The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-07

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State as volunteer militia, the Pelican
Rifles and the Baton Rouge Zouaves have
received uniforms and accoutrements
They will also get arms as soon as the
| Governor can gather them In from the
different defunct Radical organizations
throughout the State.
Mississippi.
Featherstone is first choice in Marshall
county and Humphreys second,
Twelve papers for Humphreys and
eighteen for Lowry is the latest.
Gen. W. Ell. Fitzgerald, Of Tallahat-
chic, has been suggested for Lieutenant
Governor.
The Corinttian is strongly In favor OF
Stone for Governor. So also are most
of the North Mississippi papers.
Capt. I. FL. Woods declines letting
his name go before the State convention
for the office of Attorney General.
The sleeping" Gubernatorial candi-
date Is called Walthall, and Northern
Mississippi thinks he will be wide awake
when the Convention meets.
A Democratic primary election for
nominees has been ordered to be held
on the third Saturday In July, in New
ton county, for the various county and
legislative offices and to take the sense
OF the county for Governor.
The Port Gibson ReueilJe has opened
it's columns to correspondents on the
snake question, and is determined to
find out the largest snake killed this
year.
On Saturday last Major Jackson, COL
ored, was put in jail at Corinth on charge
Of numbering Jesse Dilworth, one of the
most worthy and respected colored men
OF Kossuth.
Just across Big Black from Durant,
on Tuesday evening last. tree was
blown upon a colored woman and child,
killing the woman outright and break
ing the collar bone Of the child.
The Bay st. Louis Herald dominates
Hon. Roderic Seal for Governor, and
claims that that section Of the State
having 80 long been neglected, is now
entitled to some sort of recognition.
J. M. Mccoy, of the Pelahatchie
neighborhood, near Brandon, was ar
rested on Friday last and lodged in
jail charged with committing name
less oHense on young lady named
Norton.
MdJoL 0oo. M. uOfdus III 10 Sttteu, uaS
from the race for Auditor,
because OF the number of candidates for
other offices In his section of the State,
and presumably because he is afraid of
being in somebody's way.
Several Of the Mississippi counties
complain of the manner in which the
delegates to the State Convention are
selected, being chosen in several in
stances by the county executive or a
small portion of it, without any refer
ence being paid to tho popular will at
all.
A young man named John Jordan.
living seven miles southwest Of Ash
land, while blowing in the field Friday
l22d), met with the sad misfortune to
have his mule, which was attached to
the plow, killed by lightning, and he
himself somewhat injured In one OF his
legs. The lightning struck an old stump
which the mule had just passed, leaving
The stump midway between him and the
mule.
Ten prisoners escaped from the Fort
Worth calaboose Saturday night.
The cotton on the black lands in
Washington county Is turning yellow
On account Of excessive rains.
Near Jasper, few days ago, Dennis
Mattox and Jack White, two negro boys,
murdered a companion, Joe johnson,
also negro boy 10 years Of age. The
Boys were hoeing together when the
crime was committed.
There Is a rumor in Austin that if
,een hundred penitentiary convicts are
1t once to be put to work on the Gal
veston and Santa Fe Railroad, and that
he road Is to be completed to Bolton,
n Bell comfy, by the 1st of September.
A Frenchman named Lyons was MUIR
Tered near the crossing of the Brazos
liver, on the w rutherford and Palo
Pinto road, last Saturday. He was shot
n the forehead and received a blow on
he head from some heavy weapon. No
,lue to the murderers.
The Patron advocates an early extern
sion Of the East Line railroad from
Dangerfeld to Mount Pleasant, and
shows how in many ways it would bene-
1t Titus county. Itadvocates donations
~ the citizens Of money in order to Sc
cure the road to the latter town. With |
rood railroad facilities Mount Pleasant
would be one OF the most pleasant |
owns in the State.
Last week family Of immigrants in |
amp near Stockdale, in Wilson county,
vas attcked early in the morning by q |
nan named Thomas and his two sons,
md the father, mother and three sons |
murdered by the inhuman wretches.
l son, whowas picking up brushwood |
lear by for the breakfast fire, ran off |
hrOl1ph the woods and FORUM ate1v m of |