St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-01-10

destroyed NUMBER OF business establish
ments.
Arrangements are being made for a BIZ
cycle tournament, to occur i'll New Orleans
during the Worlds Fair.
Society at Gordonsville, Va, is all agog
over the announcement of the engage
ment of a Juvenile pair. The local pa
! pers announce the fact that cards are
out for the marriage of Master Willie
Scott, of that place, aged four years,
and Miss Jennie Perry, of Charleston,
w. Va, aged six years The young
lady is fair-haired little sprite of I'M
usual brightness. Her father is we'll
| to-do business man of Charleston. If this
union ever takes place it will attract
deal of interest on account of the tender
ages of the two parties.
| A few days since Mr.. A. w. Mills, res
siding near Rome, Ga, was building
corn crib with logs. He and his eldest
son were putting the logs up as they were
notched. His younger son, q boy of thir-
teen, was standing by the side Of the
crib. They had finished the wall except
the top log, and had it up on top and
attempted to roll it over, so as to make
it fit in the notch cut in the log below
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it, and instead of stopping at the right
place it rolled entirely off and fell square
ly on the head and shoulders of the boy
standing below. He lived only half an
hour.
Fence. cutters are again on the war-path
in Kinney County, Texas. Joseph Jones
and G. C. Clamp recently lost half mile
of fence. 1t is thought to be the same
gang who destroyed the Dignowity pas
6ure fence.
Seven stores and hotel were de-
stroyed by fire at Hopkinsville, KY, few
days ago.
An explosion in the passwords at Au-
gusta, Ga, a few days SINCE, demolished
a brick building, and severely wounded
three workmen.
Russell Hancock, planter and merchant
of GAINESVILLE, Miss, died q few days ago.
Deceased was a son of General w. S. Han
cock. His remains were taken to S t. Louis,
Mo-, for interment.
Mrs. L. Q. c. Lamar, wife of United States
Senator Lamar, died at Oxford, Miss, |
few nights ago.
Paris, Tex, loses an honored and high
1y respected citizen in the death of A. /
Fl. Boyd, who was editor and proprietor
of the Teas Tribune, and known in North
ern Texas as an able journalist.
Isaac Black, colored, near Dover, N. c.,
shot and killed the wife of Mark Nc
Clease few days ago. The cause of the
crime is unknown. The murderer escaped. I
The lessees of the Mississippi Peniten-
tiary have made the settlement required by
the act of the Legislature, and after de-
Quoting all sums for improvements, paid
into the Treasury in cash $l1,000
The manager of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company at Savannah, Ga, has
created sensation by discharging the en-
tire force of white messenger boys and
substituting negroes. He says they are
more reliable and will obey instructions,
while white boys are trifing.
AT Birmingham, Ala, a few nights ago,
James Martin, of Chicago, woke up from
drunken stupor and found that he had
been robbed of $1,000. j. H. Cooper, his
room mate, was suspected, and upon being
arrested the entire sum was found in his
possession. He was stranger in the city,
as well as to Martin.
A well-dressed stranger was found dead ,
with his throat cut in Wilmington, N. c.,
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blood was lying by his side, and on his
person was gold watch, $50 and check
book on the South Bend Ind.) National
Bank showing deposits of $500 by F. w.
Window. He had cork leg.
The colored residents Of Raleigh, N. c.,
celebrated Emancipation Day on the 1st
inst, despite the bad weather. There was
a parade of troops and firemen, and a
large gathering at the City hall, where ap-
propriate exercises were conducted and a
number of speeches made.
A feud which for several years has ex-
listed between the Stewart and Wharton
families, residing in the vicinity of
Ala, was renewed few DAYS
ago by William Wharton siapping Lem
Stewart in the face. The latter then drew
his knife, and, plunging it into the heart of
Wharton, left him dead on the sidewalk.
The murderer was lodged in jail.
At q ball at Douglassville, Ga, on New
Years night, the dress of one of the dam /
GERS, Miss Emmma Prince, caught fire aud
great excitement ensued on account of the I
1aming figure in the dance. The lady was !
severely burned, and was in precarious !
condition. The occurrence broke up the
1alI
A plot was discovered in yicksburc.
Hiss, few days ago, to burn the County ,
fail. Several prisoners confined in one of :
,ells had things pretty well arranged for I
he deed, but had not set the exact time ,
or its contamination, when adispute arose
between them and it became necessary to f
emove them to separate cells. When this !
vas done one of the parties became alarm f
d and divulged the whole matter, thereby Y
the scheme. i