The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-01
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Louisiana.

Bilious fevers prevail in Natchitoches.
Vermilion parish is repairing it's roads.
Cattle and hog stealing are extinct in
Natchitoches.
The Bethel camp meeting in DeSoto
closed on last Wednesday.
w. Jasper Blackburn will start a new
paper in Minden, to be known as the
Webster Statesman.
A camp meeting will commence at
Union Camp Ground, Ratcliff's Mills,
Red River parish, Friday, September
14th.
The Mansfield Reporter having fin
ished Shreveport effectually, is now
preparing to demolish New Orleans and
New Orleans merchants.
The School Board of Rapides has re-
solved on the establishment Of twenty
six schools In that parish, sixteen for
white and ten for c0lored children.
The Alexandria Democrat says that
up to August 10th the cotton crop Of
Rapides was the most promising 1t had
seen since the war; Since that time 1t
backs Of drouth, then too much rain,
boil worms and caterpillars. Now, it
thinks the crop will be seriously
affected.
We receive our New York exchanges
regularly inside of five days, and our
Cincinnati ones inside Of four four days,
and yet our Shreveport Daily Times
never can get here inside Of six days.
In other words, the 1000 and 1000 miles
off papers reach US quicker than the
$50 miles one. Who can unriddIe this
mail freak for us p Alexandria Demo-
crat.
The worms appeared on the hill
plantations In Natchitoches, says the
Tndicator, last week. The farmers at
once used Paris green with good effect,
utterly eradicating the pests on ali
places but one, where the poison was
applied too late. On the river places
the planters were not SO successful.
On Chalas' plantation they appeared
on Friday, and by Tuesday had ruined
the crop. They continued their raw.
ages six or seven miles down, utterly
destroying everything. The other
planters are now bravely at work with
the poison, fighting the worms.
Mississippi.
Match ez reports diphtheria.
Lee county has nominated Hon. III. Ell.
Tisin for the Legislature.
The corn crop of Warren county is so
per cent better than last year. :.
The convicts of the Mississippi Peni-
Tertiary are escaping in tremendous
numbers.
The public schools in Adams county
will be opened September Is for a ten
months session.
Starkville has organized a militia
company to be known as the Oktebeha
Rescue.
The Democrats of Lehore county have
nominated w. D. Peery, editor of the
Greenwood Oriental, for the State Sem
ate.
Hon. O. R. Singleton is canvassing
the State. He will speak at Kosciusko
on the 1st, and at Carthage on the Sd Of
September.
Warren county has an independent
ticket in the field composed OF Repub-
licans, Democrats, etc. Most of the
Democrats on it repudiate it, and refuse
to lend it the use Of their names.
John Lackey, charged, with the MUIR
der of his grandfather at Meridian,
Miss, has been arrested in Montague
county on requisition from the Gov
ernor Of Mississippi.
The Marshall County Convention met
at Holly Springs last week and made
oio lotioWluS uouludIlOuS. CeudGOE,
Gen. A. M. West; Representatives,
DR.. w. F. Hyer, Fl. 0. Rand, Ed. Kuhl,
DR.. w. G. Warren.
Clay county has the honor of inau-
gurating the Democratic campaign.
The mass meeting at West Point on the
25th was numerously attended. The
speakers were Gov. Stone, Hon. T. G.
Catchings and Hon. W. L. Hemingway.
Chas. G. Lee had his gin and grist |