The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-05
SOUTHERN ITEMS.


IAtiakapas Sentinel, April ~
The body or Joseph Hunter, belong
Ing 10 Company u, Third United States,
was found on last Sunday In the bayou
Teche. He is supposed To have vo'o"r
tnrily drowned himself. MA,
Tho Washington Enterprise OF Wed.
ncs,iay last tells OF n bloody ARRAY nap
neniny nj Prairie Vile Plato between
Henrv Boaard and Lucien chatham.
They fought with knives. and chatham
died of his wounds. H.. ,,,.,
irhc anme pnpcr states that the late
heavy rains have swelled W bayou
f,ourtableau seven or eight feet. III IL
now Drumming full and threatens over
shreveport Times, March 81
The late rains have retarded farming
soperntions and put the farmers back
notnewhat, as compared with average
reasons. but two or three weeks OF ialf
wenther will operate wonderlul
change upon their prospects ana, In
consequences. their feelings.
fMorehouae Clarion. April III
There will be but little fruit this year
III consequence OF late cold weather.
There was n heavy frost "Wednesday
morning. 80. n.,u
week.
Helena World March 81
We have II that Blaine Will get the
deicrntion from Arkansas, II Morton
dops not. this from one OF tho strong
f,tfllers who knows what he Is about.
The creeks throughout the country,
have overliowed their banks and travel
In some directions Is stopped by the
water.
TEXAS.
fAustin Statesman. March gl.l
The Victoria Adrocdte says that
ssnmOnr the number OF candidates VINO
have been pushed forward In this CON
test for the United States Senatorshlp
from East Texas, Is Governor Richard
4 Coke. who. Fortunately, has nothing to
oppose him save the fact that he belongs
10 East Texas" ,,
The Cambridge Northwest says "The
wheat crop Of Clay county Is SURE. to be
4 very large one. The number OF acres
eown, with only nm average yield, Will
supply home consumption and give us
many thousand bushels for export. The
cat crop Is very promising"
The Senate has confirmed David j,
Baldwin rs United States District At.
torney for the Eastern District OF Texas
tAustn Statesman. April III
Mr.. Gay, OF Texas, proposes to win all
the purses ut the races OF the 18TH ~
New Orleans.
\ A medical spring has been discovered
near Denison, which the Netrs thinks
will soon rival the oil springs In the IN
dian Nation as fashionable resort FOL
invalids.
tMexa Ledger. March 9i.l
II "A estimated that not less than 800.
600 head of beef and stock cattle will bt
driven this season from Texas to the
Northwest. The citizens OF Gonzales
county have organized company ol
minute men, to aid In enforcing the
laws and keeping down violence. The
weather for the past month or SO has
been remarkably rough In the Northern
and Western States. In many parts q
tho country the early blooming fruit
trees have had their fruit killed by the
recent cold weather.
Bolton, says the Journal. pays Its
Mayor $25 per month, and its Marshal
$40 per month and has $500 In the cit,
treasury.
The grasshoppers are destroying gar
dens In Bell county.
Work has commenced on the Dallas
end OF the Dallas and Wichita Railroad
bryan Appeal, March 81
We have talked with a good many o
our farmers. and they say that the corr
which was covered shallow was killed
and has to be replanted, while tina
which was covered deep stood Ii better
as the cold did not penetrate deel
enough to reach the roots.
The fruit was injured to some extent
but not more than one-half the frui
trees have budded this year, and SOM
OF them look as Ii they were dead.