St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-12-06
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

getting any money.
One of the most remarkable deaths from
gun-shot wound which has, perhaps
sver occurred, took place in Newberryi
County, South Carolina, a few days ago.
Two brothers, Charles and Yancy Floyd,
were out hunting. While in canebrake
Yancy Floyd fired at bird, and one OF
th shot, a No. bird-shot, penetrated the
eye of his brother Charles, causing death
IN short time.
Memphis received in one day recently
1850 bales of cotton, the largest single
days receipts in the history of the city,
The previous largest receipts were 1917
bales on the oath of November, 1879, just
five years intervening. From the present
indications, this years receipts will ag-
gregate fully 100000 bales, which will be
an excess of 80, 900 bales as compared with
the season of 18S3-84, and thus maintain
ing the prominence of Memphis as the
largest receiver of cotton Of any inland
city in the United States.
At Negley's rancho, fifteen miles from
Eagle Pass, Tex, the body of an unknown
man was discovered a few days ago, the
head beaten in and two bullet holes in the
body. The corpse was in the brush near a
stream of water, and had been exposed
about ten days. It was impossible to fix
the age or nationality. It was decently
dressed in pants and shirt, with broad
stockman's hat and boots with heavy
spurs.
Three hundred alligator eggs recently
placed in an incubator in Jacksonville
Fla, Matched 275 young ones.
The Larkin House property at Palatkas
Fla, was sold recently to Northern parties
for $685. 900. ::
The Mobile, Clarksville & Evansville
and the Indiana, Alabama & Texas Rail-
ways will consolidate.
The following are the official figures Of
Louisiana: Cleveland, 62,546; Blaine, 49,"
$40; Butler $50; st. John, 120.
The steam gin of D. A. Pertkin, at the
Louisiana line, near Bartrop, La, with
eighteen bales of cotton, was totally de~
stroyed by fire few days ago. The loss
is estimated at $500; insurance, $1,sO0.
Miss Rebecca Orrell, of Clarksville, Tennis
was horribly burned a few days ago by her
dress being ignited at CRATE. She died in
few hours in terrible agony. Her mother
was painfully burned while endeavoring to-
extinguish the flames.
H. j. Timon, of Corpus Christi, Tex,
discovered a Mexican few days ago
riding carriage horse of his fathers. OBJ
tanning help he pursued and caught him in
the brush with another Mexican named Es-
pineso. They were ordered to surrender and
Espineso complied, but his companion
fired on Timon and the party and retreat-
ed. He was afterward captured and
killed. Espineso was jailed.
DR.. A. G.. Haygood, President of Emory
College, Oxford, Ca, resigned recently.
At meeting of the Board of Trustees, Dr.
Hopkins, president was elected Pres
ident. DR.. Haygood will give his entire
time to the John F. Slater fund. He an
nounced that northern gentleman inter-
ested in the Slater work had given $4,000
to Emory College. DR.. Haygood was made
President of the Board of Trustees.
Mr.. John Wright, living near Kelton,
S. c., lost his dwelling by fire few days
ago under circumstances as singular as
the kick of Mrs. O'Leary's cow. The
fire occurred from a cat lying in the fire.
place, where some smoldering embers set
fire to her hair, and while on fire the cat
ran into some loose cotton which was
spread on the floor, and from this occur
renee the dwelling was fred and de-
stroyed.
The Tennessee Prohibition State Com
mittee has sent to all parts of the State
for signatures to thousands of petitions
asking the General Assembly to submit a
Constitutional Amendment prohibiting the
manufacture and sale of liquor. Hon.
John P. ST. John, General Clinton B. Fisk,
John B. Cough and Miss Frances Willard
have been invited to take part in the cam
paign.
Captain William Robson's store, on his
plantation, twelve miles below Shreveport,
La, on the Red River, was entered by
burglars few nights ago, the safe broken
into and large sum of money and various
valuab1es stolen. The burglars, who from
work done on the safe seem to have been
experts, escaped with their booty.
The Eastern and Northern mail leaving
New Orleans few nights ago burned, and
large number of permits for space in the
Worlds Exposition were destroyed. The
managers were issuing duplicates as rapid.
ly as possible.
Several military companies of Peters
burg, Va, were ordered out few nights
ago by Major ]. S. Cary, at the instance Z
Mayor Jarratt, to resist any attempt that
might be made to do violence to Eugene
Glenn (negro), who murdered Wilmar
Holland (white), and who was confined in
the jail.
Despite the fact that two of their num-
!, Der were murdered in Tennessee last Au-
gust, Mormon Elders have resumed opera
tions in several counties of the State, and
manifest determination not to be intim-
dated. They conduct their services in a