St. Landry democrat., 1888-12-08
Miscellaneous Items,

| miscellaneous Items.
In the Interstate prize drill at Dan
| vile, Va, the Danville Blues took first
prize, and the Reidsville IN. c. Infantry
| second.
A terrible explosion took place few
evenings sir.ce in the stone quarries near
FalrTleW, KY, where number of men
were engaged in quarrying rock at the
time. While loading with steel rammer
for blasting, the material used suddenly
exploded, hurting Charles Combs, white,
and Jake Brown and Bill Tandy, colored,
considerable distance against stone
wall inficting injuries that rendered their
recovery doubtful.
Joseph Collins was shot and killed, a
few nights ago, by Jno. Bush, whose
daughter he went to see at Cumberland
Gap, Tenn. Mrs. Bush ordered Collins to
leave. Instead of doing so he drew his
pistol and snapped it twice at her, then
picked up an empty shotgun and began
beating her over the head with it. Bush
appeared on the scene at this juncture,
and drawing his pistol shot Collins
through the head, firing five more shots
into his victim after he fell.
A fire at Durant, Miss, burned OFT
fifteen business houses. Loss. $4,000: in
surance unknown. Probably incendiary.
A barge belonging to G. N. Anshutz, of
Troy Belle, O., with $500 barrels apples,
was sunk by the Kate Adams at Memphis.
Tenn, few days ago. Insurance, 1850.
The firm of T. J. Ferguson &c Co., of
Dublin, CoahQma County, Miss, has been
attached in the past few days for sums ag-
gregating about 200. The first attach
ment was run last Tuesday. 1t is thought
the firms liabilities are under $4,000.
Chattanooga, Tenn, suffered from an
other fire few nights ago.
The killing of Jerry Smith, colored. in
Jefferson County, Ga, recently, by his
employer, L. J. Tooke, a white planter,
has created big sensation among the
negroes, who talk wildly about the mat
ter.
Governor Gordon of Georgia has par
doned William Wingard, who was con-
vlcted OF voluntary manslaughter at the
June term of the Superior Court of Chath-
am County, and sentenced to serve four
years in the penitentiary. He has served
about fifteen months. Wingard killed his
5tep-father. For a long time this step
father had treated the boys mother with !
great cruelty, and was often even brutal |
IN his conduct toward her. The boy re-
with his step-father from time |
70 time, but it did no good. So one day
when his treatment of his mother was
very brutal the son seized a pistol and
shot him dead. The boy, is only fifteen
Tears of age.
1t is purposed to extend the Ouachita
Valley railway from Monroe, La, to Bos-
-rOp.
Governor Jackson of Maryland has par
loned Hezekiah Best Martin J. Clark and
Iohn W. Mcmahon who were serving a
erm in the Baltimore Jail for fraud in the
lection of 1886. The families of some of
hem have been reduced to a suffering
ondition since the imprisonment of the
and fathers.
1t is claimed that the true source of the
river has been discovered. 1t
5 in two lakes near Sauk Center, Mimi,
ne of which has been named Lake
josephine.
Government detectives have been in
lately looking up the mysterious
obbery of coin while in transit from the
lew Orleans mint to Washington.
Track-laying on the Knoxville, Cumber-
md Gap S Louisville railroad has began
t Knoxville, Tenn.
A. j. Swon, ex-county trustee of Knox ,
ounty, Tenn, charged with being de-
.ulter, has been released from the charge,
lends coming to his release. His alleged
portage reached 1852, 800.
Virginia gave Cleveland 151 ,977 and Har-
son 100, ,43S votes.
Alabama has one mile of railway to
rery 22.9l square miles of territory, Ar
ansas one to every 24.52 square miles,
lorida to every 30.59, Louisiana to every i
.2S and Texas one mile to every 36.43 4
,ith these figures it can not be very well
larged that the South has all the roads it
n support. -
A man named eforrow was arrested in
rkansas fewNays ago and retut 4ed taildl
fferson County ,e.ssdla., where hb is }antpuT
r the crime of M2wder. He hast9Ren
name of A. J. simt&ag, j, ;isfsy ye mar
ID and had an interesting faaa11y. His
rest has caused a sensatiop1lhere. b
In a negro dive at Sanfor. Fla, few :
ys ago, Mat Waters fatall shot WASH
gton Smith. Both are co.. ,red.
Yellow fever deaths are decreasing.
The Richmond & Danville Railroad
mpany has been enjoined by Chancellor Y
bson, at Knoxville, Tenn, from operat- 7
the East Tennessee, Virginia & Geor- T
railroad under the lease recently
tde. The Chancelor's decision is
ought remarkable document, and r
Used sensation in the courtroom. IT
based on the ground that the two roads 81
competing lines and fall under the pro- 81
ions OF proviso contained in special |
passed by the Tennessee Legislature. ).
II. John s. Fenner, for many years the o
ding physician of Jackson, Tenn, died 81
emily. His loss is considered puhlie fl
aznsty. t.