St. Landry democrat., 1885-05-23
SOUTHERN GLEANINGs.


molished. The only passenger in the car
at the time was lady, who jumped and
escaped uninjured.
The Crittenden trial at Taylorville' hy.'
resulted in a hung jury, ten being for ac-
quttal and two for imprisonment. Tom
CriLtenden, the grandson of the celebra0ea
John J. Crittenden, is charged with muir
dering Rose Moseby, colored man, al
Anchorage, about two years ago.
Miss Martha Debask, an attractive young
lady living with her parents near Rose
Hill, Va. had a quarrel with her lover. A
few nights ago, about midnight, she tied
heavy stone about her neck, jumped In
Clinch River and was drowned. Her body
was recovered the next day.
In the woods near Dixie Station, on the
East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Rail-
way, the body of Scipio Atchison, colored,
was found a few days ago riddled with
buckshot. Recently Atchison's son, James
outraged a white woman near the same
place. James was pursued by white men,
who failed to find him. Scipio was terri
bly, enraged at the white men and threat
ened to kill them. He went to the houses OF
some white people and said: This IS
get your scalps" These threats are be-
leved to have been the cause of his DEATH
His son will lie lynched, if caught,
Eustis, Fla, boasts of f1ve-year -old
century plant which is about to bloom.
Though the melon crop in South Georgia
is late, it is none the less promising. The
acreage is not as great as last year.
A happy colored youth of Georgia char
acterized picnic as chicken fixin's an
-four doin's."
"Elias Josephus" and "Marine Aida
Diana" were the names two colored In"
fants received recently at baptism in
Georgia.
'Daisy Simmons the daughter of
proud and wealthy North Carolina fam"
| lily, killed herself in a bagnio in Savannah,
Ga, few days ago.
George James and Theodore Bantz were
killed and several others injured few
days since by a boiler explosion at Gray.
son, KY.
Twenty-Five years ago a gentleman in
Epson County, Ga, buried 5000 half-dol-
lars in silver, where it remained until
| few days ago, when it was exhumed and
put into circulation.
Two citizens of Quitman, Ga, while on
a fishing tour in the lower part OF the
county, were twice arrested for tramps.
Corn planting has been completed in the
| southwestern counties of Virginia. The
acreage is much larger than usual.
A Titusville (FIa.) man has an orange
| growing on an orange bud that was set
only eight weeks ago.
An enterprising Creole writer of New
| Orleans is said to have had three hundred
| articles rejected before oneiwas published
Alabama physicians say that pneumonia
/ is worse now in that State than ever be-
fore in their experienced period of thirty
or forty years.
John Hall, engaged in bee culture at
Resaca, Ga, was stung to death few
days ago by an angry swarm OF bees
which he was trying to hive.
JW. Cartright was sent to New Orleans
to make some collections for the Austin
fTex.) Statesman. He got the money but
nobody seems to know where he is now.
Some excitement exists at Graysville,
Ca, over the discovery of silver deposits
in Catoosa County. Some rich specimens
are on exhibition.
James Mcdaniel and L, A. Potter were
sent to the Texas Penitenttary or life fol
robbing stage.
six members of the Riddle family, Of
Rockingham, N. C. were poisoned recent
" by eating lady peas. They we're thrown
into violent spasms and soon became de
lirious. Fortunately physician was a
hand, and saved their lives.
A new Post-offica in Swaine County
North Carolina, has been named Maiden;
Bosom.
Mount Clark and Miss Stratton wer,
eloping recently in Pike County, Ken
, lucky, when the brother of the lady in
terfered, and both men were fatally
wounded.
On the plantation of Slade Morgan, nea
, Vienna, Ca, few days ago, a tenan
named Jones left two children locked u
I in the house while father and mother wer
at work. The cabin burned down an
only the chared skeletons of the childre
were found.
) Lookout Mountain has been leased to til
) liverymen of Chattanooga, Tenn. Ate
a dozen years of Niagara hack fares, tn
) people will want to make the mountain
| National Park.
, Henry Etheridge, convicted in Jont
t County, Ga, of the murder of Tom Glen
: mons, has been sentenced to hang Jur
' 10Th. Clemmons was on the way to MARI
s Etheridge's former sweetheart when
: was shot dead.
f In Jones County, Ga, a few days sine
: Henry Allen, who returned from praye
| meeting one night and set fire to his en-
t ployer's house on the way, "just to s
0 the white folks Dance" was sent to Pen
e Tertiary for life.
: Wild turkeys are very plentiful in Pc
=. 49, nf nnvnc and the 1Eodinn Gann