St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-10-17
SOUTHERN GLEhNlNGs.


ana, KY, was shipped from Peoria, lii.s
and by mistake was taken to Lexington
Instead of to Cynthiana. He was led TO
Cynthania, distance of twenty" SIX
miles, and the exposure brought on 1n-
flammation, which res ulted in his death.
Advices received at TalIadega, Ala, by
associates of the English capitalists who
recently invested largely in mineral lands
in Talladega County, say that the plant
for furnace to be erected on those lands
has been shipped from England.
Atlanta, Ca, is to lay the corner stone of
a soldiers monument next July, which is
to be 49, feet in height and cost S10O,O0O.
Near the base of the column, in inches,
will be statues of Grant, Lee, Johns ton
and Sherman. Near the top of the column
will be two soldiers, the blue and the gray
clasping hands, and at the top of the col
umn, standing on a globe, will be the God
dess of Liberty. Many of the stones to be
used in the construction of the pedestal
are to be contributed by the various army
posts and war associations of the country,
and some of them are expected to be fur
nshed by the general 6 overnment.
Four prisoners confined in the County
Jail at Abilene, Tex, made a bold dart for
liberty few nights ago. They gained
possession of heavy pick with which
they broke the lock and opened the door
stepping out into yard surrounded by
close picket fence, twelve feet high. They
urmounted this and then ran like deer.
Officers on horse back ran speedily on their
tracks, and in less than ten minutes three
were retaken, including one charged with
murder. The fourth got away.
A university is to be erected at Athens
Tenn, by colored people.
North Carolina rejoices III great peanut
crop.
English capitalists are buying large
tracts of land in Georgia.
j. c. Lively, of Plano, Tex, was deeced
out of $3.50 by fakirs following circus.
There are three co1ored members of the
Georgia Legislature. Two of them are
brothers.
The tobacco warehouse of 7. J. Conrad
& Co., at Louisville, KY, burned few
nights ago. Loss, $4,000; no insurance.
Work has begun at Henderson, KY, on
the Ohio Valley Road, to connect that
place with Jackson, Tenn.
Il ASSL~N<
was ditched near Mineola, Tex, few days
since. An engineer and brakeman were
severely injured.
There is not church within fifty miles
IF St. Lucie, Fla, and hundreds of people
in that region never heard Sermon
While Booker Huddlesten and Alex. Sar.
geant were blasting well at Cowan, Tenn,
few days ago, bucket of powder ex-
ploded, burning the two in fearful man
Ter.
Tennessee Methodists, in conference at
'olumbia, voted against eliminating the
word South from the name Of their church.
Ex-Governor Moses of South Carolina
since his sentence of three years in the
Massachusetts State Prison, has been in
. condition of melancholy bordering on in
anity.
Cows in Key West are labeled with the
names of persons for whom their milk is
zept.
Out of total of about 81, DOC, 900 acres of
and in Florida about 100000 acres in
he southern part of the State have never
oeen surveyed and do not appear in the
K books.
The Superior Court Of North Carolina
las decided that a railroad company can
lot force passenger to ride in smoking
ar if he does not desire to do SO.
A little girl who patronzed the street,
ars in Rome, Ca, rece ntly, under the inn.
PRESTON that she was dropping nickles in
he missionary boxes to help the poor
leathen, now wants the company to re-
sund, having discovered her mistake.
A dispatch from Rome announces that
/, he Very Rev. D. j. Qui ley, Vicar General
If the diocese of Charles Ton, S. c., has
been appointed Domestic PreIate, with the
title of Monseignor. This is the first priest
in the South so honored.
The first white child ever born in the
Kentucky Penitentiary was born recently
o Josephine Fritz, from Henderson Coun-
v, who was convicted as an accomplish
in the murder of Mrs. Moses Caden.
The following are the newly elected Off
cars of the Shreveport (Ls.l Cotton Ex-
.hanee: President, N. Gregg; Vice-Presi-
lent, C. Il. Mnge; Treasurer, J. G.
McWilliams. Directors-B. q. Johnstons
James c. Soupe, Sam N. Ford, W. +. Tay-
or, W. Scofeld.
Charles T.. N. Reade, The absconding
agent Of the Sou hern Express Company
u Morristown, Tenn, was arrested In the
CITY OF Mexico few days ago by detee-
i've, who has brought him back. Reade Is
harged with embezzling about $4,000.
Twenty two Of the accomplices in the
lynching of Culbreath, in Ed geffeld Coun.
V, S. c., have been lodged in jail.
DR.. E. r. Duva1 d ed recently at Fort
Smith, Ark, of typho .nalar al fever. He
was one of the most prominent men in the
State, and The most DISTINGUISHED physi-
ian. He was past Grand Master of Ma
.or,s nP Hhn state had been President of