The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-05-09
SOUTHERN NEWS,


Louisiana,
Mr., Albert Wlzie, of Shreveport,
while out hunting, shot himself 80
badly la the arm that amputoton is
necessary
A row between Marshal Gibson and
Willis llainos in llouma, resulted in
Gibson being shot aud dangerously
wounded.
Tho entire property Of the Donald.
sonTlle Agricultural Association was
sold at Auction last Saturday. All the
debts Of the association have been paid
and the stockholders will realize twenty
per cent ON their Investment
GcOrgiA.
Memorial day was celebrated in
Athens and Columbus ON the twenty,
sixth Of April
The Albany News speaking of the
crop prospect in that section says
"Since our last weeks statement plant.
ers have had splendid opportunity for
preparingplonting and blowing, Bright,
sunshiny days have been upon them,
and they have not lost their opportu
nifty They have put in little more
corn and are still planting the grain.
Florida,
The Rev, Mr., Reynolds, associate edi
tor of the Key of the Gulf has severed
his connection with that paper
The citizens of Madison have con
cluded to drain Lake McNasty. 1t will
probably be done with an earthen pipe
The newspaper press OF Florida
seems to be in favor Of an extra session
of the legislature, though on econumi'
cal grounds it will be hardly called
A meeting was held at Apopka city
last Friday for the purpose of organic
ing stock company to drain or cut t
canal from Lake Apopka to Lake Dora
so that steamer may run from the
one to the other; also to put the saw
grass lands in state of cultivation,
North Carolina.
The wheat crop OF lredell is fine,
The peach crop in Rowan will b,
heavy
On Friday last Monroe Rector, {
young man from Morganton, jumpec
from the train bound west two miles
below Morganton, and was thrown un
der the hind wheels of the irst-clas
coach, The wheels passed over boil
legs lust below the knees He was car
ried home, where he died in few
hours
Orders have been issued from tn
war department to remove one com
pany of the second artillery from MOI
gantown, and another company OF Tia
same regiment from Raleigh to Wash
ington, D. c. But one company is lei
at Fort Johnson
South Carolina.
The Union Herald endorses Rec
paths letter
Memorial day will be celebrated i
Laurensville on May 10.
A. w. Cummins chairman of the Tn
vesity Faculty, publishes q card in tn
Register, saying that the university ea
penses have been excessive.
A pair of solid gold scissors and
chased silver ink stand are in the Joul
nal of Commerce office, for the countr,
editor, who can write local item, with
out beginning it I'VE learn"
The peach crop in PiclSens county j
certainty. 1t has been minus peache
since 1874 Many farmers had laid tn,
axe at the root of their trees in cas-
they missed the present year.
Ira w. Rice, colored ex>clerk of cour
for Laurens county, was arrested il
Newberry on Thursday, the 18th in
slant, taken to Laurensville, and com
mitted to Jail about one o'clock the fol
lowing morning, The charge unde
which he was arrested was his refusal u
turn over the office to Mr. NJ Il. Babl
his lawful successor.
Mississippi.
James +. Parker is a candidate 70
auditor
Adams county will be able to rui
| PUBIC oCuOOlS lOuI ulOhVHo vi hhC gOH
on q cash basis.
Col Ben. King, the Copiah wheel
horse, has declined to allow his nam
to 90 before the democratic convention
as candidate for governor.
The jury in the case of Mitchell VS.
New Orleans, Chicago and St Loui
railroad, for $4,000 damages, returned
n verdict in favor of the plaintiff TO
5000. The case was tried at Brook
haven.
The last session of the circuit cour
at Vicksburg sent sixteen criminals b
the penitentiary. Just half of these .
to jackson for burglary. Only thre
persons tried were acquitted. Justic
is certainly enforced in Warren county
The Natchez cotton factory company
with q capital of $4,000 organized o
Thursday by the election of X. /
Learned, president; Jos. n. Carpenter
secretary, and p. IL. McGraE, treas
urer. 1t is of course q private matte
but it cant do any harm to state tbs
the salaries of these officers are said