The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-31
SOUTHERN NEWS.
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!: Swamp fever prevails ia the lax,
" country OF DeSoto.
. One hundred and sixty nine dogs were
= the result of the first day 8 poisoning Id
S Shreveport.
2 eTerrebonne Progress. a new weekly
5 paper, Is to be started In Houma on the
6 first Saturday OF August.
Richland parish will raise its biggest
o cotton crop since 1868. The cotton, sc
0 the Beacon complains, Is growing toe
. rapidly.
The Telegraph reports the Ouaohita
falling at the rate OF one foot in ID
hours, and says it will soon be too low
/ for large boats.
Doralise Roman, colored, was burnt to
: death last week in Thibodaux. A lamp
that she was carrying in her hand broke
scattering the oil over her.
The Marksville Bulletin saws: The
late rains that we have had have i'm
proved the cane crop Of this parish, and
1t is now thought that the yield will be
very good.
Il Red River parish asserts that it has
some OF the finest mineral, sulphur,
etc., springs In the world. An attempt
will be made to develop them into sum
mer resorts.
i The body of an unknown white woman
was found in the Mississippi river, op-
posite Pointe Coupee recently. A
double cased gold watch and locket
were on the body.
The Donaldsonville Triune- Democrat
says that negro had been locked in
the jail at that place. charged with out
raging his own nine-year-old child, and
that the child had died since his impris-
onment.
A large lot of cattle that were locked
shall and Longview will be driven from
those points to Shreveport In time to
be shipped on the steamer Durfee. Let
us get this cattle Trade by all means IL
we can.
| A stranger, who calls himself Mark
Constantine. and who recently appeared
| in Morehouse parish, whence no one
knows, has just been sent to the insane
asylum by order Of the judge of that
] parish. He is man of about fifty-six
years of age.
The Donaldsonville Chief states, upon
what 1t considers good authority, that
young married man, in Iberville parish,
outraged 9 little eleven-year old girl,
him the choice of being shot or whipped,
beat him 50 badly that he died from the
effects OF it.
The Madison Journal says The grow
ing crop of Madison parish Is undoubt-
eddy the most promising we have had
for years. Cotton has not been better
advanced since the war, and corn is
made. or the latter there cannot fail to
be an abundance. Cotton is still subject
to some disasters, such as worm, she'd
ding from second growth, etc., but fail
ing these the crop will be the largest
since the war.
From all the great sugar plantations
OF Plaquemines parish come the most
full crop OF sugar and molasses. Cane
is everywhere growing most vigorously;
though slightly backward for the season,
the stand Is said to be more regular and |
even than usual and the ground in |
splendid order and uncommonly free |
from grass and weeds. The supply Of |
labor Is abundant and the laborers more !
efficient and active than ever, their |
minds being more concentrated on their |
terial advancement than on the great |
political problems Of the day.
Esau johnson killed his mother-in-
law on Friday evening, July Is on the
Shelburne Plantation, in Carroll parish,
by literally shooting her heart out; he
was within ten steps Of her and pulled
the trigger of a double barrel gun,
planting a full charge Of buckshot
through her breast, and during the ex-
element escaped to parts unknown. It
seems that Esau and his wife's mother
have been getting along badly for some
time, quarreling daily and threatening
each other. Esau especially declaring
he would send the old woman to h.
1t Is supposed he crossed the river into
Issaquena county, and could be easily
secured; but not a single effort was
made to arrest the murderer; no in
quest even held; nothing done.
Mississippi.
Franklin, Copiah and Lincoln coun-
ties have instructed for Gwinn for Au-
ditor.
The Jasper county Democratic con-
vention has met and selected its candi-
dates for all county offices.
The vote in Lauderdale county was
1892 for Lowry, 351 for Humphreys, 1874
,or Stone, and go for Featherstone,
It is stated that the friends of Gen.
will insist on the adoption of
The two third rule in making nominal
lions in the State convention.
Yazoo will send 100 delegates and al
.ernates to the State Convention. These
are instructed to vote for J. G. Prewett
Is candidate for Lieutenant Governor.
The following is the vote of Newton
county at the primary election held on
saturday last: Lowry TT, Humphreys 8
'O2. Stone 142. Lowry over Humphreys
.95, Lowry over all 1873.
A nurse fell with the child Of l.. W. i
Swafford, Of Vicksburg, from an en-
oankment tWenty-fiy feet high on Far
ner street, in that city, fatally injuring
both child and nurse.
Messrs. Thos. Kirk and Lebron No
an, young men living in the Dover
Yazoo) neighborhood, had a cutting 4
Iffray, in which Kirk was fatally cut. $
The Enterprise Courier declares that
wo gentlemen, while out rowing in a Z
kiff near that place last Monday, were l