St. Landry democrat., 1886-12-18
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS.

n 1dfuCE near It1U, Ht
an ight-months-old heifer calf which
gives onc-half gallon of milk per day
In Decatur, Ala, recently, a man was ar
rested VINO put a counterfeit in dollar the
contribution box and took out genuine
coins in change.
The jail at Somerville, Tenn, was dc
stroyed by fire, lighted by a prisoner, a
few days ago Nine men in confinement
there were transferred to Memphis.
/ Louisiana boasts the largest plantation
on carth-one hundred miles long by TWEEN
ty-tive wide.
+. NJ Levy, prosperous merchant al
Baton Rouge, was accidentally shot and
! killed 4 few evenings since
! a. & S. Rosenfeld, clothiers at Atlanta,
Ga. are insolvent, their debts and assets
| balancing at $4,000
| Granville Brown, a boy of Mt. Vernon,
Ky, was caught in a burning barn few
days ago, and persisted in the flames.
In a quarrel at Petersburg, Va, few
days ago, Mary Sprigg threw a lighted
kerosene lamp at Susan Sparlock, who was
almost roasted alive by the burning liquid.
A collision of trains near Greenwood,
Mo- Il few days ago, caused the death OF
Elijah A. Magoftin, postal clerk, a nephew
OF the Ex-Governor Of Kentucky
The destruction of the Winn Parish 1.a.)
courthouse by fire of incendiary origin
occurred a few days since. The building
had been saturated with coal-o and burned
80 rapidly that no time was given to save
the records, all of which were destroyed.
What is known as the wholesale block"
in Montgomery, Ala, new building occu-
pied by wholesale merchants in different
branches of business, was burned few
nights ago. The block is situated in tho
centre of the business portion of the city.
The wind was very high and the fire was a
fierce one.
Fresh cucumbers are being shipped from
Florida to Northern markets.
A Georgia farmer has partridge that
follows d hen and her chickens about the
yard.
There are only thirty-three inmates in
the Mississippi Blind Asylum. The build
ing cost the State 100000.
\ couple of sportsmen in Lowndes Coun-
ty, Ala, recently killed 143 squirrels in one
day.
The Arkansas Supreme Court has decid-
ed that Sunday can not be ignored by those
who observe Saturday as Sunday.
Little Maggie Hill, of Fayetteville, Tenn,
although only six years old, plays the
violin almost as we'll as the best teacher
in the State.
During the past few years land in many
Florida counties has doubled in price. The
population has also doubled
One of the richest men in San Antonio,
Tex, is Chop Hop, Chinaman. who has
an English wife. He is now on visit to
the Flowery kingdom.
Mayor Guillotte of New Orleans has sus-
pended Chief of Police Pachemin for in
charging him also with en-
bezzlement
DR.. Bradshaw, of Longview, Tex, was
recently relieved of his wallet, containing
81, 900, at Dallas by pickpockets.
The Cape Hatteras On. c. fishery was
very successful in catching porpoises this
season. In six days over four hundred |
porpoises were caught. They are caught |
for their skins, which are converted into |
leather.
The recent fire at Raleigh. N c., in the |
cotton yard, in the heart of the city de- |
stroyed 1,2l9 bales, causing a loss of s4S,- |
)oo all save $1,000 covered by insurance.
Salvage will not exceed ten per cent
A negro inmate of the poor house at
Admission. Ala, is attracting a great deal
If attention by his peculiar actions, which |
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he eats, drinks and banks like a canine,
md it seems to be his chief pleasure to as
,ociate with one
Four years ago Fred Therwanger was
he poorest man in Jeffersonville, XIV. He
lidn't have dollar, but his son had four
cen dollars, and with this Fred bought a
zeg of beer, 8. jug of whisky, some glasses,
md rugged up a rough bar. He is now
worth over $4,000
The cotton planters in lower North Caro-
ina are said to have experienced much
rouble in securing labor this season Last
ear laborers were paid thirty-ive cents
'er hundred pounds for picking, but this
ear they demanded fifty cents per hun
red, and number of planters refused to
'ay that amount.
On LOOKOUT mountain, few days since
man named Bryant lost his life bv thaw.
ng dynamite in fire. Both his legs were
orn OFF by the explosion which followed.
immense forest fires recently ravage5
'laden, Brunswick and Columbus coun-
les, N. C., and large tracts of timber have
een burned.
Two Cinnamon secured wives by eloping
Nth white girls from Augusta, Ca Out
I these events grew a feeling of hostility
7hlch led to attempts with fire and dyna-
lite on the houses occupied by the Chinese
olony
In Winston County, Miss, recently.
Dung man concluded to get married in a
ew suit of clothes without paying for
hem. He went to tailor, obtained the
lothes on credit, got married, and re-
urned them to the tailor the next dav,
tanning that they did not fit him.
Willie Hines, the seventeen-year-old son
a well-todo farmer of West Point, Ga.
Hoped with and married MISS Newsome.
en- years his senior, a few days ago. In
rider to keep his father from following
i'm, the young man smashed the family
srriage and threw the sadd lie into the
ell.
There was serious fire at Aiken. s. c..