The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-19
SOUTHERN NEWS.


Lake Charles Is to have steam ferry
across the lake.
The Parish Treasurer OF Bienville
turned over $55e9 Ga to the police jury.
Mr.. Collins, Of Riehland parish, has
Invented and patented new cotton
press.
Beveral new cases Of smallpox have
appeared ut White Hall. parish OF st.
James.
The crops of Nerth Louisiana were
never In q more promising condition
than now.
Mr.. Culcon has been elected parish
treasurer Of De Soto, vice DIR. y. 2. Du-
bois, deceased.
A man was killed at Milliken's Bend
one night last week, in an attempt to
break into the store of one Of the mer-
chants Of that little town.
T. Bancroft u Sons saw mill and
shingle MILL on The Louisiana shore
opposite Orange, Texas, was burned.
Loss about $1,000. No insurance.
L. Philibert Revillon, promising
young lawyer of Lafayette parish, com.
mitted suicide Friday. April 10, In Ver-
nilionville, while suffering from tenn
porary mental arrangement, eonse-
quent on ill-health.
"Bad stubble' il the general COM
paint in West Baton Rouge. Every
planter will lose large portion Of his
crop in consequence Of this. The stub
BILE is rotting in tho ground to q large
extent. The cold weather Of the past
winter did it.
On Friday of last week the body Of q
child named JaBe Hernandez was found
in Bayou Jafourehe, near the residence
Of her parents, about three miles below
town. Evidently the child had been
playing near the brink and fallen into
the water without being perceived by
any one.
Much to the surprise of Mr.. Henry
Loeb, he received from Washington b
few days ago commission as postmas-
ter OF Donaldsonville. Mr.. Loeb declares
that he made no application for the po.
sition, does not desire to hold 1t, and
has 50 notified the Postal Department.
place, and an appointment will proba-
| bly, be made next week.
| Pearl river, Bogue Chitto. Tchefune-
tn, Bogue Falia, and indeed oil the
creeks, branches, brooks. rivulets, gul-
leys. rills and mud holes Of the East
Florida parishes are full to overflowing.
Much Of the country is overtlowed, and
still more serious freshets are threaten
ing. The high waters have proved q
great help in rafting saw logs, one of
the chief local industries OF this portion
OF the State.
The Vermilion Banner complains
that q large number of cattle are pas
turing on the prairie near Abbeyille,
which belong to non-residents OF the
parish, who own no lands in the vicini-
| l.. ni.... 10 ~ ,I,a. ,l.It f,x,t.
oattle eat the grass and ruin the pas
greatly TO their damage. It therefore
calls upon Lone Oak Grange to see that
these cattle are driven out Of the county.
Judge Fontenot, parish Judge Of st.
Landry, recently ordered j. l.. Morris,
late tax-eolleetor of that parish, to turn
over all his books, papers and other
documents to A. Garrigues. appointed
tax collector. Judge Garrigues, accom-
panied by DIR. r. I'll. Littell, president
of the police jury, accordingly took pos.
session of the tax-collector's office last
Wednesday, but discovered that all the
assessment and tax rolls had been re-
moved.
Donaldsonville ought to have It's mum.
cipal election the first Saturday in May.
The Common Council directed the May.
or to issue an order to this effect, and
such proclamation was issued. The
election law requires that the office ol
Supervisor of Registration shall be
opened twenty days previous to an cleo.
tion, and q notice of ten days ID neces.
sary before tho opening Of the office
1t was discovered, however, that there
was no Supervisor OF Registration, and
the election consequently could not be
held at the appointed time.
At the election for officers Of the in.
corporation of the town of Vienna, helt
on Saturday, April T, 1877, the following
named officers were duly elected for the
year following the date Of the election
to wit: For Mayor, l.. NJ. Gahagan; FOL
Marshal. A. L. Coleman; for Council
men, s. 2. Colvin, M. B. Pollard, J. B
Holstead, A. j. Jackson, d. Lynch ant
p. Phillips. The election was the mos
quiet and orderly ever had. Out o.
the immense crowd In town that day
not word of disturbance was heard
and not q single Radical vote was cast
The Dallas races commence June 2.
The Weatherford Erpo1aent is new
paper.
Eastland has school lands worth
$4,000.
A colony from Buffalo, N. Y, will set
tie near Austin.
A gang OF st. Louis thieves are opera
ting at Houston.
The mad dog excitement Is prevailing
throughout Texas.
Cattle gathering is still actively going
on In Live Oak ceunty.
Cattle driving from Caldwell county
to Kansas is going on briskly.
The Central Texas Railroad has agair
reduced the pay Of its employees ten
per cent.
The Dallas firemen are going to Mar
shall to join the Harrison county fire
men In celebration.
The Texas farmers are still crying on
AGAINST the "pr1duce tax - and will tr,