The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-30
SOUTHERN NEWS.
louisiana.

small pox. |
Vermilionville enjoyed races April
28th.
New Iberia is to have hook and lad |
der company.
The Franklin Council, Friends of Tenn
perance. gave tbeatrical performance
on the 25th.
Mr.. Antoine Moresi proposes TO build |
q railroad from Jeanerette to Cypre-
mort. t
Henry Brown. eoIored, fell from Mr..
Brou's, in Hahnvilie, only fifteen feet.
yet killed himself.
Peter Boyle shot and killed John No
Ian, on the. Jameson plantation, near
Thibodaux, lately, and escaped.
The fair at Thibodatlx on the 21st, 22d
and 23d, for the benefit of the Catholic
Church, was d grand success.
A money drawer alarm bell attracted
| the attention oil d Shreveport merchant.
and he shot and killed negro burglar
| recently.
The war on chicken thieves In ths
country still continues. Mr.. Calf, OF
St. John, heard @ noise in his chicken
house, fired and brought down q thief,
badly wounded.
The corporation election of Vermilion-
Vile, for mayor and seven councilmen,
will come off ON Monday, May 10th.
There are now two tickets in the field.
The residence Of Sheriff Faulk, OF
Coneordia. was burned lately supposed
by o negro-and negro boy stole
money and goods from another house
there.
Messrs. e. Fl. Day, w. w. Wilmot,
jas. McVay, A. b. Booth, VIM. darig,
w. l.. Larimore, John A. Dougherty,
and Rsv. Il. p, Patterson, prominent
residents of Baton Rouge city, form q
/ volunteer immigration association" to
assist immigrants desirous OF finding
homes in that part Of the State.
Some miles below New Iberia two col
, ored men quarreled, when the wife of
one interfered with an axe in her hand.
This was jerked from her hand by her
husbands . antagonist, and she stricken
down. Her skull was fractured, but
she had not died at last accounts. The
criminal, who was returned penlten-
= tiary convict, Is said to be still at large.
: The cattle of St. Landry parish have
] suffered more severely the past winter
than for many years. The same report
: extends to other parishes where cattle
: abound, west OF the Teche. Many per.
] sons have lost one-half or three fourths
4 Of their milchscows. The deaths among
: the wild cattle on the prairies have been
q very numerous; and the pecuniary loss
to planters and stock-ralsers is heavy
g A meeting Of citizens was held at New
s Iberia, Sunday. April %, when it wa;
y resolved to make @ grand demonstra
: ton on Saturday, April2s 2s-processior
j. in the day ut Ii o'clock o. M, and {
T, grand torchligbt procession at Z 80 p
Q m, to celebrate Louisiana's deliverance
q It was determined that during the dal
t, there should be speaking. at Weeks
& Grove, where all are earnestly requested
> to attend, and In the evening it Is OK
II pected that all the stores and dwelling
If will be illuminated, and that all busi
o ness will cease for the day. There vii
ls also be Divine service in every churcl
st in town at o'clock q. M, in honor o
g the day.
's Planters residing on Coulee lie d
y Cannes have recently been feasting ol
u the buffalo fish OF the largest size. Dur
le lag high water the fish run up frnn
= Bayou Vermilion, when traps are close'
10 and great quantities Of them are draw
out with the seine. Mr.. VIM. Guidr
:. recently caught 123 fine large ones a
one time, averaging In length from on
to three feet. His brother, Antoine
speared one three and half feet long
30 VIM. Wilmington, at his dam, cangh
n his. At four other places, even NOR
'd were caught. They were sailed dow
s. in each instance, and made fine eatin
r for many days.
n 10 Mississippi.
u Mississippi City has horse races Of
10 Saturday.
10 In Copiah and Kinds counties q muc
g. larger acreage than usual has bee
TO planted In corn.
10 Charles Thompson, colored, Of Maco
bbe be county, is ia years old and has sevel
" a1 teen children living. So, at least, th
.;a Il; papers say.
Ia m yicksburg had little Mardi- -Gras
, ,a q her firemen's g procession the other da
IN In the procession were several wagon
r. in which were number OF young gir
Il. dressed to represent different countrie
". The Gdd Fellows Of Summit, Magn
cd liza, and neighboring towns, celebrate
ot their fifty eighth anniversary at M
a Comb City, Thursday. April 2sth. III
q firemen Of the town turned out to
&C. ceive them.
IS, Lynch, who is contesting Gen. Cha
ut mers' seat In Congress, has summont
nd quite q number of the young men
'er Port Gibson. rs we'll as the editor OF q
yer Fayette Standard. to appear before u
ne United States Circuit Court in Jackso
OF In May, to answer to grave and serlo
lb- charges connected with the late electio
he Gen. Chalmers will go to Jackson hir
In self to defend these political prisone
on free of charge, and fund is being ma
re- up in the county to defray their @
I'm penses to and from Jackson.
I'D VIZ Texas.
Us,
tly The crop prospects in Bandera coun
MS promise to be good.
OIL The taxable property Of Dali
amounts to $4,20o,00o.
en- Houston was visited by a territ
:. thunder and hail storm Tuesday last.
' IN The assessment OF San Antonio W
N' be more than S1,000,000 in excess OF La
year.
The Texas State Sunday School Go
ey- vention met in Houston Tuesday, Ap
he "a.