St. Landry democrat., 1883-12-01
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

zales, Tex, over rumor that the negroes
were drilling nights, and the whites have
organized a minute company.
A boiler in saw mill at Moscow,
Tex, exploded recently, killing D. Cooper.
woundihg J. B. Jones fatally, and danger
ously wounding two other men.
Aztec, famous running horse, val
ued at $4,000, died recently of lung fever
at Lexington, KY. He was owned by Pow
ers & Son, of Decatur, Ill.
Hunger and cold caused the death of
colored woman and child at Lexington,
KY, few days ago.
, Charles Warren and Murdoch NAL
ley, of Charlotte, N. c., quarreled recently
over game of cards, and Malley killed
Warren with knife.
By the giving away of the wall of a
gravel-pit at Dallas, Tex, five men We're
instantly buried. One of the number was
killed, and all the others sustained severe
injuries
Samuel Wheeler was sentenced few
days ago at Gilman, Tex, to be. hung for
the murder of R. @. Short, last fall.
Governor Ireland, of Texas, has is
sued proclamation raising the quarantine
throughout the State.
During the demolition of an old resi-
dence at: Richmond, Va, a few days ago, q
wall fell, crushing three laborers. VIM.
Tallaferro, aged ninety, was fatally in.
jure1.
The ladies of Macon, Ga, declined to
appear at musical festival with the cor
netist, Levy, because of his marital rela-
tions.
In Alexandria, La. a few days ago
Fra2k Jackson was killed and Henry I'm
derwood wounded while endeavoring to
evad5 arrest. They were the only two Of
the notorious Sam Bass gang who survived
the campaign by the Texas rangers in 1878,
and regarded as the worst men who ever
went on the road in the Southwest. Two
thousand dollars reward was standing on
the head of each for several years, and is
believed to be still good.
Lehman & Rothschilds mammoth
store at Black Hawk Landing, Concordia
Parish, La, burned with contents few
nights ago.
At Comanche, Tex, few nights ago,
while the Sheriff was absent, fifty armed,
masked men battered in the Jail door with
a heavy pole, overpowered the guards af-
ter hard struggle, and taking out the two
Bailey brothers hanged both to a tree in a
graveyard mile from the town. 1t is
not stated what the Baileys were charged
with.
The magnificent residence of Major
Henry Crumbliss at Kingston, Tenn, was
burned a few nights ago. The blaze was
discovered in the roof by passers-by about
midnight, and the alarm was given in time
for all of the family to make good their es-
cape, but the entire contents, and the house
was elegantly furnished, were consumed.
The loss to Major Crumbliss can not be less
than $4,000, but he had some insurance.
Kleinston, suburb of Vicksburg,
Miss, was almost entirely destroyed by
fire a few days ago.
Miss Fannie Hillurn, of Chattanooga,
was fatally burned few days ago, her
clothes igniting by too close contact with
an open CRATE fire.
The safe in the post-otfice at Lisbon,
Tex, kept in the store of w. d. Cast, was
robbed a few nights ago of between 500
and $500. Postmaster Cast is merchant
and claims the loss falls on his personal
property and not the Government. The
burglars escaped.
E. Dawson, stock grower of Clay
County, Tex, has made an assignment;
liabilities, $2s7, 900
Joe Barbour, of Charlottesville, Va,
in a saloon fight few nights ago, cut the
throat of Reynold Jackson from ear to ear.
A fire at Harrodsburg, KY, a few days
ago swept away hotel and six stores on
Main street, causing loss of $40, 900.
The bridge over Salt Creek, ON the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Rail-
road, at Alabama Furnace, near Talladega,
was burned by incendiaries few nights
ago.
John Lee, who was arrested for the
murder of Anna Moore, at Petersburg, Va,
last summer, and who afterward escaped,
has been re-arrested in Texas.
& Sumter, S. c., had disastrous fire
recently which destroyed large part Of
the business quarter.
The supper to the Cotton Planters
Convention in Vicksburg, Miss, will be
prepared by the ladies of the Presbyterian
Church. Plates will be laid for 400 guests.
Four years ago Texas stood third in
wealth among the Southern States. To-day
she stands first, having property valued at
$500, 100000.
Perry Jeter, one Of gang Of seven
negroes who fired the plantation house of
their former master in South Carolina, was
hanged at Union few days ago.
A. Detfenbaugh, of San Antonio.
Tex, has Ia mulberry tree literally well
loaded with ripe fruit Of the second crop,
aud his strawberry. vines have a larger
yield than in the spring. The fall has been
and is ct;ljivarv mild