St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-08-02
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

New L rleans Exposition for the purpose OF
bringing into notice the peculiar petrify-
ing prope1 ties of that stream.
William u. Crump, son of the Judge OF
the Virginia Court of Appeals, was muir,
dered in Bal. timore restaurant a few days
ago by sportil 1g character named George.
w. Sonner, Jr.
Miss Sedalia Lick, the seventeen-year-
old daughter of Deputy Sheriff Lock, of
Austin, Tex, who disappeared from her
home few weeks ago, has been heard
from at Kansas City, Mo. She is reported
married to John Fletcher, member of q
patent medicine concert com pany.
James Sims Ecolored) who 1uurdered his
wife in Miller County, Georgia, and fed to
Florida, has BEEN captured and lodged in
Jail at Cambridge. i
/ Advices from the western part OF Texas
i confirm the repost thas the sheep and cat
4 tie industry of shat part of the State IS
threatened with pnnihiIation by drought
Sheep merpwith ancks were nrriving;dailF
at Eagle Pass seeking jngress into MEXICO
water holes The streams en- the American
side of the Rio Gra1ple arc dried up.
HARDIN the Troup' County (Georgia}'
ra9ist, was lynohed by citizens, who
wrssted hims from the custody of theE
Sheriff..
A little girl near Brenchvnle;, S. c., way
awakened q few nights ago., whea she told
her mother that something had, bitten herE
and that she had!pulled it,inl twoE A light
was procured, when about eight inches OF
a gartsT snake was seen wFithmg; near her
pillow Il was supposed to- have been
placed upon the bad by a cat,, which had
been sean eating thetail part. The child
died tie next day fronD the reptiles
wound.
Marshal John CT. MorganI, OF Taylors
Tex, was shot and mortally wounded a
few nights ago by. s. E. Stiles
DR.. Wesley Norwood an emine1Epbysi
clan of Soath Carolina, diedistsG aiesbHrg
few days ago.
The largest cotton mills of Atlanta, Ga.s
will reduce. production about twenty-five
per cent
The stage from IarDpasas to- San Sabas
Tex, was robbed a few days, ago by ''ona
small-sized man,
Two French creoles had a.duel nearNew
Orleans recently, whioh resultRdin one Of
the participants<bein g;wounded. intheelsf5
leg.
Mike Taggart, a workman, ,fealfrom tass
Ohio River bridge, at houisvilles, Ky',. 8
few days ago and was drowned.
Texas shows ,anincrease of $50; 00000Gfn
the value of her assessable property this
year over last.
Joseph Williams of Raleigh, NJ G.. has
been found guilty of murder for killing
Willie Watkins, whom he mistoOkifon,
man engaged to his cousin.
Ex-Governor Hubbard, of Texas, de
clines to be a candidate for Governor
| that State in the coming campaign.
The mail between. Round Mountain,an6
Fredericksburg, Tex, was robbed a few
days since by two men, supposed to- be
Mexicans.
A few evening SINCE. in a. quarrelat Con
zales, Tex, Bud Zeigler cut Peter Marsch
in the abdomen, causing the intestinss to
drop out, Zeigler was arrested.
Police Lieutenant! Arnold of Athens, Ga.p
shot Sam. Taylor, colored, fatally few
days ago, Tor resisting arrest. a large
crowd gatnered and, trouble was feared
The Jury rendered a verdict of iustifah4e
homicide.
A formal presentation Of the flag sent to
Ascalon Division, Knights of Pythias, by
the Fort Dearbon Division, Chicago was
celebrated in New Orleans by full dress
parade and ball in the Spanish Fort.
An incendiary fire. at Lexington, Ky.> a
few days ago destroyed the Blue Grass
COOPER shop and the dwelling houses of J.
D. billiard, Mrs. ]. H. Campbell and Phil
B. Thompson,, Jr. Total loss, $a1 ,0O0s in
surance, $l4 300.
At Cooperstown5 KY, few days ago.
William Faulkner was fatally shot by
4 Ben. Miller. The shooting resulted fra~a
revival of an old difficulty.
Colonel Ed Richardson, of Vicksburg
Miss, having visited many plantations on
the Mississippi River south of Memphis
8 gives 1iscouraging account Of the crop
prospects.
A few evenings since, at point ten
miles east Of Kesse, Tex, LeeWright and a
Young man named Hamil ton, out huntingr
became engaged in dispute, resulting in
shooting affray in which both were
killed. Wright leaves family. Hamil-
ton, boy Of sixteen, was shot down twice
before giving Wright a fatal shot,
Richardson, one of the contestants inthe
Fourth of July walking match in Angus
ia, Ca, died a few days ago. He had
walked about three hours when he sudden
ly fell down on the track and had to be
! carried away. He had not been out of
bed since, and died from loss of blood. He
had ruptured some internal organ in his
! efforts to get the first place.
, The Georgia Board of State House Com
, missioners. recently opened the bids for
! the erection of new State House in
, Atlanta, in accordance with plans made
: by Edbrook & Barnham, Chicago. Only
two bids were received for the building