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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-12-27


L. Skinner, repairing lamps, etc, 81
- - chairs, .-....-..-., l co
tools, Inspectors
weights and measures Observation-Disclosures. 2 90
r. s. FontenOt, Sundry bill. --..-.... 49,. 81 80
F. H. VOrdenbauman, lumber, LIST W lt;... 30
Sth ward II
Ernest Vidrine, juror on inquest. ......... 2 05
A. K FontenOt, :" - .......... 2 80
Neville Deyille i" ..... 2 10
Ozeme Fontenot, " " ......... 2 80
Narcisse Child, " g IS .-........ 2 O5
Moses Bowden, burying pauper- 10 90
j. T, Stewart, lumber, Observation-Disclosures. 70 OF
j. J. Thompson, returning ofiicer,........ 80 90
J. NJ. Morris IL Co., insurance of Court
House ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1913 IS
L. Z. Llttell. locating lands and adjusting
assessment. ........-. 10 90
7. S. FontenOt, paid for coal. ........... 2 Is
j. 3. SandOZ, fixing road machine. -,..... 90 90
Paul Stagg, spikes, spades, shOvels, &c.. 10 81
John White, fixing road. 90
Louis Mccoy, buryinS pa upper. 10 90
st. Landry Democrat, advertising notices
Of election .:.:........... 20 90
St. Landry Democrat, advertising propos-
al tor Carencro bridge. --.....- l 50
St. Landry Democrat, advg Joubert and
Callahan bridge. 90
u ady'g. assessors no.
tlce to taxpayers. so
adv'g. registration
notices -. .:...... 10 90
Opelousas Courier, adv'g. Robin bridge
and Carencro. 90
I" adv'g. notice to tax.
payers ...-----..-.... 90
I" advert'g registration
notices. ............... y 90
% adv'g election notices 20 90
i" g Joubert and
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-01-30
THE PRETTY YOUNG WIDOW.
Charged With Poisoning Her Husbn

Charged With Poisoning Her Husbn
CHARLOTTE, N. c., Jan. 1S.-Some
interest is again being centred upon
the Mrs. Cora Scales Morris case st
Reidsville. The case will be call I'D in
the Superior Court next week, and
the pretty young woman must face a
jury on the charge of poisoning her
husband. The case is the most sensa-
tional ever known in North Carolina,
and on account of the prominence of
all parties concerned, it will attract
universal attention. Mrs. Morris, the
defendant, is q beautiful young woman
and connected with the very best fami
man she is charged with having MUIR
dsred by administering chloroform to
him while he slept, was one of the
leading capitalists and business mon OF
ReidSville. He was bachelor of 49,
He loved Miss Scales but she did not
love &im and told him so. He begged
her to marry him but she refused. He
begged her but still she refused.
Strange\to say, on account of Morris's
wealth, Miss Scales was almost made
to marry Yhim by her people. The day
for the ediding was set. 1t came off,
but when THE marriage ceremony had
been perfor,med tho young bride sat
down, and crying bitterly, declared
that she WOULD never live with her
'husDanu: ac cwsapt4 4 ltaeath hnr.ssuinst
her wishes) to his home, but there
they occupied different rooms. They
lived this way for nearly year. They
never attended church together, and
were never seen anywhere as man and
wife. Morris pleaded with his young
wife to become reconciled. She asked
him to make his will and put all his
property, etc., in her favor. This he
did. Then she asked him to insure
his life for $40, 900 and make tho policy
payable to her. Obeyed. One week
later Morris was found dead in his
bed. There were signs of chloroform
and strong evidence pointing to foul
play. The young wife was arrested
and the stomach OF her dead husband
cut out and placed in the hands of the
court. There is plenty of money on
both sides, and the case will be watch,
cd with interest.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-01-30
Crushed Under n Locomotive,

MANSFIELD, Mo-, Jan. 25.-A terri.
BILE wreck occurred on the Kansas
City, Fort Scott and Memphis Rail
road about three miles east of here
yesterday. The engine of the west
bound local freight train LETT the
track carrying with it five loaded cars
1t then turned over, catching the en-
gineer Rowland, fireman Herman and
brakeman Hughey under it. Brake
man Widdson was caught in the
wreck of the cars and sustained severe
internal injuries. Fireman Herman
was instantly killed. Engineer How
land bad one leg broken and brake
man Hughey was frightfully scalded
abunt the head and hands.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-01-30
aMARRIED JUST FOR nus. d
Th. Foolish FreaS Of Yosp9
~ Society People. Is 49, 81

