The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-03
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Louisiana.

supply OF corn.
| The farming community in Living
ston anticipate drouth this month.
There are nine candidates for the
city marshalship In Lake Providence.
W. FL. Boullt, parish treasurer o.
Natchitoches, wants to resign that office
A movement is on foot among the
eolored men OF Shreveport to organize
q colony for Liberia.
The suit between the rival police juries
OF Avovelles has been decided In favor
Of the Nichols police jury.
Sam Flunder, colored, although hand
cuffed and chained to the floor, man.
aged to escape from the Lincoln parish
jail last week.
The blight which last year destroyed
so many pear trees in Ouaohita parish,
| has reappeared and is attacking both
apple and pear trees.
Jacob Hawkins. who killed John
Linton, constable OF the First Ward Of
| Concordia parish, was captured last
week at Fort Adams, Miss.
ia. Flanagan, elected parish attor-
ney Of Plaquemines by the late police
jury, Republican, has resigned In favor
OF Mr.. Beauregard, Gov. Nichols ap-
pointee.
Lafayette Forman went to the La
fayette parish jail the other day for
murder, and now Alcibiade Forman, his
brother, goes to jail for having furnished
him with crowbar and file to escape.
Capt. A. w. Roberts and Capt. e. J.
Delany are the candidates for mayor In
Lake Providence. The two tickets are
headed respectively. "Citizens'" and
Peoples" ticket. No politics mooted.
Fletcher Legardy, recently door
keeper OF Paekard's Legislature, was
indicted last week by the grand jury OF
Caddo parish, where he lives, for per-
jury In swearing before United States
Com missioner that colored voters in
Caddo parish were prevented from vot-
ing.
Mississippi.
The Democrats OF Prentiss. Choctaw
and Jefferson counties organize June 2.
A picnic and basket dinner will be
given at Raymond on the 18th of June,
In aid OF the Natchez and jackson Rail
road, when Gen. Martin, President of
the road, will deliver an address.
The farmers OF Pike county are need
ing rain badly just now. They have
planted large grain acreage, and IL
they can only get rain soon, will raise
more corn, ETC., this year than ever
heretofore.
A man named James X. Polk Miller
was recently arrested and lodged ia
Prentiss county jail. He had stolen q
horse. It was ascertained afterwards
that he had murdered woman, his
In Tishomingo county a
year or two ago.
The Yazoo Herald Democrat ia I'M
able to decide whether it is better to
have q convention and invite the field
negroes to participate in 1t, or to have a |
scrub race, and then seek the negroes |
votes. or the two plans, we believe. it |
prefers the convention plan.
Texas.
Ripe peaches are in the Brennan
market.
The colored Baptists Of Brennan are
a new church.
Lice are doing much damage to the
cotton crop in Colorado county.
The Houston press pronounce the Late |
fair in that city grand success.
Waxahachie Is going to make another |
effort to complete the tap railroad.
Nota mercantile house has failed in |
The town OF Lampasas for five or six |
years.
The people OF Smith county propose
20 resist the collection of the Houston |
Ind Great Northern railway tax.
Mr.. Reuben Walker, while boring
around Buffalo, In Leon county, struck
'ile," or something that smells exactly
ike 1t.
The mustang grape crop this year
Will be immense. Every community
will be enabled to make Its own pure
vines.
Tom Green county wintered 100000
lead OF cattle. There are more than
100 miles Of running water in the coun-
y, and the cattle do finely.
d. w. Bryan's mineral exploring ex-
,edition was robbed of oil Its horses by
he Indians. At last accounts others
lad been obtained, but the whereabouts
II the party is unknown.
Major Geo. b. Erath estimates that
he school fund Of the State will he
$50, 900, 600 when the school lands are all
ealized from. The annual income to
he school fund will be about $2, 5000
Judge Carnahan, of Shelby county,
leclines to receive fees In criminal con-
lotions In his court, and has directed
he sheriff to turn such fees over to the
county treasurer for the use and benefit
II the county.
Mr.. G. Balm, Of Fort Worth, was
topped by highwaymen near Dallas, a
lay or two ago, knocked from his horse
With slung shot, and while insensible
vas robbed Of all the money he had,
ortunately only five or six dollars.
Marriages take place in Texas mostly
n the fall and winter. The New York
Ledger says June is the most proper
eason for marriage, and this Is author
ty sufficient for making little splicing
for the next thirty days.
Buy your summer hats at John u Adams hat
tore, 20 vt, Charles street.