St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-08-04
SOUTHERN GLEArINGs.

brothers and two sisters, whose ages are as
follows: Mrs. Lloyd, SO; Mrs, Melton, s. !,
Taylor Brown, So; Frank Brown, s0-the
average age being 81 years.
Acknowledgement Moore, of Arkan-
sas, holds that meat, corn and other pro-
visions owned by farmers, merchants and
others, are subject to taxation, there being
nothing in the revenue laws or Constitu-
ton exempting the same.
By pouring oil on the floor, and set
ting it on fire, then gouging out the charred
portions by means of sharpened spike
and piece of scissors, and then repeating
the operation, three prisoners in the Corpus
Christi (Tex.) Jail very nearly succeeded
in escaping few days ago.
A recent dispatch from Selma. Ala,
says the cotton caterpillar has made gen
eral appearance in that section. Examina-
tion of the crop near that city shows the
top leaves badly riddled, with plenty of
worms in sight and webbed up. The crop is
three weeks late, and worms in such num-
bers are two weeks early.
Selma, Ala, has sixty artesian wells.
People of Graysville, Ga, are turning
out en- masse to Stay mad dogs, which are
becoming very numerous. A goat bitten by
one recently wentmad and butted its brains
out.
Both the ball and cotton worm have
made their appearance in the Brazos Bot
tom, Tex, two months earlier than usual
and fears are entertained that they will
greatly damage the cotton crop.
A gentleman in Washington County,
Texas, raised twelve pounds of cocoons
this year and shipped them to silk fac
tory.
Thirteen thousand pounds of red
pepper was received at Laredo, Tex, few
days ago from Mexico.
Charles Francillo, the Oldest citizen
in Warren County, Miss, and one of the
Oldest in the State, passed away at his resi-
dence in Vicksburg few days ago.
There is sycamore tree in Campbell
County, Georgia, which measures little
over four feet in diameter.
The other evening while William
Webb, a young man living at Shell Mound,
near Chattanooga, Tenn, was squirrel
hunting, he accidentally dropped bottle
of shot, and in attempting to pick it up his
gun was discharged, the shot taking effect
in his side. The whole region of, the side
was torn up, laying open the cavity, break
ing several ribs and exposing the lungs,
from which he died next morning.
The total valuation of real and per-
sonal property in Bradley County, Ark, is
$s55,357.
Auburn (Ky.) Jail has not had an in
mate for so long that the lock has become
rusty and will not admit key, and the
hornets have taken possession of the in
terror.
A duel with knives was fought at the
County Line Church in Doty County, Ga,
the other day, between Samson Cason and
Samuel Clifton. Clifton was hacked in
pieces.
At Clifton, w. Va, the other night,
Joseph Hill was fatally stabbed by James
Kirby, boy eighteen years old. Kirby
escaped.
Lightning struck in the open lake, in
Lauderdale County, Tenn, during recent
thunderstorm, and killed hundreds of fish.
A twelve-year-old girl named Nc
Donald was found dead in the woods near
Collula, Tex, few days ago. She had
been lost four days and five nights. Her
mother was in Laredo with little son who
was bitten by rattlesnake. During the
last twelve months this lady lost son-in-
law, killed by a railroad accident, her hus-
band died from a blow on the head, and
her son blew his brains out in her presence.
The largest sale of timber lands ever
made by the ST. Louis & Iron Mountain
Railroad was completed the other day, be-
ing 5000 acres in Saline County, Ark, to
the Pierce Lumber Company of New Jer-
sey.
George Kane, Harry Suffer and Wor-
thlngton McCulloch, young unmarried
men from Frostburg, Nd, were rowing in
the Potomac River a few days ago when
the boat capsized and all were drowned.
A German syndicate wishes to pur-
chase 100000 acres of land in Tennessee and
Another Blind Tom has come to as
tonish and plague the American public. A
colored boy, nine years old, at Rome, Ca,
is said to play the piano like an educated
performer.
James T. Wright, a notorious thief,
smuggler and desperate, was captured in
Frio County, Tex, a few days ago.
Luke Pryor, a clerk in Milton Gar
rettson's store at Linwood, Ark, was muir
dered and robbed by unknown parties the
other night.
The boiler in steam laundry ex-
ploded at Houston, Tex, the other day. par
TALLY wrecked the building and doing from
five hundred to thousand dollars damage.
James Buck, the engineer, was fearfully |
scalded and may die. There were several |
narrow escapes from death among the en-
ployes.
Mr.. Robert C. Gilmer, of Columbia,