The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-11
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Louisiana.

la oil right In West Baton Rouge.
Live partfidges ore sold on the streets
OF Marksvllle at fifty cents dozen.
The magistrates and oonstables lately
elected In Bienville parish have not
been commissioned yet.
The Sheriff. CLERK of Court and Re-
oordsr Of Hapides have all qualified
under Nichols commissions.
The Hydropas and Masuras prairies
IN Ayeyel les were set on fire the other
day, and quite u quantity OF fencing.
rails, cabins, etc., destroyed.
Mr.. A. s.. Barbn. commissioned
Sheriff OF .Avoyelles by Coy. Nichols,
vice Messick, deceased. has taken DOS.
session Of his office without any oppo-
sition.
The Delta Sentinel says n fire co~
Cured In the fields on the Mcfarland
place on the 2Dth. burning one house
and about two miles Of fencing OH the
Holmes place.
Lewis, Kellogg's tax collector, or
Pa0Aard's. we cant say which, OF Rod
River, has proceeded to sell out the
lands OF that parish In fifst-c class order,
In defiance Of the status quo.
Henry Train, Republican Judge OF
The parish OF st. Mary, has recognized
w. IL. Wilson. the recent appointee Of
Gov. Nichols, rs District Attorney pro
tenn. He also exhibited TO bystanders
his own commission signed by Gov.
Nichols.
More corn will be planted this year
than last.
Less cotton will be planted Ia Chieka-
saw than usual.
There are only five candidates for
Mayor Ia Brandon.
The sweet potatoes are being de-
stroyed by rot, all over the State.
Vieksburg complains OF an overdose
OF dice, chips and thIee-eard monte
decks.
Horse thieves are committing fire.
uuent thefts In ChiekHsaw and adjoiu-
Ing counties.
Waller county Rrangers are about be.
ginning to plant this crop. They intend
putting In few more hogs than usual
this year.
Friars Point wants vigilance and
hnti-thief association for the protection
OF the people against worthless vagas
bonds, alias tramps, roaming over the
country.
He hueEueeM BNaatHef EepoEbs bH6
killing, In Monroe county, OF u gray
eagle measuring seven feet and Four
inches from tip TO tip, and fifteen inches
between the wings.
The Yazoo river IL rising, and the
people living In the swanps along II are
likely TO be subjected to another over.
flow. The river ID full Of boats, and
cotton ID being rapidly shipped.
Tenement houses nre In great demand
In TeSarkana.
Hail.stones Of good sIzo fell Mt MoKin-
ny last Thursday.
Hill county has forty-two schools and
seventeen hundred scholars.
Hehrne county wants new bridge
over the Brazos ut Port Sullivan.
Local option, smallpox and tramps
have broken out In Hapata county.
They are agitatiug the question Of
north aud south read from
Paris.
Tho monte bank fellows end police
nre ut war with one another down in
San Antonio.
The loss on the burned Mason county
court house was $40 600. Nearly all the
records went up.
They banqueted various officials and
prominent citizens Of the ChickaBaw
Nation ut Deni5on on the g7th.
The Con, nerotal wants Gov. Hubbard
10 devote bis next message to the Legis.
ature TO the best plan to raise POTATOES
md turnip8.
The Austin Statesn,an says, "we want
most paper mill to consume tho rags
md supply the multitudinous newBpa-
Jers OF Texas
San Antonio il to have manual
abor poor house" Austin proposes to |
nave the city work house devoted to the |
OF cedar buckets.
The Longvlew Kets Fra says tho |
are so much pleased with |
heir first winter in Texas they have |
concluded to remain and grow up with |
he country.
An old and respected, but whisky |
Thinking gentleman named Moore, en-.
TO stab Mr.. league, WINS shot |
md killed by this excellent lawyer at
dellican. Whisky Whisky
The old Spanish fort at Meuardville
las been dug up; quito quantity OF |
rms. cannon and ammunition was
discovered therein, which, upon exam
nation, were found to be $50 years old.
At u meeting of the Western Stock
association, held In Cuero, Texas, de-
action was taken to prevent
ii lawlessness and outrage upon stock
rowers, and to protect each other
gainst the band Of cattle stealers who
lfest that part OF the State. It was
greed that no unbranded cattle should
0 killed, either at homo or at the
randing pen; stray calves are to be
randed with tho mothers brand; un-
swful branding Ia discountenanced,
nd every business and social relation
i'll be suspended with any person who
ppropriates another's stock, and. who
yer may be guilty OF ouch appropriate
Ig or unlawful branding Of stock, his
anne shall be published in the papers,
I'd each member pledges his sacred
onor to carry into effect the objects
1d resolutions OF the association. The I
rice Of Kansas cattle was fixed at not
So than SIS, and beef cattle not less
an SIG.