St. Landry democrat., 1884-08-16
SOUTHERN GLEANINGSs

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ed with the Superior Court and other OH"
Gil positions in Atlanta, Ca, have formed
a company for the purpose of exploring
the upper regions of the State OF Ieorgla'
Forty-six members of the Georgia state
Editorial Association recently visited 'ne
battlefield of Gettysburg, Pa.
Silas Hudson, James Padgett ane at
thur Page, all young men, are under arres'
at Lynchburg, Va, for placing logs on the
track of the Richmond & Allegheny Road
Villa Finch was killed at Fayette Court"
house, Ala, few days ago by simpson
Lindsey, in drunken quarrel. Flncns
throat was cut from ear to ear.
A young man named Crawford BLACK
shot and instantly killed Captain L. Latte"
way at Caledonia, Tex, few days slnces
IN dispute as to how some land should %
worked which Black had rented OF LtS0eo'
way. Black escaped.
Mrs. Qeville, an aged widow, who resld-
ed alone in Henderson County, Tenn, was
found dead near her cabin few days ago,
part of her face and breast having oeen
eaten by hogs. Her daughter and her
daughters husband are in custody, on the
charge of having killed her for her
money.
Four forged checks on the Raymond
Bank, of Austin. Tex, signed with the
name of Stern, proprietor OF a Hour mlll'
have been cashed by different merchants
in that city, but were refused by the oank
in the last few days. They were for smatl
amounts. The bank claims that one for -
is in existence. The suspected party had
left the city.
There are about fifteen hundred Chero'
kee Indians in Swain County, North Car
DINA.
New Orleans Mayor is prosecuting per"
sons who are derelict in clearing up hlth
deposits.
There were one million cigars and two
hundred bales of sponge shipped to New
York from Key West last week.
Bader County, Ga, raised sixSy-slx
pound watermelon this season.
Four able-bodied Arabs, who were ar
rested at Corpus Christi. Tex, recently for
importunate begging, were found to have
$500 in gold concealed on their persons.
A negro child, born with five teeth, is
novely in Leake County, Mississippi.
A man in Adair County, Kentucky, lost
1,49O chickens recently from cholera.
Mississippi has 444, 14l children ofschool
age, for whose education she appropri.
ates 100000, or sixiy-seven cents per
capita.
A twenty pound shell from PARROT
gun was lately found imbedded in the
roof of the Vicksburg Opera-house.
Five thousand acres of tobacco will be
raised in Bourbon County, Ken ucky, this
year. Ten years ago not ten acres were
raised.
A farmer Of Clay County, Mississippi,
has 100 acres planted in peppermint.
Jackson Brown, an aged colored man
of Harrisonburg, Va, while returning
from wood-cutting the other night at
tempted to crawl through board fence;
his head became fastened, and he strangled
to death.
j. F. Ray shot and killed an escaping
convict, Wash Mcintosh, coIored, at Yazoo
City, Miss, few days ago. Ray surren.
dered.
The steamer CityRof Yazoo sunk at st.
Delphine near Baton Rouge, La, few
days ago. She was loaded with cotton
seed and oil.
Theodore Dempster, painter, fell from
the roof of three-story building at Louis
vile, KY, few days ago, and w.4s III.
stantly killed.
Governor ireland, of Texas, respited fer
sixty days Bill Bass, the rapist, who was
to have been executed August /.
Attorney General Templeton of Tex as
rules that county funds cannot be used to
defray the expenses of county exhibits to
the New Orleans Exposition.
Governor McEnery, of Louisiana, has
fixed the 29th of August for the hanging
of Berry Johnson (colored), who murdered
his wife few months ago by choking her
to death.
A few. nights ago, on Captain John
Willis plantation in Sharkey County,
Miss, negro named Tom Sanders de-
liberately shot aud killed anosher negro
because he dunned him for debt of ST..
The murderer escaped.
Andrew z. Jackson, respectable white
citizen of Marlboro County, S. c., was
killed at his supper table a few evenings
his throat. Gale was in Jackson's employ,
and they had had slight difficulty. A
party went in pursuit of the murderer.
A fire at Lampasas, Tex, a few days ago
| destroyed the Post-oftice building and two
adjoining stores with contents. Total loss
estimated, $4,000; insurance, 49, 900. The
| mail matter was saved.
Thomas Calhoun, of Beech Island, S. c.,
was found dead in his bed a few mornings
since, lying in q pool of blood, face down,
with pistol his hand. Financial troubles
was the caT1se of the suicide
Sing Wing, wealthy Chinaman. died
recently, the first Celestial whoh given
up the ghost at Fort Worth, Tex. His
brethren gave all the attention possible to
the remains, embalming and placing them
in metallic casket. Lee Tai and Sam
Ling went to San Francisco with the body,
from which point they go to China.