St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-26
SOUTHERN GLEANINGs.

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| Senator Patterson, of South Carolina,
died in Washington few days since.
Sam Wheeler, of Gilmore, Tex, sem
| fenced to be hung on the 18th, was respited
| for thirty days, having, it is alleged, be-
come lunatic.
The j. j. Powers Oil-mills at Vicks-
! burg, Miss, have been sold to a stock COM
pany, and will hereafter be known as the
| Warren Cotton-mills.
A young girl named Felipa Lescania,
| living at Brownsville, Tex, was so badly
burned few days ago that her life was de-
! SPARED of.
The young women of Blountvllle,
Tenn, have organized with motto: 'To-
tai Abstinence or No Husbands"
Thirty-six square miles Of school lands
| lying in one body are advertised for sale in
| Clay and Archer Counties, Tex. They are
at present inclosed by the Wichita Land
and Cattle Company.
Ed Atchison, incarcerated for stab
bling Sidney Ruckman, was taken from the
Monroe (Va.l Jail by mob a few nights
ago and hanged The body was then rid
died with bullets.
Wesley Posey, negro rapist, sentenced
to be hanged at Birmingham, Ala, on the
18th. has been respited for thirty days.
Edwards Opera-house at Selma, Ala,
burned few nights ago. Loss, $4,000; in-
surance, 5000. Two fremen were injured
by falling walls.
In Gordon County, Ga, recently, at
social party, John Heath was on the floor
awaiting to commence quadril1e. He sud-
denly reeled and fell to the floor, and in
stantly expired.
Henry Hunter, of Oglethorpe, Ga.
had CHI Id burned to death few days ago.
The mother went on a visit, and left sew
eral small children in the house around
the fire. When she returned she found
one burned so badly that all its skin peeled
off.
A State Convention of stock men was
held last week in Austin, Tex, at which
representatives of all the stock-raising Sec
tions were present and their interests thor
|. oughIy discussed. The officers of the Con-
vention were: Hon. J. d. Sayers, of Bas-
trop, President; John M. Simpson, of Dali
las, first Vice-P President; w. F. North, of
Austin, second Vice-President; Seth Ma
bry, of Kansas City, third Vice President;
Colonel Mi1t Lambert and D. C. Bentley,
Secretaries; Doc Day, of Austin, Treasurer;
w. II. Crane, Sergeant-at- Arms, Execu-
tive Committee, Doc Day, Austin, Chair
man; A. Nj. Britton, Tarrant County; J.
NJ. Mathis, Victoria County; w. F. Lewis,
Mitchell County; E. D. Lott, Goliad; Fl. B.
Stoddard, Brazos; D. F. Moore, Galveston;
J. NJ. Brown, San Antonio; B. B. Groomes,
Pan; +, Kard, Clay County. A resolution
was. adopted asking the passage of a law
making fence-cutting a felony, and strong
sentiment was manifested in opposition to
the passage of a herd law by the Legisla-
ture, and it is said that a powerful lobby
will remain in Austin during the session of
the Legislature to defeat any such.
Acknowledgement King of Texas has
issued an order forbidding all officers and
men attached to the Rangers carrying side
arms except when actually on duty, or to
visit saloons or dramshops except on strict
Iy official business.
Edward Greaves was Waylaid and
murdered near Crystal Springs, Miss, on
his way home few nights ago.
General Hancock and wife went to
Coahoma County, MSS, recently to visit
their son, planter
Major Charles NJ. Campbell, of JEFF
ferson, Tex, has been appointed Post-office
Inspector for that State.
Ed Kennedy, a man said to have sew.
eraI names, is in Houston, Tex. under ar
rest for robbery. He reported to be also 4
wanted in st. Louis, Mo-, for GA Id lar
ceny.
w. 2. Rathburn, a bank President of
Chattanooga, Tenn, who IS identified
with several large interests in that region,
died recently.
The wife of Colonel Fl. Coulter Cabell,
of Richmond, Virginia, was fatally burned,
a few evenings since by her clothing tax.
ing fire at a CRATE.
The recent cold snap was singularly
severe in the South, but it does not appear
to have caused as much damage as was
first supposed. It is thought that the cane
has not been materially injured, though it
had a very close escape; and the latest re-
ports say that the orange crop with some
few local exceptions has suffered but little.
A considerable loss OF sheep and young
cattle is reported in Texas, but it is not gem
eral. Strange to say, the only deaths of
persons from freezing in any of the States,
North or South, occurred in Louisiana,
where there were four cases of that kind
The exploring party which has re-
Gently been operating in that vast and am
biguous region known as ''the Everglades
in Florida, does not give a very fattering
account of the condition down there. 1t
is simply a melancholy waste of boys,
oh 1y1I coTt
useless for any purpose, and beyond reach
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