The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-10

Roho0 Jai aeDei e@lH Wtssst amount OF parish
licenses for 1878 can be collected, appropriate
that amount towards the above Dtarpose. and
II they only will, they can ass,lredIv obtair
the ,wrIsten application of a majority In value
Of Of ne tax * payers IS of this parish, to levy spe
to protect this parish from overflow. under
section 105 of act No. 96 Of 1877,
The report of the cornmittee was thsn sub
mitted, and unanimously adopted.
black man was arrested for theft irs Gem
trevSlle last week, and white man for mur-
der said to have been committed three wears
ago In the swamp, by throwing 8 black man
Off O skiff and drowning him. The white
man was turned over to two citizens who
were not members OF the temperance organi-
zation, and the consequence was that TIE
white man escaped, Willie h0negro was hold
last by she clutches Of the magistrate. The
eolored mans friends, learning Of the situa-
ton OF affairs, became much, excited there
t ~ fensg sb9 ara not fa Ssd Sad
prisoner, and 10! and behold, they
armed themselves with clubs ard briekbats,
oyster shells and various other articles OF
warfare, and advanced to the attack. But it
seems that few OF the young men OF the
town were ON the alert, had themselves on o.
War we footing, and told the eolored people that
II they made the attsGk they would settle the
balance. 1t was all ended In a most ignomi-
NOUS n on retreat by the attacking party, and the
the threats made by the colored people while
IN their anger-that II said colored man was
not let loose as well as the white man, the
town would be in ashes before morning.
Mississippi.
kosciusko Is promised q telegraph line
soon.
The State appropriation to the University
OF Mississippi Is $4,000 per annum.
Holly Springs Reporter, August 80: We un-
derstand there will be an independent ticket
Id the fieid in this county at an early date.
The. Friar'sIPoint cotton seed oil mill enter
prise is being pushed vigorously ahead, with
q view to have 1T in operation by the Goth of
October.
a reunion Of the soldiers OF Company s.
Fifteenth mississippi Volunteers, was held
were made by various members OF the old
regiment. Hon. Van Fl. Manning delivered
the address on the occasion, instead OF Cen
Walthall, who was expected to speak.
A difficulty occurred in Satartia on We'd
nesday last, in which Frank Gotham was shot
Langrin was arrested and had preliminary
trial before Justice Bell yesterday the result
OF which we have not learned. Our inform
ant was unacquainted with the particulars of
the difficulty.
, Mr. james G. Brady, formerly q resident of
county, on, Saturday last, by one Capt. Por-
ter, who Is IN charge OF o boat with saw mill
attached. The particulars of the unfortunate
difficulty, as related to us, are so contradic-
tory that we decline to give any Of them. 1t
is thought by some that his death was the
elimination of q pre-arranged plot for the
purpose 1t will be, perhaps, difficult to ar
rive ut the truth In regard to this affair, as
there were none present but the hands work
ing for Porter. 1t was with difficulty that
Mrs. Brady could procure the body Of her
husband for decent burial, the parties present
at the time OF his death having prepared to
bury him without even q coffin; and 1t was
not until his body had been sent for three
times that they could be induced to give 1t up.
Vicksburg Herald, August Goth: most
distressing and fatal accident occurred near
Mackville, Saturday, the particulars, as near
as we can gather, being as follows: Thomas
Shelby, 10. Thomas and FL. Z. Shannon, while
attend political oG convention % N at s7 Macfyyie csy
were very much annoyed by dog barking at
the horses which they were riding. Young
Shelby pulled his pistol and fired at the dog
without effect. Thomas then drew his pistol
cause the ball took effect in SheIby's spine,
almost instant death. Young Shell
bys death Is greatly deplored, and by none
more than Mr.. Thomas, the accidental cause
OF his untimely death. His demise casts n
deep gloom over the whole community in
which he lived. He was possessed Of the
most amiable and generous qualities, and his
untimely loss will not soon be forgotten.
Texas.
There will be no county fair in Parker this
year.
Not drop Of rain fell at Austin during the
month OF August just past.
Travis county farmers have made great
deal OF sorghum syrup this year.
The Denison Daily HeroM is the exponent
OF the StratghtOut Greenbacker9 in Texas
In Gregg county the caterpillars are finish
left
A rich gold lead has been discovered near
Honey Grove, and the country is going mad
about it.
The Williamson county fair, at Georgetown,
commences October 9th, and will continue
four days.
The first number Of the Denison Daily
fieratd, the workingmans organ, has made
It's appearance.
The prisoners in the Harris county Jail first
attempted to saw out and then to burn them
selves out of Jail
Longyiew, on the Texas and Pacific road,
received and shipped 1909 bales of cotton |
Turing the year ending August 81.
Twenty-four prisoners broke jail Sunday |
night in LaGrange and escaped: A posse |
was soon In pursuit, and one Of them was |
captured and another killed.
Wagons and men have gone to San An
;onio to work on the extension Of the Calves
ON, Harrisburg and San Antonio railroad |
vest from the Alamo. The road Is to be ex-
ended to Castrovile next year.
Total receipts of cotton at BRENNAN for the |
year ending August 3lst, 25,120 bales; ship
nents A,948 bales; on hand 172 bales. Tie |
'eceipts for the week ending Thursday, the |
10Th, were $50 bales.
Two men, named Ward and Taylor, were
shot by unkno wn parties near San Saba last
Ee k They had been required to give bond
or horse stealing and were getting their
,onds filed when they were attacked and killed
Their murderers are unknown, but are sup
,oSed to be the parties who shot Wadsworth
n the Llano county jail
THE WEATHER YEsTERDAY.
The following Is the Temperature" at the
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