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

| bucket of turpentine and b9esWax being
heated to fix the floor for the coronation
ball Architect Gum, of Nashville, was
seriously and perhaps fatally burned on
the hands and legs. Loss to house light.
Prof. johnson, of the United States
Bureau of Geology, has for some time
been making an examination OF the hill
parishes of Louisiana for coal and iron.
He reports that he has found valuable de-
posits of iron ore, bat no coal.
The East Tennessee and the Brunswick
| and Western Railroad tracks have been SO
heavily washed in the vicinity of 'uns-
wick, Ga, by recent rams, that travel
has been seriously impeded.
During fisty-four hours recently there
was rainfall in theregion of Jacksonville,
Fla, aggregating over ten inches. There
were bad washouts on all the railroads and
great damage was done.
A very fine vein of silver ore has been
found on the farm of William Morton. near
Nashville, Tenn. The vein for some dis
tance has been traced and is quite rich.
stock company has been formed and the
mine will be developed shortly. An ana
lysis of the ore showed eighty per cont OF
silver.
Be De IL
was assaulted by robb4r and her skull
crushed with stone, died from the effects
of her injuries The case of Jim Baxter,
colorcd, who is oh arged with the crime,
and who was identified by Mrs Lane az
her assailant, is being investigated by the
Grand Jury. There is doub5 as to BAx-
ter's guilt.
| The Odd Fellows of Texas have pur-
cha ed 100 acres of land two miles from
Corsicana upon which the Widows and
Orphans Home of the ]. O. F. will be
erected. Confederation. 81 600.
In the Southern rate war tickets from
Chattanooga, Tenn, TO Atlanta, Ga.4
have been reduced from 81 20 to forty
five cents. All the leading lines are be-
coming involved.
Two cases of smallpox have been re.
ported at Huntington, Tenn. Both pa
tients were quar- antined and no spread of
the disease Is anticipated.
In street ARRAY at Abingdon Va,
few days ago Judge George w. Ward,
editor OF Democratic news paper, was
fatally shot by DR.. w. NJ White, in le-
| pendent candidate for State Senator, and
two of his relatives, all of whom were ar
rested and adm tied to bail. The first
shot was feed by DR.. White. who had
been lying in wait for Judge Ward.
The livery stable of Day & Allen, al
Gallatin, Tenn, with twenty five horses,
was burned by an incendiary q few nights
ago Colonel Day was severely burned
while attemp ing to rescue the animals.
Loss, $4,000; insurance, s., 900.
The Vicksburg Rifles and Volunteer
4 of II u .;,.
Allied their intention of entering the cnrn-
1 petitive drill at Aberdeen in October. The
Southrons have selected Miss Corinne
Sykes, beautiful young lady OF Aber.
deem, as their sponsor.
A very important arrest was made il
Chattanooga, Tenn, a few days ago by
the Sheriff of Roane County, in the per-
| son of Jack Crow. notorious criminal,
for robb M Maj ,r Willis, of lockwood, OF
l $1,000. Willis had sold piece of prop
srty and put the money in his ,at- pock-
at. Crow slipped into his room, appro,
priated the money and fad.
James Daniels, colored, died near Adair-
vile, Tenn. few days sincs from hydro.
phofia, his sufferiacs being of the mos
horrible character. He had to be ed with
ropes, which he broke with ease. While
hauling dead animals that had been Bit
Ten by mad dog some virus got into
sore in his foot.
Mrs. VIM. Kountz, residing on Reyton's
i Greek, S NTH County, Tenn, cut her throat
from ear to ear few days ago and died.
She leaves sewn child en-, the younges-
three weeks old. 1t is thought she was
| temporarily insane. 5 ~
The passage of a general local option
/ Dill by the present Legislature of Georgia
has revived the temperance crusade in
Atlanta to aswonderful degree. While
the bill was before the Legislature til
Prohibitionists gave out that they would
be content with high license in the large
/ cities Sincs the bill has passed into law,
however, they have changed front and
Allan ia is just now the scene of violent
agitation. Mayor Hil1yer the City Coun-
Gil, the newspapers and other prominent
influences ara at work for the prohibition
/ of the liquor traffic. There are S., 0l0 Coo
| invested in the liquor business in Atlanta
| by half a dozen wholesale houses, 80
| licensed saloons and real estate owners.
Gus Logan, q colored gambler, convict
1 ed of murder recently at Shreveport. LIZ.
has let down terribly. He is said to spend
most of his Tina in prayer.
Four colored murderers, julius North
| cut, William. Meyers. George Winston and
| Gus Logan, have been convicted al
Shreveport, La. The first three go TO the
! Penitentiary for life, AMI Logan will suf-
fer the death penalty.
Buck Brown, who killed Officer Arnold,
of the Nashville (Tenn.) Pol CO force last
spring, shot and fatally wounded w. B
Easley, of CentervilIe, an imnortant wit.