St. Landry democrat., 1883-10-27
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

Inc SWltcnlnS engine Oh Gue Sehtl'1 III
Railroad at Augusta, Ga, exploded few
days since, Starr, the engineer, and Wat
kins, the fireman, each receiving suppose
bly, fatal I'M uries.
A negro woman living in Lowndes
County, Ala, lately gave birth to child
on Thursday, and on the following Satur-
day gave birth to two more.
Sheriff Tucker, of Williamson County,
Tex, accidentally shot himself while on the
cars near Austin recently, the bullet pass
ing through his body.
The region east of Vicksburg, Miss,
is reported suffering from protracted
drought Cattle were dying from thirst.
John Dixon was arrested few days
ago at Weatherford, Tex, for stealing
horse at Dallas.
w. J. Barlow, Of Live Oak, Fla, is
I02 years old. His father lived to the age
of 106, and his grandfather, it is said, was
126 years old when he died.
An alleged hardware drummer from
ST. Louis has beel successfully playing
confidence games near Marshall, Tex.
The Tallahassee & st. Marks Rail-
| road, in Florida, was recently sold to John
A. Henderson for $4,000.
Owing to over-production the rice
mills of New Orleans are to be run on half
time.
John A. Ferguson, tried for the muir
der of Policeman Parks, at Danville, Va,
has been declared not guilty. The jury
| acted on the instructions of the Court, that
man has right to defend himself, even
to killing, if an officer endeavors to arrest
him without a warrant.
The prisoners in the Jail at Dallas,
Tex, a few nights ago overpowered the
Jailer while he was giving them supper and
half the number escaped. The whole town
turned out and succeeded in rearresting
three of the fugitives. Henry Trigg, no
torious horse-thief, and John Maston,
charged with forging school vouchers,
were the names of those who escaped In
the fight Trigg overlook a boy on horse
back. Hastily pulling the boy off, he took
his place in the saddle, and waving his hat
at his pursuers was soon out of sight.
Five noted murderers made desper-
ate attempt to escape from the Penitentiary
at Frankfort, KY, few days ago. -Four
got over the walls. One escaped entirely,
one was killed 200 yards from the wall, and
two were badly crippled. The attempt was
made just previous to returning the con.
victs to their cells
Henry Lipscomb and John Dyke, of
Grapevine Prairie, Tex, while returning
home in their wagons from Dallas a few
days since with the proceeds of two loads
of cotton in their pockets, were halted by
two mounted and masked men and made to
disgorge. The robbers got something over
$500, and turning into the timber were soon
lost to view.
George Malin Davis, an old and we'll
known citizen of Natchez, Miss, promi-
nent lawyer and very wealthy, died few
days since.
Major w. H. Smythe has been APP
| pointed Postmaster at Atlanta, Ca, vice
| Benjamin Conley, suspended. Major
Smythe was United States Marshal for
| Georgia during the two terms of President
Grant.
United States District Attorney
| Evans, of the Western District of Texas, it
| is understood has been rendered and will
| accept the Judgeship of the Eastern Dis
! trict.
The Governor and Secretary of State
| of Texas are preparing list of delegates
| to attend the Cotton Planters and Agricul-
| tural Convention at Vieksburg.
Surgeon Stone, Of the Marine Hos
pital service, and a physician selected by
the Louisiana State Board of Health, have
been investigating the epidemic at Brew
| ton, Ala.
Levi McC ormick, who has served for
| thirty two years as conductor on the
Cumberland Valley Railroad, has been re-
tired by the Company on full pay for the
rest of his life.
| 1t is said that s5,000,000 have been
| invested in mines and machinery in the
gold regions of Georgia, while the total re-
turned value of the present assets of all
| kinds of mines in the State is $121 900.
A forest mathematician has figured
out that there are enough pine trees. grow
ing in the South to furnish the whole coun-
] try with lumber for two hundred and fifty
years to come.
| An eccentric individual of Dooly
| County, Georgia, is seventy-six years old,
| DuE mas never III Gue WuULe SOulSS VI LIS
| life spent one night from under the roof of
| the house in which he was born.
A negro girl about five years old lost
| her life in singular manner at Bellview,
La, recently. She climbed fig tree, and
in descending slipped, the collar Of her
dress caught on broken limb. and she was
choked to death before assistance arrived.
Henry Pale was instantly killed by
the cars at Pinta Station, Texas, few
1 nights ago.
| City Marshal Ambrose Wilson of Sa.