The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-02
SOUTHERN NEWS.
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Inc DonaldSOnvllle wharf will be
completed by September /.
Jasper Blackburn has published the
valedictory Of his Homer Iliad.
There Is on exhibition at Abbeville a
stalk of cane with twelve we'll formed
red joints. 4
The Republican party OF Avoyelles
Is gone. With Souer at its head, it
held out to the very last.
The Attakapas Register opposes q con.
stitutional convention, but thinks 1t will
be ordered nevertheless.
Heavy rains fell In st. Landry Mon
day, Wednesday and Thursday, to the
great benefit Of the crops.
The Washington parish corn crop was
considerably hurt by the late drouth
prevailing In the Florida piny woods
parishes.
In Avoyelles the heavy rains OF this
week have damaged q quantity OF fod-
der that had been pulled and left In the
fields to cure.
Squatterville, a portion of st. Fran
cisyille, Is, the Sentinel declares, rapid
ly moving on ward in the way Of public
improvements.
The Opelousas Courier is we'll pleased
at Gov. Nichols refusal to appoint ad-
ditional Justices OF the peace for that
parish (St. Landry.
All the country papers speak OF the
superabundance OF squirrels, which are
so numerous that they do considerable
damage to the crops.
Charles A. Johnson, alias ID. b. Rose,
an escaped Arkansas convict, was cap
tured last week in CaddO parish, and
returned to the Arkansas authorities.
David White, of Donaldsonville is in
Jail for poisoning neighbor. The lat
ter, one Bats by name, made a very
narrow escape, but will get we'll, it is
thought.
The United Friends of Temperance
have finally made their appearance In
Marksville. They will engage lecturers
to stump the parish In the interest of
cold water,
Vermilionville Is excited over the hog
ordinance recently passed by the City
Council, allowing hogs the privilege Of
roaming at large. Considerable opposi-
tion is made to this.
The Baton Rouge Grand Era (Burch's
paper admits that 1t Is impossible ever
to carry this State for the Republicans,
and wants to form an alliance with
somebody. All applicants for alliance
will please apply to the Grand Era.
The Opelousas Journal reports
scrimmage between the Yokam broth
ers in the southwestern portion Of st.
Landry and vigilance committee from
Vermilion, In which the Latter were
routed with loss of several members.
The rice crop of Plaquemines will be
larger than last year. Even at Pointe-a-
la Hache, when the first planting was
seriously injured, and even destroyed
in some places, by the baokwater, the
indications now are that an average
crop will be made. Elsewhere 1t will be
better.
The San Marcos Baptist Association
convened in LAGRANGE on Friday, July
20, and closed on the following Monday,
after an interesting session Of four
days.
The San Antonio Herald learns that
two Of the Cardova brothers, leaders Of
Mexican banditti, have been badly
wounded by a sheriff's posse just across
the Rio Grande.
The Brennan Banner of the oath
inst, says that cotton in various por-
lions OF Washington county is now
opening. and that picking will COM
mence briskly in two weeks.
Allan Bowen was found. suspended by
the neck from a tree on the Leon river,
not far from Waco, a short time since.
He had been accused of harboring
thieves, and 1t Is supposed that enraged
citizens took him in hand.
The grade Of the Sabine Pass and
Northwestern Road is nearly COM
pleted from Lawrence to Kaufman. A
contract from Kaufman to Kemp is to
be let at once. The prospects Of the
road are most encouraging. So says
the Lawrence Times.
An Omaha, Nebraska, dispatch says
that the Texas cattle droves which have
thus far arrived on the Platte number
10000 head, and Is. 900 head are yet to
arrive. No danger is now apprehended
from the late change in the river chan
mel. The river is eleven feet stand.
A man by the name of T. G.. McCul-
Tough, living on Caddo Creek in the
eastern part Of Stephens county, was
found dead in the woods last Friday
morning. The indications showed
clearly that the deceased had been
hanged by the neck until he was dead.
The Victoria AdUocate of the 21st says
that not more than one-tenth Of crop
OF cotton will be made in that county,
AL vi bu0 WOIulSs duu Iudt
In all parts of the county farmers have
made up their minds to hereafter SOW
more wheat and oats and to let cotton
growing have rest. @
An unknown man committed suicide
not far from Weatherford on last Satur-
day night by taking crystals OF strych-
nine. He had attempted to get work in
Weatherford the day before, but failed.
In his rocket was a DaDer on which was
written the following words: "My name
is James Maddox. For further informa-
ton address Jas. Maddox, Fort Worth,
Texas.
A telegram received at military head
quarters, says the San Antonio Herald,
announces that Mexican Indians re-
Gently raided in the vicinity Of Kerrs-
vile, near the head waters of the Quad
alupe, and ran off number Of horses.
The size Of the party or their further
movements are unknown, but orders
have been sent to the different parts to
keep strict lookout and capture the
savages, IL possible.