The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-15
DAILY DEMOCRAT,
SOUTHERN NEWS.


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greatly injured by several frosts.
Richland parish estimates It's ex.
penses for the coming year at $1S,750
The Baton Rouge Advocate grows ex.
cited over the very whisper OF eompro.
mise.
The body of d. A. Weber. was taken
last Thursday from Bayou Sara to Dom
aldsonville for interment.
The cost of repairing the levee at the
town of plaquemine was $4,000. or this
$1,000 was contributed, and the remain
der Is owed by the town.
Smallpox hhas spread from st. Mary
parish to Iberia. 1t Is confined entirely
to the negroes, not single white per-
son having yet been taken With 1T.
stHurrah for Nichols and Witt
three groans for the Returning Board
and Hayes, and D sigh for Tilden," 10
the way the Minden Democrat winds up
on editorial.
The mall force OF the Natchitoches
Mail Company has been increased by
the purchase OF another mule, and now
the people OF that town hope to get the
news quicker and oftener.
The City Council Of Monroe has en-
powered the Mayor, as chief OF police,
TO close the entrance to any place OF
business on Sunday which, In his dis
erection, should be closed.
On Sunday morning last little col
ored boy named Edward Wicker, the
son of Baptiste Wicker, OF Bayou Sara,
aged about II years, was thrown from a
horse and trodden TO death while riding
on the Tooraen place.
The Clubhouse on the plantation Of
Mr.. Boyee, near Natchitoches., was
al la Mi nll n
wagons, carts and farm implements 1t
contained. It Is supposed to be the
work of an incendiary.
VIM. q. Randolph, Esq, is now in
full possession of the books and records
of the Office OF State and parish tax col
lectors OF East Baton Rouge, and Ia re-
ceiving taxes. The Kellogg tax collec-
tor, Ii may be remembered, refused at
first TO turn over these books to Mr..
Randolph.
On Friday evening last a difficulty oc-
Cured at Thiery's store, on the east
bank of the river, In Iberville parish,
between w. g. Davis and Alexander
Bahin, In which the former was shot
and instantly killed. A preliminary
examination was held before Judge
Crowell on Wednesday last, and Mr..
Nabin was sent before the District
The bond was fixed at $500,
Wednesday evening number Of mer.
chants and others met In Baton Rouge
Rouge for the pur pose Of consulting to-
gether concerning q project TO build a
marrow gauge railroad from that city to
the town of Clinton. Several plans for
putting the enterprise In motion were
submitted and discussed, when the
meeting resolved TO appoint commit
tee OF six TO draw up an act OF incorpor-
alton, TO be submitted to the present
extra session OF the Legislature. The
committee were instructed to draw up q
charter for the organization Of the COM
pany to build q road from Baton Rouge
TO Pontchatoula. and from Baton Rouge
to Clinton, La, and the Mississippi |
State line.
ssississippi.
Rice is being planted in Wilkinson
county.
Heavy rains in Mississippi are greatly
mountaineering the planters. |
The fruit crop In Southern Mississippi |
has been greatly injured by the frost.
The Jews of Summit and the neigh |
boring towns have employed a rabbi, |
and now enjoy religious exercises.
The examination OF witnesses In the |
case OF j. Il. Lynch, contrasting the seat |
Of Gen. Chalmers in Congress, Is going |
on daily in the Circuit Courts at Natchez.
A quarrel between J. r. Patton and
II. Turner, two lawyers, in the county
court OF Winston county, situated at |
Webster, resulted In an interchange Of |
shots and the killing OF Patton.
On Thursday, the Board OF Mayor
and Aldermen of Vicksburg appointed
Mr.. @. nj. Klein, Cashier OF the Missis-
sippi Valley Bank, agent to compromise
she bonded Indebtedness Of the city
with the hondholders.
The Chickasaw Messenger suggests
Mr.. Stone, OF that State, for Governor,
y. Darden rs Lieutenant Governor,
kinloch Falconer as Secretary of State,
Hon. Street as Auditor, w, ID. HUM
ohreys as Treasurer. and Joe Bardell as
of Public Education.
Levee street Is again blockaded. A
enoe has been built across it from the
corner OF South Madison, by the heirs
If the Donovan estate, who obtained a
Judgment against the city for the valne
II the land through which Levee street
'uns, some time ago. The purchase
money has. remained unpaid and they
property.
Cattle are dying In Henderson county.
Calvert has shipped 1862 bales Of
otton this season.
Hunters from the range report the
'uffalo going southwest.
It is believed In Collin county that the !
tcavy snow has improved the wheat
ands.
number OF emigrants from Penn
yivanta have reached Colorado county.
There will be an increase Of the acre
ge Oh sugar cane in Fort Bend county.
About one thousand Stalled cattle =
1ill be exported from Hood county this
inter.
The Milan county farmers are de- Q
oting much attention to improved cat. :
ln hnrss end horses y