St. Landry democrat., 1885-02-28
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGs.

Gently, her clothing caught nre ana DeLore
assistance could be rendered she was
burned to death.
Sheehan's warehouse in Eufaula, Ala,
was burned few days ago with 800 bales
of cotton. Nothing was saved. the loss
is fully 100000. The insurance was not
stated, but is supposed to be full.
Commercial travelling men appointed a
committee to make extensive arrange
ments for celebrating their day, February
25th, at the New Orleans Exposition
Grounds, when they meet in National
Convention.
General Stith Boiling was arrested in
Petersburg, Va, few days since on ar
rival from Richmond, charged with being
about to engage in duel. The name OF
the person with whom General Boiling was
to fight was not made known. General
Boiling gave ST. 900 bonds to keep the peace
three months General Boiling is Post-
master of Petersburg.
Arthur Lloyd, charged with the murder
of a man named Ogle, was sentenced
few days ago to forty years in the Peni-
Tertiary at Arson Courthouse, the county
seat of Jones County. He has been
taken to Colorado City for confinement
Jones County being new and not properly
supplied with Jail facilities.
A sensation b as been created at At
Ianta, Ga, by the announcement that
Sam w. Small, the we'll known journal
ist, and author of sold 81" character
sketches, has abandoned the world and
gone into training for the ministry in the
Protes' ant Episcopal Church. Small was
Secretary of the late ex-President An
drew Johnson, and later held that posi-
ton under Commissioner Mccormick in
the Paris Exposition. He founded the
Houston (Tex.) Daily Age, and is WELL
known in every city of the Union as
versatile correspondent.
Frank Boyd, negro at Colorado City,
Tex, wounded woman a few days ago
and then killed himself.
Mobile is boasting Of watermelon that
has just ripened in the open air.
Peanut farmers in North Carolina COM
plain that present prices do not pay for
the cost of raising, and they threaten to
try some other crop.
"Gold," says Georgia editor, sis found
in thirty-si counties in this State, silver
in three, diamonds in twenty-six, and
whisky in all of them, and the last gets
away with all the rest"
The steamers Ida Darragh and City of
Helena, with full cargoes, and the wharf
boats were burned at Memphis, Tenn,
few days ago, the losses aggregating $780,
600.
Emory Speer has been confirmed as
Judge for the Southern District of Georgia,
bn TO 10 r. ,Eo 70
While John Bramlett was out hunting
with a party near Tallulah, Ca, few
days ago, he was accidentally shot and
killed.
The steamer Silver Star was sunk In
Stone River, near Charleston, s. c., few
days since. All the passengers were land
ed in safety. The steamer will probably be
raised.
Franklin ]. Moses, ex- Governor of South
Carolina, on being sentenced to six months
in the Boston House of Correction, argued
that the petty nature of his crime showed
that his mind had given way under his
troubles.
Georgia lover recently walked up to
his sweetheart while she was busy over a
washtub at q spring near the house, pro-
posed marriage and was accepted. They
Immediately adjourned to a neighboring
house, and the nuptial knot was tied.
A Richmond, Va, jud ge fined q refrac-
tory lawyer several times for contempt of |
court, and when the lawyer made a final |
settlement of his fines it was found that |
the Court owed him s.. Is, supposed to be
the balance due on small game of draw
INDUCED in the night before.
A gold watch was found recently in a hoI :
low stump in Camden,l S. G. It had been |
hidden there when Sherman's stragglers
passed through that place twenty years
ago.
The Post-off1ce at Brooklyn, Miss, was
broken into and robed few nights ago.
The burglars drilled the safe, but upon
opening it found only siz do1lers' worth
Of stamps.
Judge Tanning, County Judge of Elliott
County, Kentucky, while crossing bridge
over the Little Sandy River, few DAYS
ago, was run over by passenger train on
The Chesapeake & Ohio Road and Instant
ly killed.
A few days ago in Hawkins County,
Tenn, James Reynolds put kerosene oil
IN the heads of his three little children,
aged two, four and six years, for the pur-
pose of killing vermin. Two of the chill
lren died within two hours. A physician
saved the other.
At Ivy Post-office, Buncomb County,
a few nights ago, the house of
| colored man named Wilson caught fire
IN his absence and was entirely consumed,
ind two children, aged three and five
years, persisted in the flames.
A freight train on the Louisville & Nash
lille Railroad was derailed at Pembroke.
Ky, a few days ago, owing to misplaced