The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-19
tist parish. They are brought there by
the Bonnet Carre creyasse.


The Natchez Democrat reports gen
uine cotton worms on the Pills field
place In Ooncordia parish-none re-
ported at any other place In that Sec
tion.
The Lo,tisidndis wants the poll tax
made q serious matter and used for
school purposes. 1t thinks also that
the right of citizenship Is worth good
deal more than one dollar per year.
Two Cinnamon fought at Godberry
plantation, Terre Haute, parish of Sc.
John, and were both wounded, one
severely. A negro who tried to separ-
ate them was also severely wounded.
The Lotisid1ais wants recorder Of
births and deaths for every parish. It
declares that In the way things are now
| managed there is no means Of establish
| ing the real civil status Of most of our
citizens.
Richmond Davis, young man, col
| ored, is under trial in St. Charles for
outraging negro woman, Rose Corn
| his crime are overwhelming and he will
probably swing.
The total assessment for st. James
parish this year is $1,712,gO0, as COM
pared with 81, 446,751, an increase Of
| 1906, 249, or IL per cent. The assessors
report also shows 70 stores In the parish
| as compared with ID the previous year
Fifteen colored men went last week
| from Bonnet Carre, parish of st. John
| the Baptist, to Pape Vert, parish Of st.
James. to help in the rice harvest. and
were run out by the colored men OF st.
James and prevented from doing any
| work.
There was some trouble on the Lee
| gendre place In st. James parish last
week. Mr.. Armant having been In
suited by small negro girl, started
to whip her, when her father and an
other negro came up and attacked him.
He fired at the father, missing him. He
was soon surrounded by some twenty
or thirty negroes, many OF them armed
with guns. He thereupon retreated and
escaped. Some OF the negroes were
very excited and even spoke of burning
the house, but thought better of 1t.
| Mississippi.
| The serenity OF Jefferson county Is
disturbed by independent candidates.
Trustees for public schools must be
elected on the last Saturday in August.
| The West Point Free South wants q
new State constitution and q Revised
Code.
The grand jury Of Lincoln county, at
| the last June term OF court, found sixty
true bills.
The Crystal Springs camp meeting
will begin on the 22d of August and
close on the Goth.
The third annual session of the Mis-
sissippi State Dental Ass ociation Is in
session OF Canton, Miss.
| The West Point South wants eonsti-
tutional convention held to prepare q
new constitution for Mississippi.
| Mr.. s.. Spengler Is building O new
steamboat at his mill above Vicksburg.
Another move In the direct road to in
dependence.
George Clint, the defaulting tax col.
lector OF Jackson, was arrested In Mont
gomery, Ala, last week, and carried
back to his old home. He is now In jail
at Jackson.
Senator r. 9. Catchings sent in his
resignation to Gov. Stone the next day
after he had been nominated for Attor-
ney General. This leaves Warren county
to elect two Senators this fell.
Capt. George r. Gracey and H. @.
Bridges, of Summit, have resigned their
offices of school trustees. The free
schools give Summit more trouble than
the strikers did Pittsburg. What on
earth is the matter
The Natchez Democrat says Gen.
Martin, on his recent trip North bought
enough iron to extend the N. J. 81 @. r.
r. from Fayette to Red Lick, and an
iron bridge to span the north fork OF
Coles Greek.
A gang Of thieves. wearing the garb OF
penitentiary convicts, have been around
the outskirts of Hazlehurst for several
days. They were first seen on Sunday
evening, and have broken into and rob-
bed several houses. The superintendent
OF the penitentiary, we are informed,
says there are no cOnvicts at large, and
it Is mystery who these fellows are, or
from whence they me.-tCopi ahan.
Texas.
Rats in Collin county are dying by the
thousands.
| A. A. Burke has been elected Mayor
of Rockdale.
A military institute is to be estab-
lished at Houston.
Cotton worms have made their ap
pearance in Cherokee county.
A German woman named Schneider
hanged herself near Industry, Austin
county.
Some of the Texas papers want the
Legislature called to Investigate the
big land office steal.
The washerwomen Of Galveston have
organized themselves into q society,
and are now known as the Ladies o.
Labor"
The bridge over Choctaw creek, or
the Trans Continental Railroad, caugh
fire from the sparks of an engine, a few
days since, and was considerably in
jured.
The Courtney Bridge Company have
closed a contract with an Ohio company
for the erection OF wrought iron tubu
lar arch bridge over the Brazos river
near that place. The bridge is to bt
400 feet in length.
A party OF armed men while passing
the Gilbert Rancho, in Cook county. OF
Elm, last Saturday, fred volley into 6
crowd of people who were sitting in the
| shade of the house. The fire was re-