Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1887 — SOUTHERN. [ARTICLE]

SOUTHERN.

In Green County, Kentucky, the body of John Keith was found wrapped in a blanket and concealed inside the carcass of a horse. It is supposed that he was murdered And his body concealed there by the mur-

derer. Keith was a brother-in-law of William Despain. He had been missing for several days, but no search had been made for him, his friends supposing that he was away on a visit, until a dog belonging to William Despain came into the house carrying something in his month, which, when examined, proved to be the band of a man. Mr. Despain tracked the dog to the carcass of an old horse, and was horrified to find the body of his brother-in-law therein, half eaten up by dogs. The mystery connected with the affair will probably never be solved. 4 negro man, working on a plantation near Greenville, South Carolina, has just learned that he was set free by Abraham Lincoln. * Thirty-one persons were indicted for gambling at New Orleans last week, including Parker Harrison, Charles Bush, and Alex. Brewster, who are well known to the sporting fraternity throughout the country. The cotton crop is estimated at 6,640,000 bales. 1 For the first time in the history of New Orleans, the gambling houses are close 4, to await tho result of prosecutions. Thomas M. Joseph, a prominent lawyer of Galveston, has disappeared. He has for ten years been Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, and his accounts are believed to be short from $12,000 to $33,030. A duel was fought at New Orleans between Robert Roman and Sidney L Theard, in which the Roman gladiator came out victorious, inflicting two nasty cuts in his opponent’s hand. A reconciliation was then effected through the seconds.