St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-12-27
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGs.

is about 10000.
1t is reported that not less than twenty
eight coIored oystermen were drowned In
the Rappahannock River in Virginia dur
ing the recent gale.
The Grand Jury at New Orleans, after
examining over one hundred witnesses, in
dicted Recorder Ford, his brother, and
several police and court officers for the
murder of A. II. Murphy.
Mr.. NJ. L. Meacham, one of the Oldest
merchants of Memphis, Tenn, having peen
engaged in business there since 1890, dled
suddenly few days ago OF heart disease
He was sixty years of ago.
United States Judge Henry Kent NC"
Kay of Atlanta, Ca, has been taken 10
Baltimore for private treatment, he having
recently shown unmistakable signs OF men
tai arrangement.
An incendary fire at Falmouth, ky"' a
few days ago, destroyed one of the best
business blocks in the city. Loss, about
$4,000. Rule Brothers, clothiers, lost
everything, amounting to $4,000, and were
insured for not more than one-half.
Thieves effected an entrance into the
office of the Southern Express Company
at Trezevant, Tenn, few nights ago.
anu AODDSu INC SCLC VI PA9ONS"
is a small town on the Louisville &c
Nashville Railroad, about fifty miles
northeast of Memphis. The burglars blew
open the safe with powder.
The Mother Superior of the Dallas
(Tex.) Ursuline Convent died few days
ago of consumption, aged forty two.
The residence of Henry Loeb, at Dallas
Tex, took fire and was burned few
nights ago. Loss, 5000; partially in
sured.
A desperate fight took place between
Deputy Marshals and moonshiners in Hail
County, Ca, few days ago. Several
persons were killed.
/, All the laborers in the Teddy Coal
Mines, at Chattanooga, Tenn, struck
few days ago against a ten per cent. re.
duction. Three hundred are idle.
Convicts in the Bondurant and Jopling
Brick Yard at Augusta, Ga, made
break for liberty few nights ago. Two
were wounded and recaptured. The re-
mainder were still at large.
Arch. Mcbride, of Fort Worth, Tex.s
started to go up stairway to a gambling
| hall over a saloon few days ago,
/ but being some the worse for liquor,
| fell and broke his neck. The first man to
arrive found him dead.
A freight train on the Texas & Pacific
ran through bridge near Mineola, Tex,
few days ago. No lives are reported lost.
The bridge was fired by sparks from the
! engine and burned.
/ The steam gin of s. A. Douglass, at
Kerrville, Tenn, together with eighteen
bales of cotton, burned few nights ago.
! Loss 81 OOO. insurance So, 100,
A small freight depot of the Louisville,
New Orleans 6 Texas Railroad at Mem
phis, Tenn, together with new passen-
ger coach and some freight which was in
the depot, burned few days ago. The
| fire had it's origin in the coach.
Prof Slocum, the Kentucky school
master who defended himself against a
mob, killing one man and wounding sew
eral others, at Horse Cave, was dis
charged from custody on motion of the
commonwealth's attorney.
The storehouse of s. Staicti at Marshall,
Tex, was entered few nights ago and
about $50 worth of provisions and grocer
les stolen. The people are becoming
alarmed at the frequency of such occur
rences, and talk of organizing Citizens
police to protect the town.
J. P. Mitchell, conductor on the Hender-
son Division of the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad, was crushed while coupling cars
at Red River, KY, few days ago, and
died from the effects of his injuries.
A few days ago in Salisbury, N. c.,
white man named Hughes assaulted lit
tie white girl. He was arrested and Jailed.
Fearing a mob, the jailer put new lock to
the jail. A mob attacked the Jail, took
Hughes out and gave him a severe whip
ping, and warned him to leave the State.
Marion Mcfarland, farmer living near
Geneva, Ca, was bitten few weeks ago
by dog supposed to be mad. He suffered
but little from the bite until few days
ago, when he had commissions. He died
horrible death, after two days of suffer-
ing, with all the symptoms of hydro
phobia.
Mrs. Trautwein, wife of a prominent
manufacturer at Atlanta, Ga, died a few
DAYS ago. Mrs. Berron, wealthy widow,
offered grave in her cemetery lot for the
burial of her friend, and went out with
MIR. Trautwein to select the spot. During
the evening, by some accident, Mrs. Ber-
ron,s dress caught fire and she was burned
to death, and the two ladies were buried
side by side.
The jury in the case of Deputy Sheriff
Hancock, which has been on trial in the
Memphis (Tenn.) Criminal Court, returned
a verdict of not guilty. Hancock was in
dicted for killing a negro named Daniel
Mckay, who resisted him while under ar
rest.
A serious row occurred at Clarksdaie,
Miss, on the Louisville, New Orleans &c