St. Landry democrat., 1888-08-25
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS
There is trouble again in Pike County
KY. between the Hatfields and McCoYs

AACA Q 10 u louDlo again Ill lho SOunIy
KY, between the Hatfelds and McCoys.
The finest business square in Chatta
nooga, Tenn, was destroyed by fire few
days ago, entailing loss of $40, 900
Citizens who were removing goods wer.
caught by a falling wall and fourteen
were killed.
daughter of VIM Brown,'a we'll -knowr
carpenter at Lexington, Mo, fell into tn
well on her aunt's farm on the George.
town road, a few days since, and wa
drowned.
The wife of Jacob Courtocio, of R ich
mond. Va, has filed information charg
ing her husband with absconding. HI
ran away with $3.50 in cash and S., 800 il
notes of her property. She offers re-
! ward for his apprehension.
Mrs. Mildred Mcfarland d died at Owens.
boro, KY, few days since, aged one
hundred and three. She led remark.
ably active life until five or SIX years ago
since which time she has been as viva
cious as an ordinary woman OF sixty.
One hundred and six million feet OF
lumber, valued at $3.50, 900, has beer
shipped from Fernandina, Fla, in the
current year. If strung out end to end il
would make 1000 miles. Over $4,000 cars
were required for the transportation of it.
AS Miss Fannie Thompson, a young
lady living in Caldwell County, KY, was
returning home from visit to neigh.
Dor, few days ago, she accidentally
stepped upon a thorn, which run into her
foot, producing such intense suffe ring
that lock-jaw set in soon afterward. The
pain she endured was very great until
relieved by death.
E. A. Smith, a civil-engineer Of New
Iberia, La, was killed, few days ago, at
Freetown by citizens Of the place for
stirring up trouble among the negroes.
Miss Mollie Hightowsr, Of Murfrees-
boro, Tenn, leaped from a buggy drawn
by frightened horse at Manchester,
Tenn, few days since, and sustained
probably fatal injuries.
VIM. Howard, a prominent young farm
er of Webster County, KY, who was
stabbed by VIM. Simpson, his father-in-
law, at Blackford, in that county, several
days ago, died Of his wounds.
General rains have recently extended
all over the Memphis district, and were
OF material benefit to the cotton crop. In
some sections it was beginning to suffer
from threatened drought.
Mrs. F. NJ. Allemande, aged forty-two
formerly of st. Louis, but who with her
daughter and son-in-1a law, Charles Van
Overlook. had lived in Louisville, KY, a
short time, committed suicide few days
ago by shooting herself through the head.
She was in ill-health and suffering from
the shock caused by her husbands death
last March.
At Hull's station, Ala, few days ago,
Gid Blackburn, aged six, and Lewis Davis,
aged four, were playing with an old rusty
shotgun, which was supposed to be un-
loaded. Blackburn applied a lighted
match to the tube of the gun. and it was
discharged, blowing Davis head nearly
off, hilling him ms family. The two little
boys were cousins.
In the Criminal Court Of Mecklenburg
County, N. c., recently, two colored
women were arraigned on presentments
by the grand jury charging them with
murder. One Of these is Jane Morrison,
who, in January, 1887, killed her husband
with skillet. The other, Ann Wallace,
cut the throat Of MilIie Robinson.
Charles McAfee and Gus Page, two Of
the murderers of Joseph Williams, who
was SO horribly butohered in Chattanoo-
at Graysville Ga, and were returned to
Chattanooga. The third man implicated
was being pursued by posse of men with
bloodhounds.
In Kershaw County, 8. c., few even
ings since, Henry Shropshire and his
wife went to church, about two miles from
their house, taking their baby with them,
but leaving at home their two other chill
drar -,
years. When they returned, three hours
later, they found their house burned to
tbs ground and IN the smoking ruins the
charred remains Of the two children.
John E. Starnes, who killed William
Phelps, near Nashville, Tenn, by strik-
ing him with stone, fracturlng his skull,
was arrested recently, at Elkton, and
taken back to Nashville for trial. Starnes
and Phelps quarreled about rumor that
there was smallpox at Phelps house.
Starnes fed and made his way to Elkton.
Miles Erwin, who some days ago in
dicted deadly blow with stone on the
head Of John Sanders, at Chattanooga,
Tenn, was arrested at Boyce by police
officers, who were after trio of es capped
nurderers. Erwin was seen in crowd of
oystanders and broke and ran for the
woods, but was run down. He was taken
back to Chattanooga, where he will be
ried for murder.
The city of Decatur, Ala, has made a
contract for 5000 worth of street i'm
The report of the tax asses
;or just finished for 1888 shows tax val
lation of over $40 900, OOO an increase of |
,ver $4,000, 600 in the last year. This does
lot include New Decatur. Work has
,een commenced on city hall and mar |
,et-house, to cost SIS, 900, and franchise |
las been granted FOR the building of !
,as plant to cost $4,000.
The yearly meeting Of Friends, or
luakers, held at High Point, N. c., jusa
losed, had no less than 1000 people pres
mt, every State in the Union being rep
esented ip,,SShe great congregation. The
Established college and !
'iven il Ian endowment of 500, Qna9 The
Meeting -cided to .e9te ID SS1cational |
york among4he three thodszhd Cherokee
indians who l. Iside on -bsAr great reser-
ion in westes } olina.
There was seVersIelectric storm at
'outhport, N. c., ftFs days ago. Light
ing struck two Il thement houses oc-
upied by colored TEople. The buildings
7ere badly damaged and the occupants
TUNED At one house, where twenty in
mates where in bed asleep, the lightning
layed wild pranks, tearing out the entire
ront of the house, knocking down the