St. Landry democrat., 1888-11-17
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS,

Orleans, few nights ago, Of about $50,
600 by d lone highwayman. The mes
senger and baggage master were com
peeled to throw up their hands at the poin
Of a revolver.
f'he business portion of the town o
Lewiston, BERTHE County, N. c., wa
burned few nights ago. About twelv
stores are reported to have been de
stroyed. The registration books wer'
burned, which caused some trouble abou
this voting at the election.
A score of retail merchants of Charles
ton, s. c., are in Jail for refusing t.
pay their city license, and others expec
to be arrested. This move has caused
| considerable excitement in that commu
nifty.
At the door of Brodwelps Hotel il
Louisville. KY, few nights ago, Dan
Mcdaniel shot F. H. Pitt, lightning-ro
agent Mcdaniel made his escape. Pitt
| refused to tell what was the cause of the
| shooting.
A fire broke out at Macon, Co., a few
Nights ago, in the oil and paint store OF
I. c. Burke, and after consuming the
entire stock, valued as S25, 900, was com.
municated to the adjoining stores of
Nussbaum, Van Sckel &5 Tinda11, hard
ware dealers, Of H. D. Adams & Co.,
wholesale groceries, and Of Charles Tay-
lor, furniture dealer, all of which were
destroyed. The estimated loss is aboat
$125,O0O, about twos thirds Of which is
covered by insurance.
The official returns of the recent gu 5er-
material election in Georgia show that
Governor Gordon received 122, 795, with
not much more than 400 against him.
difficulty occurred at Tazewell, Tenn,
on election day between K F. Carr and
d. NJ. Carr on one side and II. M. Clapp
on the other. Clapp was, perhaps, fatally
injured Sheriff Hughes was shot in the
hand while trying to quell the riot.
In riot at Greensboro, KY, q few
nights ago, Lieutenant Ed Crook, chief
OF police, was stabbed in the back, per-
haps fatally. Lee Hayden and John My.
rick, policemen, had their weapons taken
from them and were brutally beaten. The
mob consisted of nearly one hundred
men, mostly toughs from the country
A genuine sensation was created In
Chattanooga, Tenn, few evenings since,
When w. W. Thomas went to police head
quarters and gave himself up as one Of
the murderers of Colonel w. A. McWill-
Jams, who was killed at Jacksonville,
Fla, thirteen months ago.
A New Orleans lady sent half a dozen
designs to one Of the big cotton print
mills at Fall River for approval, and
some weeks later they were sent back to
her as refused Recently she saw the
designs On some calico just re-
ceived IN New Orleans from the mill, and
wrote an indignant letter to the mill
owners dem aEding an explanation. In
reply she received handsome check for
her work
McKendree Owen, young man living
at Bartlett's Station. KY, was killed, a
Few nights ago, by Leonard Elmore. a
leighbor. Owen some time since wrote
and had published an article in a local
paper rejecting on Elmore. A feud re-
suited, and as the two were returning
rom the election with crowd of friends
he quarrel was reopen ed. 1t was ended |
~ Elmore drawing his pistol and shoot |
ng Owen through the breast. Owen died
n few minutes. Elmore was arrested. |
Both men are OF good family and unmar.
led.
& train on the Savannah & Western |
Dad, containing 125 passengers for the
dacofi fait, was wrecked near Ellaville,
Ia, few days ago. The killed are:
charlie Scoville, Dodge Tyson, Henry
1artin, George Davis and John Hanover
dozen others were injured, among
hem Conductor W. G. Singleton.
Ineendiaries set fire to and burned the
esidence of C. B. Green, prominent
itizen Of Durham, N. c., few mornings
lnce. There was intense political feel
lg between the whites and negroes dur.
lg the election and the negroes had
lreatened Green with violence. Green |
nd his family barely escaped from the
urning house with their lives. The
hite people of Durham, who accuse the
egroes Of the deed, were expecting an
ltbreak on the part of the latter. E;
A horrible murder was perpetrated near {
ockhaven, KY, a ssw evenings since. ,
,ch Hill, g farmer, shot and killed Mrs.
ary A. Jones, respectable. widow, un-
'r the most awful circumstances Sew a
al days previous Hill went to Mrs. @
mes house and attempts / to take lib +,
ties with her: She ran away from home.
I'd when she returned with help Hill was N
ne. The next day she had him arrest 1
and he was fined fifty dollars by q
|
would kill her; and he carried out his
reat Mrs. Jones was going along the +
ad near her house unattended, when $
II, armed with a double barreled shot C
n, stepped out Of the bushes and lev r.
I'd his gun at her. She gave a scream, h
d he fired. The shot struck her in the
ad, and she died within an hour. Hill
capped to the woods. A gang of armed p
III followed him, however, and two q
urs later found him concealed in O m
cket. He was captured and taken to =,
l. There was talk Of mob, but a
ong guard was placed around the Jail. III
Q greatest excitement is reported to tE
st on account of his awful crime.
Inoch P. Wood prominent CITIZEN of at
pkinsville, KY, died suddenly at his n,
idence few evenings since after only ~
} hours illness, in the seventy third r.
II Of his age. st
t DaytoL Tenn, a few nights ago, so
ney CrozIer called John Williams to di
door of his house. Crozier then
W pistol and shot Williams in the h.
ut side, inficting fatal wound. The De
There was woman in Sc
case. to
n East bound freight train on the M
lsas City, Memphis & Birmingham ev
road, went through trestle forty.two he
IS west of Birmingham, Ala, a few
S ago. Eight or ten cars were broken
splinters. Two unknown negro W
nps, who were stealing a ride, and ali
keman James Smith, white, were tr,
ID. Conductor Fraser and three me- he
brakemen were injured. a..
le Augusta (Ga-) Exposition is open. ~,
eutenant w. p. Conway, of the United ot
es Navy, and Miss Susie Hawthorn MI
'dson, sister of Urey Woodson, edit. "
the Owensboro (Ky) Daily Messea-
were married atOwensboro recently. Y,
ceremony was performed by Rev. j. -s
[olloy, and the couple left at once for w