St. Landry democrat., 1886-07-31
SOUTHERN GlEANINGS.

and three years, quite noted character
of the South, died recently at Dadevilles
Ala.
Albert Guerry's portrait of Wade Hamp.
ton is to be bought by some of the United
States Senators and sent as gift to the
State of S, nth Carolina.
Paul n. Hayne, the Southern poet, was
buried recently at Augusta, Georgia. An
impressive funeral GRAFTON was delivered
by Bishop Beckwith.
At camp meeting recently in butlea
County, Kentucky, Will Hazeless killed
Miss Mary Lacefield and then cut his own
throat.
Through the blunder of a physician in
writing prescription, at Robetlne, LOUIS
lana, sulphate of morphia was for two
DAYS administer ed to L. H. Burdick, the
result being his death.
Bolivar J. Hayes and Amos 0. Banks,
farmers of Lexin gton County, S. G., got
into an alteration near Lewisdale a few
days since, while driving home together.
1t ended by Hayes stabbing Banks in the
shoulder. inficting painful though not
dangerous wound, whereupon Banks shot
HAYES through the liver. Hayes was NOR
tally wounded.
Mrs. Ham, wife of S. B. Ham, of Harri-
son County, Ky, recently left her hus-
band, Samuel, taking one child, to live
with another man. In the court few
days ago, Mr.. Ham was granted writ OF
habeas corpus for the child. Detective
Nance Williams was appointed to serve
the order, and returned from Lexington
accompanied by Mrs. Ham and child. Mr..
and Mrs. Ham kissed and made up.
Ramouth Church, ten miles from Eaton
ton, Ga, was celebrating its semi-centeD-
NAL recently, but one of the original mem
bers of fifty years ago beng present
Uncle Ben Clarke. During all that time
his devotion to the church was SO strong
that it passed into a common saying
among them that Ben Clarke would die in
Ramouth Church yet. While services were
in progress, Clarke stepped out to see
about his horse, which was hitched to
tree which he had used for half century.
As he reached the animal he fell dead at
its feet, and the old saying was verified.
Miss Emma Connolly, who shot John A.
Steedley at Charleston, S. c., for SANDER
ing her, was acquitted.
In South Carolina the Farmers Alliance
has developed such a strength that the
only candidates talked of for the COVER
norship are agriculturis S.
Andrews, the Georgian, who last year
walked from Atlanta to Boston, is now on
his second trip, accompanied by the same
little dog. The peculiar thing about it is
that the pedestrian is ninety-six years
old.
The capture of the dangerous and
notorious counterfeiter and criminal Jas.
H. Wade at Sherman, Tex, is announced.
Wade has killed two officers who attempt
ed to arrest him in Tennessee.
During a severe storm a few days ago
Mrs. Buff Chisholm, residing near Yazoo
City, Miss, was struck by lightning and
instantly killed. She was near a wire line
on which clothing had been hung to dry.
She was a most excellent lady, and leaves
husband and five children.
The Kentucky and Indiana bridge, re-
GENTLY completed over the Ohio from
Louisville to New Albany, has been Sc
verely tested and found to be all right, and
will soon be formally turned over to and
accepted by the bridge company. The
greatest detection was only five inches.
United States Marshal Gross at Louis
vile, KY, r. ceived a letter few days
ago reciting the particulars of a fight be-
tween moonshiners and revenue officers in
Wolf County, KY. Deputies W. T. Day
and John Cox. with three men, were raid
ing a still, when they were fred upon by
dozen moonshiners, who put them to
fight and chased them out Of the country
after five minutes fight. Two of the
deputies-Cox and Spaulding-and several
horses were badly wounded.
Walter F. Lamar shot and, it is feared,
mortally wounded Arthur c. Crane at
Yazoo City, Miss. few days ago. Lamar
fired five shots, Mr. Crane was hit twice,
once in the head and once in the breast.
The wounds are pronounced dangerous.
No cause is assigned for the shooting.
Lamar. after he had surrendered to the
city marshal, said: 81 was justified in
what have DONE"
Mr.. J. A. Crawford, quiet and gentle.
manly harness maker, of jackson, Tenn,
vas found in an unconscious condition on
the street a few mornings since, shot
through the head. It is believed by his
wife and others that he committed the
rash act with his own hand, as he is a
man without enemies, and was known to
be poor man, who never carried money
Heavy continuous rains throughout
North Carolina have caused the greatest
food since 1867. Farmers on the Cape
Fear river have lost all their crops, and
many have been fore d to leeve their
homes on account of the flood. Many tur-
pentine disilleries are under water, and
stores and dwellings are deserted. All the
low land crops in the State are injured,
and only in a few sections on stiff up
lands is there much prospect of any sort 0
crops. fine damage in many sections is
well nigh total, and in others from one