St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-12-01
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS,

surance, $li, i,5oo
In a row at New Roads, La, recently
Van Matthews and J. B. Woodruff kille
each other.
VIM. r. Shine. Baltimore drumme,
shot himself through the head at the 81
James Hotel, Richmond, Va, few day
ago. No cause is known.
The milestone in Cunningham & G. allo
ways grist mill, at Gallowa ay's Station
Tenn, burst, q Few evenings since III
stantly killing Oliver Welder and serious
ly tnJuring Cunningham. The mill wa
wrecked.
Ihe Governor Of South Carolina la
committed to thirty years. Imprisonment
Tie death sentence of Charles Dupre, the
chlld murderer, who was to have beer
hanged on the 23d inst. The criminal il
negro boy. just nine years old.
Ihe warehouse and offices of w. H. Ell.
niger q Bro, wholesale -four dealers, Al
Louisville, KY, were burned a few nights
ago. Nearly 5000 barrels OF -four Were
destroyed. Loss ON building and stocks,
AO0OO: Insurance about $50, 600.
j. Barrey, Of Vicksburg, Miss, re-.
Gently sank gas well at Lake Proyi .
dence, La. The pressure is good, and
the gas burns brilliantly. 1t is believed
the gas field is extensive.
The cotton crop in West Tennessee Is
yielding much better than was expected
| month ago. The staple is larger and
| better than has been known for years.
Inc streets of Jackson are crowded with
cotton bales from morning until night
The outlook FOR big holiday trade was
| never better.
The yellow-fever scourge has entirely
abated at Decatur, Ala
John Peterson, wanted in Ashville. n.
T., for murder, has been captured in
Blout County, Tenn.
An unsuccessful attempt was made, a
few nights ago, to burn the building oc-
cupied by the Birmingham (Ala.) aqe-
Herald.
Ben Harrison, colored man of Hop.
klnsvllle, KY, had fit while driving
wagon, few days since, and, falling to
the ground. broke his neck, dying in.
stantly.
John White, q young farmer living near
Hopkiusville, Ky., fell from loaded
wagon. few evenings since, and broke
his back, and received other serious in
Jurles that rendered his recovery doubt.
full.
DR.. ]. ]. Walker, well-known and &c.
centric citizen Of Hopkinsville, KY, died
suddenly few days since. He recently
had stroke of paralysis. and never
rallied. He was a bachelor.
The Garfield Club, of Knoxville, Tenn,
composed entirely of white citizens have
made arran gements to attend the inaug-
uration Of President Harrison in body.
Two hundred members Will go, each
wearing a silk hat aud overcoat of the
same color
The house Of Jack Gregg at Leestille,
KY, was burned few nights ago, and all
the family, consisting of five persons,
perlshed, except Gregg, who was away
from the house on business.
While boring for gas in Livingston |
County. KY. twelve miles from Paducah, |
recently, vein of silver ore was struck |
at depth Of about eight hundred feet.
The vein is said to be about three feet
thick, and considerable excitement pre-.
walls over the find.
Henry James, colored, and his wife
went to church supper at Livingstone,
Ala, few nights ago. leaving their three
children locked up in the house. Upon
heir return they found the house in
ashes, and the children burned to It crisp.
John Peterson, wanted for murder at
Asheville, N. g., was arrested in the
Mountains of Blount County, Tenn, q
ew days ago, by Deputy Sheriff Blanken.
hip. Peterson killed a man named
3ooch last July, the murder being the
most horrible ever known in Western
Worth Carolina
F. Fl. Varnado prominent merchant
i Tsyka, Miss, was shot down and in.
tantly killed, a few nights ago. There
7ere no witnesses to the killing and the
ssassin is unknown.
y. Il. Adams, city treasurer of Macon,
Ia, ls reported as being about $40, 600
hort in his accounts, and has been sus.
'ended from office. He can give no salts. {
actory explanation. Demands have been !
lade on his bondsmen.
Some new coal discoveries that have
cen made near Fofdsville, KY, on the I
ne of the Owensboro & Falls Of Rough
abroad, hold out better promises than I
ny of the veins yet known in that region. q
Jas. Phi1beck, farmer living in Cieye- !
md County, n. c., was called to the door
his house few nights ago and shot '
'ad by an unknown party, who then en-. h
red the premises, shot Philbe ck's wife a
I'd robbed the house. The murderer il
capped. ;,
Robert Fl. HALEY, of jackson, Tenn. :,
akeman on the Mobile & Ohio railroad. v
II under the wheels while coupling cars >
Guntown, Miss, few nights ago. The u
rs passed over his left hand, manoline ft
in a fearful manner. The unfortunate g
IN was taken to Jackson, where four of =
! fingers were amputated.
Jack Jones, negro hailing from Ma. II
sault on Mrs. John Haggard and Miss n
dgroth, who live near lockwood, Tenn. h,
few nights ago. He was afterward -
light by an angry mob and lynched. :.
The recent disappearance of Colonel ]. ',
Hill, from Morgan County, Ca, has .
IN given additional interest by the dis o]
osures OF his wife. She says that three W
nths 70 he claimed to have had to
ion in which he was ordered to divide -
his property and go into distant ~ =,
d where he was not known. He Id
ched home one night from neighbor- al
,.aown, and handed his wife the deed h
$4,000 worth of property, keeping Ell
100 in cash for himself After giving
explicit directions as to how to man.
} business, he went out into the dark W.
$ and disappeared. He settled up all =,
oDl1gatlons before he left. He was
7 years Of age, and had always lived pf
pily witt. his wife. He leaves four an
ldren, all daughters, three of whom ex
married to the wealthiest men in the fr
nty. -
op cotton is yielding we'll. ~ =,
le oldest man in Virginia, and perhaps I'll
he United States, is dead. His name th
Captain John Spence, Of Aceomac nc
nty, and he was one hundred and in
I've years of age. He was born in 1873, bo
had voted in every presidential elec. .,' l1a
since his twenty fourth birthday.
le steamer Maud M. Fish sank at pe
ld's landing, twenty mil es below New in
'ans. She was valued at $io, 900. Mate
n Fox was drowned.