~
The Rooiish FreaIS Of Yaupg
society People. ~ 4
FoRT VALLEY, Ga, Jan. 90. ON
Thursday night a couple called on the
Rev. B. L. Ross at his residence and
asked to be married. The groom pro-
duced alicense issued by o. r. Wright.
Ordinary of Crawford County, artRor,
izing the marriage of Mr.. Murcheson
and Miss Brunett. DIR. Ross invited
them In, but they refused, saying they
were just from a masked ball and had
an their costumes. DIR. Ross proceed.
ed to perform The ceremony in the
dark, and pronounced them man and
wife. The affair was kept secret for
two days. Yesterday, however, 1t be.
came known that the contracting par
ties were w. III. Harris and Miss Pho
So Skellie, two prominent young
socieqy people. Excitement ran high,
as DR.. Ross pronounced the marriage
legal. The young couple are in great
trouble over their adventure. The
license was forgery. The conrts
will probably have to settle the mat
ter. They say they married 'just for
fun.n
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-01-30
Killed tho Wrong MAN.

CHARLOTTE, N. G., January, 21.-Yes-
terday evening John Howie was killed
in rather peculiar way in Cabarrus
County, near Harrisburg. Oscar Gallo
way and White Pharr were quarrelline
and Howie was standing near by. Gallo.
way jerked pistol from his pocket, in
tending to kill Pharr, but Pharr caught
hold Of 1t. The pistol, however, was
discharged, and the ball struck HOWE,
who died in few minutes. Both Gallo.
way aud Pharr then took to their heeli
and have not been seen eince. All are
cOlored 49,.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-01-30
Deadly Faith.

5rooklyn furnishes auother faith cure
victim in William o. Halyerson, a bright
young swede, who went to Brooklyn a
1eW mouths ago from his native land.
He had no relatives. and the only peo plo
nc knew at first were members of the
queer association of believers known as
swedish Faith Curists, who flourished in
large numbers Ia the immediate neigh
borhood of his shop Once within tbeir
circle he grew t" be an ultra fanatic.
ana took conspicuous part in their
meetings Two weeks ago he contrac.
ted cold, which developed into fe-
yer. He refused, in accordance with
the rules of the society, to take any
medicine. His death occurred among
strangers, all his associates as soon as
they knew the end was near having de-
serted him. They refused to see that be
even received decent burial. No one
but the grave-digger and an assistant t
was present when the remains were low
cred into the trench among the bones of
the friend,ess aud nameless dead.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-01-30
BATTLINa EoR THn FAIR.

:. =
Jhe sharr Right IN the House over
the Special Csnssnitteo ResoIntion.
= WAsHINsroN, ID. O., San. IT,
Hreat interest was taken here in the
votes adon the Worlds Fair question,
In the House today. The rnembera
representing the .competinc cities
were active in concentrating Their
forces and keeping their men in
nne. DOZENS OF members kept tally,
ana am every vote was closely scanned.
The most energetic of the Chicago
men were Cameron, Mason, Lawier
and Springer. The Missouri troops
were marshalled by Hatch, Dockery.
Eraek and Bland. while tho New
* York interests were attended to by
Flower, Farquarhar, and Cummin gs.
ihe result of the contest is that a sne-
elal committee of nine members wifi
oe appointed without receiving any
instructions. 1t may choose a site If
II IL sees lit, but it is more probable that
the determination of that question will
be relegated to the House.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-01-30
Mid.Sumnaer Wenfher.

Col. Thomas w. Holloway, secretary
of the South Carolina Agricultural
and Mechanical Society, writes
from Pomaria as follows: "The con.
tinued warm is becoming serious to the
farmers. Those who killed hogs have
lost the joints. have heard Of some
whose meat lay in the pickle for six
weeks or over, and when the joints were
taken out was good, but few days
exposure developed taint. / have four
teen fat hogs yet to kill and in the
event the warm weather continues much
longer, propose to kill and pickle in
strong brine in barrels. The salt should
be boiled, Qaking off the scum,) and
applied when about milk warm. The
joints should be put in the barrel with
the large end downwards and the crev.
ices filed in with the sides cut in small
strips. An aged lady of 80 years writes:
81 recollect we'll such winter sixty two
years ago-1S27-93. No cold until
about Easter-about the first of April
when all vegetation was killed, the
thermometer being lower than at any
time during the winter" Plum trees
are blooming, fruit trees budding.
Crane apprehensions are felt for small
grain, Wheat sown late in October is
as high as it usually is the first of March.
There will be no fruit this year."
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-01-30
A Bloody Crime I'm Union.

