St. Landry democrat., 1886-11-20
SOUTHERN GLEANiN0S.

few nights ago.
John Graham, colored, mag istrate, re
siding fifteen miles southeast of Memphis.
Tenn, was assassnated a few nights ago.
He was shot down by unknown persons
as he stood in the door of his dwelling.
The revival of the race issues at Rich.
m ond by the Knights of Labor led TO 4
diff Guilty which it was thought would enc
| in duel between ex Mayor Lamb of Nor
folk and Representative George D. Wise.
! of Richmond
| An extensive fire at Ennis, Tex, de.
| sroyed buildings and stocks valued a
$4,000; insurance, $4,000. One man, S
Goldburg, was fatally burned while es
Gaping from the building.
During the past few weeks there hav'
been ninety three gin-houses fred ii
South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama
two-thirds of which were of incendiary
origin, several were caused by carcles.
smokers, and one was caused by box OF
matches in the pocket of a workman. Thu
M ney loss in price OF cotton and gil
plant is not less than $3.50, 900.
The trial of the case against Jacl
Hendricks, colored, at Macon, Ca, whs
killed his wife with a billet of wood in
Henry County, has been lean postponed
until April This has deeply incensed thu
negro women of the county, who declare
their purpose of lynching kendrick rathei
than let him be taken to another Jail.
They say that the leniency toward
Kendrck will put the lives of every blac
wife in the county in danger
Two unknown men, evidently tramps
were run over and killed a few days age
on the Louisville 6 Nashville Short Line
by an east-bound freight. The men were
riding on the dead irons, when the train
broke in two. Left on the front section.
they attempted to jump of, and were run
over by the rear section and were in.
stanuy killed.
Gin saws have deprived one hundred
persons of their hands and arms in Ala.
bama this year.
Thick ice was reported in many places
in Alabama a few days ago as the result O
heavy frost.
One nail factory at Briefeld, Ala, i;
shipping five hundred kegs of nails daily
In Somerville, Ala, live eight person.
W uOSe ages dSS Ooo years.
Beef brings only two anil three cents
pound in several Georgia towns.
In six years the number of miles of rail.
way in Florida has increased from sir
hundred to two thousand.
Sunf1ower parish, Mississippi, has two
eolored teachers, the only ones who were
able to pass the required examination.
The police of Petersburg, Va, recently
arrested several prominent persons of that
city on charge of poker playing.
A citizen of Key West, Fla, has feet tina
measure sixteen inches long and six and |
a half inches wide. His name is Tom
Acrefoot.
A Mexican lion ed recently neal
Meridian, Miss, measured nine and halt |
feet in length and nine inches between the
ayes.
A fifteen year old lad in Fayette Ctun.
ty, Ala, is said to have recently picked
an average of 225 pounds of cotton for six
consecutive days.
Deputy Sheriff Quarles, of jefferson
County, Tenn, was fatally stabbed few
days since in attempt ng to arrest George
Al cManus, a somewhat tough character.
James Clark, a wealthy farmer of Cooke
County, Tenn, committed suicide few
days ago by cutting his throat with
razor. Financial trouble is said to have
been the cause.
F. M. jones was stabbed AMI instantly
killed at a voting place in Muhlenburg
County, Kentucky, by ]. R. Randolph
The killing is said to have been unpro
Toked. Randolph was drunk.
An Alabama moonshiner, recently ar.
aligned on a charge of illicit distilling.
said: "Well, it is mighty quare, yer can
make peaches in pie, stew 'em or pickle
EN-, but jest let man bile 'em, and he is
elapped in Jail or made to pay the Gov.
more'n his years wages. And i
ioes seem reasonable"
The Georgia Legislature is again in SEES.
ion. Hon. j. s. Davidson was elected
of the Senate and Hon. w. A.
Little Speaker of the House. Governo,
Gordon was.inaug urated on the oh,
Sam Lindsey, deputy sheriff of Raines
;ounty, Tex, was killed a few DAYS age
" negro named Stand. Stand and his
'al were accused of horse theft, and Lind.
ey, with posse, was attempting thei,
apture when Stand shot Lindsey, killing
i'm instantly. Stand was killed by the
osse Of citiz rs.
Several deputy marshals from the In.
ian country arrived in Fort Smith, Ark.
few days ago, and among the prisoners
odged in Jail by them were Zeno John.
on, charged with murder; N. L. Martin,
ohm Weaver, Charles Robinson, John
leids, assault with intent to kill. and Lee
lu tchins, larceny. In December, 1886,
urng a very dark night, a general
runken row occurred at Eueaula, in
7hich Pilot Grayson and a man named
Volt were killed. Zeno johnson. who
Tas member of the Indian police force
t the time, stands charged with the muir.
er of Wolf.