The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-08
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Louisiana.


Natchitoches enjoyed frost Sunday.
Steamboat racing has revived on the
Red.
A pottery has been established at
Hahnyille, parish Of st. Charles.
The Attakapas Register. has changed
hands. Messrs. Brookshier u WOODS
are Its present owners.
There are several cases OF SMALL ox
among the colored people In the vicin-
ity Of Casey's mill, In East Feliciana.
A negro deck hand employed on the
steamer Frank Pargoud fell into the
river, between the boat and coal
barge, at Baton Rouge on Tuesday night
and was drowned.
AS an evidence Of the mortality
among horned stock In Louisiana, the
editor of the Lake Charles Echo noticed
last week fifty-seven dead cattle along
the road from the Lacasine to Lake Ar
thur, q distance Of only fifteen miles.
It will take q tax of II mills to defray
the parish expenses OF Lincoln parish
for the present year. The Sentinel
wants the Police Jury to hold an cleo
ton at once to order such tax, as 1t
cannot be collected except 1t be 30 Or
dered by the jury, under the recent de-
cisfon OF the Supreme Court.
We hope the following remark Of the
Attakapas Register, concerning the
health OF Morgan City, 10 only the usual
exaggeration Of country papers: i" An
unusual amount of sickness prevails In
and around this city. Scarcely house
Is free from some form OF sickness, and
funerals are not among the most unfre-
quent gatherings"
Two new post routes have been estab-
1ished in St. Mary's parish, one from
Centreville to North Bend, on Bayou
Sale, and the other from Cypremort
Landing to Kemper's, on Bayou Cypre-
mort. This will supply mail facilities
to the large number Of people living on
Bayou Cypremort and Bayou Sale, who
now have to go from ten to twenty
miles for their mail.
The steamer Minnie, on descending
the river, was in the act Of landing at
Pringle's Landing, parish of Pointe
Coupee, when one OF the deck hands,
preparatory to landing, threw out o
individual standing on the shore near
by the stage-plank, named Despalia,
recently come to the parish, instantly,
and without apparent cause, drew his
pistol and shot the hand who had
thrown out the plank, and attempted
to shoot at the mate and engineer Of
the boat. The boat instantly backed
from the shore and attempted to land at
some distance further at another land
ing. Despalia followed the boat to the
second landing, and fired three sue
cessive shots at the officers Of the boat
on her second attempt to land. Unable
to land, the boat continued her course
down the river. The deck hand is sup
,,apol f1 hs ,p1rfo ly xupt1pInH I1aa-
palia has not yet been arrested, ana Ia
vet at large In the parish.
Texas.
The measles prevail at Houston.
There are only four Radical papers in
Texas.
Last Friday, March 2, was Texas In
Day.
The State Medical Association con-
venes at Galveston, April 2.
The Dallas Mail has been changed
from an evening paper to morning
paper.
The negro who so brutally murdered
policeman Neal, at Waco, has been ar
rested at Jewett. is
One hundred and thirty-two recruits
for the Tenth Cavalry, colored, passed
through Comanche the other day..
Two new postoffices have just been es-
tablished In Comanche county, Oliver
Springs and Sabana Creek.
A gentleman In Jefferson has placed
a fine marble tombstone at the grave
OF the unknown woman murdered there.
At Winchester, in Fayette county,
Joe Isaac was shot and killed by one
Clark Oliver. An old feud and bad
The large cattle firm, Coleman e
Matthias, have lost 5000 head OF cattle.
mostly COWS, out OF herd Of 100000
during the past season.
The Paris North Teran chides a min
lister who refused to perform the mar
riage ceremony for love-lorn couple OF
the "colored persuasion"
A stabbing ARRAY occurred at San Saba
The other day. A young man from
Colin county, named Ben Watts, fatally
stabbed young Hadenbaum, a Swede.
The loss of the Baptist Church and
Opera House by fire at Waco last week
entails a severe loss upon that city,.
Both buildings will speedily be rebuilt.
Fort Worth has voted, by handsome
to take charge OF her public
schools, which Is sensible and pro-
yressive step on the part Of Fort Worth.
The commissioners to revise and di-
yest the laws Of Texas have been In
session at Austin this week. They met
20 compare notes and mark out more
work.
Mr.. G.. B. Nichols, the first announc-
I'd candidate for the Mayoralty of Gal
Teston, has withdrawn from the field
Ind given in his adhesion to Col. Stone,
Democratic nominee. There are only
hree candidates: Messrs. Stone, Full
on and White.