St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-02-11
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

A bill authorizing the issuance of SsoO,-
300 of bonds by the Lower Levee district
has passed the Mississippi Senate.
Captain John F. Douglas, wellknown
steam boatman between New Orleans ana
st. Louis, but later on the United States
steamer Newton, died recently at New
Orleans.
The motion to pass the Mississippi Con-
stitutional Convention bill over Governor
Lowry's veto failed in the Senate, the
vote standing 10 to 16, not the necessary
two thirds.
John Leslie, a weltknown business man
Of Birmingham, Ala, was shot through
the head few days since by man named
Ben Smith, while he was asleep on a
lounge in the house of his mistress.
In Coffee County, Ga, few nights ago.
Wiley Bird, a wealthy planter, while in
one of his outhouses, was held a prisoner
bv masked man. during which time five
confedera tes took from the house an old
chest containing $3.50 in money, besides
valuable papers.
At McKenzie, Tenn, a few days since,
Jasper Pope and F. C. Pate, two well-to-
do farmers, met and renewed an old
grudge Both drew pistols, Pate firing
first, hitting Pope in the breast and par
alyzing him. Pate then fired three more
| shots, killing Pope, after which he mount
ed his horse and rode deliberately out OF
| town.
| prominent young man named Wnl"
Roy ster, reared in Memphis. Tenn, has
| gone to the West Indies in company with
Nora Fitzgerald, a handsome young
woman, who went to Memphis from Chi
cago a year ago and claimed to be the
wife of a grain dealer in that city. Roy
! ster left a wife and one child, without
money, to mourn his departure. He had
8, 200 as his total capital.
Three New Orleans letter carriers are
under arrest for entering into conspiracy
to systematically rob the boxes on other
routes than their own and appropriate
and divide the valuable proceeds. The
postal authorities have been at fault for
some time to account for the disappear
ance of letters, but the systematic efforts
OF the secret service officers have been at
last rewarded by the capture OF the
| offenders.
Thomas Moore colored, sentenced to be
hanged at Georgetown, Ga, has been res
pited.
Ayoung man in Louisville who smoked
forty cigaretts day has been pronounced
of unsound mind by the physicians
I a b d
Andrew jenkins was killed few days
ago by James Warren near Jackson
Miss.
Blount McAlister, the ten-year-oId SON
of Judge W. K. McAlister, while pl aging
on a raft in the river at Nashville, Tenn,
few evenings since, fell in and was
drowned.
Charles Alderman, a switchman in the
Louisville & Nashville railroad yards, at
Birmingham, Ala, fell from moving
train few nights ago and was crushed
to death. He was twenty-eight years
old and unmarried.
Mrs John F. Ching, of Daviess Coun ty,
Ky., was burned to death few days ago.
She was standing near a CRATE when her
dress caught fire and she was fatally
burned before assist tance could reach her.
George Heath, bridge builder on the
Vicksburg, Shreveport e. Pacific railroad,
fell from the bridge at "Lake One," in
: Madison Parish, near Tallulah. La, a
few days since, and broke his neck. His
remains were taken to Vicksburg for in
terment.
The death of Captain Tilford Critten-
, den Edwards, one Of the oldest citizens
of Paducah, KY, occurred few days
since, in the sevsnty-second year OF hil
age. after an illness of five days, oi
pneumonia.
The Birmingham (Ala.) Board of Alder
mem have passed an ordinance prohibit
ing the buying and selling of pools, or in
j any other manner betting on the game OF
baseball. The ordinance was passed .,
the request of the officers Of the baseball
) association.
: Governor Gordon of Georgia commuted
the sentence Of Eliza Randall, who was
to have been hanged In Clay County, tc
| Imprisonment for life. Eliza had mur-
, dered her father, killing him with an
axe. All the details were Of the bloodies'
description, and not one word Of extenua
tion was urged in her behalf.
, VIM. Galloway was married to Miss Sal
} lie Hubbard, at Owensboro. KY, few
, days sgo. While the ceremony was being
: performed an officer stepped into ths
7 room, and when it was concluded hs
: pl aced Galloway under arrest for robbinl
. @ man named Sutton of large sum o.
3 money, at Clovenport.
The Artesian Water Company OF Mem
phis, Tenn, which began operations si1
. months ago, with capital stock Of 500,
600, has purchased the plant Of the oil
|. | water company, which supplied the cit,
= from Wolf creek.
= ! Robert Smalls, who was the last of tn
colored race to retire from membership Q
. che National House OF Representatives,
.. pushing his claim for pension on &C
count of his capture Of the Confederat
steamboat Planter, in Charleston harbol
and it's delivery to Union officers.
Il The annual conference Of the Methods
Episcopal Church (African) metlast wee
I 1tGsenadak MilR ex- Senator Revels pr'
II 5iGing as bishop pro tenn. There wer
!. shout four hundred preachers and la
delegates in attendance. This is th
! mother church that was organized
4 Philadelphia in 1877.
r In the Kentucky General Ass emily th
+ Senate resolution protesting against tf
1 passage by Congress Of the Blair bill
s characterizing 1t as an iniquitous measur
9 came up a few days ago, and after
Il number of efforts to make it q speci
9 order for different days, it was, on a ca
e Of yeas and nays, adopted by vote {
II 40 to 28.
g e. Short, the railroad agent at Kno,
e vile station, on the Louisville, New o
g leans q Texas railroad. was assassinate
!, few nights ago. The assassin fire
le through window. Short at the tin