The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-18
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
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Terrebonne parish .is to have u new
eoattho oN,se at Il oama. 2IfT1,fsl ~ J
~ The snla4c,rs OF vermilionvillc, La
chat town "Monsleur Va au circle y
"f,e Mhtssiiiais u Parts" "My Pretty
DlusieySd Joe," "Ca M'Agace" and
"l.Us tleux BourtIs."a Amateur thsAtris
Gals seem TO bs epidemic In tho country.
,a The river below Shreveport In falling
fast ~ far down NJ Coushatta, with all
tho plantations clear Of water. Tho
damage To crops n not 80 serious NJ was
~ frst supposed, and most II not all
tho planters promise 10 rsake all they
can Enther II the worms do not injure
tho crops too much.
The President Of the st. Mary parish
School Board has determined to closo
ell schools Ia the parish having less
than twenty i've pupils. Several have
already been shut up In oonscqiienoe.
Tho Hoffpanir Settlement on Bayou
Queue do Tortue.' IN tho western part Of
Lafayette parish, In said 10 be one OF the
country. These people make their own
cloth. shoes. raise their own poultry.
corn. etc, and. In fact. arc self-eupport-
Ing In every respect and particular.
needing no assistance from the outside
world.
A cabin occupied by James Butler.
living three miles from Shreveport was
struck by lightning. md two little negro
boys. aged II and y, respectively. who
wore standing near the fireplace, were
killed. Strange to any, persons stand
Ing only two feet distant were VIII 1lly
uniolured by tho shock did not even
The people Of West Baton Rouge are,
u is said. stark. staviDg mad on the
shrimp question. They spend NIL their
morning In catching these shell -tlsh.
and evening In feasting on them. There
has never been known a,ich uinntitIea
OF them ~ now infeat the river there In
enough and more than enough of them
Tor tho entire people or tho State.
A mass meeting was held Mt Winns.
boro. parish OF Franklin, August 4, to
sustain tho Sheriff and his posse in the
execution Of the law. IL was resolved
that the action OF the Sheriff and posse
In shooting Quo George Ellison, charged
with the murder Of y. T. while
trying to arrest him. was perfectly justi-
fable and proper. Ellison was dan
4erous man, and when called on to sur
render, showed fight, was fred on aud
killed
J. II. Newman, a white mar, and DO. |
lioeman, has been pretending TO oflicnte |
IN schoolmaater In Ouaehita parish. A |
committee Of citizens OF that pnriah |
called on him tho other day. and on an.
swer 70 their questions we're told by him |
that HIS school averaged two scholars TO
the school. was held three days week
y further appeared that these two chill
dren he taught were pretty much al
lowed all day long to play. The com
mittee, In consequence. called on Mr..
III lfuf "a ae L
school Board, to investigate the matter
and see how much parlsh money New
man was paid for this work, but were
refused any reply by Dinkgrave who
Was unwilling. he said, to have the
school Board examined by committees.
Tho committee accordingly left and
give their report to tho public through
The Ouachita Telegraph. IL makes
very pleasant commentary on Radical
school management, and explains the
'easop why many OF the other parishes
ire schoolless.
HA 'il1' lo MISSISSIPPI.
The Supervisors OF Kinds county we're
lrrested for contempt OF court the other :
lay for refusing to levy u special tax in
obedience to the order Of tho Supreme
)Ourt.
The Co,tnthian Is OF the opinion that
one more term OF the Circuit Court
Will wind up the Republican party Of ,
AlcOrn county, 1t does not say
whether the "wind up' will be In tho
or on the gallows.
Capt. Carroll, OF the Vicksburg ele-
ator, has been sounding the Missis-
ippi river In front OF that town. At
ne cut-on, the river was found rs feet {
hore. no bottom could be found; 100 .
eet from shore 1t was 81 feet. The :
ther soundings weree64, "a, 81, GO, 48l ! n
nd 81 feet deep respectively.
TEXAS
The prairies around Houston are full
prairie chickens.
The total Texas cattle drive for the
asst year amounts to 37O,OOO. ir9f
Corn and cotton crops were never
lore promising about Longyiew han ,
ow. 54oHNh
Four fatal cases OF sunstroke are re-
orted at Dallas last Saturday. ag
Giddings and Shepherd will dispute
'ith Hancock Tor Congressional honors
The West Texas Conference. Bishop q
'oRRett presiding, sits at Seguin Octo- d
or as. WY qa4 .~elN 1a5 fIffyllgJ@t a /,
A camp meeting of the colored people,
)OO strong. Is In session In Colorado
ounty. 7'Ir-.'
There was general jail delivery In i
|enton county, six prisoners escaping.
'oOk out Tor more stage robberies.
Galveston, Texas IS now shipping
heat direct to Liverpool, at twenty !,
Ight cents per bushel. - t"tia91 e'a a
New corn is In mar ket at Brenham on Il
le 9TH. Cotton worms are doing some cl
amage In the southern portion Of the II
Tho boasted water works at Browns is
"a 6pof 1lI /
exas, consist OF q Mexican with pole a,
cross his shoulders with. barrel at :
lch end '1'4A 5''5 y Ho.'ht
Mr.. Thomas G. Mullens, of Grams :,
lry, is raising rice corn.a 1t is said to =
giy prolific. 1t makes splendid food
+ poultry and stock Of all kinds, =,
,sides being very palatable dish for Y
BILE use. 1auua l.Ytg adt n-,t-srgat spa{
A Calvert lawyer while bathing in the
Irf at Galveston, lost his crowd and
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