The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1877-03-19
DAILY DEMOCRAT.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Louisiarsa.


The health OF Natchitoches ID distressingly
good. and medicines drug in the market.
The Natchitoohes parish jail is without IN oc-
cupnnt, and so is the Lincoln parish jaii-cau
they won't bold anybody.
Planters ID ouaohita report their places in fine
condition and fully month ahesd Of last year ID
work thanks TO an early spring.
0ne-half Of the ciy revenues o, M1rgan aesa Usa
ontirely to the improvement OF the public streets.
The oitizsns OF the villages OF McDonoughville,
BROOKLYN Grotns, Meehanicsham, and New Me-
chanicshsm, Jefferson parish, Will vote April ior
three commissioners of pubic works 1or each Oh
these villages
Bill Nelson. colored, living near Donaldson
vile. murdered his wife with an ax because she
rrfused 10 remove with him TO ST. Louis. The
probabilities are that neither will go to st. Louis
now Bill III probably bound for Baton Rouge, MS
swige--mI de Dsortuis njsi b0nuHs.
The Telegraph iae is 20 bs extended TO Houms,
Terrebonne parish. The energy We are showing
lust now iu building hundreds Of miles Oh tel
graph and not d m ls OF railroad IL 4 proof that
the people OF LouisiBna care moro fJr news
nfick. red.hot nsws-than business and trade.
The peseh crop Of Avoyelles was completely
aestroyed by frost the other day, so at least
tine Avoyelles Bulletin declares, but ~ II has been
declaring one We that the crop was oil right,
and the next that IL was gone, wi b fearful regn.
larity fsr several months, we shall wsit yet awhile
and SEQ for uurself
The smallpox now prevails In the parishes of
Laiourcho, Terrebpnne, 10. Landry. ". Onatles,
st. James, St. Mary, Iberia, East Fe e4tcianA and
East Baton Rouge, and is constantly spreading
up the river from the city, where IL undoubtedly
originated in Packa,d's pessrhouse. Its track
from the & Louis Hotel TO Baton Rouge, New
Iberia and Opglonsas can BIO clearly and distinct
ly traced
The oitiyen, tf Delta, Madison parish. have
employed an engineer, the Vlcksburg Herald
says, TO make surveys pfe imnary TO the removal
OF the site OF the viii GO TO the upper side OF the
peninsula. By the ouapga In the course o, tne
river thnt occurred some mon hs ago, fickspurg
and Dglta we're left out III the cold two miles
from tho river. Del IL now very senslbly cnanG-
ing Lis location Vicksturg, unfortunately, 10 100
big and umey 70 do this.
Bulldozing Ia not quite extincsin Baton rouge.
The prese1is bu ldozsfs are Red Men, o. the fol-
lowing terrible ku- kbx warning to the Editor vi
the Baton Rouge ddpocdte bears witness
Fl Pc VILLA, March 2, 1877.
Mr.. W. q. Annis, Editor Advocate:
Si,s-Ata tegul meeting OF Council NO. D I'M
proved Order Of Red Men, q committee OF three
was app iDte to wait on the editor OF the ddpo-
ndte eod find OFT from him who is the author OF
the little squibs lately published In said paper:
The duty said committee 10 70 Walt ON You ~
night after o'clock, u some dark corner, and
impress yoH with the necessity OF stopping said
publications.
Govern yourself accordingly or stand conse-
qrences
JAMES SMITH, Chief OF Records.
Mississippi.
pnsumoniR Ia very bad In Vicksburg.
Monroe county will greatly increase the acre.
age In corn this year.
Whooripg cough is quite fatal among the col
3red babies oil Enterprise.
Chicken stealing has ceased in Natchez-be-
cause all the chickens are already stolen.
The town of Edwards, on the Vicksburg aud
Meridian road, has shipped l4,964 hales In the
past six months.
Candida es for Governor are already numerous
in Missiasippi, although the election is nine
months distant
All recent Dsmocratic meeting in Adams
county q large pole was raised and q stresmer
unfurled from It's peak whereon was inscribed.
80. II, Singleton, for Governor
Last Monday o son OF Mr.. Robert Weir and 8
negro man got into quarrel on the road, near
Macon. After some high words the negro at
tackled the young man with STICK, when the
latter drew pistol aud shot him twice, causing
his death In q short ttms.
Texas.
snow fell At Denison Thursday.
New York is shipping her gamins to Texas.
The young gtasshoppers in the vicinity Of
Peoria, Hall c,unty, have disappeared.
Young man named Eppstein came very
near b Ing killed In Dsnispn with base ball
bat, while engaged in the athletic sport.
The Sherman Patrol says that owing to the
backward sprng cue fruit men think the crop OF
fruit ia North Fexas will be the largest ever
grown.
Grasson county is to purchase not less than
one hundred nor more than Two hundred acres
III land within five miles of Sherman, for o
county farm.
The Texas Volunteer Militia Company Conyen-
ton has ended la disagreement. Two OF the
& companies that took part in it have appealed
from It's decision to the Governor.
The Texas Central Railroad trouble deems TO
have aft ,rded thu State AZ much excitement as
political campaign. The aalvestonans and
Houstouians dvnounce each other as conspirators,
et,., In language aud style worthy OF fierce
campaign.
The Panola Watcln,aa says that the true
Ervptian rice hou, ishe. in the upland prairie
region OF exas, and yields ten times as much as
the common rice. The heads are much larger
than common rice. aud tho grains larger, heavier,
and moro easily threshed out, but darker.
Al few days ago, MIR. Chandler, living on the
Sandies, near Gonzales, left home to procure
corn and patato SEED 10 plant, and left negro
boy. that had been living with him for years,
with his wife. and children. In the night the ne-
gro attempted TO commit raps. Not succeed
ing Mrs. Oh .ndler told him she was going to
tell her husband, whereupon he struck her on
the head with an ak. and XII cd her. He ran over
to the nea. est neighbours, and told them that
some one was trying to kill Mrs. Chandler. Eli
ts;s aetiena they a11apected him, and arrested
him. Yesterday at 10 o'clock, he was hanged,
having acknowledged the crime.
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