St. Landry democrat., 1883-04-28
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

false accounts, has been sentenced TO the
Penitentiary for two years.
While putting q roof on new stable
being erected by Mann Foster, at SansAn-
tonic, Tex, fifty feet of roof fell in the 9th
er day, seriously injuring three timers
who were engaged on the work.
The steamer Merida with 100 passen-
| gers from Vera Cruz collided with
| schooner and was so much injured that she
had to be beached in Hampton Roads. No
| lives were lost.
Pink-eye was reported to be raging
| in certain parts of Arkansas recently. Sew
eral valuable horses had died, and great
apprehension was felt among stockmen.
The Supreme Court of Mississippi has
decided that, the Secretary of State having
declared Manning elected to Congress from
the Second District, the court has no Jurls-
| diction Of the suit Of Chalmers for writ of
mandamus, and that the question as to
whether Manning or Chalmers was legally
elected must be decided by Congress.
3. NJ Robinson, lately a Deputy
United States Marshal, has been found
guilty in the United States Court at At
lanta, Ga, on nineteen counts of an indict-
ment for classifying his accounts.
Owing to deficiency in the appro-
priation for the payment of expenses, all
witnesses and defendants in the South
Carolina election cases have been dis
charged from further attendance at this
term of the United States Court.
The following charters have been
filed with the Secretary of State of Texas
recently. The Central Elevator Company,
of Dallas; capital stock, $4,000. The Cor
pus Christi 6 Nueces Valley Railroad,with
headquarters at Corpus Christi; capital
stock, 81 900 900, divided in shares of 81 900.
The line of this road and telegraph to be as
follows: Beginning at Corpus Christi, in
Nueces County, running in a northerly di-
rection to some convenient point at or near
Uyalde, in Uvalde County, on the Southern
Pacific section of the Galveston, Harris
burg & San Antonio Railway, through the
Counties of Nueces, San Patricio, Bee or
Live Oak or both, McMillen, LaSalle, Trio,
Seavilla and Uyalde. In all the distances
not to exceed 200 miles.
An exodus of cattle began from South
ern Texas few days ago. Seventy-fve
thousand head would be taken over the
railways from Milhern to Wichita Falls.
Two hundred and fifteen trains would be
required to move the herd.
John r. Lynch, Chairman of the Mis-
sissippi Republican State Committee has
called meeting of the leaders of different
parts of the State at Jackson, June II.
Chalmers has called meeting of Republi-
cans July 4.
Buffalo gnats are beginning to disap-s
pear from lately infected districts of Ar
kansas under the influence of the clear
weather and increasing warmth.
Of the six little negro children pois-
oned at Dermott Station, eighteen miles
from Arkansas City, Ark, recently, by
using strychnine instead of salt at play
dinner they had cooked, four have since
died. The others Were likely to recover.
While Mike McCabe was digging a
well at Louisville, KY, the other day and
when at a depth of fifteen feet, the walls
caved in, burying him beneath about nine
feet of earth and sand After the body had
been partly unearthed, but before he could
be released, the poor fellow called for
priest, and one being summoned was low
cred into the pit and confessed the unfor.
tunate man, who was thought to be in ex-
tremis. When removed prompt medical
aid was extended and it was believed the
man might recover.
At Fort Worth, Tex, the other after
noon two children, Willie White, aged five
years, and Minnie Howard, aged seven, got
into large dry goods box on an empty lot,
playing what they called Jail. The boy
was supposed to have lighted a match,
which caught the dry hay in the box, when
both children were burned to death in
few minutes. A number Of persons stood
on the street and saw the box burning, but
did not suspect the children were in it.
Judge Mcdonald, Mayor of Athens,
Tex, died few days ago. The recent
municipal election in Athens resulted in the
election of a colored Mayor, City Attorney
and Marshal. All the Alderman were
white men, who refused to qualify and
serve with the colored portion of the city
Government. The co1ored officers-elect
never came forward to demand possession
of the offices to which they had been elected,
and it was understood that the old officers
would continue in office another term. But
the death of Mayor Mcdonald has compli-
Gated matters. The rightful Mayor is full
blooded African, who is waiter in the
Dean Hotel. He says he will not have the
office so long as there is any objection to
him, although he was elected by white
votes.
Recently child died in the family Of
man named Westbrook, at Graysvil1e,
Ga. Soon thereafter other members of the
family were stricken with a singular dis
ease. A few days ago the mother and four
children died, and the next day two more
children, making seven members of the
same family, were lying dead at the same
time. Only one member was left, the
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