St. Landry democrat., 1883-01-06
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

Jacob Collins, a boy living near Haw-
| kinsville. Ca, while in field with his
| younger brother the other day set fire to
| very large dead stump and then, in pushing
| 1t over, the stump broke In lhe middle and
the upper half fell on the boy, crushing him
| to death.
At Townsville, Ca, Lewis Sharp,
colored blacksmith, died few days ago,
| from the effects of q bite from mad dog,
received two years ago. The wound had
never healed.
In McLenan County, Tex, the othre
day, Lilly Standifer, seven-year-old girl,
while returning from school, was struck by
runaway team and instantly killed.
An extensive fire at Texarkana, Ark,
destroyed nine frame buildings before it
was subdued. Total loss estimated at $780,
600; insurance, one-quarter.
A brakeman named johnson, while
coupling cars near Mineola, Tex, a few
days ago was caught between the bumpers
| and crushed to death.
The dredge of the Okeechobee Drain
| ing Company. working up Caloosahatchie
River, few days ago entered Lake Okee-
/ chobee. This opens navigable channel
/ from the heart OF the Everglades Of Florida
to the Gulf Of Mexico.
An illicit distillery in Cumberland
! County, Tenn, was captured few days
since. A copper still and fifteen tubs OF
beer were destroyed.
Judge RICHTER, of New Orleans, re-
Gently decided that the City Council must
levy and collecta tax Of $3.50, 900 per annum
1 to provide sinking fund for the CONSOLE
/ dated bonds.
The report of the Texas State Treas
Treasury: Cash, 81, 77O, ,1s9; bonds, 81, 49,
$40; the permanent free school fund of the
State consists of $492, ,730, cash; five per cent.
bonds, S219,4 ,46s; six per cent. bonds, $1,277.-
s67; seven per cent. bonds, $323.000; rail-
road bonds, 81, ,753,317. In addition to the
above the schools own thirty million acres
OF land, valued at $40, 900, 900; but the price
OF this land is certain to be raised by the
next Legislature to S3 and S. an acre, max
ing the aggregate value about $110 100000,
swelling the permanent school fund which
can never be disbursed to the magnificent
fortune Of $114, 1852.
Sherman Black, young negro, Of
/ Albany, Ga, thinking that he had gotten
hold Of good big drink of whisky, the 9TH
er day, swallowed cup Of liquid used for
cleaning billiard balls. He died in few
| hours.
In Jackson County, Ga, real estate
is said to be about 100 per cent. higher than
it was three years ago.
The gin house of Mr.. A. S. Dorsey, of
| Athens, Ga, was burned the other night.
It was said that the bulk of his cotton crop,
none Of which he had sold, was burned with
it. The gin house was insured for $1,000.
The stockholders of the Matthews
Cotton Factory at Selma, Ala, held meet
/ ing recently, and resolved to increase the
capital stock from 500, 600 to S 800, 900. Ex-
tensive plans for enlargement have been de-
termined on, and they will be commensurate
with the amount OF increased stock taken.
It was proposed TO add new picker room,
to enlarge the cloth room building, and an
addition made to the main building. Anoth-
er hundred horse power engine would be
needed, and about $50 operatives in all
4 would be required.
The City Council of Louisville, Ky,
the other night formally imI,eached City
Auditor Phil Hinkle, Assistant Fire Chief
i George w. Levi, and two Of The City Hall
/ officials are under indictment for frauds in
the Assessors and Collectors offices.
The managers appointed to cotduct the i'm
4 parchment reported articles TO The Board Of
Aldermen.
William H. Often, having quarreled
i With Joe Stiles at Waycross, Ca, few
days ago, Stiles cut otten's throat. Both
colored.
Diphtheria was creating some alarm
in Austin, Tex, few days ago.
Il was said few days ago that the
cotton receipts at Greenvile, Tex. had av-
eraged two hundred bales daily for some
/ weeks.
Ribbon cane in Van Zandt County,
Tex, made so gallons OF sirup to the acre
this season, it is said, and those who raised
cane have found ready sale for the sirup at
/ fifty cents gallon.
j. M. Sturtevant, Superintendent of
the Tennessee Blind School for thirty years,
and well known as Instructor of the blind.
died at Nashville, Tenn, few nights ago
from paralysis.
A man in Warren County, KY, re-
Gently climbed a tree to shake down an
opossum that his dogs had freed. A rotten
limb caused his sudden descent, and before
the dogs learned that he was not the 'pos-
sum he was badly chewed up.
J. w. Graham, of Kemper County,
Mississippi, this season raised on d little
over one acre OF ground four hundred BUSH
els of sweet potatoes, which, valued at fifty
cents a bushel, amounted to 1920.
L General Henry r Jackson President