St. Landry democrat., 1884-11-08
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS.

The Texas Live Stock Association will
send thirty.six delegates to the s.. Louis
Cattle Convention, November 7th.
Byron Won Raub, near San Antonio,
Tex, has been indicted for using the
United States mails to defraud tie public.
Elk County Trustee Knight Of Rhea
County, Tennessee, who defaulted for
$1,000, has been jailed.
II. Frazer Grant, prominent business
man of Savannah, Ga, is mysteriously
missing, and the air is burdened WITH
rumors Of crookedness in his business
affairs.
AT Farmville. Va, a few nights ago, the,
planters warehouse, three tobacco fac"
tories and six tenements burned. Loss.
10000; all insured except the warehouse.
The Governor OF Texas has issued g.
proclamation raising the yellow fever
quarantine at all ports in Texas on the
10Th of November, but establishing quar-
antine against cholera.infected ports Of
Europe for an indefinite period.
f. s. Graham, of Young County, Texas,
recently sold 5000 acres of Peters Cox
ony lands to colony of Bohemians, who
will at once move on the land and proceed
to grow up with the country.
The crop of Virginia chestnuts is said tc=
be ample.
A Texas man ninety six years of age
lately died from the anguish caused by
cutting a third set of teeth.
A man named Henley, supposed to be
bent on robbery, was shot dead by ayoung
man named Scott, near Atlanta, Ga, g.
few nights ago.
The First National Bank of Vicksburg,.
Miss, with paid-up capital of 100000,
has commenced business.
Harry Altman shot and killed his
father, Lafayette Altman, at st. Charles
KY, few days ago. on account of some
family trouble.
The extended drought which prevailed
for over two months in Virginia, Georgia
and Alabama has been broken by copious
rains.
The Virginia oyster cruiser Chesapeake
has had her masts, machinery and smoke"
stack put in at Norfolk, and Governor
Cameron is contemplating saltwater
journey.
Charles Rice and Jim Scott, laborers.
were killed at Louisville, KY, few days
ago, one by the caving in Of sand bank,
the other by falling through hatchway.
A party of one hundred excursionists
from Northern States arrived at jackson,
few days since. They were looking for
land.
William Besringer, a drummer from
New York, died at the Southern Hotel in
Austin, Tex, few days ago, from the
effects of an overdose of morphine, be.
lieved to have been taken with suicidal in
tent.
Joe CRITICIZE, business man of Terrell,
Tex. was shot and killed a few days ago
by painter named William Boren, in
difficulty over job Of work done by the
latter. The slayer was arrested and
jailed.
An old man named John Orlicks was
found murdered in his store near Houston,
Tex, few days ago, with rope round
his neck, head and body badly disfgured.
There was no clue to the murderers or
cause assigned for the murder.
A difficulty occurred few nights since
at Cottonwood, Tex, between four cattle.
men, in which julius Hager was killed
and Washington Borsn believed to be NOR.
tally wounded by Joseph Price and VIII
liam Ross, who made their escape.
G.. B. Gerold, County Judge Of Waco,
Tex, adjourned his court for five minutes
one day recently, for fist fight with an
attorney named T. A. Blair. After
friends had stopped the contest the court
calmly resumed its session.
Willie Smith, aged seventeen, waS
found in the last agonies Of death, in
cornfield near his stepfath er's house, at
Cynth1ana, KY, few days ago. He had.
taken his shotgun cat for hunt, and it is,
supposed that he shot himself accidental"
ly, as his gun and rabbit were found on
one side of a fence and his body on the
other.
James Duncan, living twelve miles from
Dallas, Tex, went to the city few even
inrs since, and fell dead from his seat IN.
q saloon. He evidently committed sur
eide, as a note was found on his person,
saying: 81 am fifty years old to-day, and
thus is my last day on earth. am tired
of tie world"
In the Hastings (Va.) Court few days
ago. the Grand Jury found true Dill
against Thos. Whv5e, late Cashier OF the
Planters & Merchants Bank, charging
him with being accessory to W. W. Whyte,
late Teller of said bank, in making GER
tain fraudulent entries on the Teller's
book, whereby Thomas Whyte was credit.
ed with IS, $50 as deposited January l5oh,
1888, and s., $50 as deposited January 2lst,
1888.
Miss Fannie Robertson, beausiful four
teen.year- old girl, the adopted daughte:
of Mr.. James c.. Robertson, Of Broken Ar
row, Ga, disappeared from hef home
couple of weeks ago. Il has since been de-
veloped that her foster father has told
contradictory stories abouj her disappear
ance. Tnese circumstances and the abso~
lutte absence of any clew as to her move
L.. a-nrrnd fine SnSDlciOn thai.