St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-10-24
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGs.

Inc canning OF oysters anu snI ALAPS AZ
Louisiana and Mississippi is rapidly-de-
veloping industry.
A negro man in Coosa County, Alabama
a native of Africa, died few days ago
aged ITO years.
A two-year.o boy named Evans was
burned to death at Taylor, Tex, few
days ago, by his clothing catching fire.
There are $50 places for the sale of liquor
in Galveston, Tex, but one Of which is
operating under paid up license.
The best erave-digger in Virginia is
name Mcnamara and he lis eighty three
years old. He has buried over 1000 per
sons. He gathers them in.
A proposed amendment to the railroad
commission law of Georgia, granting raj
way companies the right to make their
own rates, subject to revision only on
complaint, has been defeated in the As
sembly at atlanta.
Ely Hood, cf Ozark. Ala, loved Mrs.
Blackman's daughter. The mother refused
her consent to the marriage, whereupon
Hood fired her out by burning her house.
He has been fined 81, 300 and given six
months at hard labor.
In sracas on the Hamilton plantation,
near Shreveport, La, few days ago.
Freeman Blum shot and fatally wounded
Jack Stewart. The difficulty was caused
by dispute about fifty cents.
A singular story of brutality comes from
Mount Pleasant, in Monroe County, Ala
bama. Bill Ogburn, a noted desperados
while drunk, disemboweled negro
named Tom Spencer. A phYsi-
clan was called to care for the murdered
man. but Oghurn, knife in hand, forced
the doctor to leave, and the negro died
from neglect. Ogburn stabbed the negro
and shot off his nose while the latter was
under the influence of chloroform.
Nashville, Tenn, elected Republican
Mavor by 800 majority.
1t is said that Camden County, North
Carolina, will raise enough corn to feed
the State.
The Southern Pacific Railway Company
will erect new shops at Houston, Tex.
Atlanta, Ga, has sunk an artesian well
to the depth of two thousand feet without
finding water.
The Georgia Legislature has requested
the Congressman from that State to vote
for the repeal of the internal revenue law.
A man who has never had teeth is living
in Sumner County, Georgia. He is sixty
nine years old.
John s. Wise has been in twenty six
duels, which indicates that Virginia would
be poor place in which to recruit regl"
ment of sharpshooters.
A negro in jackson County, Georgia, is
reported to have butted steer to death,
the owner having promised him the car
cass on that condition.
The rooms of the Memphis Cotton Ex-
change and the Memphis Merchants Elk
change have been formally opened.
During the month of August not sim
gle white person died in Selma, Ala
A fire at CORTLAND, Miss, few nights
ago destroyed four busine houses. Loss
| $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
Miss Sarah Freeman Clarke, sister OF
Rev. James freeman Clarke, has fine
studio at Marietta, Ca, the walls being
adorned by her own paintings.
Colonel William Reese, of MARSHALL
| vile, Ca, is at Macon seri ously sick with
fever. The impression prevails that it is
afcase of genuine yellow fever.
| The large cotton seed oil mills at Hemp
| stead, Tex, owned by the Ahrenhecker
Company, were totally destroyed by fire
| a few evenings since. Loss, $4,000; in-
surance, $1,000.
The State OF North Carolina derives
revenue of 500, 900 from tax on drum-
| mers. A pro DIVISION of the law gives res"
| ident drummer a rebates the effect or
| which has just been pronounced an I'M
| just discrimination against non-residentss
| and the law is, therefore, declared I'M
| constitutional.
The Georgia Legislature has adjourned
| after summer session of 100 days. The
most important bill passed was general
| option law, under which many temper
| ance elections will be held in various
| counties.
| C. d. Potter, travelling agent, engaged
| in selling metal backed photograph al
buns, took half an ounce of laudanum at
Austin, T ex., the other night for the sup
| posed pur pose of committing suicide. he
will recover
| Prof. Atkins. with number of artists
are making the trip down the Mississippi
River, making sketches for illustrations
to appear in HGrpeT's Magazine.
The illicit distillers of Franklin County.
Georgia, have begun war upon law"
abiding citizens whom they suspect of
having informed upon them. A young
man who testified for the Gov eminent in
several cases has been assassi mated, and
many persons have been ordered to leave
the county or take the consequences.
Mrs. E. F. Dunn, of Prescott, Ark, while
out driving at Texarkana, a few days ago.
met with very serious, il not fatal, acci-
dent. The horse she was driving became
frightened at passing engine and ran
away, overturning the vehicle and throw