The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-04
SOUTHERN NEWS.
LOUISIANA.

The two OpelOlI5aS papers, INC IOW ~ Y
and Journal, charge each other WIN !
Democrats, and have never WORD 10 !
say In condemnation Of the Radicals or :
Tom Anderson. 80 ]
There was u terrible thunder and hall I
storm In st. Landry last Saturday. sev
orul persons were struck by the Dgnt- !
ming. A young man named IfoInp wa
killed by 1t at Plaquemne Point. A.
Waxia the hail did serious injury 10 the
crop; at Plaquemine, the wind was very
damaging to both corn and cotton.
Ouachita has got no rain yet, ana Ine
reports from cotton and corn are getting
more unfavorable In consequences. pose
Of the corn Is too fur gone Tor any iain
now 10 help It: as for the cotton 1t ~
shedding quito freely, and oven ram
would do IL but little good.
Austin rejoices In 1O4 in the shade.
They are saving a 1900 steer at herr-
Vile, waiting for grand rniiroao pai
MAR Marshall boasts of twelve year old
-Four men building house In Waco
were all sunstruck at exactly the same
time. ..,n,
Sorghum and sugar cane are being
cultivated In Freestone instead o. co'-
Mad dogs are roaming around Iexhs
snreadin plh vdrophobia at u terrible rate.
Hearne boasts OF q cotton press IL y
going to have erected soon, TO DO III
order by September l. ,,,,,r,
The Texas peach crop Is o total failure
watermelons, however, are DONG Wen.
An energetic protest Is being mace
against the proposed disemberment oi
San saba is wild over the. new comers.
Immigrants are pouring In every oay
by the hundreds.
Fort Worth Is full OF grain waiting
for the railroad to come there ana carry
The Austin y,apers say that the scheme
tn divide Texas Is Tom Scott's. ana that
be does IL ia the interest OF his raiiroao'
~ Hm,ston,s new police force com,
.lmenccd work August !. They are saia
TO look quite military In their new UNI
form. T., rovos
but do not say whether IL IL corn vi u"
man beings it goes for. -, LII
Fight dollars Of Texas whisky VII
cure rattlesnake bite.
Twenty thousand tons OF bat guan'
have been found In a cave u few miles
northeast OF San Antonio. Ii ls pro
nounced an excellent fertilizer.
Houston, by the new city chartet
iron bridge over the river; o.,e.
The Texas Western Narrow taug
e.timatea the cost Of constructing th
road at $500 per mile. The showing 0
the road Is excellent. .,,
Governor Coke has vetoed the snetl !,
bill, by which the powers OF Ine sno'n ,.d ~
~ the various counties were greatly ano
il ia claimed, dangerously Increased.
The Austin papersl suggest the auNh
ability of people sleeping oil day az
attending TO business matters In u
night time. h.,
already been seriously iDJnreu py 80
away teams in Austin. and major
the United States army killed =,
The International Railroad VIII ma,
itA right Of way, grounds ior its oep'
and all, given 1t In Austin.
Shuqualak, as was to be EXPECT, exp
from the name, has met WIN tw1 ,.,'l,'d niI
ders In one day, both negroes o., naian Mar .
marcos. More troops for the big - not !.
There is a heavy trade in all VI
region of Texas, just wavering petwet
Galveston and st. Louis. Now; Wnl, =
citv win get IL? Hasn't poor New
leans some show? r. :,
Houston has a eucalyptus tree. ~ " "
transplanted from HOVER pa, anu = !,
grown nearly eleven feet Ia less 'n
i've months. =, oroa
~ ~ Gan Antonio on the 2Gth. Thir'
three men were sworn In. Lbs co
many ia a military force subordinate
The civil authorities for keeping
n,,blic peace. 1t Ia intended 10 use
company against the horse thieVes
Northern and Western Texas. A.
A new disease has appeared In VA
sota among the cattle-sore eyes
many OF them have gone bilna. !
aunt,osed that the disease is causeu
the large number OF gnats that III
the air. - ho,d
Dallas. Aug. 3, to CONSIDER tne "ay1 y,it,
liberal and thorough system OF pu'
Tho eTrans-Continenta road Is o
,hout twenty-tiy miles from Texark
On one end. and two beyond Cla
Vile on the other. There Is q gal
twenty-five miles TO be completeo'
will be finished WITHIN TWO meoar. t.r,s
The Jefferson Jin,plecute reports
cotton worm there In force. ~ IS
oui onininn'" saws that journal, tha
,,in,,Id he great advantage to co
r,onters for the worm to destroy
half the crop. The small crop wou'
worth rs much as large one, ani
trouble Of gathering one-haif wou'
saved" ., ,aol
Last week deluge, as II causef
the bursting Of a waterspout occt
un the south prong OF Palo Pinto U
Tuarvthinp was swept from the Y
portion OF the valley to its na 70
Crops. pranaries, fences, horses, ~
cattle cattle, hogs and sheep were losa' o. p
many Of the inhabitants only i, /,
their their lives by climbing trees, 4
Pinto Creek was three niIies We
places, the bottom farms being "
under water. =, ,sl,
The other day. about II o'cloci9l'
a drove OF horses was passing oih' oi
bridge over Post Oak creek, on W. y
Point road, about a mile soutI - :,
sherman, the bridge suddenly gfas ~
with crash and fifteen or twentYGe