St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-04-21
SOUTHERN GLEANiNGS,

lightning struck Matt Howard's barn
near Paris, KY, and one hundred head OF
stock perished in the resulting fire.
| Judge Howell E. Jackson, of Louisville,
KY, is mentioned as the possible sue
cessor of the late Chief-Justice Waite.
DR.. M. S. Craft one Of the most eminent
surgeons and physicians of Mississippi,
died few nights ago, after a lingering
illness.
| A citizen of Greenville, s. c., found an
old edition of Shakespeare at a Charles
ton book-sta few months ago. He
bought it for IS, a day or two afterward
sold it to book-d dealer for $3.50, and the
dealer has just sold it in London for $500.
Mrs. Margaret Fosse, of New Orleans,
recently celebrated her one hundredth
birthday by cooking her breakfast and
walking to church. She is the widow of
Louis Fosse, who served under Napoleon
| at Moscow.
Augusta, Ca, sis at work on his new book
about the war, and hopes to have it ready
| for publication by next fall. His inirmi-
ties, he says, compel him to write slowly,
deliberately and uncertainty"
At Campbellsville, KY, few days ago,
after few moments quarrelllng, Charles
Ramsey killed Rodeford Jeter, Jr. Jeter
leaves wife and four children.
| Mrs. 8. D. Langley, wife of Dr.. W. 8.
Langley, superintendent of the Missis-
sippi Blind Institute, most worthy lady,
died afew nights ago.
Captain Anthony L. Bargamin, book
keeper for E. B. Taylor, dealer in crock
cry, china and glassware at Richmond,
| Va, is defaulter. There are all sorts OF
rumors in regard to the amount of short
age, which is reported from 5000 to $20,-
600. Bargamin is in Canada
The Kentucky Legislature has passed an
act making petit larceny, by'whosoever
committed, punishable "with lashes on
the bare back"
In Union County, Sc, girl Of eleven
and a boy of nine quarreled few days
ago, and the boy plunged the blade of his
| pocket-knife into the girls heart, killing
| her instantly.
There is, in the vicinity Of Vaughsville,
8. c., an infant two months old whose
mother is eighteen, grandmother thirty
two, grandfather thirty seven, and great
| grandmother ffty-one.
Nero Fielder, colored, who stabbed and
killed Cap Mathews, colored, in Mont
gomery, Ala, last fall, was convicted of
| manslaughter and sentenced to five years
in the penitentiary.
In suit filed by Memphis (Tenn.)
brokers representing foreign houses to
enjoin collection Of the Taxing District,
| or Memphis City, merchants tax, Chan
| celor Estes decided that the collection of
such tax is illegal.
Mrs. John Guess, of Muhlenberg Coun-
| ty, KY, who has been in bad health for
some time, attempted to take her own life
| few days ago while under the influence
of morphine, by cutting her throat with
razor. She made two efforts, cutting
cash from ear to ear, and can not possibly
| recover.
st. Louis, New Orleans, st. Paul, and
many other cities, are represented in the
entries for the grand Inter State encamp-
/ ment and competitive drill, to be held at
/ Nashville, Tenn, in May. Great interest
is manifested, and arrangements are be-
| ing made for the accommodation of thou
sands of visitors.
The Georgia Railroad Commission at
recent meeting refused the request of the
colored people that first and second
| class passenger rate be established, and
held that the railroads must furnish the
| colored people accommodations in every
| way equal to those furnished the white
| people.
| State Treasurer Bamberg of South Caro-
| lima has issued call for purchasers for
| $311 SIT of new South Carolina four and
| one-haH per cent. bonds and stock GER
| tificates, which will be issued to refund
| deficiency bonds and stocks maturing
| July next. The new bonds and stock
| certificates will run forty years, maturing
! in July, 1928.
Moses Murphy, thirteen years old, and
| Moses Brown, aged sixteen, Of Orange
burg, 8. c., quarreled few days ago..
Brown did not want to fight, and finally
started to run, whereupon Murphy threw
large pocket knife at him. The blade
sank into Browns back up to the handle
and penetrated one Iof his lungs, causing
death in an hour. The young murderer was
locked up.
A heavy electrical storm sweptover Ma
con County, s. c., a few nights ago. A
bolt of lightning struck the house Of Jesse
Saunders, on Skeenah mountain. Saunders
was absent. His wife and baby, as we'll
as his daughter, aged eighteen, were all
struck. Their condition is reported to be
critical. A remarkable feature Of ths
stroke was that half the house was de-
stroyed and the remainder left standing.
The baby lies in o stupor, as If dead.
Revenue Agent Chapman and Deputies
Clay, Mitchell and Colquit, and United
States Deputy Marshal J. B. Young, re-
Gently made a big raid in Lauderdale
County, Ala, and captured five moonshine
distilleries and about a dozen prisoners.
They destroyed and confscated about
81 600 or 81 500 of wildcat distillery prop
erty.
Perhaps the largest pension ever paid
by the Government to any one for services
as private soldier has just been awarded
to John Vice, who lives short distance
east Of Owingsville, KY. The pension, $72
month, is for total blindness, and dating
back to the beginning of Vices applica-
ton in the first year of the war Of the re-
belion, now foots up something over S14,.
GOO. Vice was abjectly poor and has q
helpless family.
Bessemer, new manufacturing town
twelve miles from Birmingham, Ala, cell
ebrated its first birthday few days ago
in royal style. The town has 1900 inhab-
itants, four large blast furnaces, rolling
mill of large capacity and many smaller
industries. The celebration consisted Of
speeches by prominent men, big bar
becue, q prize military drill and other
amusements. One thousand people were