St. Landry democrat., 1883-06-30
miscellaneous Items.


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Miscellaneous Items.
Charles Dudley Warner, of Hartford,
Conn.,, delivered the annual address at the
commencement exercises of Roanoke Col
lege, at Salem, Virginia, recently, in which
he spoke encouragingly of the progress the
South was making intellectually and
materially, as evidenced by the increase OF
manufactures and the prosperity of the in
situations of learning.
Ibek Giles, the famous moonshiner
and smuggler of the mountains of Tennessee,
was placed in Jail at Memphis the other
afternoon. He was arrested in Oregon
County, Mo.
A negro and Mexican were found
hanging in La Sale County, Tex, the other
morning. The negro was minus his head
and lower limbs, but was recognized as Joe
Anderson, a notorious thief.
In the United States District Court
at Austin, Tex, the other day, an opinion
was rendered in criminal prosecution
under the civil actsof Congress of March,
1875, for a penalty of $500 for excluding
Laura Evans (colored) from the ladies' car
on the Houston & Texas Central Railroad.
Similar cases were also disposed of. The
Court held the law unconstitutional and
that the things alleged were cognizable by
State tribunals only; also that the act was
an infringement on the rights of the several
States.
The new building at Louisville, erect
ed by the State of Kentucky for an Ameri-
can printing house for the blind, was for
mally dedicated few days ago.
Jim Woods, negro burglar, while
attempting to rob Herman Herald's dry
goods and plantation store, in Shreveport,
La, early the other morning, was shot dead
by Joe Blum, the clerk.
The other night while a freight train
on the Alabama Great Southern Railway
was crossing the bridge over Wills Creek it
gave way, precipitating five cars into the
water. The accident happened near Attala,
Ala. The engine and two cars had passed
over and consequently were not injured.
Samuel Lohorn, Of Osworth, Ga, train
employee, was instantly killed, being liter
ally cut to pieces by falling timber. Mr..
Lee, a brakeman on the train, jumped off
and was seriously injured.
During quarrel John Mcdaniel
killed his son-in-law, James Skipper, near
Tallahassee, Fla, few days ago.
A car with 100000 young shad, sent
by Prof Baird, of the United States Fish
Commission, for distribution in Louisiana
waters, arrived at New Orleans a few days
ago.
W. w. Harvey has been arrested at
Morgan City, La, for using the mails
fraudulently.
Huntingdon, Tenn, was visited by
the most disastrous fire the other day ever
known in the town, ten business houses and
three residences being destroyed. The fire
was discovered at three o'clock in the morn
ing and was supposed to be incendiary.
Total loss, between 900 and $4,000; IN
surance light.
The Garden City Fireworks, at Dali
las, Tex, owned by Sweat & Co., blew up
the other afternoon with loud explosion,
setting fire to the building. The building,
being concrete structure, was saved. but
the fireworks, machinery for their manu-
facture and a quantity of materials were
total loss. The same establishment blew
up about six months ago, destroying the
building and everything in it.
The jury in the case of the State
against r. E. Cowart, for the killing of
Judge J. NJ. Thurmond i'll the Courthouse
at Dallas, Tex, year ago, has returned
verdict of acquittal.
D. T. Rainwater & Co. shipped from
Hutchins' Station, Dallas County, Tex, the
first car of new wheat of the present crop
few days ago. They paid ninety-tive
cents per bushel for it and consigned it to
St. Louis parties. The quality was not
very fine, and it will be hard to grade as
good as No. 8 on the st. Louis market. This
is about month later than the first ship
ment last year.
Three men, Stinson, Briefly and Ham.
ilton, from Montgomery County, were be.
fore United States Commissioner at Gal.
weston, Tex, the other morning, charged
with entering, June 5, the house of Charles
Shannon (colored), dragging him mile
from his dwelling and attempting to cut
his throat. Shannon at the time was wit
ness before the United States Court IN
county election cases. Complainant fail
ing to appear, the prisoners were dis.
charged. It was thought a charge OF per
jury would be entered against Shannon.
Crops are doing well in Louisiana.