St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-10-06
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.


| among the cattle in Northern Georgia. 1t
| is said that nearly every animal attacked
| by the disease dies. This dreadful disease
| prevails more or less all over the South this
season.
AUGUSTUS F. Schneider, who has been
! in the employment of o. w. Thomas & Co.,
| of Louisville, KY, for nearly twenty years,
has been missing for several days. HeWas
| last seen on the 18th on Wenzel street, be-
| tween Main and Market, about 6:3o or
! O'Clock p. m. When he got to his fathers
| house some unknown man was with MIN.
He went into the house, paid his father
| some money and left, saying he was going
| to his mother-in-law's on Story avenue,
| near Johnston street. He drew out OF the
| bank that day $3.50 on certificate OF de-
| post and left $475 with a grocer on Jeffer-
son street, saying he would call for it on
Monday.
A few days ago little son of Clabe
| Bowman, living near Oakdale Junction,
Tenn, was in a cart driving mule, with
| the lines around his neck, when the animal
| became frightened and ran away, throwing
| the boy out with the lines still around his
neck, and he was thus dragged to death.
John Jarvis shot Clodius Bonney in
Princess Anne County, Va, few days
| since, with shotgun, killing him instantly.
The murderer escaped to neighboring
| swamp.
A few days ago, near Mexia, Tex,
Joe Barber, from behind house, perfo-
rated Lee Wood with buckshot. Wood was
| unarmed. He will die. They were near
L
Judge August Siewering died at San
| Antonio, Tex, few days ago aged fifty
one years. Decea sed emigrated to Texas
| from Germany in 1S49 and made his home
| in San Antonio. At the last State election
| he ran for Lieutenant Governor and re-
| ceived a fine vote. At the previous election
he was strongly favored as the Republican
candidate for Governor.
Larry Russell, mail carrier between
| lockwood and Kings Creek, was arrested
| a few days ago at Lenoirs, Tenn, and
| lodged in Jail at Chattanooga charged
with robbing the United States mails. A
| registered package was put in the bag at
| Kings Creek which failed to reach its des-
| tination, hence Russell's arrest. He made
a full confession duplicating others.
William Harris. native of Harbor
| Keys, died recentl3 at Key West, Fla, at
the advanced age of 105 years.
The total amount of funds in the
Texas State Treasury, according to arecent
report, is $2,79s, 296 in currency, S1I,4S7 in
| gold and $4,416,37O in bonds. The prin-
| cipal items are as follows: Revenue, S3345-
| I54: available School Fund, S424,aG1; per-
manent School Fund, 81 1921 sos in currency,
$17,4s4 in gold and S31, .S5 in bonds; per-
manent University Fund, $253,S23 in cur
rency and $35S, 591 in bonds; Asylum Funds.
| $SS, 1856 in currency and 3,400 in bonds;
| Agricultural and Mechanical College,
| 400 in currency and 100000 in bonds;
| special School Fund, SIo,419; land sales ac-
count, $3.50, 400; available University Fund,
| SCI ,315. The amount disbursed for the quar-
ter ending August 81 was ST ,0s6,9S4, and
| the amount paid in by the Comptroller du-
ring the same time, $492.476.
Archie johnson, colored, was hanged
| in Richmond County, N. G., a few days
ago.
A referee in South Carolina recently
gave Judgment for $4,000 against the Char
lotte Railroad in favor of the administrator
of man named Hook, who was killed by
| train.
Colonel R. S. Strader, a leading
horseman of Lexington, KY, had an ARRAY
with colored employee few days ago,
killing him with a shotgun.
Jacob II. Cronise, mailing clerk of
the Roanoke {Va.) Post-otfice, was arrested
| a few days ago on charge Of robbing the
| mails. He confessed the crime. Over $500
| was found on his person.
The granary of Prof. Sam'lP. Wright,
situated about two miles from Waco, Tex,
was destroyed by fire few days ago. His
entire crop had been harvested and the in
surance was comparatively small.
A few days ago at Atoka, Tenn, y
| drunken man by the name of Hill stabbed
| and killed the son of Mr.. John Manassa, of
Upton County. The murder was unpro-
voked, as young Manassa had had no quar-
rel with him and was in the act of mount
ing his horse to return home when Hill ran
up behind him and stabbed him several
times. Hill escaped to the woods and had
not been captured.
Twenty members of the Texas Press
Association have gone on an excursion to
Louisville and st. Louis for the purpose of
| seeing the Exposition and the Yelled
Prophets.
A white man named Price was run
over by freight train on the Charlotte,
Columbia & Augusta Railroad, fifteen miles
from Columbia, few nights ago and
killed. His body was horribly mutilated,
the right leg being cut off at the hip, the
left foot cut off and his bowels torn out.
He was drunk and had fallen asleep on the
| track. A jug of whisky was found near the
body.
At Dallas, Tex, few days ago W.