The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-15
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iAIasandrla Democrat. April i2.l

sun IL ms not bfhuEei quite so bnIIy.
We have had several regular and earnest
rains, which for the time drlugcd the
country. thus stalking fresh impndimcats
ia tho plowng Of the planters and
farmers
Our river presents at the present time
u huge inland sea, and has actually
risen -FOUR feet ton inches since our last,
and we hesitate for the present to take
either side on the overflow question
with The present rising lights Rlnring
US fall in the face we incline 10 The
watcry notion that unless there be u
change. and sudden one IN tbs wen
thcr, We shall be- treated to another 1866
disaster. We can stand yet eight feet Of
u rise, and rs IT. Is going up ut tho rate
Of eight inches in twenty four hours. it.
- rnthcr serious to contemplate our sit
uation
Baton Eouec Sdvocntc April iaI
We have been informed by persons
whose vcracify is nuqucstioned that
stfnnGr phenomena has occurred Ht the
residence OF coiored man who resides
in the First ward. near the corporation
line on Government street
During several nights This eolorcd
man has been visited by showers Of
III Mysterious rain by which his bod and
effects generally have been drenchcd
with water. The frat time it occurred
rain during the night and IT. had lenkcd
through the roof. Upon examination
he found there had been no rain. that
the sky was clear and he could not nc-
count for this mysterious fall of water.
Ho examined his house. a very small
cabin thcre was no living soul
about the house except himself, wife
and children, and consequently no pen
son could have played a prank on him.
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tlnaccountable TINT h" related it. To tho
people IN the ueghborhood, aud since
then hundreds nf people out 1f curios-
ity have visited the house nightly To
witness this strange visitation. our in
formnnt was -one among the number,
and he SAYS positively TINT he saw with
his own eyes water strike against the
house from the inside that there was
not n drop Of water previous to the oc-
currcnce IN tho house, not even u cup
or bucket.
ALABAMA.
INobito Register Aprll 10
cutting affrny occurred last evening
at tho corner of Royal and Theatre
streets, IN which u negro man by the
name or Andrew Mitchell received -
dangerous wound IN the right side. He
alleges that n white woman, whom he
claims for his wife. did il. The case will
be tried before the Mayor this morning.
MISSISSIPPI
lNntrhaz Demoernt April NJ
The Kinds county G0sette says ex-
Sheriff LIarney is defallter to that
The fact was not M do known
until The latter part of last week The
amount of defalcutlon i4 said 10 be
about $4,000. The county, however,
will lose nothing by IT,
At tabOut 4 O'Clock yesterday morning,
while seven coiored men were coming
from Bulett's Bayou to Nhtchcz in
skiff, the skim, by some accident, cap
sized near the Wayerly place in u whirl-
pool, and three the men were drowned.
Their names were Yves Prown, Nose
Williams and Dave Cloud.
The Senate sustained tho Governors
veto Of the amended charter for
Aatchez, on Wednesday last by vote
Of 10 to T.
tNatciez Democrat April l2.l
Hon. George IT, Pcndlcton, Of Ohio,
Is expected here In week or two, 10
spend some days with his friend, Mr..
Geo. NJ Marshall
Yestcrda ut a late hour, owing TO the
rain in the morning, the steamer u
Phoenix Fire Company No 7 went to
the Cooley cut, In tho n, J. 10 G. II. r.,
and tried with great success the expert
mcnt OF washing out the sticky mud
and clay which has made this part Of
the road so troublesome. A str AIN of
water was turned on and in about four
hours and II half about 800 yards Of
earth was removed, about as much ~
twenty men would have moved in "a
week.
TEXAS.
lAnstn Statesman, April o.
The Sherman Rcgister says that the
n e..
Coke and Hancock, with fully half the
press and two-thrds Of the people for
Coke A fact worthy OF note is that all
the opponents Of Coke can say of him is
that his services are needed as Governor.
The Register finds from u careful canvass
that the delegation from Grayson and
three or four adjoining counties Is solid
for Coke. North Texas viii give him an
almost undivided support.
shreveport Times April s.l
The Dallas Ccmmercaoi Of Wednesday
has the following:
Last night the store of Dr. Maxcy,
ut Decatur, five miles east Of Plano was
DESTROYED by fire. DR.. Maxcy, who is
relative Of Senator S. H. Maxey, had
Just removed from Plano to Decatur,
and his store had been opened but few
days.
Will Lambert. employed in the in
tereSt or the Texas State Fair, was
attacked by three men, near Bremond,
last Tuesday night, and robbed.
shreveport Times. April 81
Mckinney Enquirer: "Fhc good sea
son continuing nearly 1900, 800 bushels
OF wheat will be raised in Collin county
this wear Unusual crops Of corn, oats
and cotton will also be raised. No un-
forseen damage occurring, the cotton
and grain crops Of Collin county this
wear will be worth between four and five
million OF dollars.
lHempstead NesarngerI
On the 9Th Hearne was the scene OF
considerable excitement. Moore 3 store
was entered and robbed u young man
named Charles was suspected, dis
charged, and then killed by some un-
known persons. Lynn Snecd, a negro
boy, was run over by a train on the Cen
trail road and killed, ard two negroes
had fight with hatchets and bowie
knives-both seriously wounded.
Shreveport Times. April o.
We learn from a gentleman who was
present that difficulty took place at
oeffersOn, yesterday morning, between
Mr.. Ward Taylor, Jr, editor Of the linn
plec,tte, and Mr. f. J. PatillO, an attache
Of the Lpdder, in which the latter was
killed instantly by a pistol shot. 1t
seems there had been bitter newspaper
controversy between them, and that Mr..