St. Landry democrat., 1886-05-08
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS.

william and Dan Kent met Miss Soards'
respectable young lady, on the seree1 a'
WATSON. Tenn, a few days ago, and IN
su,ted her. She told her brother Lewis,
agsd seventeen, about the affair. no
seized a shotgun and went in pursuit OIL
the Kents. When he came upon them ne
amntied barrel into each Of them. Dan
was mortallv wounded, while the other
will have to suffer the amputation or MS
Loft arm. The boy was placed in jail.
A curious case of judge turning wit
ness occurred recently in Echols county,
Ga. There was suit pending lnVolVlhs
q land title. Both parties were innocent
purchasers. Both chains OF tltles ran
back to a common deed made nearly n1oy
wears ago. When Judge Hanscll exam
ined both sets of titles closely he SAID,
holding up one chain: "Gentlemen, mere
are the genuine deeds to this land. was
a Young lawyer in those days, and ore"
this title myself for the grantor. ms
other title purporting to have been MADE
by him is forgery"
Washington County, one OF the largeso
in Georgia, recently voted the ory ticAe'
by majority of 242
The recent local option election IN FREQ
ericksburg, Va, resulted in favor OF grant,
ing licenses by 210 majority.
carpenter named Joe Wotferd Tell
thirty five feet from the stack OF the WIZ
Hanson furnace at Birmingham, Ala, a
few DAYS ago, crushing his head badly ana
sustaining fatal injuries.
Pat Connolly, a Louisville a. NashVlile
switchman, was crushed between cars that
| he was coupling in the yard at blooming
ton, Ala, a few nights ago.
Two citizens of Gibson, Ga, went to law
about the ownership of red rooster, val
ued at twenty five cents. Inc case was
| tried in a Justices court, and 1t mas no"
been taken to the Superior Court. The GUS
! todian of the rooster presented it to MIN
lister, who killed and ate it.
The iury in the case of Melvin Butler, at
| Louisville KY, returned verdict OF MUIR
| der and fixed a life-sentence. Butter was
charged with numbering John B. Macoy,
| well-known gambler, who was found dead
! in front of his house, with bullet-hole An
his head, several months ago.
| A Georgia gentleman, who makes Nv
ing poisoning rats and tanning dogs
| hides advertises for wife. he frankly
| describes his charms as consisting prln-
ciallv of a bald head and a cork leg. AS
he has an income of only from three to
| five dollars a week, he must be student
| of Edward Atk inson's system of domestic
economies.
Indictments have been found in Henry
| County, KY, against thlrty-t"o partles
who attended the Warren Barnes prize
fight from Louisville. The names of some
of the most prominent young men OF the
CITY are in the list The Louisville q
Nashville railroad agents were also In
dicted for furnishing the train which car
ried the crowd.
The factory of the North Front Street Ice
Company, at Nashville, Tenn, was dam
aged $4,000 by fire a few nights ago. The
building was fired near the top by an in
cendiary, and owing to the great difficulty
experienced in throwing water between
the pipes, the firemen could do but little to
stay the flames. The insurance is S1o,eoo
The company was preparing for the spring
opening.
Epps Pettus, colored farmer, living
near Vicks burg, Miss. was attacked some
DAYS ago by mad dog, and, in attempt
ing to kill the animal, was seriously bitter
in many places, his wounds being SO ex
tensive as to confine him to his bed Sub
seauently symptoms of hydrophobia ap
peared and his attendants were forced t.
chain him. After suffering horrible agon.
for two days, he died.
Charles Mitchell was arrested at Mem
phis, Tenn, on a telegram, charged witt
passing a counterfeit fifty-dollar bill on
lady named Mrs. Bond, living in Lexing
ton, Miss. He admits passing the bill
but saws he did not know it was a bad bill
He saws he got the bill in st. Louis abou
year ago from man who gave it to hin
in payment for a silver watch and plate
chain.
A remarkably bold robbery took plac
near Eddyville, KY, few days age
Isaac Gray, farmer, drew from bank ~,
600. and taking it home placed it in trunl
in his bedroom. While the family was a
supper that night noise was heard fror
the bed room, and rushing in the famil
) were paralyzed to find the trunk as we
3 as contents missing. An alarm wa
sounded, and search revealed the trun
! about two hundred yards from the hous'
r broken open and the money gone, with n
i clew TO the robber.
r VIM. Rust, Dakota stockman in Texa
has been arrested on suspicion of horse
stealing.
e 1t is charged that F. S. Harris, who r.
3 signed the office of Warden of the Mai
d Tennessee prison. has been receiving
salary of one hundred dollars per mont
b from the co-lessees of prison labor, in az
i dition to various other gratuities in the wa
Y of supplies, provisions, ETC., for his famil.
d in violation of the law and his oath
Office.