St. Landry democrat., 1883-07-28
SOUTHERN GLEANINGs.

There is community of some fifteen
families residing in the neighborhood OF
Nauvoo, Marshall County, w. Va, which
profess the Mormon faith and act accord
ing to it's teachings to a great extent
They are not thorough polygamists. Not
long since one of the old sisters was afflict.
ed with an ailment that baffied the skill OF
her physicians. She then insisted that one
of the prophets of her church from the
"City of the Saints should be sent for.
He came and laid his hands upon her, and
she at once declared herself greatly better.
Whether the improvement was permanent
| was not stated.
The registration of voters in Louis
/ vile, KY, is 1892 white and 4,737 colored,
total of %, 1o9, or about 1000 more votes
than have ever been polled in that city.
Apples are falling off the trees in
Kentucky to such an extent it is feared the
crop will be short.
A deaf mute of Mercer County, KY,
/ has invented an electrical instrument which
enables him to hear an ordinary converse.
! ton.
A queer accident happened to a little
/ girl in Atlanta, Ga, the other day. She
was working with sewing machine, and
was running it at a good rate of speed,
when the driving-rod, which was made of
wood snapped in two, and one piece pene-
trated the fieshy part of her leg below the
knee, tearing the flesh in terrible manner.
| As soon as the broken rod entered the
| child's flesh the machine stopped, and in
| order to remove the wood the wheel of the
| machine had to be turned by hand.
Two young men of Woodstock, Ga,
were such desperate rivals for the hand of
| a lady that duel became the only means
of settling their troubles. Bowie-knives
| were selected as the weapons, and Mount
Carmel graveyard as the place. Principals
and seconds were on time, but soon became
involved in fist-fght and broke up in dis
order.
The prosperity of the Louisiana sugar
planters is shown by the fact that 100000
is being expended in and around Donald
son for improved machinery, new sugar
houses, bagasse burners, etc.
A Fluvanna County (Va.) farmer
who rents out his land and manages his
tenants cleared fourteen dollars an acre on
his land last year.
A turtle was brought into Cedar Key,
Fla, a few days ago, that weighed 425
pounds.
Information has been received at the
Treasury Department at Washington that
"flled" twenty-dollar gold pieces have APP
peared in Tennessee and other parts of the
Sos.Jh ,f.z
Bob Parsons stepped out of window
1n1frS Ray f1,a 9TH rir 70 eli
on a supposed burglar, who was trying to
get in the front door. He stepped on the
spout of an oil can which carpenter had
left under the window. The spout entered
the bottom of his foot and came out at the
top, and his physician feared lockjaw
would result.
An epidemic among hogs in the vicin-
ity of Austin, Tex, is saids to be carrying
off large numbers. They take sick and die
very suddenly.
During heavy storm in Talcott
County, Nd, the other day the dwelling of
Frank Willis, near Wye Mill, was struck
by lightning and his eldest daughter was
killed.
On narrow-gauge road in Dodge
County, Ga, few days ago, four cars went
through burning bridge, by which three |
men lost their lives and ten others were
wounded.
Fire at Monroe, La, the other morn
ing destroyed a restaurant, the old Post
office, two residences and number of |
tenements. The property destroyed was
valued at about S11 200. At.one time the |
entire townwas threatened with destruc-
ton, as a high wind prevailed at the time
of the fire.
A Georgia negro, a few days ago,
coughed upa cocklebur that has been
lodged in his throat for more than three
years, giving him much pain.
After a married life of sixty-seyen
years, Amelia Sanford, of Milledgeville, /
Ga, died recently at the age of eghty-eight |
years. Her husband is ninety-two.
! 1t is proposed among the cotton fac
tors of New Orleans to set aside two cents on
the bale on their cotton receipts to the stock
OF the Exposition. Such subscription would
amount to $1,000. If this is done, other
cotton associations and the sugar and rice
interests will assume a similar tax, all of
which, it is estimated, would raise about
500, 900 more.
Near Paducah, KY, the other day a
negro herb doctor named Fletcher stabbed
and killed his wife and mother-in-law with
a butcher knife and then made his escape.
His children gave the alarm. ~ .sy
A most remarkable case of deter
mined suicide was recently reported from
Ga. A negro climbed ten feet
up a tree and launched himself the third
time from limb, after adjusting rope
about his neck, before successfully hanging
himself. At the firsttwo attempts he touch
ed the ground.