The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-17
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tt,ha Natohez Democrat thinks Gen.
t,.., tf,.,.,,,,, ,av will be candidate very
hard Ia heat for Governor.
~. Columbus Independent says the
atana. n cotton and corn in certain
,,arta "a the prairie are pronounced the
tineat since the war.
aan. w. T.. Martin, president OF the
Natnhey, jackson and Columbus rail-
rad. ID TO stump that portion OF the
state through which his road is TO run.
In Its interest.
The Woodvlile Republican says that
aaveral Of the citizens Of that town are
having considerable attention 10 their
bee hives. Very little care and labor
In bee culture make gratifying returns.
Dan Parker. convicted at the .Sep,.
tember term Of Neshoha Circuit Court
of shooting with intent to. kill anu muir.
der william A. Hoe. aud sentenced 20
four years imprisonment IN the pnhl-
Tertiary, has been pardoned by the dov-
ernuf.
The brandon Republican, Of the 10th
inst, says AT the last term OF the New
ton Circuit Court q criminal case was
decided which the Northern negro wor-
their wholesale denunoiation Of the
Southern people, whom they charge
with ali manner OF evil towards the
"luwn4 trodden negru''. A white man
a Democrat named BELL had been
indicted by d white grand jury for steal-
Ing the hogs OF d naaical negro. lie
was tried Before d white Democratic
Judge. prosecuted by q white Demo
cratic district attorney. defended by g
white Democratic lawyer, and convicted
by white Democratic jury. The only
evidence against him was the owner OF
the hogs. Il Radical negro, and the wit
nrsHes for him were white Democrats.
He was sentenced, and ID now In the
penitentiafy.
On Sunday last the prisoners II the
Liberty jail were unusually devotional.
Although the citizens OF The town were
to having their,pfayers Dim
ed In their ears on Sabbath evenings. %
laat sunday 1t was noticed that there
war leas praying, but more loud and
more continuous singing. Late IN the
evening. Reuben Fox. passing In The
rear Of the Jail. hearing singular note
Earring Oh the chord oil the singing. and
fistening mere attentively, discovered
that Ii was a sound made like picking
on the brick wall. He gave. the alarm,
and unun examination found that hole
about two feet square had been out in
the masonry, within an Inch or two on
the outer surface OF the wall. but 1or
this discovery there would have been Q
general Jail delivery Oh that night. On
Monday the cage. which had been
placed In the jail. was made ready ana
the birds are now securely Gagged.
Texas.
The negroes OF Fayette county are or
ganizing oranges.
h. Y. Cobb was elected Mayor OF Deoa-
tur at the election last week.
The cattle drive this year across the
Indian Territory Ia said to be immense.
The Braaos bridge company intend to
rebuild the bridge washed away by the
late storm.
Another hailstorm Waited Austin on
Sunday. A good deal Of damage was
done by the hail.
Sam uholuon, formerly OF Coryell
county. was killed by his partner In the
cattle business In Coleman county.
Dlas Hamora, who was shot In vioto-
ria county, while attempting to separate
two duellsts. died Of his wounds on
Tuesday.
An organisation has been effected on
the Leon river to protect the people
against horse thieves by cooperation
with officers. 9uzat
Twenty thousand people Witnessed
the Waco Maifest. Il seems to have
been very much like Mardi uras, tho
Queen Of May taking the place OF Rex.
A hail storm In said to have been 50
severe at Mt. Calm that horses and
cattle were killed by II, and every green
vegetable destroyed FOR three hundred
yards wide and two mlles In length.
Many Texas farmers rented land
across Red river, and have been raising
crops there. Under q late law they
have been driven by force from these
farms, and their growing crops to the
Texas side Of the river. and tho damage
sustained by them Ia great.
Cattle thieving is epidemic in the
country around Houston. A Mr.. Vnlmer
has had AZ out Of Ill head OF cattle
stolen In the past week. The general
practice OF the thieves IL to kill tho anil
NAL, akin IL and make Off with tho skin.
leaving the carcass behind.
The Texas Central Railway creditors
had a meeting at Houston Friday, May
Z. at which a proposition OF settlement
was submitted 10 them by Mr.. Whitney,
looking to the gradual liquidation Of
the debts Of the company. A committee
was appointed by the creditors TOGO
slider the offer.
Fattening cattle in Victoria county
during the last winter has been attend
cd with large profits. There is no place
In the United States. where farm indus
try, directed towards the preparation OF
stock for market. will pay more hand
somely than In the rich alluvial districts
| Of lower Texas. Corn and other grain
is raised with the greatest. ease and In
the greatest profusion, and the grasses
are perpetual.
The waters up about Waco have been
very high recently. Not only has the
Brazos been flooded, but all the creeks
and lesser streams were full as we'll.
| Last Saturday freighter named John
son. transporting freight from Waco
to Hamilton, drove his team and wagon
into porters creek. near the Bosque,
and was washed away. The goods were
all lost, but johnson himself and three
woke Of oxen were saved.
Coryelle county stockmen are taking
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