St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-03-10
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

The trial of Colonel Jones s. Hamil ton
charged with the murder of Roderick D.
Gambrell, on the 5th of MAY last, is il
progress at Jackson, Miss.
Steel from Alabama iron was made al
blrmln CHAM few days ago for the first
time, and the success of the test means
much for the State and for the South.
While standing on the bank of Sulphur
Creek, in Montgomery County, Tenn, q
few days ago, watching the food, the
earth caved in, and John and William
Rogers were drowned.
Colonel M. F. Jones, of Montgomery,
Ala, received a telegram from Midway a
| few days ago, stating that the dead body
of his daughter had been found near that
place. She is supposed to have been en-.
ticed away and murdered.
A little daughter of James McAndrews,
OF Chattanooga, Tenn, was bitten by a
mad dog while playing near her house a
few days ago. The affair caused much
alarm.
The great revival which has been go
ing on at the First Methodist Episcopal
Church, of Jackson, Tenn, for the past
month, still continues, with no prospect
Of closing. This is one of the greatest
revivals ever known in West Tenness ee.
Colonel E. B. c. Cash, the famous duel
ist and "fire- eater" who killed Colonel
William M. Shannon, a prominent lawyer,
in duel in August, 1880, and who SUBJ
sequently for ten years defed the power
of the State to arrest him, died at his
home in Chesterfield County,S. c., few
days ago, Of paralysis, aged sixty six
years.
Win Miller, negro, aged nine teen, liv :
| frrs ~, Tr,,,so -
| killed a few days ago in railroad camp
in the suburbs of the city, by Nose Mar
veil, another negro. The two were play
ing with a loaded pistol belonging to
| Miller, which MARVEL got possession of,
and pointing it at Miller, pulled the trig.
| ger. The bullet struck him in the center
of the forehead and he fell dead.
The storehouse of Blackwell & Webbs,
at Crucifer, fifteen miles east of jackson,
Tenn, was broken open few nights ago
and robbed of several hundred dollars
worth of dry goods, clothing, boots. shoes
and jewelry. The thieves entered the
store by prying open the windows. After
helping themselves to all they wanted
they departed, leaving a note, signed
''The James Boys" There is no clew to
the robbers.
Near the Eagle. and Phoenix dam at
Brownsville, Tex, a skeleton was re-
Gently unearthed by the rain. Mr.. j. A.
Allen identified the remains as those of
Henry Lurington, who was killed by the
Wilson raiders April Is, 1865. In 1874,
during a rainy spell, similar to the pres
ent one the body was unearthed and
buri ed again.
Five colored children were burned to
death in a burning cabin near Greenville,
S. c., a few nights ago.
A constitutional amendment limiting
the Governors term of office to four years,
without tie right of succession has been
passed by the Mississippi Legislature.
The Mississippi Senate is discussing the
penitontiary bill which proposes thatthe
State shall, within thirty days after its
passage, take full control of the peniten.
tiary and convicts.
The committee to invests cate affairs in
Rowan County, KY, will, it is stated,
unanimously report in favor of the dis
memberment of that county, but there
are some differences as to what should be
done in the matter of Judge Co'e.
John Pare, well-known young man Of
Simps on County, KY, was found dead
few nights ago about two miles from
Franklin, on the railroad track. His
skull was crushed He had either re-
ceived terrible blow or else the car
wheels had struck his head in passing.
The Tennessee Farmers Alliance was
organized in Nashville last week. j. A.
Buchanan, of Rutherford County, was
elected PRESIDENT; j. H. Mcdowell, of
Obion, secretary; and ]. F. Black, of
Giles. treasurer. There We're seventy
delegates present, and the session was
secret.
George W. Caradine, who lived two and
half miles from Clarksville, Ca, took
dose of strychnins few days ago. After
taking it his wife asked him what he had
taken. He told her, bat gave no reason
for the act. He died shortly after. Debt
is the only cause that can be surmised.
Jack Reinhard farmer, of Lincoln
County, N. c., has struck bonanza. He
has found gold mine in cotton field on
his farm, for which he was few days
since offered $4,000 in cash, which he re-
fused. The ore uncovered is Of the richest
quality and the vein large and well de-
fined.
hand some monument of granite and
marble will soon be erected in Cove Hill
Cemetery, near Louisville. KY, over the |
grave of jennie Bowman, the domestic.
who lost her life in a struggle with burg
lar. The inscription to be placed on tn e |
shaft will read: Public r Recognit on of |
the Heroism of Jennie Bowman-Faithful |
to Her Trust, Even Unto Death"
The Alabama Supreme Court has decid-
cd the act establishing colored univer-
sity to be uncons titutional on the ground |
that the money appropriated was part Of
q fund which had been declared by the
Constitution to be for the common schools,
and which could not be used for univer
sity.
Miss Davenport, the teacher of the
public school at Rome, Miss, expelled one
or two pupils recently. Friends of the
teacher on one hand, and those of the ex-
peeled parties on the other. met at the
James Bailey, Jr., fired
six charges from his pistol, instantly
killing R. A. Rutledge and fatally wound
ing his son, Edward. They were buried
IN the same grave. BENZ. Fish and
Bailey's SON received slight wounds.
Bailey was shot in the side and received
D cut in the back.
B. Grooms, an old man residing near
Greenfield, Weakly County, Tenn, shot
and instantly killed young man named
Jonnell few days ago. Grooms had
warned Connell not to come on his prem
ses, but the latter, who intended to leave
n day or two for Arkansas, called to
bid girl living on Grooms' place good
I'VE As (s0nne,I arnroachad the housa