A dispatch from Union Says "Last
Friday morning a little colored boy,
living with J. B. Porter, while going
to his rabbit gum, about 80 yards from
town, in an open field, on Il. @. Dun
cans promises, found the dead body of
a bright mulatto girl, named Susie Fer
nandes, from Spartanburg, lying in a
gully about three feet deep with her
throat cut from ear to ear. The coroner
and sheriff were at once notified, who
went to the scene of the horrible deed
and summoned jury, who are now at
work on the case and will probably
finish it by Tuesday evening. AS far
as can be ascertained, it appears that
she was killed in house occupied by
colored woman named LotGie Mack,
in the back yard 0fT Df. M. 4. Moore.
She had Il great many bruises over her
head and face. After killing her, the
body was redressed, as there was not
o drop of blood to be found on her
clothes. When found dull barlow
knife was lying under her head, and
her hat, andkerchief and gold spec
tacles were lying on the edge Of the
gulley, thus trying to make it appear
as If she had committed suicide. She
had been missed for some five or six
days. Five arrests have been made
so tar-four women and one man.
A special to the Greenville News
gives the following:
The coroner's jury found that the
woman, Susie Fernandes, "came to
her death by one James Vincent,
white, and 1,ottie McMahon, Charlie
Gillian and william Davis, colored."
From the facts gathered from the
testimony at the coroner's inquest, the
murder is the most diabolical and cold
blooded that has ever been committed
in this county. James Vincent had
been intimate with the deceased for
some time, the result of which was that
she was expected to become mother.
From the testimony of VIM. Davis, he
with Charlie Gillian, Lottie Mcmahon
and James Vincent went to the cen1-
etery where the body had been con-
veyed after death and removed it
about quarUcI of a mile, to a swamp
near Mr.. Il. G. Duncan's residence
where they threw it into ditch, dis
arranged the clothes, placed 8 knife
near by, to give the impression that
the deceased was assaulted and then
murdered. The accused are all now
in Jail and will proceed through their
lawyer to try to get bail.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-01-30
A FAMILY TRACE DY IN ROME,
Prominent Physician shoots and Kills
. Br0ther-in Law.

A Prominent Physician shoots and Kills
g. Brother-in Law.
Augusta Chronicle.
ROME, Ca, Jan. 20--Deforest ALL
good, president of Trion factory, one of
the wealthiest institutions in North
Georgia. was shot and instantly killed,
at O'Clock this evening by DR.. j. B. s.
Holmes, his prother-in-law, and one of
the most prominent and popular of
Georgia physicians.
Allgood has long cherished i'll will to.
ward Holmes for some business matters
between them. and had frequently
threatened his life. Holmes had avoid
ed Allgood for years and went out of
town to avoid meeting him.
Today Allgood came down from Trion
factory to Rome on an evening train and
waited for Holmes in his office door.
Holmes, who had had vague warning,
sought to reach his office by back street.
Messrs. McKelden and Mattlock, OF
Tennessee, friends of DR.. Holmes, had
been hunting with them. When the
party drew up in front of the office, ALL
good advanced with a drawn pistol on
= Holmes.
Tho latter shot Allgood twice with his
double barrel shot gun, loaded with
bird shot, botlSshots taking effect, the
first cutting an artery aud the jugular
vein and the second breaking the neck
completely.
Allgood fell at the frst, then half rose,
atNl trying to draw his pistol, when he
received second shot falling on his face
and instantly expiring.
Holmes exclaimed: II was forced to
oit to save my own life. am sorry.
30 sorry; but he hunted me down, and
for the sake of my wife and my son I had
to kill him.
Holmes immediately surrendered to
the officers, and and is resting in his
own apartment ia charge of the deputy
sheriff.
General sentiment agrees that the kill
ing was clearly in self defense, and al
though both men mere exceedingly pop
nlar. tine current of sympathy is strongly
with DIR. Holmes.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-01-30
DISASTROUS OVERFLOW.
The Little Wabash Drives People From
Their Homes In Cnrnic, Illinois.

