St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-11-17
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

Ealf-rate fares to the approaching
Cotton Convention at Vicksburg have been
secured over nearly all of the railroads.
The lines of the Erlanger system all make
the reduction.
A few nights ago ex-Sheriff Oscar Nc
Kenzie, of Morgan County, KY, was called
to the door by Ben Razener and two of his
brothers, on pretext of making up an old
feud, and was fatally beaten with clubs and
left for dead.
A large meeting of colored citizens
was held at Memphis, Tenn, few nights
ago to protest against the recent Supreme
Court decision on the civil rights bill. Let
tiers from several Congressman were read.
Wash Densmore, a farmer OF Walker
County, Ca, had his back broke by being
thrown from wagon carried down de-
clivity by runaway mules.
All work at building in Austin, Tex,
save that on the new State House, is re-
ported at stand-still, because of the high
price of brick.
The Memphis region has been visited
by killing frost.
Over 500 delegates have now ex-
pressed their intention of being present at
the Vicksburg Cotton Convention, which
begins November 81.
Robert Robinson, a prominent negro
of Hanover County, Virginia, was MUIR:
dered by Charles Lewis, another negro,
few days ago.
A Mr.. Tinsley, Of Ellington, Ca, has
mysteriously disappeared.
The penitentiaries of Texas now con-
tain over 1900 convicts.
A young man passing himself off as a
cousin of Fred Gebhart got himself in
trouble at Memphis, Tenn, recently for
getting watch from jeweler under false
pretenses.
The first frost of the season was re-
ported on the I'd at Charlotte, n. G. 1t
stopped the growth of cotton.
VIM. Block, of Spencer County, KY,
attempted suicide few days ago by cut
sing his throat, and will probably die.
All Up Line boats on the Mississippi
have been ordered to transport delegates to
the Vicksburg Cotton Convention at half
fare.
An International Bench Show will be
given in Exposition Hall, New Orleans, be-
ginning December IS.
A murderer named Long made his es-.
cape recently from the Jail at Comanche,
Tex, and is said to be on his way to Mis-
souri,.
An eccentric old man named Jerry.
Smith, who lived alone in Chattanooga,
Tenn, was found dead in his house a few
days since. The door had to be battered
down to reach him. Ed
A youth named Maynard Smith was,
caught in the machinery of saw mill in
Knox County, Tenn, few days ago, and
was almost literally torn in pieces.
Of the 167 students in the Texas Uni
versity, forty are women.
a construction train on the Terre Aux
Boef Railroad, in Louisiana, jumped the
track few days ago, injuring ten men,
three of them fatally.
Joe Brown, a householder of Austin,
Tex, was sentenced recently to nine years
in the Penitentiary for horse-stealing.
Captain Robert Joslyn, once Private
Secretary to jefferson Davis, and lately
Executive Clerk to Governor Ireland,, Of
Texas, is reported dying at Austin.
The State Land Board of Texas passed
| a resolution recently requiring those op-
Grating mineral lands to report monthly.
A south bound freight train on the
Cincinnati Southern Road few days ago
ran over and killed an old man named
| Rhodes Powell, near Flat Rock Station,
Tenn.
! A man named Brown, lately arrested
by Sheriff Duson, of st. Landry Parish,
Miss, has confessed to the murder, two
years ago, of Page, wealthy planter of
Montgomery County.
] Sir Edward Reed, of England, is re-
/ ported to have recently purchased 100000
acres of land from the Florida Land Inn
provement Company.
L. a. Nasty has filed suit in the
United States Circuit Court at Dallas, Tex,
against R. F. McNulty, for $4,000, alleg-
/ ing breach of contract in a cattle transac-
/ ton.
The hot-air tank in the pork-packing
establishment OF Gessel, Ahren g. Co., at
! Memphis, Tenn, exploded a few days ago
/ with such force as to wreck the building.
The warehouse of r. B. Hutchcraft,
4 az Farls, hy., Valued, Will i1s coH1ei1ss az
| $4,000 was wiped out by fire recently.
A negro woman, named Cornelia
1 Days, has been sentenced to the Charles
ton, S. c., Penitentiary for life, for MUIR
dering child which she was unable to care
for.
Samuel Lee, mulatto, Of Alabama,
who was appointed a special agent of the
General Land-office, reports that in the
mountain region of his State no one who
knew his position would give him bed or
a meal, for fear of revengeful acts by land
sharks or illicit distillers.
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