The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-17
SOUTHERN NEWS.
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shipyard.
Baton Rouge suffered q $1,000 fire last
Sunday.
The estimated expenses OF the parish
OF st. Tammany for ths current yeal
are $4,000.
A new paper, the st. Tammany
Farmer, has appeared in Covington,
parish OF ST. Tammany. II. d. Neild Is
editor; the paper is Democratic.
The Vienna Sentinel complains that
the planters OF North Louisiana are
backward in planting, particularly with
corn.
| The circuses are not to be bulldozed.
On the failure OF Dan Rice to get the
City Council OF Baton Rouge to reduce
the city license on circus and menagerie,
| he folded his tent and departed without
giving performance.
The Ayoyeiles sugar crop this year
| will be 1900 nogsheads. This Is q great
increase over last year, and has had a
good effect on the sugar interests.
Many farmers In the parish who raised
cotton last year, have abandoned its
cultivation for sugar.
Since the cave In the front OF the river
at Plaquemine, the people OF that town
have shown a disposition for back lots,
and now 1t is no unusual sight in that
town to see q house moving for some
safe rear lot.
The Nichols Police Jury of Avoyelles
assembled at the courthouse last Mon
day and did nothih q further than or
eanize. The following are its officers
President, John G. Grimes; Clerk, T..
M. Dumartrait; Treasurer, II. II. Irion ;
Constable, A. B. Cailleteau, and Parish
Physician, DIR. u. DeNux. The Jury
adjourned to the third Monday In Feb
ruary.
The water commenced running
through the Grand Levee creyasse on
the 1st OF February. The flow Is not 80
deep or strong Enough yet to prevent
horsemen from passing. When 1t is
Pointe Coupee will be divided for
months by this crevasse, and planting
operations and travel along our river
highway seriously interferred with.
A serious outrage took place on the
Stevens Track, near Cypress Bayou, be-
tween Bayou Sara and the Plank road.
In East Baton Rouge parish. Mr.. David
had rented this tract OF land to some
negroes after aseertaining from. per-
sons residing In the peighborhoed that
they were honest industrious ne3ioss.
The negroes had just completed the
removal of their household effects, corn,
fodder, etc., to the place and were
preparing to 20 to work. On Sunday
night, without any warning whatever,
they were awakened by the firing OF
pistols and yelling. The invading party
rode up to the house. set 1t on fire In
two places, when the negroes ran out
and were permitted to leave the house
without personal molestation. The
barn house and cabins were also set on
,1,A. pt1 la off htPf h n
light OF the burning buildings. Great
indignation was aroused in the parish
when these facts became known. The
Baton Rouge Adrocdte promises that
the perpetrators OF the outrage shall be
discovered and punished; and Mr..
Booth, the Democratic sheriff OF the
parish, has offered his services with q
posse to at once arrest the guilty par
ties.
Mississippi.
Bee culture Is growing popular and
productive In Mississippi.
The Natchez Democrat declares the
acts introduced into the Mississippi
Legislature, and which passed the
House. for reducing county treasurers,
com missions, and requiring the sheriff
to visit the precincts to collect taxes,
were mislaid, and hence failed.
Natchez is threatened with the same
fate rs Vicksburg-that the Mississippi
will desert It.. The Natchez Democrat
thinks it prudent for the authorities OF
that city to take steps to avoid the pos
sibility of having the city left three
miles from the river. 1t is proposed to
let the river through the Claremont
place, just above Natchez.
The annual cost of the Mississippi
Penitentiary to the State under Radical
rule was $40, 600. It is now self sustain
ing. It Is proposed to extend the lease
Of Messrs. Hamilton & Hilbron in con-
sideration Of valuable improvements to
buildings, etc., to be made by them.
The bar OF Claiborne parish met at
Port Gibson last week and reco mmend-
ed Gen. James q. George, OF Jackson,
for the position on the Supreme Bench,
to be made vacant by the resignation
Of Judge David Davis.
Texas.
A Texas stockman recently sold to
parties in Southwestern Kansas 1000
head OF cattle and 1000 horses for
$4,000 in silver.
Grasshoppers in countless myriads
have appeared on Joe's creek, In Austin
county, and cattle are dying there by
the score. What relation to one another
nave these IaCIS
The International Railroad Company,
it seems, has no registered title to the
reservation, so-called,. at San Anto-
MO. They did reserve it with much
vehemence--those good people that
donated it.
The competition between the Central
and International roads Is OF great ser
vice to the business community, from q
reduction of freight and increased IA
cilities OF travel.
The county OF San Saba, almost as
large as Connecticut, contains 1000 In
habitants. San Saba, the county seat.
on the San Saba river, contains popu-
lation OF 1000.
Many Milan farmers are competing
with one another in the production Of
swine, goats and sheep. The next fair
will show what has been accomplished
and what can be achieved in Texas.
n Paulod in NTi1a