The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-02-18
SOUTHERN NEWS.

"a are nlantIfnl In lsichlani.

The Monroe Intfagsiteer fepBtts great I'm
" nrpvemenis In that town.
. govington has shipped just 74a bales Of cotton
! this year.
. The Carnival atIike's Hall, Baton nouge, was
i q great success. lhere were plenty OF tableaus
j aud dancing.
el A fire Ia Alexandria on last saturday destroyed
the engine house Of that town, and ether build.
= ings and very nearly destroyed the town hall.
D The Ypang's Point levee, In Madison parish,
3 has fnaliy been conplesed, aud The people are
. happy Ia consequences, Hs the danger Df over
9 tlvw aas been happily averted.
II fttakes New Orleans papers eleven days TO
. reach NatehItoches, and as the telegraph is not
In working order half the tiie the people Of thai
parish are just now enjoying last months news.
Several citizens oF Natchitoches who placed
their names on the bond OF the hadlcsl sheriff
vf the parish, subsequently withdrew them,
leaving the kheriff botdess and unable TO gua-
Fly. He liz sill writing FOR securities to e5ae for
! ward and help him on.
The young men OF Delta iiiast be iingallant
since the Delta Sentinel has to lecture them thns
alt does not show much gallantfy In the young
men Of Delta, To neg young ladies preinenadlng
these beautiful evenings without escorts. We
hope, In this respect, 10 see ali improvement in
onr voting mens The ladies OF Delta merit much
more attention than they receive from the young
i gentlerlen.e
ApropoH of Judge Mann,ng's decision that The
Police juries of parishes have iu right 10 assess
L
Courier charges that greater tax than IA has
almoat always been assessed In that parish for
parish purposes.
Mayor Drauguet. the recently elected Mayor OF
Natehitecbea. feee wed hts commission last Mon-
ay and took possession OF lila. office without
opposition. The ex4AAyal has become Parish
| Judge. As Mr.. Dfauguet is Democrat we need
| tear no more euttag, In Natehitoehes, such ~
took place there Christmas
There seems 10 be some little disorder conse-
II at fatu sntr Ia lla
houge, but the Democratic officials OF that par.
isb are putting Ii down faa. A eelufed man
named John Van Bnfsn WAS Wanteny shut In The
cheek last Saturday by white desperaae. He
made affidavit Of THE and posse was at once
organised ps the sheriff and the offender pur-
sued ana promptly secured.
The Mihden Democrat sums up the matter In |
tis mannefs The iiah WHO pays taxes TO any |
9 Hector not holding commission from Gov |
Neholls, is paying money 10 support 4 fraud and |
an usui per's government that is entitled to no |
recognition or reepect from respectable citizens.
nor ~ any Individual, who presnlnsH 10 act as al
officer under aoommission from Packard, entitled |
tu any consideration whatever"
Mississippi.
The wheat prospects, Of Yaabasha are report
ed promising.
Navigation Of the upper Tomblgbee has just |
opened,
A new paper, the Southern Ilaptiete, is PUBLISH
ed at McUomh City aud Meridian.
Not single church 10 Ok has regularly
located psstor.4@a bad state OK sifl rs, truly.
Tcbula was Visited by fire on the 9Th inst. The
Whole business part oil the town was destroyed.
LDsa, $4,000,
The Wsstern Union Telegraph Company has
been suet for damages by The editor of ths Me.
rdan Mercury, for refusAl to transmit Associated
Pfens news to his papers. Damages claimed,
$40. COO.
]. he Houston Telegraph. the oldest paper In
Ttr Enn ,.A, Hs.tI& sf
A srlosed ham weighing Ia pounds was ex.
hibLted IN q sture Ia Memphis few days ago.
The pig from which 1t had been cut weighed ITO
pounds, and had been raised by 4 planter In Mis.
sissippi.
Mr.. John NJ. Hmylie has been appointed 10 the
acn CT February |, 1877. Ms. Smiley is thorough
y familiar with the status OF these lands, which
are located In the soutle .stern part Of the State
and which We learn viii be thrown upon tho mars
Get after the lat day OF April.
The pickwick @ ub aud Valiant Benevolent
Association, bich celebrated Mardi aras In
NateAez, represented the hstory Of Moses iu
Iine tableaux, the tiading Vt Moses; tho burns
ng hash: the Ten plssess: Moses before pna.
pah; the staying OF the first borp; the
Egyptians urging Moses to depart, Moses strls.
ny tue rock; receiving the law on Mount Sinai;
ho Bfazen Serpent. The procession was seri.
'usls interfered with By the rain.
Very recently In sardis dozen people, white
sHu cnlQfeu, were huuuehlY eelzeu with GhO era 4
norbua. Something 40 unusua created quite a
anic. A general fush was MADE for duc ors.
.fttr the sufferers were relieved they began to
investigate the cause of the strange O. Incidence.
Zach Of the afflicted families had b ught souse at
he same place, aud they naturally attributed the
ttacks of cholera morbus to tins cause, from the
tbss stfychnine had be- given to
he hogs, and through the med um oil souse
oand an introduction to their stomachs.
Texas.
Hog cholera prevails toa considerable extent
Tue Sheriff sold the weatherfcrd Times for
$50.
he I. o. O. +. hold their next State uonven- c
on ut Austin.
The grass on the prairies about Lockhart is In
ooa condition for grazing.
Mardi. Gras has been fsed for Wednesday
pul 4, In Dallas. d mt talk about Irish bulls
ow--call them Dsllas bulls.
Regular passenger trains will commence r,iu-
Ing TO San ANTONIO between the 10th and goth |
st.
They are re.exciting the Know Nothing oues-
cu in dalves'sn, and for the reason that most
II ,e-seekers and p paceho ders are foreigners
ach is the argument used.
The wheatfields about Mckinney promise an
,undant harvest; but the young grasshoppars
. around, and fierce frost is needful in March
: th will balldcze the crop. g,
The robbers that killed Hiram Harbor on the =
suSHU uuFueu Hts wagon anu with IL MS mon w
My . little silver was saved and national banks
ere the benefcarit Of the ansaction. =
The Col rado Citizen says that quite number W
immigrants ON Pennsyvania have arrived to
that county during the past week, with the in tr
ntion OF permanent settlement. They wei o al
ought out under the auspices OF the .ssunse.
,ute, and are to be fnllaw bv many more o n,
tile along the line Of the railroad. ss so
A we'll dressed man. with black moustache tn
spped into passenger car at marsh II . an
ked q colored man to hold baby fos hum
It moment. The train went on, and no one
me to ciaim thu infant. The woman returned
Marshall to discover the party who h II ded her Pr
Q child, failed in her purpose, and all Mar .ha
on the alert to fad The daddv Of hat b 4by. He
nst be discovered, and should be y aced Tor si'
aety-nine years in a founding hosplt | as mt
rse to those who go falkerless and mothsrless
rough life.
Re ufnisg H.ara Poetry.
Der fields snow-nhite with orange blooms, /
he wayward zephyr ruvts, -
And sweet are the scents fhe sun djstills