The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1873-10-29

which 1t is supposed ignited the gas from,a
leaking can. Tt was with the greatest dificuI
! ty the man was extraeated from the flames
and the car saved from destruction. He died
soon after being taken from the car. --i .
! Anna Garrett, colOred, of Plymouth,
| North Carolina, who, becoming angry at her
| grandchild for stealing seventy-fiye cents,
whipped the child to death, then creased it,
and was caught in the act Of tossing it into &
| fire, is to be hanged in December Further
more, she is eighty years Of age. ''i2
-Memphis--Neariy a hundred laborers and
Il large number Of carts are at work in the in
fected district, under the personal direction of
| Major o 'Bannon, and thorough overhauling
| OF the almost depopulAted First ward, is vigo-
| rously prosecuted. It is probable that the
| locality known as Happy Hollow, in the First
ward, will be burned out, aud most powerful
disinGectants applied to the grounds where
the shanties formerly stood. From the earn
estuess manifested by the new board of health,
much good is. expected tosTsault from their
iabors. 1t is now reliably estimated that there
are between TOO and 1 600 poor children left
orphans and homeless by the raYages of the
disease, and much anxiety is felt for them.
The orphan asylums are full to overfowing,
and the relief commissioners are doing all in
their power to provide homes for them. Con
tributions continue to pour in from every
quarter, and all are disbursed either by the
Howards, OF the Citizens commission, or by
the pastors of the different churches. The
ten thousand rat;ons ordered by the president
are consumed at the rate Of one thousand per
day. The applicants in each case bring o GER
tifcate from q minister, physician, Aor some
one Of the different relief committees.
=Scattering reports from the cotton states
mention that much damage has been caused
to late cotton by drought and worms, especial
ly in Arkansas and Tennessee.
"A quarrel between two negroes at Mound
City, Ark, resulted in the death of Morris,
who was shot three times By Smith. Ehe lat
ter escaped into Kentucky.
The warehouse of Lowry & MCGEE at Full
ton Arkansas, was burned last week. LOSS.
$40, 900. no insurance. '.'.~
y--Columbia S.. GA son OF the coIored
secretary of state, ~Kohn, has been admitted
into the South Carolina University as stu
dent Three of the principal professors, Tai
ley Gibbs and Laborde, have resigned in con-
sequence. ~ar,.~sEs.. ~
-TeleeramssFecsiysd ron Key West and
Punta Ross, Florida, state that most de-
structiye cyclone swept over these stations on
the 9TH. At Key West the wind reached We
locity Of eighty miles an hour; at Punta Rosa,
Of ninety. Al the 9sttst station the sea rose
fourteen feet over mean tide level, overflow
ing land and washing away every movable
thing. ThR few dnAaBitSnts&of RGlnta Rosa
are entirely without, drinking water.
"A committee Of Memphis merchants re-
siding in New York, acknowledge SO, ,505 sub
scFiptions during the, past two days, for the
yellow feyersuFererb ia that city. The total
amount received by the committee is $7,069
New .QrleanszyOf tha sizty-three nurses
and physicians sent by the Howard association
to Shreveport, not one of them have taken this
fever. Fifty-six nurses have been sent by !
them to Memphis. "-'
"a Shreveport special to Tie PicsyHne says:
Or. Bruins says the backbone Of the epidemic |
ia broken, but only ice will destroy it. The |
poison is more malignant than he ever met.
Hon JEFF Davis, who has beenextreniyi i'll |
at the Gait House. Louisville, has partially re-
covered 8 r.. l,.-f D.. t-E tLE. -@ |
~ The national banks at Augusta, Ga. re- |
ported as,broken, will continte business.
1.-The New Orleans National banking associ-
alton, d. Ga7orck, president has gone into |
liquidation. ,......gsg d. 81 asvla aa.t 1
At Owensboro,r Ky., On Saturday, jeff |
UnderRoodsa q gambler was killed by aBudd
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