St. Landry democrat., 1884-04-12
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

| the work himself for much less than the
sum asked.
The death took place in Louisville,
| KY, few days ago, of L. L. Warner, the
| oldest merchant of prominence in the city.
| He was native of Massachusetts and sew
enty-six years of age. The largest church
in the place was named in his honor, be-
cause of his upright life and many acts of
charity.
A vigilant night Waterman frightened
| off a gang OF burglars a few nights ago just
as they were about to secure $4,000 worth
| of diamonds from Louisville (Ky,) jew
| elry store. The thieves LETT their tools and
| booty behind them.
Civil Service Commissioner Thoman
will leave Washington about April 10, to
superintend the examinations to be held in
Texas and Arkansas. These will be tho
| first examinations held in that section OF
country. Examinations will be held a;
| Galveston, April 10; Austin, April IS; Dial.
las, April %, and Little Rock, April %.
BY mistake four children of Esquire
| G. D. Alsop, living near Louisville, KY,
| we're given opium for powdered rhubarb
few days ago by the mother. Two of the
children have died, and the others were MOI
expected to live.
The police arrested man few DAYS
ago at Danville, Va, who, while drunk Oh
Midland train, confessed that he ha0
killed two colored men, named Sam and
Henry Clark, and wounded United States
Bailif Lee Jones.
Maria Johnson, colored, an inmate
49, ~ A
at Louisville, committed suicide atthe Asy.
lum few nights ago by hanging herself
to an iron window bar, with a rope made
of her clothing, while standing on the bed.
She then stepped off the bed and choked
herself to death. She was admitted to the
Asylum in 1885,
At recent sale of bloode stock at
Louisville, KY, the black mare Cathedral
sold for $4,000 to John Cline & Sons, of
Rensselaer,, Mo-; bay colt Jim Rather, for
$500, to s. B. Black, Lexington; Pioneer
Boy, three years, for 81 800, to N. B. Bowles,
Saline County, Mo-; the yearling colt Brig
noli Wilkes, for $1,000, to A. C. Remy, In
dianapolis; thoroughbred stallion Strath.
more, to L. Duvall, Richmond, Mo.
Near Briensburg, Marshall County
KY, few days ago, J. E. McWatefs,
while Telling tree, was struck by a part of
the tree and SO badly injured about the
head, the side of his head and skull being
crushed, that he can hardly recover. The
injured man is forty-fve years old, man
of family and an excellent and popular cit
tzen.
A passenger train on the Missouri
Pacific from Tyler to Palestine, Tex, tel
escopedsa few days ago with a freight train,
smashing badly the front part of the en-
gines and cars. Minnie Hauk and company
escaped with some bruises.
a severe wind and rain storm passed
over the city of New Orleans a few even
ings since. The roof of the Louisville G.
Nashville Railroad depot was blown off
and considerable damage done to fences,
signs and trees throughout the citv.
The funeral services in Louisville,
KY, of the late Bishop Kavanaugh were
very largely attended.
The Tennessee Handle Factory of
Chattanooga burned few days ago.
Loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
Meridian, Miss, has offered 100000 as
an inducement to have the capital of tue
State moved there.
Colorado County, Tex, has finished
planting corn.
John Stagel, tried recently on a
charge of deserving the mails at Garrett
Station. Tex, was acquitted.
Hundreds of boxes 0: orange blossoms
are now sent North from Jacksonville, Fla,
to do duty as wreaths on the heads of hun
dreds of fair brides.
Handy Singleton shot and killed Ca
vim Young at Chattanooga, Tenn, lew
nights ago. The shooting was the result of
jealousy over a woman named Mandy
Green Senters.
The Directors of the Louisville Board
of Trade recently took action favoring the
bonded whisky bill, and appointed com
mittee to prepare suitable resolutions for
transmission to Congress.
Strawb, r. les are becoming plentiful
in the Jacksonville Ella market, butprices
still remain firm and the demand good.
Fifty cents quart is what is asked.
Warner Williams, better known as
ssthe baby giant" died at Anita, La, a few
days ago. He was child six years of age
and weighed 200 pounds.
James Hamilton. the greatest short
horn stock dealer in the world, died re.
Gently at Mount Sterling, KY.
Che railroad and cattle men of Texas are
endeavoring TO organize Union Stock
Yards Company at San Antonio.
Twelve hundred cases containing
$4,000 cans Of oysters, were shipped in one
order by Newbern, N. c., firm one day
Fifteen companies will compete in the
military drill at Houston, Tex.
Prof. J. A. Smith. Sunerintendent OF |