The Little Wabash Drives People From
Their Homes In Cnrnic, Illinois.
CAIRO, ILL, January 10 Three
hundred persons at Carrie, Illinois, have
been compelled to leave their homes by
sudden rise In Little Wabash River.
And it is feared that still larger num-
ber will be forced 20 abandon their
dwellings and take refuge on. high
ground. The river is out Of it's banks,
aud the northern part Of the town is
flooded to the depth of 90 feet in some
places, and from rs to 100 houses are
submerged. The houses have all been
vacated, the people seeking refuge in
spare rooms Of their neighbor in the
southern part Of town. Vast stretches
Of low land and meader arc under water,
and number of animals have been car
ried away or drowned in the fields.
Feuce rails, boards and other drift borne
down stream by the raging waters. in
dicate that the farmers have suffered
much. Hay on the bottom lands has
been ruined. 1t is reported that the
worst is yet to come, and that the peo-
pie in the towns along the Little Wa
bash are preparing for the worst. At
Gorwin it is expected that the river will
rise Is feet higher. If this does hap
pen, the result will be appalling.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-01-30
Randall Joins tho CGurcb.

The Washington correspondent of
the Atlanta Constitution saws: Hon.
Samuel ]. Randall has ioinei the
Presbyterian church. DR.. Chester
the pastor of the church, went to Mr.
RandalPs house day or two ago and
performed the rites of baptism. Mr.,
Randall's family deny that the action
on his part indicates that he fears the
approach of death. On the contrary
he is more hopeful, and seems more
cheerful than he has beeu for mar Y
months, although re is yet in yery
bad health. He is confident ofrecoyery
and expects to take his seat in the
House before the session is over.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-01-30
A YOutkful ISurRIor.

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Jan. 25.-Johnny
Little, a lad fifteen years old, has been
arrested at Beaver Dam, Union County
charged with burglary, and the little
fellow Che is small for his age) confessed
to having raided ga few houses" with
pistol and bowic-knife in hand. Wher
arrested, these two articles were found
on his person, as was also bunch OF
false keys. Johnny had recently beer
on visit to Stanly County, and while
there the residence and store of David
Foreman was burglarlzed and some $2OC
in cash disappeared. Johnny confessed
that he made the raid. He is now in
Jail at Albemarle. The lad is an orphan
and on this account much sympathy i.
expressed for him, He comes from q
good family
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-01-30
The Joiner "OutraRe.v

CHARLOTTE, N. c., January 25.-The
dark side of the Joiner ease is now be
ing shown up. 1t is learned from per.
tectly reliable sources that Joiner not
only confined his preaching to them such
doctrine as was calculated to excite
their luminosity against the whites. He
preached that there should be no color
line and teld the negroes that they were
just as good in every respect as the
whites and that they should demand a
social equality which is now denied them
and if the whites refused to give them
their rights as set forth by him, the
reverend" gentleman reminded them
that they had very effective weapon in
the torch.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-01-30
8 TALMAaNs PIl.oRlMAaE.

y. ~ ~
The setsd Divine Tell OF his Tsip 10 the,
HSiy LAND. 81
PARIS, Jan. 81 Rev. T. De witt
Talmage, of the Brooklyn Tabernacle,
has quite recovered from the attack
.ts~Hr7nCn Is in%hich seized him here and
@cH" on inciL health and spirits. When
e. ana tbn him the American Minis
As carriage was waiting to convey
che clergyman's family to the Bois de
Boulonge. He was entertained ut
dinner din, :, on On Wednesday night by White
II am In Paris" !" said Mr.. Talmage,
"for the first time since 1885, but nov
or before during this winter was Paris
so charming, aud regret thatI must
sail on the Aurania on the Goth to re-
sumo my duties. .....
81 have returned from the most en-
joyablo trip of my life. I have been
all over the Holy Land and into parts
of Italy, Rome. for instance, which
had not seen before, although have
been abroad many times. Every
place in Palestine has had great inter
est for me. Just before I reached
Bethlehem and Jerusalem could not
sleep. was as excited as boy, for
it was the realization Of life dream.
"At Jericho I met an American,
whose name [ have forgotten, who
asked me to baptize him in the Riv er
Jordan. So one fine Sunday morning,
when the sun shone gloriously bright,
we assembled together on the banks
of the great river. I was clad in the
white robes of an Arab shiek. A
small crowd of interested people
stood about me, some of whom were
Americans, who sang together 'On
Jordan's stormy banks !
stand," which my daughter hSd copi-
ed from hymn book. After this the
emersion was performed and we dis
banded.
"My trip was replete with Biblical
interest. Ifeel doubly repaid for it.
Every book in the Bible seemed to
speak more forcibly and I could trace
all the important places in Bible his
tory in every journey made"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-01-30
Church Burned by Incendin ria,

