The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-15
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Louisiana.

| Thanksgiving day was kepV as gen
eral holiday at ThihodauS.
| Thanksgiving day was duly eeiebrat-
ei by the uretna Artillery Win the sa-
lite Of one hundred guns.
judge Marks, Of the Fourth Judicial
| District, has finally decided that mr..
Winchester is parish attorney OF ut.
James.
The old parish jail Of Terrebonne has
teen closed, the. prisoners u Y being
transferred TO 1iafourche until the new
| laIl Ia erected.
A tthaeahu,lla moss gatherer named
| whitney fell from tree forty feet, last
week, and fractured his arms and legs,
hnt is not moftally hurt.
The City Council Of Shreveport has
rejected the bid Of the gas company
aud the city will remain In darkness
Until the Council OF company gives in.
| A mass meeting Of the citizens Of
| Iberia parish, held at Weeks Grove. In
New Iberia. at which resolutions were
| adopted rejoicing over the restoration
Of Louisiana.
Three prisoners In the st. James
| parish jail, two thieves and one muir
derer. escaped last week only one was
recaptured. The jail is In q very dilap
| idated condition.
Petitions are now In circulation to the
Hon. ID. M. Key, Postmaster General,
| from the citizens of Red River valley,
asking for a river mail service from New
Orleans to Grand Ecore.
A meeting of the people of st. James,
| composed In major part of colored per
sonA, met last Saturday In that parish
| and reioiced, with cannon. etc, over the
establishment OF the Nichols govern
ment.
Several members Of the Iberia Parish
| School Board refuse to accept the po-
sitions offered them, because six Of the
| members of the new board are Repub
| Leans. An entirely new board will be
appointed, says the Sugar Botrl.
Cane In Iberia is backward, but the
stand is perfect and a large yield prom
ised. The rattoons are growing but
slowly, and will fall somewhat below
the average, but the excellence Of the
plant cane will more than counterbal-
ance this shortcoming. Hence the crop
Of 1877 may already be safely calculated
as at least being fully equal to that OF
| 1876.
A difficulty occurred at Lafourche
Crossing last Saturday evening about
dusk between two colored men, In which
Gustave Robertson stabbed Octave
Robert go badly that he died In few
minutes. On Tuesday preliminary In
vestigation was had before Judge. A. Il.
Knobloch, who sent the accused before
the district court bond. $4,000.
Last Thursday evening, while young
Alcee Myers. son Of Andrew Myers, of
lie Piuuant. was out hunting, and had
stopped at Mr.. Valery Demands in lbe
| ria parish, to get a cup Of coffee. he dis
mounted from his horse to reload his
shotgun. After having done 80. the
butt Of the gun still resting on. the
ground, the horse started. and suddenly
raising.the weapon. the hammer proba-
| bly, struck the stirrup, exploded the cap,
and. discharged the entire contents Of
one barrel lfto his left Jaw and neck,
| the shot ranging upward through his
brain, and half -dozen No. 8 shot even
Passing through his skull. Mrs. Bernard
| was carrying the cup Of coffee to him
when the gun fired, and saw. the unfor-
tunate youiig man fall and expire In
stantly. Deceased was only % years of
age, and had been married only about
ten days.
A new paper will be started in Aber-
deem In June.
Beauregard will have iiremen's pic
mic on the 18th.
Rosenbaum and Hopper, reported
killed In the kemper massacre, are alive.
The State Board of Registration of
Mississippi will meet June l. to arrange
registration matters.
The Walden Record will be suspended
until after the holding of the State nom
mating convention, when 1t will go in
fresh and earnestly.
Sugar cane In Pike county will not
al Il hpIf hN rnt 1,nc
will be planted than any previous year.
and more hogs and cattlevaised.
Last Tuesday morning, near Hudson
Vile, Mrs. Thos. Wilkinson was burned
TO death. Her clothing caught fire in
some way. and when found she had ex-
pired, 1t la thought, from suffoeation.
The Fruit Growers Association Of
Mississippi met at Kendall Hall, In
CRYSTAL Springs, last week. and appoint
ed a committee to wait on the jackson
railroad to obtain reduction of prices
in the transportation of fruit North.
Mr.. George Klein returned to
Vicksburg Monday from his tinan.
cial mission to New York. where
he was received by the principal
holders of vicksburg bonds in q spirit
Of concession and liberality. They were
willing to take sixty-five cents on the
| uOllaT OH LHe IetLuS plpposeo Wy tue
city. but absolutely refused to pay at
, torney's fees, amounting to $4,000.
{ This sum Ia all that stands In the way of
a compromise.
: On Friday night last, a shooting
d scrape occurred Mt or near Hooker'e
a saloon, in Water Valley, which resulted
] in the mortal Mounting and subsequent
death of Mr.. =. w. Chambers at the
hands Of MIR. kendrick. both men being
seems had some words a few days be
' fore az Jackson, Tenn, and meeting
that night, they had spent tho evening
together, apparently on friendly terms
Q until the hour above given. when goine
Q out OF the saloon some words passed be
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