St. Landry democrat., 1885-05-16
SOUTHERN cLEANlNGs.

born babe.
Conley johnson, a colored man, was
shot few nights ago by mob who Calico
at his house, near Waverly, Tenn.
A RECENT terrific hail-storm did greaH4
damage to cotton, corn and vegetables IN
sections Of Virginia and North CaroAlnap
In some sections in Surrey County, Virs
ginia, hail fell to the depth OF eighteen
inches.
Ed Whalen, section boss on the Sunset
Road, fifteen miles west of Somerset, Tex.S
was run over by an engine few day ago
and instantly killed. The mangled rec
mains were scattered along the road for
many yards. Whalen had been in the
city and started home drunk, from which
fact it is supposed he was lying on the
track when he met his death. Whalen'
was about ffty-five years old and une
married.
Jack Ballard went to field in Bath
County, few days ago, where Peter
Spencer was playing and shot and killed
him in cold blood. The two had had g.
difficulty previously. Billiard escapedsi
but indignant citizens were securing the
country for him.
The jury in the case of r. L. Jones, late
Postmaster at Lake Providence, Las
charged with conspiracy to rob and ROBE
bling the United States mail at Lake Provt"
dence on the night of January 10, 1885, re"
turned a verdict of guilty. The penalty is
Imprisonment for life.
A white man by the name of G. NJ
Millican, of Steel's Station, Ala, who was
in Vickburg, Miss, Tuesday, April 2lst,
the day of the disastrous fire. and shipped
a lot of goods on the Vicksburg & Menu
phis Railroad for his home that day, has
been missing ever since. His friends fear
that he was among the unrecognized VIC
Tins of the fire, and have written to per@
SONS in Vicksburg making inq uiries about
him. ~
snapper-fshing off the Florida Coast is
fullvlunder way.
The strawberry crop in eastern Florida
is larger than ever known.
Eliza Wilson, colored servant in the
employ of DIR. B. johnson, at Austin, Tex.s
was brutally murdered few days ago in
her own room.
Miss Emily Davis of North Carolinas
was refused admttance to the bar of that
State and tried to drown her disappoint~
ment in suicide
The negroes around Washington, N. c.
are paying twenty five cents each for
strands of the rope that recently hanged
a man there. The rope is to be used as 3
cure for fits.
The Governor of Georgia recently sold to
New York syndicate So, 45500O in State
bonds, running thirty years at 1-2 per
cent, getting premium of 5-16.
The catch of herring on the lower Rape
pahannock River in Virginia, has been so
large this spring that the owners of weirs
have been throwing them back into the
river, it not paying to ship them to mar
ket.
Joseph Whiteman, one of the most prom"
inent citizens of Tatnall County, Ga, was
recently found dead on the banks of Beard
Greek, having been sAot dead by unknown
parties.
Twenty years has not been sufficient to
destroy the explosive qualities of shells
which were used in the late war. Forest
fires have recently laid bare the old battle
fields of the Wilderness, Virginia, and
many old shells have exploded.
w. H. Carter, well-to-do farmer from
Blue Ridge, Tex, committed suicide at
Austin a few days ago. A young wife and
a bad br other are said to have furnished
the provocation.
Fred Adams, colored, was shot near his
home in Temple, Tex, a few nights ago by
some unknown person, the shots, OF which
there were two, taking effect one in his
face, breaking his jaw bone, and one in his
right breast which is regarded fatal.
Twenty masked men went to the house
of Mr.. William Thompson, q young man
who lives in Lee County, Ala, few
nights ago and warned him that if he did
not leave the county by the 9th inst. he
would be killed. Great excitement existed
in the neighborhood.
Several United States Marshals were
fred into by moonshiners few days ago
in Jackson County, N. c., near the Geor.
gia line. Two of the Marshals were seri-
ousIy wounded. The moonshiners ara
supposed to be the same parties who par
ticipated the recent highland difficulties.
The Southern Baptists met in conven-
ton at Augusta, Ca, last week. The
Treasurer's report showed a balance ON
hand for the foreign missions of $1,1A,
and for the home missions of 81 ,613 Rev.
j. T. McCurry, of Virginia, delivered the
annual address.
A drunken row occurred in Yancey
County, N. c., few days ago. in which
Gilbert Hensley was fatally stabbed by
John B. Rockins. Hensley was literally
cut to pices, there being no less than six
wounds, each of which would prove fatal
Both were drinking.
The cattlemsn of Western Texas have
commenced to make heavy shipments by
rail. One lot of twenty seven thousand
head was purchased at Abilene recently
for transfer to grass in Wyoming. Some