St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1886-06-26
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS


! State.
| Mrs. Staun's millinery store, M. D.
kelly's iewelrT store and Henderson's
store at Hopkinsvi!le, KY, were destroyed
! and the city bank badly damaged by fire q
few nights ago. The losses will aggregate
/ $4,000; insurance, $4,000.
/ A man named Linck, seventy-six years
! of age, at CastrOville, Tex, few days ago
! de,conded fifty foot well for a bucket al
j the bottom. On again reaching the top
/ he was in such an exhausted condition
! that he fell back, going to the bottom. He
was taken out dead the next day.
! A horrible double murder was committed
! at Tyro Shops, Davidson County, N. c.,
few nights ago. While A. J. Mcbride
and his wife We're eating supper they were
I murdered in their seats and the house
robbed and burned, together with their
bodies.
Much excitement prevails in the neigh
horhoad of Hunters Chanel, near Bam-
berg, S. c.. over the recent cowhding Of
Mr.. John Studley by Messrs w. 7. Con-
nelly and A. L. OFT. 1t seems that Stud
ley had been circulating false and damag-
ing reports concerning Connellv's sister.
In order to obtain full salts action for the
offense, Messrs. Connolly and OFT pur-
chased a whalebone whip, waited upon
Mr.. Studley and administered thirty
lashes wearing the whip completely out.
An Oconee (Ga.) man, aged eighty-six
years, recently split 225 large rails in one
day.
. A farmer at Newberry, Tenn, has hen
that takes care of 40 young chickens and
one turkey.
A female in New Orleans recently caused
the arrest of policeman for calling her
woman. The judge decided that she
was a woman and discharged the police
man.
Colonel Luther J. Glenn. grand secre-
tary of the Odd Fellows of the United
States. and formerly member of the Con-
federate Congress, died recently at At
lanta, Ga, aged eighty-five years.
Eicksbur II iss.. now has the base ball
fever, and the Memphis and Shreveport
clubs are to lie invited to a series of games
at the former place at an early day.
The New Orleans IimcS- Democrat ex-
horts the Louisiana legislature to first
bring the expenses of the State govern
ment within its revenues, and then devote
itself to a comprehensive and liberal sys-
tenn of levee protection,
Captain Hughes and posse, of the Inter-
nal Revenue service, report the capture
and destruction of two large illicit distil-
eries near Waterloo, Overton County,
Tenn. with 1000 gallons of beer and
twent y two tubs. The proprietors escaped
but an employee was arrested.
Quite a sensation was caused In Vicks-
burg, Miss, a few nights ago by a rabid
dog rushing into the parlor of DR.. James
M. Hunt, a prominent physician of that
city. The family were assembled in the
parlor, but the dog was killed before it
had an opportunity to bite any of them.
Elias Oppenheimer has the distinction
of being the first one prosecuted under the
recent act making gambling in Kentucky
felony. He was detected through the
Law and Order Club in the operation of a
quiet little game of poker, and was indict-
ed at the last sitting of the grand jury.
jeff Cane, an employee of the Sunset
yard at San Antonio, Tex, some time ago
collected 5000 for the benefit of Engineer
Ben Shaw, who was i'll. Cane misappro-
priafed the funds, and when asked for it
recently, promised to pay, but skipped for
Ell Paso. He was arrested at Uvalde and
taken back, and is now in Jail awaiting
indictment by the grand jury for embez-
element.
The wife of John Honesty, living or
Cedar Creek, eight miles from Bolton,
Tex, was found dead in her bed few days
ago by her husband upon his return from
work in the field to dinner. She had been
entirely alone during the morning, and
there is no possible explanation of her
death.
Frank B. Harris, alias W. P. Barley, was
arrested at Nashville, Tenn, few days
ago by detectives by authority of letters
received from officials at Winchester, Ind,
and Washington Court House, O., where
he had figured extensively selling b.
hemian oat seed, from which he guaran-
teed wonderful results. He is said to have
succeeded in duping many farmers.
Hon. j. T. Henderson, Commissioner of
Agriculture, gives the general condition
of the growing crops in Georgia during
June as much below the average for the
season, the only crop above being Irish
potatoes. Crops are ten to twenty days
behind in growth. Corn is 95; oats, II;
wheat, IS; cotton stand, 81; plant, 81; rice,
20; Irish potatoes, 96; sweet potatoes, 81;
ground peas, 95; melons, 80; peaches, Is;
apples, "A; grapes, 50; wool clip, SO.
Ben Freeman, aged about twenty five,
married man and farmer, living about five
miles from Versailles, KY, cut his throat
from ear to ear with suicidal intent The
cause of the act is a mystery. A physi-
clan was hastily summoned, who sewed
up the CHASTITY wound, and says the
chances are about equal between recovery
and death Eraeman is a brother of Georpa