St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-02-23
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

Representatives of fire insurance com.
panies meeting at Atlanta, Ca, decided in
favor of insisting upon the erection of
heavy walls to prevent extensive cotton
fires and on increasing rates in order 50
bring about this improvement.
Five coons, nine squirrels, and one
rabbit We're killed in tree cut down re-
Gently near Fulton, KY.
Exactly 158,538,468 pounds of tobac-
co were raised i'll Kentucky during the
year 1883.
A large number of robins are cap
tured in nets in North Carolina. One firm
of Newberne recently received 1923 of
these birds from Morehead City so en-
trapped.
A young Englishman, supposedly
named Truston, was killed recently near
Stoneville, Miss, by the falling of a pile
driver. His only exclamation was, when
hurt: ooh! if could only be at home"
His home was not known, and the only
possible means of Identification found up
on him was a visiting card bearing the
name: "Thornwald n. Hallgreen."
The Texas Legislature, before its final
adjournment, passed bill to lease for sew
en- years, at five cents per acre, $50 sections
of school lands belonging to unorganized
counties; also law making it a misdf-
meanor to fence lands not owned or leased,
or to herd stock on the same.
Another electric girl, Matte Lee
Price, hailing from Stileboro, Barlow Coun-
ty, Ca, few nights ago gave an exhibit
ton of singular powers at Gainesville, and
SO electrified the crowd that after the show
q gentleman engaged her services for one
year for $4,000. She is said to surpass the
wonderful Lula Hurst, and her manager
proposes to play her all over the United
States.
A recent alleged attempt to poison
young lady at Fort Worth, Tex, is now re-
ported to have been made, if with criminal
intent at all, with the object of throwing
the blame on an innocent person by means
of forged signature to slip of paper ac-
companying the box.
The residence of Asbury Yann, on
Kenesaw Mountain, Ca, burned TO tie
ground few days ago, land Wants charred
body was found in the ruins. He had re-
turned home drunk, beat his wife, and put
the family out of the house, when he piled
the furniture into the fireplace, the FIRE thus
communicating with the floor and resulting
as stated.
James Graham, lawyer, killed his
wife and then committed suicide in New
Orleans few days ago. Drink and domes-
tic trouble led to the tragedy.
The Adjutant-G General of Texas is or
gauzing an active campaign against the
fence-cutters.
While lot of men were Smelling corn
a few days ago on the farm OF w. Pryor,
six miles south of Jasper, Tenn, with a !
four horse power shelter, the balanee-wheel
broke, striking thirteen-year-old boy by |
the name of Charles johnson across the
bowels, almost severing him in twain. He
has since died. A man by the name of John |
Kilgore had his arm broken, and was 9TH |
erwise badly bruised.
Burrell Brown shot and killed his
brother-ln-law, a boy twelve years old, near
Santa Lucca, Ga. few days ago.
The Steamer Jimmie Baker sunk in
the Mississippi few miles above Trenton,
La, a few days ago, while landing. No
lives were lost.
A new disease, the nature of which |
puzzles the farmers, has appeared among
the horses and mules in some parts of |
South Carolina.
A young South Carolinian named
Walker committed suicide in the wine-
room OF variety theatre at San Antonio,
Tex, recently.
Reports of buildings under contract
in Georgia cities snow tnas over 5000, 0OO /
will be thus invested in 1891. OF this sum
over 100000 will be expended in At.
Ian a.
Mrs. Gordon, residing near Bluffton,
s. G., now Ill years OF age, walks four
miles to partake of the monthly Lords
Supper at he Baptist Church.
The Houston, Tex, Cotton Exchange
and Board of Trade have offered 1910
prize to be competed for by Texas militia
in the coming Interstate drill
in that city.
W. A. Nunnery, of Kershaw County,
S. c., has been sentenced to ten months in
the Penitentiary for changing 81 Nation.
al Rank note into St0note.
In Austin, Tex, a few evenings since,
John Gardner, a timer, who was anus ng
himself by firing into D. A. schmidt's
dwelling was fatally wounded by Schmidt.
John Hartigan, well known bust
ness man Of VIcksburg, Miss, died few
days ago. He was for some years Super
ntendent of the Vicksburg and ST Louis
Anchor Line.
At the Devils Glen on the Chatta-
noochie River, Ga, few days ago, man
who had kidnapped two children of Jacob
2. Worthington, wealthy turpenttne far
1nk1. Of lTaaisnta Elm ,.znS hnt lad s.l,;l.