The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-06-05


dallas Commercial. May 2pl
A Young man of fine education, q
, Georgian by birth. and graduate o'
] one of the first Eastern colleges, was
found dead i'm one Of the old unused
stables in Waco. on Friday night. lie
had become a slave to opium and from
{ prominent book Keeper had descend
, ed to nm outcast on the streets. A bottle
of choral was found at his side, but
whether he died from an overdose taken
intentionally or by mistake Ia not
known He was perfectly destitute,
and the authorities were about TO bury
him ms n pauper, when u courtesan,
: Madame Davis. stepped in and asked
permission to bury him. This was
granted and she had him dressed in nm
elegant suit OF broadcloth and inolosed
in mahogany coffin.
Dallas Commercial May 81
Amolg tho new residents in the
future great city OF Fort Worth. and
one Of those who fastened there rs q
pilgrim to Mecca. was one J.. NJ Gordon,
u wholesale liquor merchant. formerly
from Augusta, Arkansas. whore he left,
owing to u little episode which rendered
his further residence i'm that place some
what sultry. Gordon became acquainted
with Young girl whose name we do not
see fit to give, and seduced her. He also
persuaded her To leave her homo and fly
with him. She. alas consented. and
the couple went to Shreveport, La, and
after n time, Gordon, firing of his victim,
deserted her. Her family was plunged
| into the deepest grief, and her brother
determined 10 bring the sedurer 10 jus
tice. and with this purpose fixed In his
mind started on the trail. BY long and
dilgent search no found that Gordon
/ had NO to Texas. and obtaining u re-
QUESTION from the Governor OF Arkan-
sas on Governor Coke, he came to this
State. Governor Coke recommended
him TO obtain. If possible. the assistance
Of our efficient aud able ex-Sherff
Major james Barkloy. to assist him if
possible. in tracing the fugitive, he did
so and the Major found the man. Yester-
day he was arrested in that city ana
taken back on last nights train, where
he will be- called to account for his
wrong doing.
Waco Examiner. May aol
The horses that were stolen from
Green Patterson and Captain Pickett,
in this city several days since, were re-
covered on Friday last. under cireum-
stances about rs follows The farmers
living in the neighborhood Of PattUns
Mills have been very much annoyed for
some time past by the depredations Of
Gently suspicion fell upon II man named |
Jeffrey. who moved from the Colorado
to that neighhorhood some time last |
winter. though there was no positive
proof of his guilt until last Friday |
when ii was discovered that he was not |
only q bad man himself but q
harburer Of the very worst class Of
villains MI. j. s. Wilkinson. II
member of Lebanon Grange, discov
ercd two mon in the act Of stealing his
oats. lie at once notified some Of his |
neighhors, and q party Of four OF five
stalwart Changers, armed with double !
barrel shot guns. started in the dircC
ton the men were seen To GO They |
had gone but u short distance when, in
u dense thicket near the house occupied
by the man Jeffrey. they found two fine
horses tied to trees. and Judging them
to be stolen. the party secrotei them
selves and waited for the return Of the
thieves They had not waited long
when the men. armed with Spencel
rifles. entered the thicket aud noise
Iesslv approached the spot, which, the
next moment. was to be tho scene OF q
bloody conflict. The parties discovered
each other ut tho same moment. md were
equally lea iy for action. Both parti r
began firing and about twenty shots
were exchanged, which resulted In the
serious wounding OF two OF tho thieves d,
and one ~ the horses. ono OF the I
scoundrels ran. and though he was hotly
pursued. managed To make his escape.
Tho wounded men proved to be Jeffrey
and II young nlan who gave the name OF
Boyakin the former IL wounded in the
side, il Is thought fatally. and the other
man had both arms broken and n shot
in the neck He may recover The
wounded men stated to their captors,
that the man who escaped, is John Har-
din, q cousin OF the notorious outlaw.
John Wesley Hardin. Jeffreys and
Boyakin were turned over to the Sheriff
not prove fatal. will be very apt To go to
the Penitentjary. ."... a=
Mr.. Wilkinson and two other mem
hers Of Lebanon Grange brought the
horses to this place Yesterday and turn
ed them over to Capt. Pickett and Green
Patterson.
MISSISSIPPI.
IGranada Sentinel Juno 81
The wheat crop in the eastern part Of
the county has been seriously injured
by rust. Still in some places tho wheat
is good. though not to compare with
last year.
From what we have been able to
gather by inquiring among the farmers,
the crop prospects are pretty 1a1r Inc
stands of cotton are good and early
corn is looking well.
In Amite county all the cotton has
been planted and some Of that which
was early sown has been scraped and is
looking we'll. Corn and other food
crops are in good condition.
The reports from Leake county are
not 40 favorable. When the cotton
plant first springs from the ground it is,
in many Instances, feeble and sickly,
without sufficient length Of stalk to lit
the leaves above the surface Of the
earth and it dies.
In Tippah county the acreage Of cot
ton is ten per cent over last year. of
corn ten percent under, and small grain
twenty-five per cent under the crop Of
1875. and the condition Of the crop at
this time Is not SO good as a year ago
There are more hogs in the country