St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-09-29
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

| A desperate, named Frank Allen was
| shot and instantly killed at Doves Depot,
Darlington County, S. c., a few nights ago,
| by the Intendant of that town. Allen was
resisting arrest by the town police, who
were assisted by the Intendant, and he at
| tackled the latter with knife.
Jos. Furguson had started from home,
in Jonesboro, Tenn, few days ago, to go
! hunting. AS he entered a woodland near
his house shot was heard, followed by
| eroans, which attracted the attention of
| relatives, who ran to his assistance and
| found him dead, the entire contents of the
! gun having entered his head. An investi-
| CATION led to the belief that the gun was
discharged by catching the hammer on a
twig while trailing the gun.
Bowlan & Horne's cotton gin, seven
miles west of Hillsboro, Tex, was destroyed
by fire a few days ago. John Mann was burn
ed TO death, and man named Ripley was Sc
riously injured. The fire was caused by
match passing through the gin head. The
loss was $4,000; no insurance.
At Brownsville, Tex, few days
since the Customs Inspectors arrested and
jailed Gil Coras, mescal smuggler, who
has been the source of supply to the secret
and scandalous liquor dives in the lower
part of town, near the garrison. A supply
of the cactus wine was found buried in his
kitchen.
Bell Thomas was Jailed few days
ago at Dallas, Tex, for the murder of Frank
Thomas, her husband, who died at Fort
Worth, as it was supposed from wounds
r. no of Apfhpnv R6vf.
He made dying declaration that his wife,
Bell, inflicted the wound on his head which
caused his death.
Reports from East Tennessee say
there has been general drought.
Deer plenty in Manatee County, Fla.
Recently three prisoners escaped from
the Mcdowell county IN. CT Jail. In es-
Gaping they rudely pushed Mrs. Finley, the
jailer's wife, aside, injuring her slightly.
The fugitives were captured the same day
and returned to jail. Repeated pistol shots
attracted the attention of the citizens, who
were surprised and indignant to find the
jailer, enraged by the treatment of his
wife and inf1amed by whisky, shooting one
of the prisoners, negro, as he stood in his
cage, chained and handcuffed. Four pain
full wounds were inflicted, none of which,
however, would prove fatal.
The engineer of west-bound freight
in crossing the Trinity River bridge, near
Dallas, Texas, a few nights ago, felt the
bridge SILK under his train. An examina-
ton showed that one of the bents or piers
had gotten out of position, letting down
the three stringers attached to it, leaving
ort for. fbot of tho track
Immediately over it. This discovery was
made just in time to save the west-bound
passenger train, which had big trip, all
the coaches being full. A bridge gang was
telegraphed for at Forney. The bridge was
repaired and the passenger train went over
it about daylight.
Near Liletown, Green County, KY,
a few days ago Joe Bagby was shot and
mortally wounded at the same spot where
his brother was killed two months previ-
ously. Adeadly feud existed between Geo.
Edwards and Bagby on one side and James
Owens, Dode Dowell and Mike Rogers on
the other side. Joe Bagby was shot from
ambush, the ball apparently being from a
Spencer rifle. Mike Rogers had been ar
rested; the others were still at large.
A fire at Atlanta, Ca, few days ago
damaged the stock of Simons & Drum
mond, produce merchants, 900.
Jacksonville. Ala, was partially de- |
stroyed by fire few days since, the loss
being $4,000.
The peanut crop of Virginia is al
most total failure, the loss being esti-
mated at 100000.
dioY Erad
thirteen thousand cedar rails inclosing the
pasture of A. B. Love, and wire fences had |
been cut at several points in the vicinity of |
the town.
Hon. Parish Furm IN, the most prom
inent planter in Georgia, died at Milledge- |
vile few nights ago.
A large forest fire had been raging in |
Copiah County, Miss, doing much damage
to cotton and fences.
The city of Charleston, S. c., has
been divided into twelve wards out of four
formed in 1910 and growing suburb.
An experienced cotton statistician es-
Inmates the cotton crop of 1SS3-S4 at less |
than 100000 bales, inferior in weight and I
quality to the crop of last season.
Ed S. Skies fell dead from heart dis
ease while on his train on the Texas C Pa
cific Railroad few days ago between Mar
shall and Jefferson, Tex. ..
A locomotive exploded few days
ago while crossing Trinity River bridge
near Palestine, Tex, but fortunately in
jured no one.
A few nights ago at Fort Worth, Tex,
Louis Kunkel and H. A. Franey, Prussian
and Frenchman, became involved in an
angry alteration over the respective
merits of the two nations, when Kunkel
said he could down Frenchma1l and he