St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-04-10
SOUTHERN GLEANiNGS.

found guilty OF the murder OF ben warren
and his punishment assessed at life I'M
prisonment.
Weakly Ridley aud ToDe Williams, the
murderers of Daniel Guthrie in Crockett
County, Tennessee, were taken from the
Alamo Jail, few nights ago by mob and
lynched.
The proposed visit of Mr.. Jefferson Davis
to Montgomery, Ala, has created a de-
m and for fifty dollar Confederate bills.
The monument committee desire to sell
them as souvenirs of the occasion. These
particular bills are desired because they
bear the vignette OF Mr.. Davis.
A great sensation was recently produced
at Augusta, Ca, by the discovery, under
the guano warehouse of j. 0. Mathewson,
of several six-pound cans of dynamite, to
which partially burned fuses were at
tached The theory of the police is that it
was an unsuccessful attemptto wreak ven
geance on the firm by discharged en-
ployes.
Contracts have been let for the const-uc.
ton of a large part of the San Antonio G
Arkansas Pass railroad in Texas
Ida Bennett, with several aliases, killed
AL. A. Bennett and attempted suicide at
Memphis, Tenn, few days since.
1t is said that no less than one hundred
children were burned to death in Georgia
during the past winter. Most of them be-
longed to colored people.
A colored woman at Athens, Ga, stopped
wedding recently because she had
bought the groom's clothes with the expec-
tation that she would be the bride.
In boring wells at the sulphur mine
at Lake Charles, La, few days ago,
oil was struck at a depth of three hundred
and fifty feet, and is flowing at the rate OF
two hundred barrels daily.
VIM. Schroeder, a German, living in
Louisville, Ky, died few days ago from
the effects of dose of poison which he
took with suicidal intent.
Abe Lowenthal, of New Orleans, is the
third of the witnesses in the Ford murder
case who have been convicted of wlllful
perjury. The penalty is Imprisonment in
the penitentiary for not less than five
years.
Miss Refugio Eparza, a Mexican girl,
attempted suicide at San Antonio, Tex,
few nights ago, by taking six grains OF
morphine. A physician was called and
stomach pump was successfully applied.
A recreant lover is assigned as the cause.
The store of James Battle, five miles east
of Vicksburg, Miss, on the Baldwin Ferry
road, was discovered to be on fire few
days ago, and before assistance could be
obtained was totally destroyed, with its
contents. There is no doubt but that If
was the work of incendaries.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson died at the resi-
49, D,1, 7 e.,
nights ago of old age. She was one hun
dred and five years old and had all her
life been prominent worker in religious
circles. She leaves several children.
Senator Joe Brown, of Georgia. has the
most complete collection of newspaper
clippings in Washington. They are all
about himself and his sayings and dongs.
His wife, who from long practice has be-
come an expert with the newspaper shears,
is the managing editor of the Senator's
scrap books.
Mitchell Buckner. William Cook, Frank
lin Ramsey and Clara jenkins attempted
to cross the Tuckaseegee river near
Charestown. N. c., during q storm re-
Gently. The boat overturned and all We're
drowned.
ho 1eAdS ~ dcIIc DTluge over the
Trinity river at Dallas, Tex, is ninety feet
above the water level. A negro walking
across the bridge recently was overtaken
by Il train, and was so scared that he
jumped from the bridge into the water,
and after half minute arose and swan
ashore unhurt.
An il licit distillery near Gainesville, Ga,
which for six years has escaped detection.
was recently discovered and raided The
proprietor had damned a small creek, os-
tensibly to make a fish-pond, and under
the dam he placed his distillery. with tun-
nels for ingress and egress. The smoke
was conveyed to his house, and passed
out through the kitchen chimney
While gang of laborers were attempt
ing to mend break in the Alabama West
EN- railroad, between Opelika and West
point, few days ago, the waters a Sec
ond time broke through, carrying off three
colored laborers. Their dead bodies were
recovered shortly after. The rest of the
gang had narrow escape.
The total loss by the Key West (Fla.)
fire is estimated at $1,50) 600, and the total
insurance will not exceed $4,000. The
Spanish Consul at Key West cabled the
authorities at Havana to send a vessel to
take away five hundred Cubans, made
destitute.
Two brick dwellings collapsed at
Natchez, Miss, a few days ago, burying
twenty three persons in the ruins. Daniel
Ratchtord, formerly of Evansville, Ind,
was instantly killed. Mrs. NJ. l.. Griffin, |
the mother of ex-Mayor Griffin, was fatal
ly injured. One of her daughters sus-
tanned serious injury to her spine, and will
probably die: another daughter and son
We're seriously injured