St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-01-14
SOUTHERN GLEANiNG3.

XIV, was killed few days ago by Sam
Price, whom he attempted to arrest.
movement has been organized IN
North Carolina for securing repeal OF
the tax on tobacco, and a delegation Will
be sent to Washington for that purpose
| A colored boy, seven. years OF age, mas
been discharged by order of the court at
Culpeper Court House, Va, as being In
the eyes of the law incapable of crime.
He set fire to valuable barn, which,
with it's contents, was totally destroyed.
| There died III Macon, Ga, recently,
| Green johnson. negro whose age was
ninety years. He lived on the premises
of Mr.. George S. Obear, which had been
! his home or many years.
David Weis ben, retail dry goods mer-
chant at Savan nah, Ga, was closed up on
New Years day. Attachments were levied
on his property on the ground that Wels-
bein had. abscnnded. His liabilities are
supposed to be SIS, 000, and assets "a 0,OOO.
| The death is announced in Nashville,
Tenn, of DR.. John Rolfe Hudson, in the
eighty eighth year of his age. Deceased
was a native of Mecklenburg County,
Va, his father being large planter.
His mother was Anne Goode, OF the dis"
tinguished family of that name in Vlr-
ginia. He began the practice OF his pro-
| fession in Russelvlle, Ala.
The contract for building 100 miles Of
the Carolina, Knoxville C Western rail-
road, between Knoxville and Greenvilie,
s. c., has been let TO the Georgia Con-
struction Company, OF Augusta, Ga.
Work will begin in few days.
News Als been received of the wreck
ing of the office of the Pioneer newspaper
at Brevard, Pennsylvania County, N. u.
| by mob. The paper is weekly, edited
by E. s. Warrick. 1t has been very plain
spoken in it's attacks upon disorderly
element in that county.
MThe question of Secretary Lamar's ago
has recently been the subject of contro'
versy, which may be set at rest by the
statement, from undoubted authority
that he was born September, II, 1928, and
last September.
Two resbyterians in good and regular
standing are said to carry son an Illegal
liquor business in Somerset, KY.
Over eighty thousand boxes of oranges
were shipped from Florida Ito New York
last month
w. C. Neeley, who has been citizen OF
Madison County, Tenn, for more than
fiftv wears, died at his home recently.
aged sixty three years.
The Democratic legislative caucus at
Frankfort, KY, nominated Senator Beck
for reelection. He had no opposition.
The State of Alabama has let out all its
convicts on ten.year contracts to work In
the coal mines near Birmingham. They
! number 600.
There is standing near Danbury, N. c.,
log house that was built by its present
occupant forty-fve years ago.
Henry Shackelford an old engineer,
.x.n ,~xo~r,n ,r,orr railroad man OF
\ Atlanta, Ga, and other Southern cities,
died recently from an overdose of opiates,
accidentally taken. He was fifty eight
years old.
Mrs. r. Luckey, one Of the oldest and
wealthiest citizens of Jackson, Tenn,
died at her home in that city few days
ago, aged about seventy years.
Mart Watts, aged sixty five years, COM
mitted suicide at Adams station, Robert
son County, Tenn, few days since, by
taking strychnine. He was widowe
with no family, and had been i'll for SONS
time.
Governor Lowry, in his message to the
Legislature of Mississippi recommends
the submission of constitutional amend
ment making receipt for the poll tax
prerequisite to casting the ballot
BENJAMIN Burton, an Atlanta (Ga.) fire
| man, was 8TTeSt0uy u low u6yS 0SoS uPVo
charge of bigamy. Burton is charged
with having married Miss Lizzie Kirkley,
of Rome, Ga; Miss Lulu Robert
son, of South Carolina; Miss Lula, of An
derson County, 8. c., and Miss Della
WILSON, of Atlanta. Burton denies the
charges, and says they have the wrong
man.
Governor Taylor, of Tennessee, has
commuted the life sentence Of Spence
Donaldson, a convict now in the Nash
vile penitentiary, to fifteen years impris-
onment. Donaldson's case was that OF
murder, and his coviction was brought
about by circumstantial evidence. The
victim was a colored girl named Granorys
who lived in Blount County.
Tom Connolly, young man, was found
dead on the levee at Greenville, Miss, a
few days ago with his face badly dis
figured. From all indications he was
murdered with some heavy weight. Con-
nelly was working on the levee above the
town, and no doubt was assaulted for tho
purpose of robbery. Several parties were
arrested, but were released again, an
there was no evidence against them.
Ten years ago the Southern Methodist
Publishing House Of Nashville, Tenn, was
burdened with debt Of over $3O0, 900. In
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adopted, and all went to work to lift the
debt. It has been lifted. A bonded in.
debtedness of only S35, 200 remains out
standing, and the book keeper announces
that he has the money on hand to take
this debt up.
While one of the trains of the Vieks-
burg & Meridian railroad was passing
the Cherry street crossing in Viekshurg a
few days ago, it knocked down and ran
over young man named VIM. Aiken, in :
juring him to such an extent that he died
in short time. A little over a year ago
his younger brother was run over and
badly injured at the same place.
John e. Clark, Jr., Of John Clark, Son
& Co., a prom iaent merchant and society
man of Jacksonville, Fla, was subjected
to severe castigaton with rawhide a
few nights ago at the hands Of Mrs. An.
ME Taliafero, Of New York City. The
lady is of petite form and very hand
: some brunette. She was married to
Robert A. Taliafero in New York April /,
1885. Her husband deserted her and
went to Jacksonville, whittier she fol
lowed him, but he left for parts unknown
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