St. Landry democrat., 1888-10-20
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS,


Carlinville, Ill, recently. He was a native
of North Carolina, and an old soldier
Walter J. Dickey, wealthy young ma,
of De Soto County, Miss, Was shot ant
instantly killed, few days since, by Jacl
Tribble, one of the tenants on his farm
The cause of the difficulty is unknown.
Tribble fed and had not been captured.
Simon Simmons, the negro who recent
ly killsd another negro named George
Countee with skillet over the proprie
torship of biscuit, was arrested and
securely lodged in jail at Pine Bluff, Ark
An immense tobacco barn with large
crop of tobacco and lot of farming i'm
plements. on the farm of Mr.. NJ. Reid
near Mayfeld, KY, was totally destroyed
by fire q few nights age. Loss, So, 200
partially Insured.
The latest sensation at Chattanooga
Tenn, is the Indictment of Geo. II. Brad t.
for arson; Mr. Bradt is accused Of set
ting fire to His printing office on the night
of August 8, which resulted in the de.
struction of the Caldwell Griffss block
and the loss of several lives.
Workmen have begun demolishing the
old United States Court building in New
Orleans. This was one of the public
buildings turned over by the French at
tie transfer of Louisiana in 1903, and
was occupied as the United States Dis
trict Court house for many years.
The case of the State against John Ii.
Heabsig, Of Jackson, Miss, who is COZ :
nected with the Illinois Central railroad,
charged with assault with intent TO COM
nit nans1aughtsr, was decided a few
days ago, the curry rendering verdict OF
one hours Imprisonment ID the M adlson
County Jail and fine Of $50.
| Tom McCarty; stove-molder. Of
Louisville: KY, was found dead in bed, a
| few days ago, with his throat cut, evil
| IDENTIFY by his own hand.
! Charles Foster, young man employed
as pilot on the steamer Lamasco. was
| drowned, few nights ago, near Fair
play, five miles below Henderson, Ky. He
was in the act of stepping from ths boat
| to barge when he fell overheard, and
| no skiff being at hand, he found watery
grave.
! Mrs: Sarah Cunady, an old woman
| residing near Eldyvile. KY, fell into the
! fire while sitting in 'front.' cf it, q few days
ago, and was burned to death before as
sistance could reach her. Her clothing
was buried from her body and her face
| terribly disfgured. She was nearly ninety
years old.
A Raleigh IN. c. dispatch says that
Chas. Lewis, acting mate of the Sound
Steamer Helen, was drowned some days
ago in Pamllco :.ound, or possibly COM
mitted suicide. His body y7as fennd' and
the throat was cut. 1t is the belief OF The
crew that he committed suicide, as he
vas given to fits of melancholy.
Governor Scales. of North Carolina
aas resp1ted, Until November 9, Millie
Poteat, the negro woman Who was under
sentence to be hanged at Yanceyville for
arson. Tbs woman has sent the Govern
Or a petition for communication OF her
sentence to life imprisonment The sen"
jence of Cora Wright was commuted to
Imprisonment for life,
A number Of Golorsd gamblers became
involved in dispute over garn5 Of cards
in an old barn in the southern portion of
Christian County, KY, few nights ago,
lur1ng which Press Cushenburg was shot
by colored man named West and fatal
Ly wounded. West was also wounded.
There have been several arrests.
J. wheeler. at Rebinett n. C.,was mur-
iered a few days ago BY two brothers
named Arthur and CASTOR Barnes. Fhey
attacked him, broke his skull with club.
and then stabbed him three times. They
then threw his body from the wagon and
drove away. They soon left the wagon
and took to the Wo5ds, Both the Barnes
brothers are desperate mel. Nc cause
for the crime is known.
The Brunswick Hotel, located in the
business center of Chattanooga, Tenn,
has been closed on a writ of attachment
issued by the Chancery Court on applica-
ton of W. T. Grow 81 Son, the owners of
the building. All the fufniturs is in the
hands of the sheriff.
During the year which ended Septem-
Der /, 1855, the South raised 7,0t7 TOT bales
Of cotton. OF this 4,63S, 951 bales were
exported for manufacture, and $3.50, 4S4
bales were used by the splnners in the
United States. OF the cotton used in
manufa acturing enterprises in this coun-
try only 1883 bales were used in the
South.
A Georgia justice wound up marriage
ceremoney recently, as follows: "By the
authority vested in me as an officer of the
great State of Georgia, which is some
times called the Empire State of the
South; by the fields of cotton that lie
spread out in snowy whiteness around us;
by the howl of the coon dog and the
gourd. vine whose slinging tendrils will
shade the entrance to your humble dwell
ing place; by the red and luscious heaft |
of the watermelon, whose sweetness fills |
the heart with joyi by the heavens and
the earth, and all that is in or under |
them, in the presence of these witnesses |
pronounce you man and wife, and may |
the Lord have mercy on your souls"
MA colored woman Of Clifton, Laurens |
County, S. c., recently gave birth to |
twins which presented a curious freak Of |
nature. They were united from the |
umbilicus up to the neck, having COM
mon neck and head, with one fully de- |
veloped face. The other face had one
developed eye just beneath the nose, and
two developed ears just beneath the eye, |
where the chin should have been. They |
were otherwise perfectly developed.
They died a few hours after birth. The |
bodies were photographed.
Barney Fair and Eli Barnes were play
ing game Of cards ipesparta, Ca, a
couple of weeks agoGpA dhpute arose,
when Barnes fred thu Ie shots into Fairs
abdomen, from whic. the wounded M |
died. The criminal waa pursued rs AEf
as Sandersville where a1ftraces of bir1l
were lost. A man giving ibis Is
Lewis was subsequently, arll..s att IA
con, Ca, charged with clock-stealir e and
was at once identified as the Sparia mur-
ierer.
The feyer's grip Is still on. AZ
John ]. Cornelison, whose horse whip
ping of Judge Richard Reed, of the Ken
lucky Superior Court led to the latter's |
suicide, has been respited
rom imprisonment by Governor Buck
1er for the term of nine months. He
viii then return to Jail to serve out his |
'hree years. term. The respite is on &C.
count of illness.
A few days since an attempt was made |