The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-23
SOUTHERN NEWS.
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Grant parish has enjoyed severa
| freats oil late.
| Farmers In Claiborne are making
preparation for early planting.
All the West Baton Rouge Officials
usepublicans, have qualified undel
Gov. Nichols.
The upper story OF the Grant parish
iail is occupied az q public school. JUS
The place for 1t; the children always
behave.
The merchants In North Louisiana
refuse to furnish the labefers as many
supplies as they have heretofore fur.
nished them.
Says the Minden Democrat OF the
Legislature I've cay to these, reform
Legislators go 1t, and may the devil
take the hindmost In the race TO refetm
Louisiana and abolish the press
Bone OF tile Radical parish ex-eff1eials
OF Grant parish are hanging on to their
offices and refuse to give them up to
those legally elected. Under the plea OF
stattis quo.
The following persons have been APP
pointed road Inspectors oil Assumption
parish Philip Fitshugh, Robert ARM
strong, GERMAN Auguste, John Dol
1tbhs 4lhhuutphS 4 Shatcb5bt
Lafayette Furman, accused OF killing
Emiiien Grange, has been transferred
for safe keeping 30 Opeleusas, the La.
fayette parish jail being In too insecure
a condition for criminals.
Three prisoners In the niehland par
lsh jail walked out, the sheriff having
hess.
The Thibedaux Sentinel does not dis
approve Of the suggestion to make
Baton Rouge the capital OF the State,
but thinks Ii a little premature just yet.
The prompt and energetic action OF
Sheriff Booth. OF Baton Rouge, has put
lawlesH persons In that parish. Peace,
good order aud the best Of feeling pre-.
vails'amohg all classes.
Stock are still dying Of hunger on the
prairies In considerable numbers. This
has been very hard winter ON cattle.
1t would pay stock men handsomely to
save feed during the summer and feed
their stock through the winter and
spring.
IL appears that the apprehensions en-
tertained a month ago In regard 10 the
seed cane have not been realized. but
that the seed has been preserved re-
well and Is now being planted
rapidly.
The vermilion h tanner Id extremely
excited and angry over the number OF
1fIiee aseekefs who have Hooked from
bhe country parishes to New Orleans TO
seek good fat offices from Govern or
Nichols; In fact, the people of the
country parishes seem te think this
special grievance and insult TO them
selves, instead Of being. as 1t really IL,
! rather severe thing In New Orleans.
A eolored man by the name OF John
Webber was shot and killed at Green
wood, parish OF Caddo, by a Mr.. John
agura. .Agufs mounted bis horse I'm.
nediatelg after the shooting and left In
he direction Of Texas. Little is known
" the cause OF the shooting, az the man
Who was killed and his wife were the
'nly persons working In the field when 1t |
eok place, and the woman, who ID In |
!. delicate condition, has been so iii |
'ince that she has been unable to tell |
Of 1t.
Two negroes were brought before
Judge Cordill, of Tensas parish. on the |
9th, on a charge OF attempting to poi |!
on d woman named Mary Coster, on |
he Limerick plantation, near ST. |
'oseph. by putting paris green lthe
rsenate OF eopper) In the cistern where
he drank. The evidence, says the st.
oseph Journal, not being sufficient the
'rlseners were discharged.
Mississippi.
Natehea will enjoy races on Monday.
The Morton Democrat published at
iorton, scott county, Mics, was sold at
hefim q sale recently. The proprietors
r fha t1nitntnh ft1fnIljuHaps,. t.,nY, Aha
purchasers.
Tho TIVE Yazee City Democratic
abefs have combined.
Gen. VIM. II. Miles 10 one of the per-
pns suggested for the next Governor OF
Mississippi.
Smallpox has broken out In Wilkin.
On county.
Mr.. G. w. Barrett killed wolf near
tocky Springs, OF tremendous size. on
tuesday last. The reward for killing u
rolf is about the same as IL used to be
Texas for killing a man, s25.
Texas.
Evangelizing is going on in Dallas.
Austin pays saa,ees license for selling
fhisky.
one hundred and fifty eolored recruits
assed through Fort Worth Tuesday.
" Fort Conoho.
1T. Matthews Church In Dallas was
rolen into last week and burglarizedl
its communion service.
Austin has more money than she
nows what to do with and Is building
$50, 900 sewer.
The returns for San Antonio last year
bows 516 persons married to a05 died
good place for marriages.
The Austin and Galveston delega.
ons, with Gov. Hubbard at their head,
lsited San Antonio on the new rail (
bad, February 10. II
The State Gazette nominates Roger A.
ILLS as the next Governor, In con-
deration OF his manly opposition to
le Electoral Tribunal bill.
There were tventy-nine lots bur- ..
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