St. Landry democrat., 1886-04-24
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS,

he threw the rifle across his arm to place q
new cap. The rifle went off by accident,
the bullet going through Mrs. Quinn's
head, who fell dead among her six chill
dren.
AT Owens ranch, near Pearsall, Tex,
few days ago, Pedro Sansheil, Mexican,
attempted to come out of a we'll he had
been digging. When thirty feet from the
bottom the rope broke and he fell, crush
ing one leg so badly that it was mm edi-
ately amputated, and sustaining other and
fatal injuries.
Confirmation of Senator Jackson, of
Tennessee, as Federal Judge. has caused
much speculation in Tennessee as to the
appointment by Governor Bate of his sue
cessor in the Senate. Senator jackson
was leader Of the State Credit Demo-
cracy, who insist on the payment, dollar
for dollar, of the State debt
Pretty Alice Watkins, who was recently
sentenced at Galveston. Tex. to one davis
Imprisonment in the penitentiarv for
bigamv, has returned to Galveston, and
though she was welcomed by her synpa-
thlzing friends, the ignominy of her con-
viction so preyed upon her mind that she
concluded life was not worth living. Her
first husband who deserted her and left
neither maid, wife nor widow, had turned
her accuser, while the second husband, for
whom her liberty and reputation had been
impcriled, was dead. Sick at heart and
weary of the struggle against fate, she
sought the bay and sin she plunged bold
ly, no matter how coldly the dark waters
ran" Fortunately she was seen and
rescued despite her struggles, and now is
endeavoring to reconcile herself to exist
ence. Mrs. Watkins sentence was the
shortest incarceration in the penitentiary
ever inflicted in the State. and according
70 the law when she was released from her
prison walls she was given twenty five
dollars and suit of clothes.
Daniel Arnold, Of Macon, Ga, hid his
savings (S7Oo) in a hole near his house
but the recent flood inundated the hole
and carried away Dams wealth.
The cars of the Capital City street rail
road at Montgomery, Ala, are now COM
merced running by electricity. The trips
are regularly made and everything works
perfectly.
In a fight near Eastland, Tex, a few
days ago, Tom Ellison was killed and W.
G. Hardin and John Ellis on seriously
wounded
During the terrible rainstcrm which
passed over Vicksburg, Miss, few nights
ago, lasting about two hours, the large
dry goods house of Switzer, Newwitter &
Co. was flooded and stock damaged about
$40, 900 by water.
The hnHy of Tob, How
few days ago two miles from Birmng-
ham. Ala, in fish pound with bullet
hole through his head. The coroner's jury
rendered a verdict to the effect that he was
shot by someone unknown.
Near Webster, on the Western North
Carolina road, a few days ago, John Mes
sier, Amos Sutton and John Mcmahon
were drinking. Messier had married SUIT
tons cousin and lett her. He made a re-
mark derogatory to her character, when
Sutton struck him in the mouth. Messier
thereupon drew his pistol and shot Sutton
lead. He then escaped to the mountains,
and pack of dogs were put on his trail.
News comes from Bethel Ca, of the
murder of Mrs. Polly Miller by Alex Hug
gins. Higgins had married the woman's
laughter and during the day inaugurated
1is superior authority by giving her a
5hrashing. The young wife escapedAo
ler mothers. Higgins armed himself
with a gun and went over and called his
wife. The old woman had been praying
oud in the yard and answered. She asked
him if she had come to whip her daughter
again under her own eyes. He replied:
u IL
ng the gun shot his mother in law down,
Filling her instantly, and then escaped.
A shaft of lightning set fire to the Beck
building at Vicksburg, Miss, few nights
lgo, burning out the upper story before
he fire department could check it. The
building adjoins the Commercial Herald
'ffice, which for some time was threatened.
The damage to the Beck building is about
2 900. The Beck building is the same that
topped the conflagration and saved the
Commercial Herald in the great fire last
April.
Three thousand dollars worth of dia.
nonds were stolen from the Southern Exc
,ress Company some time about the 9th of
he present month. They were shipped
rom Athens, Ca, over the Richmond &
)anville railroad to Charlotte, n c., and
we're never received at that place. The
manager of the company and the detect
yes working the case all refuse to talk
bout the matter. The loss is supposed to
ave taken place at Lula, while the pack
ge was on its way to Charlotte. The ar
icles lost are as follows: One pair of gold
each set with five diamonds and
alued at $3.50 apiece; six pairs of solitaire
ar-rngs, valued at 1925; one diamond
CART pin, valued at S105; two diamond