The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-07-30
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
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LouIsIANA.
THE Rcd River Is overrunning the
country around Shreveport and doing u
| great deal of damage.
The Alexandrians complain that the
police refuse to remove dead animals
from the street. and IL has to be done by
| the citizens, who are most ineonve-
nienced
The Bienville Police Jury has ordered
the building OF three new bridges--at
Smiths Crossing, on Black Lake; the
Tules bridge. on Black Lake, and one
on Bayou Saline.
Coltax wants telegraph operator. 1t
has got wire. but nobody To work 1t.
Two men Mt Colfax. lately, Thomas
| Casey and Hiram Masters, got In u quar-
| rel and drew their guns on each other.
Casey banged away, and, although he
was over 1870 yards distant, shot his
antagonist. Can our city rifle clubs
beat that for practical target shooting
| The Pioneer Club. OF Cloutierville.
| Natchtoches, numbers ITO; many Of
| them negroes.
Union parish announces the people
as fully organized for political work, and
very enthusiastic.
Ouachita and Claiborne are organizing
| briskly for the campaign. Both feel
confident of success.
The only way thatth Harper Radical
gang can keep up their courage Ia by
receiving daily kilograms from Now
Orleans that the State Central Commit
| Tee has recognized them as the only
parish committee. Such q telegram
appears daily In their organ, the Shreve-
port Telegram.
Nntchitoches will raiify the ticket
Nichols and Wilt August T.
a number of armed colored regula-
tors appeared suddenly In Ward Six, Of
Natchitoches parish, last week. and ar
rested and hung notorious horse and
hog thief, Lawson by name. No poll
tics in 1t.
Morehouse promises that half her
colored population will vote Democratic
The negroes are not only going to the
meetings, but joining the clubs.
Tom Anderson is working hard for
his Senatorship In st. Landry. IL Is
the strongest Democratic district, and
il Anderson Is elected IL will be n crown
ing disgrace TO the Democrats Of the
district
The Natchitoches Parish Convention
meets Sept. IA for the nomination OF
members of the Legislature, ct al.
| Bienville has four candidates for the
| i .
| Edwards. james Brice (the last repre-
sentative) and J. A. II. Givens.
! Morehouse cotton was never so prom
ising Corn good in the localities, but
/ wanting more rain.
| In Caddo the cotton Is reported as
from fair to fully fair. A late rain has
helped it.
Lin Concorda the corn Is doing toler-
| ably well, the cotton three weeks be-
| hind in the uplands, a month on the
lower lands.
| In Webster the corn was almost burnt
! up, when, fortunately, u rain reached it
ward and will be picked early this year.
East Feliciana counts on only half a
corn crop. Cotton and potatoes will be
saved thanks to the late rains.
| Natchitoches calls for rain or the corn
| is ruined. The potatoes are splendid
never equaled anywhere.
The country Republican papers have
very few OF them put up the names of
the Radical State ticket The price OF
| this is only fifteen dollars for the cam
paign.
Geo. L. Smith. Radical candidate from
| the Fourth Congressional District, takes
heart at the fact that the Rapides Ga
zette, mostly" owned by ex-Gov. j.
lion, now holsts his name az the head of
the paper.
| This, however, 1T seems from the Alex
andria Journal, the paper took down
after a few issues, and now the Gazette
speaks of Congressional Convention,
to be held at ColfaX, Aug. 20.
Rapides is burning up for want of
rain-cisterns empty, the grass parched,
and the corn crop complete failure.
| Cotton in Natchitoches is doing well
but good rain is needed for the corn.
| The fruit-peacheS, pears and apples
| is poor. but figs, melons and Irish pota-
| toes tlattering.
Bienville claims corn crop big
enough to last for two years. Cotton
| outlook favorable.
| The Farmerville Record (Union par
| ish) grows excited over the coming cam
paign. 1t is now or never. LII we don t
carry this State it will be ''a fit recep-
| tacle for the ventilation of their ignor-
ance and the qualification Of their venaI
appetites." Hit 'em again.
The Amite City AdrOcate, Tangipahoa
parish, is after a third party, sort of
Grange affair.
In the Radical Convention for the
election of a candidate for the Senate
in the Twenty-second Senatorial Dis
trict, we notice that Sabine has two
delegates out of nine given to the other
parishes. AS Sabine did not give that
many Radical votes at the last election,
we cannot say on what this apportion-
ment is founded.
. TEXAS.
The San Antonio ETpress wants di.
vision of the State, if it can be done.
A gentleman, in digging we'll twelve
miles east of Fredericksburg, hit on a
vein rich in silver
The East Ieras Daily Leader, Of JEFF