St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-10-27
SOUTHERN ak@EANENGS.

State with MS family in a curious vohlcles
The body, which iT something like a
street. car and which will hold thirty per
sons, is set on a log wagon, which is
drawn Ey four large oxen. There is a
door at the rear and steps for entering it,
and within are q cook-stoVe, dining ia
btes sleeping berths, and all necessary
arrangea4ents for comfortable journey
ing.
| At Valdosta, Ga, q man named Vickers
recently attacked and almost killed DR..
j. e. Manson, because he was Jealous of
! the physiciar having been invited to diu~
| ner by his wife aftsS attending u sick
child.
tohn Thompson, a colored 1aborer,
twenty -si.s vears old, was found on the
street in Louis ttts1c! KY, a few nights
ago, dying Of a pistol shot in the groin.
He lived half an hour after he Tas found,
His murderer was unknown.
The Chris tian Science Association of
| louisville. KY, with a membership OF
! 10J tno&tI7 Tadies, many of whom are
wives of prominent business men, re-
| Gently celebrated the fsrsh annivers airy Of
its organization.
Four members Of the Kolloc1- Street
Baptist Church III Augusta, Ga, w5-e
| publicly dismissed recently because they
| united with the Mormon elders. This is
| thh first ,instance in that locality where
| church llt2n7'arS have been enrolled as
| Mormon converts,
| IN landslide 100 by 150 seaf vide at
| Kleinstor, Miss, few days since, Fsy@
! fo4l 1ar*faouI the. chief engineer of the
| Vick3burg Wharf atid Ifnd Company,
was carried down to the IifeT and
| drowned. a car load of cotton was lost
and much damage was done to property.
DR. r. Nj. Fairleigh, one Of the most
prominent physicians in Kentucky, died
at his residence in Hopkinsville. recent
! ", after q lingering and painful illness,
of dlGpag, in the forty~niuth year Of his
age.
DR.. E. 4. Lakeland, the oldest ar%d ono
Of the most prominent physicians OF Da-
,, 5;ttees County, Ky, died at Greanyille, re-
Gently, OF l4ea.rf 6Essase. He had just
left the bedside Of patients and fell
dead without moments warning.
Robert J. Smith, Of Jessup, Ga, was
murdered by Lewis Edwards, colored,
who was sentenced to life Imprisonment
His attorney secured a new trial, ard the
case was to have begun few days since,
but d party of masked men entered the
jail and shot him dead.
The stockholders of the East Tennes-
see Virginia & Georgia railroad met at
Knoxville, Tenn, few days ago, and de-
cided to issue Sc, 900 0)0 in bonds td be
known US tie Fast Tennessee e Virginia
railway Improvements and equipment
bonds. The bonds will be ttsea to i'm
prove the road by the purchase OF 5tldi-
tional rolling stock, to build feeders and
extend the lines.
EesT Harrodsburg, KY, n few days
since, Mollie ftsstsr. daughter of WE'LL
to do fan mer, committed suicide BY tax
iHa strichnine. Some ho1frs aftsr swal~
lowing the ttao4son SHE told what she had
dons aid asked for f.iedieal aid, but it was
too late. She uisd in terrible agony. A
young man named Campbell had been
paying her devoted attention, but it was
recently announced he would soon marry
another girl
The Grand Lodge Of Tennessee, Inde- |
pendent Order of Odd Fellows. elected
tie folio 8lng officers: Grand master, John |
L. Nolan, CT Nsshvilles deputy grand |
master, Peter Harris, fr., OF Nashville; |
grand warden, Philip Eichorn, Of Chat- |
tanooga; grand secretary, j. II. Harwetl,
of Nashville; grand treasurer, j. 5. Weak
ly, of Nashville; grand representative to |
the Sovereign Grand Lodge, A +. Davis, |
of Menphfs; The next meeting Of the |
grand lodge viii be held at Columbia.
James w. Ware. a Wealbhy contractor, |
and formerly Circuit Court clerk at Bir- |
miugham, Ala, went to the Boarding |
house of Mrs. Bird, a few nights ago "nd
was met at the head Of the stairs by Lon |
c. Pease, Mrs. Birds son-in-law, who or
dered him away. Ware refused to So,
and began cursing Pease in the presence !
of several ladies. Pease pushed him I
slightly, and WsLs losing his balance,
fell to the payemsut below. His skull
was crushed by the fan, and he fingered
few houfs, when he died. Tease IS III
Jail at Fayette Conrts House.
A warrant was sworn out at Morgan-
field, KY, recently, against q negro
named Hopgood, and placed in the hands
of City Marshal Spaulding. The officer
traced his man to church, and there
put him under arrest. They started out
of the church together, and as they were
going out of the door the prisoner jerked
away from the officer, and started on the
run lodging around the corners Of the
church. The marshal ran around tde !
opposite way aud seeing that the negro
was going to make his escape, fired upon
him, the ball taking effect in the body.
The negro was mortaily veunded. +
VIM. Sherrard, an engineer III the en-
ploy Of Louis Malloy, a contractor on the
Government work at Louisville. KY, in
enlarging the canal, was killed, few
day; ago, in a singular manner. The
pennsylvania company's bridge across
the Ohio was undergoing repairs and old
ties as they we're replaced were pushed
OFF the bridge and fell to the rocks forty
feet below. Ma!loy thought some of these
might be useful to him. and sent Sher-
rard over to inspect them. While Slter-
rard was busy looking them over the
workmen on the bridge showed another
tie overheard, and it fell upon Sherrard's
head, dashing his brains out
A womarIs screams, as If in mortal
agony, werDheard and thrilled hundreds
Of people near the depot at Greensboro,
N. c., a few nights ago There was a
rush, and the body Of mulatto woman
was fe.Ad lying partially ID the door Of q
'+S Her throat was cut from ear to |
Gar, and she lay in pool Of blood. The |
wound was SO dreadful as nearly to cut |
off her head. Her name was Laura Hiatt. y;
She had left her home, but little dis ,
,ance away, only few moments before, r
as the door of her house was open and
ler baby, aged ten months, was lying on
he bed. There is no clew to the murder
sr, but the closest search for him was be-
ng made. No reason can be assigned for
he crime.
Yellow fever has not gone yet
The Association OF Southern Homao-
patnists, at its recent session in Louis
vile, KY, elected the following oficsrs:
President. W. E. Green, Little Rock; vice. +
president, Walker Bailey, Jr., New Or
cans; recording secretary, D. E. Lippin-