left in
the swamps of Louisiana, until herds were
driven from their businesses by the high
water OF the present season. In the immedi-
ate vicinity of Natchez there have been hum
dreds, and we may probably be speaking
within bounds when we say thousands, of
these beautiful animals, which have crossed
the river within the space OF few miles
above and below this city. Worn and ex-
hausted as they have been, after their long
swim across the swollen river, they would
have fallen an easy prey to the pot hunters
who only hunt for profit, had it not been for
the extraordinary eXertions of the true
sportsmen Of the county, and humane peo-
pie who despise wanton cruelty. On Sum
day last, several gentlemen found a number
of deer that had fallen into ravine, from
which they found it impossible to get out
With true humanity they went to work and
dug pathway by which the little animals
could find their way out of the ravne,
helped them to mount to the top Of the
bank, and sent them on their way rejoicing
to the green woods of the country. In
stances of the same kind of humane feeling
have been, we are glad to say, the rule with
the people Of this vicinity, while the dispo-
sition to capture and kill the deer has been
the exception. -Natchez Democrat.
At Burkeville, Newton County, Tex.
there is on the premises of Judge NJ. D.
Hines we'll of ordinary width and depth,
to obtain water from which two buckets are
used. These are connected by rope, which
passes over wheel suspended from frame
above the curbing. The contrivance is a
simple one, the arrangements being such
that as one bucket is drawn up the other
descends. The strange feature about the
well is that at irregular periods, and with
out any visible or known cause, the buckets
will change places, the empty one descend
ing to the bottom and the filled one rising
to the top of the we'll.
Mrs. Coker, with her three children,
in an ox-cart, was recently returning home
from Perry, Ga. The road they travelled
passed through very rank wire grass, which
had been set on fire. In trying to get out of
the way the cart and oxen became fastened
among pine logs, and the fire overlook them.
The cart, with the two children inside, was
consumed and the oxen were burned to
death. The woman attempted to escape
with her infant, but her clothing caught fire
and she and the other child were so badly
burned that they have since died.
A novel suit has been entered by a
citizen of Atlanta, Ga. He has been unable,
after two years Of trial, to get i place in the
public schools. He now proposes to resist
the payment of the schoo!taX by law, and
has employed an attorney to take the matter
in hand. He says: 81 do not see why
should be taxed to support the schools when
l can not get any representation in them. [
have the same right Of any other citizen to
send my boy, and yet there are hundreds Of
others who get schooling and have none. l
do not think they can collect a schooltax
when they refuse to let me send my son to
the school,"
The owner of the cave deposits of bat
guano in Uvalde County, Texas, says the
supply can not be exhausted in Il century.
An analysis shows over II per cent. OF am
monia. The caves have recently been reached
by railroad tracks, and the first shipment
has been made. The product is expected to
bring $50 per ton.
For several months says the Conyers
(Ga.) Weekly, one of our citizens has been
noticing that his butcher invariably let his
hand rest on the meat slightly when he
weighed it, and he reweighed it at home
and found it from half to pound short.
He kept an account OF these deficiencies, and
when they aggregated one hundred pounds
he took out an attachment for the but cher's
hand, claiming that it rightly belonged to
him, he having more than paid for it.
The region south of Memphis is
swarmng with buffalo gnats, which are
killing what little stock was saved from
drowning.
The New Orleans Gas-Light Company
has been declared by Judge Pardee to have
no legal existence.
Out of total vote of 64O, Bryan,
Tex, gave majority of 81 for liquor pro-
hibition.
A convicted horse-thief named Bondy
Jumped from train near San Antonio,
Tex, last week, and was shot dead by the
guards.
Two negroes, who were resisting
arrest for forgery, were shot by constable
At Morrow's Station, Ga, a few days ago.
Both escaped, but one, named Bloom, was
found dead in the woods. The
negroes had first shot at the constable.
One hundred families have moved
into Birmingham, Ala, since The LIST of De-
,ember.
Gov. Colquitt, of Georgia, has de-
.ermined not to call an extra session OF the
Legislature for the purpose of redistricting
The State.
Eighty-fve thousand tons of fertilizers
we're sold in North Carolina for the year
1881.
Silk culture in Louisiana has of late:
become thriving industry, and promises
IN abundant production.