St. Landry democrat., 1883-09-15
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.


They had preliminary hearing before the
Commissioner at Graham andwere admitted
to bond.
The boiler of M. B.. Paxton's saw-mill
and gin, situated on the Cuba road, twelve
miles north of Memphis, Tenn, exploded
recently with disastrous results to life and
property. A. J.. Pike, laborer, was in
stantly killed; w. J. Carver, and employe,
was severely injured; colored man had
an arm broken, and Mr.. M. B. Paxton, the
proprietor, who was acting as engineer at
the time, received painful wounds.
A few nights ago burglars enteredthe
residence of DR.. M. l.. Protho, prominent
dentist of Chattanooga, Tenn, chloroformed
himself and wife and robbed the house.
A crowd of 500 citizens surrounded
the Jail at Savannah, Ca, a few nights ago,
where the suspected murderers of Hertel
and wife were incarcerated, and demanded
that they be delivered up. The jailer pre-
pared for defense of the prisoners, and
squad CT mounted police, armed with rifles,
dispersed tine mob.
Nat. M. Smith, of Nashville, Tenn,
received box of wedding-cake through the
post-office recently, purporting to come
from Anna L. Sullivan, New Albany. The
cake contained poison, and Smith ate enough
to make him sick.
Miss Matte Thomas, the young lady
who was victimized with marriage with
Burdick, the bigamist, attempted to commit
suicide at Memphis, Tenn, recently, by
taking chloroform. Fortunately for her
rI,r afsnd
out of danger.
John Reece was arrested and jailed
a few days ago at Dallas, Tex, charged
with embezzling the funds of Scott, San
ford & Co., who ran a Clearinghouse in
Waco, while in their employ. The amount
he got away with was about $500.
The inmates of the Jail at Macon,
Ca, recently attempted to burn their way
out, and had nearly succeeded when they
were discovered.
Hart Hicks, a prominent farmer of
Rutherford County, Tenn, became in
volved in difficulty with a negro laborer
on the farm about the feeding of stock. The
negro began to curse Hicks, when his son
Halle drew pistol and shot him, infiict-
ing a very severe wound. Neither Hicks
nor his son had been arrested.
The first bale of new cotton from
North Carolina arrived a few days ago at
Norfolk, Va, classed strict middling, and
sold at thirteen cents.
Rev. DR.. G. B. Stricken, of Atlanta,
Ca, has been unanimously elected Profess
scr of the Union Theological Seminary al
Danville, Va.
The fever was loosing ground at Pen
sacola, Fla.
A Texas couple-fifty and twelve
years old respectively-have recently been
married.
A cotton stalk with 212 bolls on it
was found by an Aberdeen (Miss.) raiser
in his field recently.
Cotton prospects in the Memphis re-
gion were not encouraging.
St. Augustine, Fla, proposes to out
rival Jacksonville by building the largest
hotel in the State. It is to be 81" shaped,
$50 feet long by 24o feet deep, and five
stories high. The hotel will be beautifully
situated on tract of land just outside of
the old city gates and near the fort, and
commanding a splendid view of the
harbor, city and ocean.
The Louisville (Ky.) Chair factory
burned recently. Loss $4,000; insurance,
$4,000. Seyenty-five hands were thrown
out of employment.
Walker Vester, a negro mule thief of
Catahoula Parish, La, whose brother-in-law
was killed while saving him from arrest by
the officers of the law, was taken from
his home on Sicily Island few nights
since by posse who it was thought killed
him, as nothing had been heard from him
since. He was a desperate character.
The annual statement of the CONNER
cial year just ended, and published in New
Orleans, shows healthy condition of trade
and increased business in almost all
branches. The export trade has been
largely augmented, being about $27,000,0o0
in excess of that of last year, while the inn
ports decreased to 81 ,79S,000. The articles
chiefly contributing to the increase of ex-
ports are cotton, corn and wheat. The value
of the cotton exported was ST., 474, 742 more
than last year. The exports of corn We're
6,s97,SS0 bushels, valued at 81 ,365, 675, against
$3.50 bushels, valued at $3.50, 661, last year,
$7,45s,960, against 1,564,775S bushels last
year, valued at 81, 705,24
News from San Saba County, Tex,
says such drought had not been experienced
in the surrounding country formany years.
From San Saba through Mccullough and
Concho Counties extensive prairie fires had
ragged and destroyed a vast extent of
range. Stock men would suffer heavy
loss.
A Tennessee cornstalk had grown to
the height of eighteen feet three inches.
Confederate bonds were in demand
in Charleston, S. c., recently at $3.50 per