St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-03-24
miscellaneous Items.

The Northwest Texas StOckmen'S
Association held an interesting meeting at
Fort Worth recently aud much business OF
interest to cattle men was transacted. The
following officers were elected: c. L. Car
ter, President; c.. c. Slaughter and j. R.
Stevens, Vice-Presidents; j. C. Leving,
Secretary and Treasurer; F. r. Sherwood,
Assistant Secretary. Dallas was selected as
the place for The next meeting and the Sec
ond Tuesday after the second Monday in
March, 1884, as the time.
Foxes are said to be multiplying very
rapidly in the Kentucky bluegrass country
after having been almost unknown for many
years.
The Texas Legislature has sold the
lease OF the two peaitentiaries for ten years
at $780, 900.
A fire at Danville, Va, the other day
destroyed the tobacco factories OF w. T.
Clark, W. f. Patton and l.. L. Strauss. The
buildings were tenanted by eight firms, who
lost their stock and fixtures. The total loss
was estimated at about Isl, 900; insured.
One million cubic feet OF timber was
brought out of the Big Sandy River. Ky,
on the recent rise which sold for S13,, 200.
An advance Of fifty cents and 81 per
ton for pig-iron was demlnded recently by
the furnace men of Alabams and Tennessee,
who supply the Cincinnati and tributary
markets.
The first shipment of corn ever made
on a through bill of lading from Savannah,
Ga, to British port was made per steam
ship City OF Augusta, few days ago.
Richard Howard, of Chattanooga,
Tenn, took offense at the reports OF scan
dalous suit in which he was involved, pub
lished in local paper recently, and as
| saulted G. W. Ochs, the city editor, with a
cane. Ochs drew pistol and shot Howard
in the groin.
The result of late election for coun-
ty officers in Falls County. Tex, was de-
cided by the votes OF seventeen naturalized
Cinnamon, and the defeated candidates were
contesting the election upon the ground
| that State law passed in 1875 limited the
Issuance Of naturalization papers to white
foreigners, and it was claimed DISTINGUISHED
Cinnamon who had already taken out nat
uralization papers.
The Sanitary Council of the Missis-
sippi Valley will meet in jackson, Hiss, on
Tuesday, Apri, 8.
At Austin, Tex. 1.-THE jury in the case Of
the State VS.. Waller Morgan recently returned
averdict OF guilty Of killing Henderson in
that place on January 8, and gave him
five years in the Penitentiary, as it was done
while he was drunk.
D. r. Musselman & Co., tobacco
manufacturers, Louisville, KY, made an
assignment few davs ago for the benefit of
their creditors, with liabilities OF $40, 600.
Felix Wilson, colored, has been SEN
fenced to be hanged April 20 for the murder
Of Nose Rudelman at Charlotte, n. c.
Charles Ashley, Waterman of the
steamer Wyoming, fell oveboard near Vicks.
burg, Miss, the other night and was
| drowned.
A student of the State College at Lex
Iington, KY, named Fugate.5 got drunk the
other night and while fiourishing his pistol
| recklessly an officer undertook to arrest
him. Four companions came to his rescue
with rifles, but after some parley they were
persuaded to surrender and were suspend-
| ed by the Faculty, while Fugate was ex-
PEELED.
The colored driver Of a coal cart,
named French, was thrown from the cart at
Louisville, Ky, the other afternoon, and
| falling on his head, broke his neck.
The gin house and fifteen bales OF cot
| ton belonging to w. ). Anderson, at New
Orleans, La, were destroyed by fire few
| days ago..
Jay Gould has gone to Florida.