Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1886 — THE SOUTH. [ARTICLE]

THE SOUTH.

A severe drouth prevails in Louisiana. ... .Mrs. Hughes, a young and handsome woman of Louisville, was followed from store to store by a detective, who saw her steal silk stockings, gold rings, and lace. When arrested at her residence, it was found that she had constructed with great ingenuity a bustle and pockets sufficient to hold all her plunder. She is from a good family in Marion County, Kentucky. W. E. Wooten, County Judge of Red River County, Texas, shot himself at his residence, in Clarksville, dying instantly. He had been accused of appropriating $650 of the county's money. . J James Baxter was executed at Lebanon, Tenn., for the murder of Mrs. Lane. Wesley Honesty and Tabley Banks were hanged at Winchester, Va., for killing Joseph McFaul. -■