St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-12-22
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS.

", N. u, went to the house OF his broth
r-in-law, Jake Helms, few days ago
and commenced pelting the house with
rocks. This brought Helms to the door
with an order for Moses to leave the
premises. Moses cursed and threatened
Helms, and fight ensued. Helms drew a
pocket-knife and stabbed Moses in the
throat, killing him instantly. There was
an old grudge between these men, and
Moses went to Helms house for the pur-
pose Of settling it,
w. R. Wilson, of Dinwoody, Ga., disap-
peared recently with the widow Of his
brotherin- law, j. C. Adams. Wilson was
administrator of Adams estate, and is
short $1,000 to 5000. Mrs. Adams left
three children absolutely destitute.
Thomas Jefferson was sentenced at
Memphis, Tenn, recently, to be hanged
January 1S for the murder of William
Ragland on October 19 last. Ragland
was a hack-driver. Jefferson surprised
him in the room with woman who was
intimate with both of them and cut his
throat.
A fire broke out in Pickens, Miss, few
days ago, and the following business
places were destroyed: D. W. Brit's res
taurant, n. divers drug store, Hugh
fuckers saloon, Blair & Furgeson's gem
eral store and Gus Roussell's barber shop.
Detectives Wickliff and Bloomfield, of
Paducah, KY, recently arrested Green
Foster and Green Cobb at Mercer for
train robbery. During the past few weeks
much freight has been stolen from the
Newport News & Mississippi Valley cars
between Paducah and Louisville. The
nri1,)a troc TO ,uf,o iC
ploye of the road. After the arrest he
complice. Part of the plunder has been
found in an old deserted coal mine.
A boiler at Wilcox's steam mill near
Evergreen, Ala, exploded Il few days
since, killing four men and wounding
several.
A creditors bill against J. H. Mckenzie
& CO., of Waynesboro, Ga, charges that
the firm is insolvent with liabilities from
$4,000 to 100000
The Georgia House of Representatives
has appropriated $500, 900 for the common
schools of the State. The bill will prob
ably be passed by the Senate.
A fire broke out In cottage In La Villa,
Fla, a few days ago, and eight houses
were destroyed, including several stores
and shops: loss $4,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Manslip, worthy and
highly respected citizens of jackson,
Mss, celebrated their gol:len wedding at
their family residence rec cent1y.
The boiler Of the cOtt'n-gin on G. w.
Turner's place, near Montgomery, Ala, a
few days since, exploded, killing Geo.Tur-
ner and two negros outright and wound
ing seven others.
Charles Burns, painter, was shot and
killed on the street in Paducah, KY, g.
few nights ago. Policeman William
Mount was arrested on suspicion of hav-
ing fired the shot, but protested his inno-
cence. The murder remains mystery.
Rabbi A. R. Levy, of Chicago, who was
arrested in that city some time ago and
taken back to New Orleans charged with
having obtained certain mortgage notes
by fraud. was tried in the latter city and
acquitted.
Since the result Of the late presiden-
tial election became known there has
been great activity among the moonshin-
ers in the noun tains Of East Tennessee.
The mountaineers rarely read papers, and
many of them think the revenue law has
been repealed by the Republicans, hence
they are very bold in the making of Illicit
whisky. A big raid on these Wild
caters is organizing and will soon be
made.
A violent explosion of blasting powder
took place in the Reincke coal mines, near
Darlington, KY, a few evenings since,
which resulted in the death Of Alex. ASH
ley, Ed Rear and Titus Merritt, three
miners, and in the destruction O $500
worth of property.
The body of William Spry, Of Davi6
County, N. c., was found lying ON the
floor Of his room, in pool of blood, a few
days ago. There was bullet hole in his
leg from which he had bled to death.
Spry, who was an ex-convict, had been
charged with incendiarism in Davie Coun
ty, and evidence was accommodating against
him.
Harry Smart, charged with the murder
Of Meisner Green and Bell Ward, who
were found floating in the river at Louis
vile, KY, last summer, was found guilty,
and the sentence fixed was death. Smart,
on another count of the same charge, was
convicted several weeks ago, and sem
fenced to the penitentiary for life.
Notwithstanding all efforts made to
capture him, and the large reward offered,
Eugene Bunch, the train-robber, it is now
definitely known, is in the vicinity Of New
Orleans. and is liable to be heard from at
any unexpected moment.
Mrs. John Lee, working in a laundry at
Chattanooga, Tenn, with her hair hang
ing down her back, got too close to re-
volving pulley, few days since, which
caught the hair and jerked her head
against the shaft, fracturing her skull and
injuring her fatally.
AS VIM. Carneal, farmer, residing
south of Guthrie, KY, was attempting to
cross the railroad, driving team, few
Iy came upon him, and, striking his wagon,
jured him so seriously that little hope was
entertained of his recovery.
Robert W. Page was boiled to death at
Ga, few days since. He was
an employe of Weller's slaughter house.
While under the influence of liquor he fell
into the large kettle kept full of hot water,
in which hogs were scalded. He had beeIJ
in the kettle over an hour when founs,
and his body was bod almost into jelly.
Nine hundred an fifty telephones, b Fe-
tofore the property of the National Nm.
proved, Crescent ~sity and New Drlar r
Telephone companiesa aswere burnedyat
New Orleans, few day ago, us the
direction of Frank B.,sKpi,.SW ~ the
American Bell Telephonh1a' on1'st Com Any, Of
Boston. These instruments we. gadjudged
by the United States Court to p{fringe the
patents of the Bell company, ,gltnd as they.
could not be utilized they wegy destroyed.
Jacksonville refugees are returning.
A queer race struggle is imminent in
Charleston. s. G.. Within the past few
weeks upwards of one hundred Cinnamon
have located in the city, and every incom
ing steamer adds 10 the number. The i'm
migrants Immediately on landing open
laundry, an Institution hitherto almost
in that CITY, where the washing