RALEIGH, N. o., January 25.-Goshen
chapel, a colored church in Guilford
G0unty, has been burned by incendiaries.
Ihere has been for long time q
oi'ter controversy between two factions
as 20 the right of possession of the
church, which resulted in some litigs
Ton. AT tho last term of court the mem
oers OF one faction were tried on the
cnarge or forclble trespass, and acquit-
teo. Inc defeat 80 enraged the mem
oers OF the other party that they have re.
sorted to the crime of burning the
churcn IN order to prevent it's use by
their victorious opponents.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-01-30
MEN AND oATTLE lsERIsH.
TerribIs stories Of Tho snow s.orn, i Z ~
t'tSs sg3t5 Far w ast. ~ !5-sSl7 fs'a

3lfsSs sy.t ~ ~ Ear West. H35 SO n -,
'focoMA Washington, JaEaary, aa.
AZ lest three hurnan beings aud thous-
ands OF cattle and sheep persisted In the
blizzard which began with the year and
ragged over Washington for week.
Reports from Coleville reservation are to
tho effect that cattle are dying by hun
dreds from starvation and thirst, and
that the ground Is covered with over
two feet Of snow on level, and in
some places is drifted mountain high.
The keeper of the atage station one
half mile from Alnea started to walk 10
town last Thursday, and Sunday his
body was found onthe prairie on.y q
mile from his home, frozen etiff. The
mail carrier at Wild Goose Creek perish
ed on the same day aud eight cattle men
are known to have Lost their lives in tho
storm. a.& ! = '.7v
Cattle-men estimate that they will
lose one-half OF their herds this season.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-01-30
A Split In the W. G, r. u.

PHILADELPHIA, January 24.-At last
there IL q break in, the ranks of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union
OF Pennsylvania, and the seceders have
formed an independent organization.
The split was determined upon at a con.
ference Of the body today. The break
was brought about by the frequent en-
dorsement Of the Prohibition party and
lts methods by number of the members
OF the Women's Christian Temperance
Union.
Immediately after the devotional ex-
~ercisss the Presidents add ess was read,
which began by stating that "differences
OF opinion In methods of work and the
best manner Of accomplishing practical
results have, during the last fewyears in
TINS State, grown rapidly, and are now
80 conspicuous that harmonious co. oper.
alton, among those who have sincerely
ana conscientiously differed, is mani.
1estly impossible. An actual separation
seems to be practical, wise necessity
ii the iabors of very many good women
are to be continued and used effectively
against tho common enemy."- ....~
Mrs. Shepard presented the Secreta-
rvs report, which spoke in bitter terms
OF partisan methods. 1t charged that
the operations Of the politicians were
concealed behind it.
Mrs Weeks offered a resolution that
the meeting proceed to organize a non.
sectarian and noupar:isan Women's
Christian Temperance Union. This was
agreed to. A committee on constitu.
ton was appointed.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-01-30
Death of MIR. Andrew j. Youno

Mr.. Andrew J. Young died at his
nome near Inman on Sunday last. Mr..
Young was q native Of Greenville, and
was In his 10Th year. He spent much
OF his life in Spartanburg, and was
most esteemed by those who knew
him best. He served the State in the
Mexican War and the War of Secession
making good soldier in each. He
was a man Of honesty and industry,
and was respected accordingly.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-01-30
The Knnsns wbent Crop.

Reports to the agriculture depart
ment of Kansas represent the growing
wheat crop in that State to be in yerV
fine condition. The early rains and
the recent snow have assured, unless
some unforeseen misfortune comes.
the largest wheat crop ever harvested
in the State. Mr.. Mohler estimates
that the present acreage is 20 per cent.
greater, than that of last year and that
the present prospects are 20 per cent.
better than at this time last wear,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-01-30
MIR. Pearson to Visit Eurone.

The Raleigh News and Observer
says: The Rev. r. G. Pearson, the
noted evangelist, is now conducting o
series Of meetings in Charleston, s. @,
His meetings are being held at the
Citadel Square Baptist Church. He
has made engagements for the next
twelve months in Southern cities, and
after that he will visit Europe and Asia
Minor, accompanied by Mrs. Pearson.
On February 1st Mr.. Pearson will be-
gin a series OF meetings in Baltimore,