St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-06-21
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

contract has been made for putting
the capitol at Tallahassee, Florida, in
thorough repair. The basement will be
paved with marble or fag-stone, and
everything put in first-class order and re-
painted.
Two young ladies Of Sardis, Miss, had
lots of fun one day recently. They
dressed themselves up in the guise of
beggars and scooped the town for three
dollars i'll cash and something to eat and
drink. -
There were 1,12O bales of leaf tobacco
and 1904 gallons of wine imported into
Key West, Fla, from Havana last
month.
A sport of Vicksburg, Miss, offers to
bet 81, 100 that a gigantic Vicksburg ne.
gro can whip either Sullivan or Ryan.
John Wolf, son of the Circuit Court
Clerk of Scott County, KY, has been sem
fenced to five years. imprisonment for for
gerry on the Georgetown Bank? Fifteen
similar indictments are pending against
him.
Five South Carolina counties are two.
thirds good pine, but have no railroads.
The wholesale grocer and liquor house OF
L. Boyer & Co. at Mobile, Ala, burned
| few nights ago. Loss about $4,000; in.
sured for S., 900.
Fl. F. Duncan, editor of a daily newspa.
per at Lexington, KY, has been fined $500
for malicious libel because his journal pub,
lished the card of d citizen casting refec-
tions on the Judge of the Circuit Court.
Duncan was away from home when the
card was issued.
The commencement exercises of the
Memphis Conference Female Institute at
Jackson, Tenn, begins June s with
commencement sermon by Rev. Josephus
Anderson, of Arkansas. The graduating
exercises will take place Wednesday,
June IL.
At Starkvil1e, Miss, the jury in the case
Of the State against William Cranberry,
charged with killing Ike Sharp, few days
ago, returned verdict of guilty of murder
in the first degree after being out about
sixteen hours.
Ina collision, a few nights ago, near Palat
ka. Fla, between the steamers Anita and
Princess, the latter was disabled. A pas
senger named Hall, from Boston, was
knocked overheard and drowned.
Mumford R. Ligon, freight conductor
on the Houston & Texas Central Railroad,
was killed a few nights ago on the road,
between Hampstead and Navasota, Tex
He was running train that was water
bound at Courtney, and was on the loco
motive when it ran into a COW, throwing |
the engine from the track and killing |
Ltgon.
Six prisoners broke Jail at Eastman, Ca,
few days ago, and escaped by breaking |
off heavy iron bar from the bedstead in |
one of the cells, prying through the cor
ridor bars, knocking hole through the
gable of the jail and letting themselves
down by blankets. Following are the
names and crimes for which they were i'm.
prisoned: Amos Bryant, murder; George /
j. Fuller, murder; Brass Wright, highway
robbery; Frank Matthews, attempted muir.
der; Lewis MacRae and Joseph Durr, rob-
berry.
DR.. Thomas Griffith, a distinguished sur
geon Of Louisville, KY, died few days
ago.
A confagration at Paducah, KY, a few
days since, destroyed $4,000 worth OF
Green corn is being shipped from Flori
da.
Gilbert G. Wright, an attorney of Dal.
las, Tex, has been indicted on charge OF
in the cotton swind1es.
Fl. w. ThaIer, editor Batesville MISS
Blade, shot and killed Julius Porter few
days ago. The act was in self-defense.
VIM Cook, VIM. Deus and Eddie Loven
were drowned few days ago while sailing
on Lake Ponchartrain, In.
Joseph Schaefer of GAINESVILLE, o.. ar.
rived in Houston, Tex, few days ago.
While crossing bridge at midnight he
was attacked by ruffians and knocked
robbed of $3.50 in gold, aud !
thrown into Buffalo bayou. He was res
'ued by negro, and at last accounts was
ying in critical condition. The robbers
escaped.
The dead body of an old man named /,
mo. Hassett, an Irishman, was found
ew nights ago two miles east of San An
onio, horribly mutilated by being dragged i
'ver rough ground and through the woods. i.
lis head was mashed. all the limbs bro.
Ten, and body bruised. His wagon and
amp were near by. Two mules were
with a long nope dragging. !
t is supposed the old man was tying them :
ut and became tangled in the rope and
he mule ran away. He had been freightinp :
\ the vicinity several years. He had ON :
is person $3.50. :
A special from GAINESVILLE, Tenn, re. ?
orts the discovery Of a band Of outlaws e
Tho have been depredattng for fifteen ]
ears in Montgomery County. The chief t
'as Ransom Morrow, prominent farmer $
ixty years old, living fifteen miles from Il
ow1! Two of the gang under arrest have y
lade full confessions, which are startling =