The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-09

Revels place, Adams county, for steal
ing and killing stock.
There are about $4,000 logs in the
tributaries of Pearl river, waiting for a
rise Of water.
The Executive Committee of the State
Grange of Mississippi will meet at
Rienzi June IL.
The Mississippi Baptist State Conven-
ton will meet at Starkville the first
Sunday In July. .5........
"Let us have at least one member OF
the Press on the State ticket" says the
Greenwood Oriental. Walpole Is the
man the. Oriental man wants.
The names of Hon. J. T.. Johns, of
Amite; Hon. I. @. Catchings,. of War
rem; Col. Sam Meeks. of Lowndes; Capt.
FL. O. Bridges, Of Pike; Thos. H. Woods,
OF Kemper, ana Col. r. W. Phipps, OF
with the position Of Attorney General.
The opinion OF Z. John Ellis, that no
Southern man should be q candidate for
Speaker. Is not concurred In by the
Summit Times. That journal thinks
that the South, having ninety-two men,
| bers, can elect a Speaker, and 1t thinks
Hooker, of Mississippi, should be the
man.
In the wooden ball surmounting the
cupola Of st. James Church, In Green
vile, an industrious woodpecker has
dug a hole, which he is daily enlarging,
and in which 1t Is supposed he will take
up his residence. He will certainly be
out OF reach OF boys and snakes, and
can boast the loftiest home of any bird
In the neighborhood.
There will be mass meeting Of the
Democratic Conservative party Of Lee
fore county, at Greenwood, on June IL,
1877, for the purpose OF selecting new
Executive Committee for the ensuing
canvass, and for the purpose Of deter
mining whether candidates shall be
nominated by a convention of the peo-
pie or by the primary election plan.
On Tuesday evening, about o'clock,
the usually quiet town Of Sails was
thrown into great excitement by the
killing Of Simeon Clark, In or near the
store of Roby Il Shelby. Messrs. Dewitt
Roby and Mark Shelby both fired upon
him, but only one ball took effect, the
same striking Clark in the chin and
severing his jugular vein. Whose shot
it was that did this does not seem to be
definitely known. From information it
is understood the killing was wholly
unavoidable and in necessary self
defense.
The colored people of Atascosa coun-
ty have been having a tournament.
Forth Worth is moving in the matter
of establishing It's own public free
schools.
Not to be outdone, the colored people
OF Calvert have organized military
company.
The Rothschild case at Jefferson has
been continued to the next term Of the
district court.
The damage to the crops Of Harris
county, by the late hail storm, is esti-
mated at $4,000.
The commencement exercises of the
Texas Military Institute take place on
the thirteenth Of June.
Robertson county Is agitated on the
subject OF building a fine courthouse
at Calvert. Hearne opposes 1t.
Dallas is awakened by the announce
ment that the M. K, and L. is going to
build q branch ROAD from Denison to
Mineola.
The trade OF San Antonio has in
creased twenty-five per cent since the
completion OF the Sunset route to the
city Of the Alamo.
A Fort Worth newspaper correspond
emit Tells or Ugnt between buHalO
hunters and colored soldiers stationed
at Fort Griffin. The latter were re-
pulsed.
The big snake belonging to Coles
circus was stolen at Houston on Sun
day. The circus men offer reward of
twenty-five dollars for the return of Mr..
Snake and no questions asked. They
want that snake.
A little girl, daughter OF Mark Hair
grove, Of Lavacca county, was killed a
few days ago in a singular manner. The
children were rolling the cylinder Of an
old pistol over the floor, when it ex-
ploded, the ball striking her in the
head.
The Henrietta Journal has been
shown specimens of gypsum, taken
from the banks OF Red River. not far
from the town Of Henrietta. As fer
tilizer it Is pronounced superior to all
others. Millions of tons OF this valua-
BILE matter are reported in the deposits
of Clay county.
THE TROUBLES IN AUSTRIA.