The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-05-07

rotrtataNA
liiinhland Heanrn Arril 1r

tortataNA
Riahland Reannn Arril 1,
Farm operations and, Indeed almost
all branches If industry IN this parish.
may 10 aaiI to ho almost at d stand siill
everybody watching tho waste If water,
thnt hihoa his land from view. and wnn
Iering when II will 90 down sufficiently
toallnw him to plant his crop tnd
halp us all for we are in p'ishc con
Iiinu
I'atun Hougo Advocate Nav
There wac slight frost here this.
"Wednesday, morning How Will this 10
foi the ~ IF May
hpirhiiuehs- lernltiaai Arrit "
The crop prospects arc mot" enroutag
ing Conn aud cotton II doing we'll. aud
40 fears # an oyc,llow to- destroy the
growing crops The rigot AT this place
Is falling tapi1lv. and ~ tho tato II is
going down. navigation viii shortly
cease f. this place
lNatohitnahoa Nfnliealur Anil spi
The ran that commenced r. fall on
"Wednesday ovnniug culuinated Thuls-
day morning I'll u regular spaknr. thut
nughy wetting tho ground all sulli-
oiently to- gelminata aeed ~ any kind,
/ in any land. however stiH. This will
make smiling fauna among our planters.
for previously they had become sons
what discouraged Mt the continued dry
weather. but now u good stand Of corn
aud cotton is certain. and all they have
to ID to insure n gnoI crop II 10 cult
ya,e il efloieutiy aud intelligouilV.
lsugnr Hnwl MaY ~
We have had no rain for noa,lv three
woelta. and "a tho las, showers wore
heavy. tho ground was ha'llY packed,
u and IN rlares has since been cultivated
! with difficulty The continued dry
wcnthnl haa enabled planters however
ta progress rapidly with their work
{ ane has grown wonderfully since the
4 rain aspeoialy the iattoons vet The
plant cane is considered backward for
tho eeaann Corn has grown well where
tho top crust was hroken to- give II n
4 chance to como ttn. some has already
! hecn cultivated and the cotton crop has
hnen mostly planted. but ie coming mp
slowly. Rain Ia needed by all now. aud
! the proaparts were 80 favorable for IT,
4 last Tuesday. that eaoh felt diaHppoint-
cd when II cleared off with n cold wind
! FROM the north. Al present writing the
weather L. cold and unfbvotDble fof
or"ra,
Dallas Herald, Arfil l1t
Monday morning as train No T. nj. :,
Is aud r Railroad. arrived at Colbert
station. u stranger who was standing on
the platform hurtied'y jumped into the
cahooae. seemng very much ngitated.
A fcw moments before tho train started
i've mornted men. armed with ehnte,ius
and reyolverH, rode up to tho station
aul lismountnd They walked on the
platform and boarded the cahooso. AJAX
Ing Conductor George Haynes if he did
not have n passenger who had Just got
aboard Rt the station. The man rndeavz
orri to rapnre ont OF the front door of
the enhuoso hlit was brought to II stand
still. u Henry I'LL" covering hi@ person.
held in tho hauta IF unouf his ptirsuets
Thu terror stricken man VIVA mounted
on a pony. the pnltiee riding away in
the direction nf tho weuda cxraiming
"Wc will TX him whom we get int" tim
4 hct Conductor Haynes thinks tdat
the innn was either hung ~ shot
4 l,ig rhin aud big wind on Sunday
night. Some April showers since.
Farming operations ltrogrCsa finely in
the surrounding country aud the
/ weather is splendid for the farmers.
Marshall Herald. April ~
An entomological expedition will
| leave san Antonio shortly to 20 weet
ward. The phrty proposes to collect
specimens of all the insects common
/ ana ptrnltHI 10 lsFNs
Hort Wuttl, Democrat. Arril ~
We have made dilieont inquiry of the
farmers since the rain. aud learn that
Y tir wheat crop. which wna suffering u
little with rust. Is again growing finely
uud viii probably not he injured but
very little. If any. IF no accident bcfalls
\ IL, aud the araaon for harvesting IL pro.
/ pitiuuA. not less than two and n half
\ million bushels will hc grown in Tarinut
! county alone, and the yield of the entire
State will amount to fully twelve million
\ bushels With this crop during the Cen
\ trnniai year, Texas eau afford 10 burn II
Y few bunrhra Of Chinese crackers on the
! Fourth Of July.
Ma,alinll Herald. May 2J
Work on the Tyler Tap on the Gilmer
division has begun In earnest. The
I whole line IL now under contract, aud
will he graded by the 18th Of August.
| An cx city official Of Galveston was
found with his little twelve year old
daughter, both entirely nude. saying
prayers for his deceased wife In the
! Catholic Church in Galveston Tuesday
night He had presents Of candy, fruit.
and new pipes for her with him The
poor man, who was insane, was taken
charge of hl his friends and cared for
MISSISSIPPI.
IEutaula Timu- May 2
| We learn that there were three deaths
among our colorcl population on yester-
day. The mortality Of this race exceeds
that Of the white in this city fully one
hundred per cent and the increase by
births has ialion off in the same proper
ton.
Memphis Avalanche. May 81
fine still water lake in front Of
IL -at,, ,lI Il hn aP hot
| place to have lots of fun with sailboats.
They can skim and scoot about in any
direction whenever a slight breeze stirs.
| The Herald Of Friday last says Boats
| don't pretend to go any other way now
except through the cutoff 1t will
soon be as great u novelty to see II
! steamboat 90 around the bend as il was