St. Landry democrat., 1882-12-30
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.


the face value of 81. 100000 for which they
paid $3.50 to 1915 per 81, 900.
It was recently stated that a carp
pond in Shenandoah County, Va, had in it
thousands OF carp from six and eight
pounds down to those of last summer IS
Matching. The pond was stocked only two
years ago.
Hezekiah Copeland and his brother
went out on Gauley River Mountains, West
Va, few days ago, to hunt wild hogs. The
brothers separated to follow trail of hogs.
Going around the mountain, Hezekiah
came upon his brother unexpectedly, and
thinking him some wild beast, the brother
fired, the ball taking effect in the lower part
of Hezekiah's body. Death resulted imme-
mediately.
Gov. Cameron's official proclamation
shows that there were 66, 13l votes cast in
Virginia against the Constitutional Amend
ment removing the poll tax prerequisite to
voting. The vote in its favor was 107 303.
A European syndicate headed by
Benjamin Newgas, Of Liverpool, Eng, the
other day completed the purchase Of hun-,
dred thousand acres of cotton lands in Ar
kansas and Chicot Counties, Ark, to be
formed on the syndicate plan. /
Hickman, Ky, was visited the other
morning by disastrous confagration,
which destroyed twenty -seven business
houses in the main portion of the city.
John yelling, a man seventy-six
years OF age, met his death in a rather PEE
culiar manner at Cameron, W. Va, a few
afternoons ago. He rode his horse safely
across the railroad track some distance in
front OF an express train, but while ascend
ing the bank his horse fell, throwing him
against the postal-car, killing him instantly
His head was horribly crushed and his right
arm cut off. He dealt largely in horses,
and was well known in the surrounding
country.
Grant Donohue, teamster living at
Jeffersonyille, KY, was found ON the road
side frozen to death a few mornings ago.
He left Mt. Sterling the evening before in
an intoxicated condition, and it is supposed
he fell from his wagon, and being unable to
rise, froze to death.
DEMONSTRATING was said to be un-
checked and UNPUBLISHED in Hunt County,
Tex. Al sst3iss
Mrs. Sarah Wood died at Buford the
other day, aged III years. She was born in
Caborrus County, N. c., and moved to
Spartansburg, S. c., about 1779.
A fire at Paducah, Ky, the other
morning destroyed the Southern Hotel and
three business houses, valued at $23, 900;
insured for S11, 900. En-
Edward M. Cheney has been con-
frmed as United States Attorney for the
Northern District of Florida.
Arkansas has 1880 miles of complet-
ed railroads and five roads are being rap
idly constructed.
Texarkana has telephones and now
wants street railways.
The receipts OF cotton at Little Rock,
Ark, to December 8, were placed at 24,545,
bales, against 1854 bales at the same time
last year.
Near cambridge, Ga, recently, John
Mathis, q boy, was playing around his ia
theirs sugar mill when the revolving lever
struck him on the head, dashing his brains
out.
The grocery Of II. L. Schmelz, and
four adjoining buildings at Hampton Roads,
Va, burned few days ago. Loss, $50, 900.
The other evening two men rode up
to r. j. Grier, standing in his store, in Tai
lahatchie County, Miss, and demanded the
key of the safe. He replied he had no keys;
the safe had a combination. The men then
shot him down and rode off.
Near Dublin, Ga, few days ago,
Mrs. Russell Vaughn was drawing water
when the pole broke from the well-sweep,
which fell from the fork on her youngest
child, breaking its neck and skull.
"A space in the southwest corner of
the Government reservation at Hot Springs,
Ark, has been selected as the site for the
Army and Navy Hospital, for which Con-
gress appropriated $10o, 900.
Two failures occurred recently at
Augusta, Ga, A. Brooks, clothing dealer,
for $4,000, and NJ. Brown, cigar dealer, for
Sis, 900.
John L. Cushion was shot dead at
Thompson, Ca, the other day. The peo-,
pie were restrained with difficulty from
iynching his murderer, Locking, colored
man.
8 Governor Stephens has pardoned
Captain Ed. Cox, sentenced to life impris-
for the murder OF Colonel Robert A.
Aston in 1879.
Scipio Horne, colored, Of Skipwith,
Miss, who claimed to be a doctor, pharma-. |
cist and also a well Informed astronomer. |
among colored people, and who predicted
the next comet on Christmas night, was
called in to see negro with sore leg re-
Gently. He decided that the negro had q,
lizard in his leg and split the leg wide open.
After butchering the Negroes limb until the |
pain was beyond endurance, Scipio decided |
that it was an invisible phenomenon. Two I
physicians were Immediately called in, and
will probably save the Negroes life by ann
putating theleg.
Mary Henderson (colored), aged |