The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-13
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SOUTHERN NEWS.
Louisiana.

Mr.. Robinson, Sheriff eject, is not a
Republican, as was reported. +
The new Jewish Synagogue at Baton
Rouge is nearly ready for use.
The mud is fast disappearing in the
country, the weather is summer like
and charming; peach and plum trees
are In bloom, and strawberries promise
to be ripe in a few weeks.
Mr.. Alexander Hauffpainer. of West
ern Lafayette, has q 1O00-pound hog,
seven feet long, and measuring seven
and half feet In girth.
The Agricultural Club of New Iberia
lis progressing prosperously; 1t holds
weekly meetings, at which lectures on
important agricultural subjects are
read.
The Cypremort plantation, in st.
Mary, was sold by W. T. Weeks. last
week. to Ernest d. Burguiere for 100000,
an increase over its valuation last year.
Sugar property is increasing in value
every year.
Dan Rice refused to pay any license to
the tax collector Of Lafourche, but
deposited the amount for the same in
the hands Of FL. W. Tabor, to be paid
over to the proper parties when status
quo goes away.
The utmost harmony exists between
the two races in East Feliciana, says
the Patriot. Democrat. The colored peO-
pie are now orderly, polite and indus
trious, and the white people are doing
all in their power to assist them and
render them prosperous and happy.
The new Police Jury of East Felic-
ana, having received their commissions
from Gov. Nichols, met and organized
on Monday last. John Marston was
unanimously reelected President, W.
E. Woodward, Clerk, A. B. Payne, Audi
tor, w. III. Green, Treasurer, DIR. o. T.
Iangworthy, Jail Physician, D. A.
Wedge, Parish Attorney.
The Thibodaux Sentinel has this to
say of It's Representative in the Legis-
lature: 60 f. Gaudet has been forty
years striving to obtain an office in the
parish OF Lafourohe. In November he
was elected as q Representative to the
Legislature, and one would suppose
that he was happy. But the fact is just
the reverse. He first went to Packard
Rump, and stayed therein for twenty
I've days; then he went over to the
Legislature and was sworn in as mem
Der; four days after he was back in the
Rump. This is perhaps the first in
stance on record of man who was
elected to the Legislature who could not
find it after he was elected.
The Iberia Sugar. Bowl announces
that hundreds OF citizens from that
parish will come to New Orleans to en-
JOY Mardi Gras.
Mississippi.
The contest for Governor Of Mssis- |
sippi will be between Gen. Robt. lowry,
Gen. j. z. George and Gov. Stone. |
Either would fill the office satisfactorily. |
Mississippi State warrants have APP
preciated sixteen cents on the dollar |
since the Democrats gained control of |
the State government.
CITY Councilmen of Brookhaven have |
been subpwnaed to appear before Judge |
Smiley at Magnolia, and show cause |
why they refused to grant license to w.
ID. Allen to retail liquors In that munich
pality.
The colored people of Brook haven
say that Ii they are granted represen-
tation on the School Board, they will |
be satisfied to let the white people have |
the other Offices.
&c has been raining snakes at Drip
ping Springs, four miles from Denison.
The municipal campaign begins to
get interesting in Galveston. A straight
out Democratic and Independent ticket
will be in the field.
Isaac Fredlander, the wheat king of
San Francisco, sold from his farm last
year $4,000 tons of wheat for $64S, 900 in
gold.
G The I. 0. o. f. Grand Lodge of Texas
is In session at Galveston. There are
about fifty Past Grands and one hun
dred and ten representatives present.
San Antonio's habits, ideas and
tramps and bitches have been democrat
f2ed for the past two days by the advent
of a locomotive.
Tho business men Of Cleburne have
raised sufficient amount Of money to
Railroad through that town.
The prairies in Hill county are rap
idly Becoming green, and the grass In
the creek bottoms is five or six inches ,
high. All indications point to an early ,
spring.
The Dallas Herald complains that the
State Is defrauded Of q large revenue by
property holders in that city assessing /
their suburban lots at $50 per acre, {
while they are asking from $1,000 to ,
$500 when Offering them for sale.
At Lampasas, Texas, for nearly two
years they have not had rain enough to !
thoroughly wet the ground. to raise
the waters in the creeks and branches, r
or to fill up the wells. :
Revueltas, in command at Matamo- !
ros, sent out detachment OF troops !
Sunday night, and attacked the force /
under the robber Cortina. routed it, d
one hundred prisoners and !
forcing Cortina and his second in COM .
mand, Fuentes, to flee in the darkness. h
Fuentes Is in Brownsville, and Cortina v
Is fugitive.
The Fort Worth Democrat says that q
ssthe stockraisers Of Texas will meet at
Graham on the 18th instant, and q good T.
many matters will come up for con- 4
sheraton. Among the most prominent Il
will be the length Of time to hold in a
spection; the time to begin the drive !,
from the south half and the north half 81