St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-07-11
SOUTHERN GLEANINGs.

Atlanta, Ga, must be the paradise of
street car conductors, according to the
statement of the Constitution, of that city,
which declares that there are two of the
fraternity worth $37, 500.
Waco, Tex, is now rated as the third
wool market in the State, the receipts for
the season being over 1900, 600 pounds.
Ali the clerks in the employ of the
Vicksburg & Meridian and Vicks burg,
Shreveport & Pacific Railroads were
asked to resign, the designations taking
effect July 1st, the date John G. GaulS,
the new general manager, went into OH
fee.
Two boys of Polk County, Tenn, killed<
a big bear the other day with no other
weapons than clubs.
Governor Knott of Kentucky respited
till September 4th Floyd Williams, who
was to have been hanged on the 81 for the
murder of Pate Stricklin, at Compton,
Wolfe County.
negro boy named John Ellis, while
picking whortleberries near his home at
Hartwell, Ga, few days ago, was bit.
ten by rattlesnake and died in great
agony.
At Mount Sterling, KY, Richard For
man, the slayer of Jerry Cravens, was ad-
judged guilty by jury, and was SEN
fenced to fourteen years in the State
Penitentiary.
brutal murders occurred at Gordonsm
vile, Lownes County, Ala, a few days%
ago. William Carnes and Charles Dunk
lin, colored became involved in a diff
Guilty, when Carnes struck Dunklin on the
head with billet of wood. Death result
ed in a few hours.
The dead body of Mrs. Henderson, WHY
disappeared from her home in Lafayett
County, Ala, recently, was found in th
Tallapoosa River. Her self-destructiof
was brought about by mental alteration
over the ruin of her daughter.
A twenty year old lad is among those
seeking divorces in Toccoa, Ga. He has
been married two years.
Villa Rica, Ga, was visited by re.
markable display Of electricity few days
ago. Quite number were shocked by
lightning, and two, Peter Luthers and
Edward Mayson, were instantly killed.
John Starke, ten -year-old boy, was
burned to death at San Antonio, Tex, a
few days ago, by the explosion of coal
oil can. He was completely enveloped in
flames Death ensued in less than two
hours.
James Mcdaniel, noted desperate,
stage -robber and murderer, was k He'd in
Texas recently while resisting arrest.
A negro was lynched at the Smedee
place, Sharkey County, Miss, few days
ago, for outraging little girl named
Annie Curtis. 1t is said the girl will
die.
A negro was killed and a white dam
gerously wounded few days since in
row about selling whisky in Stepstone,
KY, where whisky selling is forbidden.
w. H. Stevens, of Canton, Van Zandt
County, Tex. was murdered a few days
since in Ibis own house, and the place.
ransacked.
Mr.. ]. Yost, sheep ranchman, was
struck by lightning and instantly killed
at Rice, near Corsicana, Tex, few nights
ago. Deceased was thirtysix years old,
and from Ohio.
At AndersonvilIe Prison cemetery q
rosel ush was planted years ago at thj
head or grave, and all efforts to exterx
inmate it prove of no avail. 1t has
sprouted again from the old roots, and a !
single red rose blooms on one of the
tern at the keepers lodge that fills with
water in some mysterious way that all in
yestigations fail to account for
A man calling himself D. M. Phillips, Of
Galveston, a jewelry auctioneer, is locked
up in jail at Shreveport, La, for larceny.
He dropped into town few days ago and
ADVERTISED a grand sale of jewelry and
diamonds, rented a store, obtained goods
and money under false pretenses, and sold
a Showcase loaned him by local auc-
tioneer, to secondhand furniture deal
er, and attempted to skip, but was caught
and locked up.
Two brothers, Hilliard and Smith John
son, of Hamilton, Ga, have been paying
attention to the same woman for d year
past The most intense Jealousy was
aroused between them. A few nights ago
billiards. company was declined by the
fair one "because of previous engage
ment" The rejected sutton Swallowed the
door, and at a late hour, when his brother
emerged, set upon him with long, keen
blade, hacking him IN mercilessly, inflict-
ing fatal wounds. billiard has fled.
The Tennessee Manufacturing Company
at Nashville have closed their plain clotlsn
mill, thereby deprlying 800 persons of em-
p1oyment for two months, The company
was unable to secure cotton of the grade
required at proper figure and the mar
ket is overstocked with the class OF goods
made in the plain mill. The proprtetors.
of similar mills throughout the State areS
reported as seriously considering par
tial suspension of operations during theA
summer months.
Six negroes were seen playing cards
around q wood fire by the railroad. one