St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-08-08
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGs.

spree, shot his wife at Oakland, Miss, a
few days ago, and then blew out his own
brains.
The Southern mill -owners' convention
at Augusta, Ca, was failure in point OF
attendance
The fux, which has been widely preVa-
lent in Western Alabama, is now very
severe in Choctaw County Reliable re-
ports are to the effect that in the south"
ern part of the county few of the people
attacked recover. Many families in the
infected district have abandoned their
homes, and considerable distress exists
in consequence
Rev. DR.. W. r. Davis, colored, pastor OF
| the Zion Baptist Church, of Louisville,
KY, has resigned by request of his con-
gregation who complained that he did
not preach loud enough and did not raise
them to that pitch of fervor which makes
| them SO happy. DR. Davis is graduate
of Harvard, and was at one time Presi-
dent of the colored Kentucky State UNI
versity.
The endowment of Wake Forest IN. CD
College now amounts to $912, 600.
George Carroll was convicted of the
murder OF his wife at Searcy, Ark.
A twenty year -old lad is among those
| seeking divorce in Toccoa, Ga. He has
been married two years.
A Justice Of the Peace CT Bowdon, Ca,
has served thirty years and never had a
Judgment reversed or sent back for new
trial; has been married hree times, and
has raised twenty 1.-TWO children.
]. A. Camp, of Atlanta, Gu. says he has
| hot
eight feet il circumference, and that
cabbage weighing sixteen pounds is
common thing among his vegetables.
Thomas K. Brantly, of Bainbridge, Ga.s
recently arrested for indecent brutality
toward his wife, was taken from jail at
that place few nights ago by mob
hanged to a tree and his body riddled with
bullets.
A tomato vine at Plant City, Fla, COW
cred spot seventy-two feet in circum"
ference, and bore all last winter without
injury by cold.
Rev. John c. Young, the widely known
Presbyterian minister, was found dying,
with bottle of laudanum by his side, at
High Bridge, KY, few nights ago 1t is
not known whether the case is one Of
suicide or not A few years ago he was
pastor of Louisville church.
Work will soon commence on the Geor-
gia Pacific Railway and the gap between
Birmingham and Columbus will be fin.
| ished.
At Sweet Water, Ca. there is a school
taught by W. A. Rogers, the Tax Col
Iector. The oldest pupil OF the seventy
| five in attendance is not yet fifteen. They
| nd fn
teacher, the furthest removed being the
second cousin.
| A difficulty occurred at Aberdeen, Miss,
a few days ago, between Mr.. w. b.
| Walker and Samuel A. Dalton, of Mobile,
Ala, which led to the attempt at duel
and the arrest of the parties at Starkville,
| on their way to point out of the State.
The matter was finally settled by refer
/ ence of the dispute to six citizens, three
selected by each of the,principals.
An old man named Jim Hall, living in
/ Dolly County, Ca, while going TO visit
his daughter few days ago, in climbing
a fence got one of his feet caught in the
upper rails and hanged there, head down.
| When he was discovered, three days later,
he was dying from his protracted torture.
James Searcy went to Taylor County,
/ Ga, three years ago and married Miss
/ Fola Curtis Lately he has been quite
/ fond Of his thrteen-year-ol sister, in
| law. This was regarded as a brotherly
/ feeling until few days since, when, hay-
ing sold out his possessions he disap :
peared with his fresh young victim. 1t
/ has since been developed that Searcy has
two wives in Alabama, whom he had de-
serted before his arrival here. He is only
| twenty five years of age.
Archibald Starnes, seventy years Of
age, of Dausonville, Ca, few days since
took his gun, heavily loaded, screwed it
into blacksmith's wise, attached a string
to the trigger, placed the side of his head
to the muzzle and literally blew his brains
| out. Some years ago he married wife
i much Younger than himself, and since
then the family, composed of the wife and
several grown up children, have been in
constant rows, causing the old man to end
his domestic troubles in this manner.
Horace Mullen, in Anderson County,
Kentucky, a few days since shot and
killed Ed and Bob Hawkins and wounded
Porter Hawkins. Mullen esca ped.
Several months ago body of masked
men visited the house of Prof. P. ]. Slo-
cum, school -taacher near Horse Cave,
Nv. Slocum fred into the crowd and
killed three of them. Slocum has now
fieled suit for $25, 900 against nineteen of
the best citizens of Hart County. Heaiso
charges them with conspiracy to drive
him out of the county.
i A meeting of ex- Confederates and ex.
Federals was held at Austin, Tex, few
days ago to take steps for pay ing respect
to the memory eff General Grant. A com-