St. Landry democrat., 1885-12-12
SOUTHERN .GLEANINes.

i derS, by the African MeGnOulsts EplscQpa4
Conference at Company Shops, n, g. She
is well educated and is said to be good
preacher. @..=.....@
IA terrible murder was committed at
South Pittsburg, Tenn, a few days ago.
A laborer named NJ. Kelly had a quarrel
with William Quinn over trivial matter.
Kelly ierked out knife and plunged it
into Ouinn's back, causing instant death.
The murderer was arrested. The deceased
leaves eight small children in destitute cir
cuITsstances. F.
CASTOR Dismukes, collector for a Nash
Vile (Tenn.) hat store, presented bill to.
| Judpe Matt Allen, while the latter was on
the bench in the Criminal Court few days
ago, The Judge motioned him aside, and
unOn Dismukes making some offensive re-
mark, the Judge reached over and slapped
his face. Dismu1es threatens an action
for assault and battery.
The mutilated remains Of a man, sup
posed to be G.. w. Hewitt, of Navasota
County, were found few days since near
Myra, on the Navasota River, Texas. The
head was severed from the body, and there
was pistol-shot wound in the head.
Bishop McTyeire, on taking the chair at
The Middle Texas Conference of the nj. Z.
Church South, few days since, said that
if the Conference of the Southern States
would raise 5000 for the Payne Institute
for colored folks, he (the Bishop would
makeit $4,000 endowment. a $3.50
There are five of Jefferson Davis four"
teen cabinet officers still living. Reagan
and Toombs were members of the original
Cabinet.
! Miss Tillfe Malone, daughter Of the Vir-
giiia Senator, win make her debut in
Washington society this winter. She Is
said to be pretty and bright IA
4 recent measurement of Mount Mitch
ell, sometimes called Clingman's Peak, in
North Carolina, shows it beyond question
to be the highest point east of the Rocky
Mountains.
An exchange declares that free grass in
Texas means State troops to prevent
wholesale cattle stealing. Cattle stealing
means mobs, vigilance committees, Win
chesters, six shooters and sheol generally.
At Newport, KY, couple from jack
sonville were married the other night
on roRsr skates in brilliantly lighted
. rink. There was wedding grand march
on wheels, and the door receipts were
enormous.
Nine hundred sections of Texas school
lands were leased recently for a term OF
six years.
Five persons were poisoned at Knoxville,
Tenn, few days since by drinking coffee
in which colored cook had placed half a
pound of arsenic.
Charlotte WickIiffe, colored, died at
louisville, KY, few days since aged
lit. She has fifteen living children, the
oldest nearly hundred years old, and
sixty grandchildren. She claimed to have
handed Washington a cup of water at the
battle of Yorktown. Her second husband
was liz years old. She was hale and
hearty until recently.
The jury in the case of William and
Humphrey Best, charged with the murder
of William Bailey, colored, returned a
verdict OF not guilty at Lancaster, KY.
The father of the Best boys killed seven
men and always managed to escape pun
ishment.
Mr.. J. G. Higgins, of Jacksonville, Fla,
is six feet four inches high, weighs 415
pounds and has a head or hat expressly
made for him at Camden, N. j., which
Il
in circumference.
The Supreme Court of Georgia has de-
cided in the case of Samuel Jamison vs..
the Southwestern Railway, that dog is
not such property as a railroad could be
made to pay damages for.
The Knights of Labor are beginning to
make themselves felt in Georgia, and have
already perfected an organization in all of
the principal cities Of the State. Some of
the leading manufacturers are taking
alarm and are quietly discharging all en-
ployes known to belong to the organiza-
ton, which is expected to lead to trouble
ere long.
Buglars have been particularly busy in
GAINESVILLE, Tex, recently. One of them,
who was seen for moment, is described
as a well dressed man, but his identity was
not established.
Newton Chance, an aged itinerant
preacher, who was on trial at Sherman,
Tex, recently, for the murder of Junius
Foster in 1888, was acquitted amid great
rejoicing, the real murderer having come
] forward and confessed the crime.
: The sentence of George Strickland, who
was ~ nave apeeu ndASeu az houASN11Ss
KY, on the It'll inst, has been committed
to Imprisonment for life.
: A freight train on the Alabama Great
: Soathern Railroad broke in two near Par
} lervile, Ala, a few days ago, and the two
sections collided, causing frightful wreck
: and the instant death of la brakeman
named Coleman. Conductor McAllister
was badly injured.
J The large wooden mills belonging to
Watson, Ivey & Co., at Adairsville, KY,
burned a few days ago. Loss, $4,000; no
insurance.
The South "a rolipa T,eoisIat11re noxv In