St. Landry democrat., 1888-11-03
SOUTHERN GLEANlNGS,

shooting affray, in which Gordon was
seriously and Richard Draper fatally
wounded.
1t took sixteen men, fourteen dogs and
nine charges of buckshot to Kill: q bear in
Madison County, Ga, few days $50.
Fottr Of the dogs were killed and three
wounded The chase lasted for twelve
hours.
p. Sterling, a young wliits man living
on his piantation ON Deer CredEt rear
Greenyille, Miss, Rad some words with
one Of the negro hands OF tie place few
DAYS age; 1t seems that the latter was
around with acnble -barreled sK6tger
ready to open fire on tli6 white man, but
Sterling was the quickest in prc"nrihg
his shooting iron, and shot the negro IN
the stomachI inficting probably fatal
wound.
A young wo11iar named Sallie Clements
| was found about four miles from Ovens
bor0, Ky., a few nights ago, III dltch.
She was speeGhless and insensible, ssnd
bore marks of having been brntally
! treated. After time she was restored
to consciousness, but could give no a2<
count of herself or Of how she came to be
IN the condition in which sHe was found.
She soon lapsed into insensiblilty again,
and could not be aroused She was taken
| to Owensboro in this pecarions condition,
| ard it was thoueht she would die.
| &. L. Carter accidentally shot ard killed
| Clarence Bea1l in Americus, Ga, 81 few
| days ago.
! The skeleton of union soldier was
| found fe sently under the flooring of the
hotel kitchen at rinwiddie Court-H ouse,
| Va. Close to the skeleton was q musket
and canteen.
| Near Holleyille, Ca. few days since,
| William Sullivan shot and instantly
! killed John Wilson. The tragedy grew
out OF d disputed lend line Both men
were wealthy farmers.
In row at circus at Mount Vernon,
KY, few days ago, William Parker was
| fatally crt and James Jones shot
Police Lieutenant Warren, of Column
bus, Ca, faithful and efficient officer,
has resigned rather than submit to al ln-
vestigation of the charge that he had ne
grt; r!cod his VEINS.
VIM. Strickland, the white man who
was stabbed seven times, II Wake Coun-
ty, N. c., by lola Hicks, colored Wom-
an, several days ago, died of his injuries
The woman is under arrest
The subject of q penal colony or farm
| on which to work State convicts is now
being agitated in Alabama. 1t is put
| forth as a grand scheme for the reform
of the present convict system.
At spartanburg, S. c., few days ago,
r, Sem and Helen Boland, both white.
were sentenced to be hanged On Decem-
her ii for the murder of Mra Sem two
years ago.
The Memphis & Charleston and the
Louisville & Nashville railroads are pre-
pairing to locate extensive yards ana bulld
! shors at She field, Ala, at an early date.
| George Nude; an employe of the Georgia
| Marble Works at Atlantis, Ca, committed
suicide q few days since by blowing his
brains cut with q pistol No cause is
known for the ACT.
Jim Rice, the seventeensy syedr=olH boy
who stole horse and cart from i man
living on the Mckenzie place, near
Helana, Ark, was arrested at Brinkley,
and taken back and placed in Jail.
John Bolton, q colored man, residing
in Montgomery, KY, was hunting few
DAYS ago when be fell from cliff, break
ing his back and receiving other injuries
that resulted iu his death.
Walter Howard, a negro, robbed the
express Office at Jackson, Tenn few
DAYS ago. He made al effort to escape
on a freight train. Policeman j. e. Owen
was shot through the leg by the scoundrei
while irving TO arrest him Tho negro
escaped
While Joseph Whitaker, colered, was
absent from his home in Blackshear, Ca
a. few days ago. his house caught fire and
was Burned. His four children made in
ettectual attempts to escape and theil
| bodies were found in the runs. 1t is
said the fire was started by an enemy OF
Whitaker.
A sensation has been created at Knox
ville Tenn, by the announcement thai
j. A. Swan, late treasurer of Knoxville
County, was short about $25, 00J upon g
final settlement with his successor He
is new absent somewher; in the West.
The body Of all unknown man was
found in the woods near Hartford, KY, q
| few days since. Thcre were no marks oil
violence on the body, and from surrolni-
ing circumstances it was evident that he
had committed suicide by taking poison
There were no papers on his body by
Which he could be Identified, and no one
in the neighborhood had ever seen hin
before.
By order OF the board of trustees, the
public schools in Bowling Green, Ky,
have been closed on account OF the prev
alence of diph theri;s and me asles among
the stu1ents. There have been forty
cases of measles reported and about
twenty-five of diphtheria, and six OF
eight deaths from the latter cause.
The steamer Phil Armour, running in
the vicksburg and Greenvillo trade
struck snag at Wilson chute, forty
miles above Vicksburg, Miss, a few
nights ago. and sunk in eighteen feet OF
water No lives were lost, and the books
and papers and portion of ths freight
were saved. Il was thought the steamer
would be total loss.
A terrible tragedy occurred at Lump
Kin, Ga. few nights ago. A party o.
bloods were painting the town. One ol
,he numbef, E. L. Carter, began firine
ais revolver. One shot struck Clarence
Beall in the back, killing him at once.
Carter was so overwhelmed that he en-.
leayn. M to kill himself A coroner
- ~ Returned a verdict of killing by ac-
-zT;ident
The United States District Court a.
Nashville, Tenn, has indicted Henry T.
Wilson for counterfeiting. The indict.
nent was found at the instance of United
States Detective Bauer, who recently sue
,eeaed in having Wilson sentenced te
i've years. Imprisonment. Wilson is ont
If the most expert counterfeiters tina
,ver operated in Kentucky and Tennes
see.
jackson, Miss, is all right again.
There has been recently placed in po
,ition at Sparta, Ca, the handsome mon
lment which the friends of Bishop Pierc'
nave erected to his memory. 1t stand
over the grave of the deceased Bishop il
The old Sparta cemetery, within ear-sho
If the pulpit from which he thundered tha
marvellous eloquence which made hin
;he greatest pulpit orator OF the State.