St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1885-09-26
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGs.

attended the dedication of the Perry mon"
unlent at Newport, R. /. He is grandson
of NJ. C. Perry, cousin of the famous
Commodore.
A colored woman named Johnson, IL
years old, arrived at Louisville, hy.'
few days since, from New Orleans, 30 see
a daugher from whom she had been sepa-
rated fifty years.
The carriage in which Jefferson DAVIS,
Alex. H. Stephens, Howell Cobb, Pfesl-
dent of the Confederate States Senate,
and Governor Moore rode to the Cap1toi
when Mr.. Davis took the oath as President
of the Confederacy, was made in Con-
necticut and is still preserved in Mont
gomery, Ala.
A number of mis- cegenationists in Fair.
field County, South Carolina, have been
visited at their homes recently by bana
Of masked regulators" who whipped
them severely and ordered them to leave
at ouce for other parts
Mrs. Martha Lane, wealthy lady, was
assaulted at her home in Lebanon, Tenn.l
few days ago, by an unknown person,
who struck her with a heavy stone, the
blow fracturing her skull Her recovery
is extremely doubtful.
Robert Bean, a well-known Atlanta
(Ga) printer, while in bar-room, few
nights ago, swallowed enoug III chloroform
to kill several men and it was thought he
could not recover. He was Secretary OF
the Atlanta Typographical Union.
Robert N. Groves, lately Ordinary OF
Habersham County, Georgia, has been
convicted and sentenced for completely il
the burglary Of the county safe, which
was done to destroy evidence of irregu-
iarities.
In Rome, Ca, there is not man on the
police force who uses Intoxicating liquors,
and all except one are ciurcl-members.
There is society in Memphis, Tenn,
the obj Ct of which is to furnish collins
to its members at greatly reduced prices.
The health of the people of Charleston,
S. c., has been much improved since the
introduction of public supply of arte'
sian well water.
A boiler in Reutlinger & Eisfelden's
brewery at Henderson, XIV, exploded
few days ago, and six men who were in
the engine-room asleep had miracu.
lous escape.
A fire at Nashville, Tenn, few days
| ago destroyed the extensive works OF
the Southern Pump Company and about
six million feet of lumber, causing loss
OF $250,0O0, and depriving two hundred
men of employment.
While John Hagewood was cutting
trees, near Ashland City, Tenn, few
| days ago, limb struck him and dashed
| out his brains. His son was also struck
and fatally injured
| Near Cool Creek, Tenn, recently, the
body of Samuel Ogle, a wealthy farmer,
| was found in ravine horribly musiiat'
! cd, the head being almost entirely sever
/ ed from the bedy. Two white women are
/ under arrest for the murder.
Isidore s. L8clerc, q native OF the
French settlement of Ste. Genevieve, Mo.s
died at Galveston, Tex, a few days ago.
aged seventy years. MIR. Leclerc was
well known through Texas. having set
tied in Galveston in 1888, and for nearly
thirty years was Secretary OF the Wharf
| Company.
Duncan Urquehart, an employe Of the
Singer Sewing Machine Company, was
arrested at San Antonio, Tex, few days
| ago, charged with the embezzlement OF
$1,000 He gave bond. Urquehart says he
is only $500 short in his accounts. The
company's local Superintendent says that
Uruuehart was furnished with 5000 for
travelling expenses, and THAT something
less than $4,000 is missing.
A man by the name OF Bragg was killed
by lightning during storm few days
ago. at Petty's Crossing on Cobb Creek
| near Waco, Tex. He and man whose
name could not be learned were picking
cotton when the storm came up. Thinking
it would soon blow over, they remained in
the field. Bragg was very poor, ant
leaves a large and helpless family. 4
great deal of damage was done to tn
open eotton by the heavy rain and higt
wind.
A south bound freight train on the r. &
N. Road went through a bridge owe
CoodIe Creek, fifteen miles from Char
Iotte, ". c., few days ago. Twenty
three box cars with their contents, wer
totally wrecked, and two unknown men
supposed to be tramps, were killed. Fire
man James Davenport aud VIII Owen
went down with the wreck and wer
severely but not fatally injured. a fore
of construction hands were repairing tn
bridge and sent out flag to warn the ap
preaching trains. The distance, howeve
was too short, the tram being heavil
loaded. In attempting to stop the steal
chest on one side Of the engine was blow
out.
A special from Gala tin, Tenn, cleal
up the mystery surrounding the murde
of DEPUTY United States Marshal Mile
Allen Brown confessed to the officers 9
Gallatin that he, John Moore, and -
Fleming were in field nsar the road
when they heard shots. They ran to tn
road and saw Bradley standing over I'll
5o5 b,5,y oF Miller Rradtey forced fl