The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-07
SOUTHERN NEWS.
V,o,,isiana.


sold to the operator there.
The West Fsliciana Ledger. after q
suspension of q month, has revived.
Tax collecting In favor of the Nichols
government Ia progressing at Baton
Rouge.
A. r.. Hebert, who was wounded In
the explosion Of the tug Dot, near
plaouemine. Is not killed, as was re-
ported, but Is rapidly recovering.
T.. Vresinsky, Mayor of Bayou Sara,
has issued an order for an election in
that town for mayor, five council
men. a constable, collector, assessor and
treasurer.
Twelve hundred dollars have been
contributed toward the rebuilding Of
the Plaquemine town levee. The .prin-
cipal contributors are J. McWilliams,
Robt, McWilliams Il Co., Victor Donas
and II. A. Kearney.
An old colored man, who came to
Ray Vile short time since from Prairie
Merronge, died In the old Vickers
store, occupied as q tenement house by
q large number of negroes, last Sunday
it Is said Of actual STRAIGHTFORWARD his
body lay there until Tuesday. It Is un-
certain how long he would have re-
NAMED uninterred IL some Of the white
citizens had not prevailed on a few me-
groes to dig hole and put him In 1t.
Pilot Walsh Tenley, of the Golden
City, has invented toe-trigger, which
Is now in use in the pilot-house OF that
steamer. The trigger Is Of great SER
vice to the pilot, and an advantage to
boats with large wheels, as in crossing
from one side to the other when work
ing hard down on the wheel 1t Keeps
40 In teIo
of the pilot is thrown on the other side
when the trigger flies back again in
place.
A war against the dogs is on foot In
Vicksburg.
Natchez has shipped up to date 2o.922
bales Of cotton.
w. Z. Hewett, Esq, Of Natchez, Is In
OF the contest between Gen. Chalmers
and Hon. Jno. r. Lynch.
Tanney Johnson, colored Democrat
Miss, had male child born unto him
one day last week, and had it chris
tened Tilden Hendricks. Referred to
the joint Electoral Commission, we
suppose.
About five years ago double-spring
steel-trap. belonging to Mr.. Ed. Taylor,
near Burt Spring, was carried off by an
otter. Strange as it may seem, the
same otter has been recently caught
and killed by Dan Taylor, assisted by
his son and dog, the trap still hanging
to its fore-leg.
They have had a kind OF Commission
in Brandon. Capt. L. d. Harris had
sued several parties for $40,9 600 DANA
ges, but agreed to submit his case to an
arbitration consisting of fourteen law
yers and Judge Colhoon. The arbi-
tration played Tilden on Mr.. Harris and
countG him out.
A joint meeting Of committees from
the Board Of Mayor and Aldermen Of
Vicksburg, Cotton Exchange and Fire
Association, was held at the Cotton
Exchange In that town, the other day,
where memorial was prepared and ad-
dressed to the National Board Of Under
writer's, asking that q special agent
be sent there to rerate fire insurance In
that city.
The Fayette papers say that arrange
Jackson and Columbus Railroad Com
pany, to survey a route from Fayette to
Burtonton, Copiah county. The survey
of route from Port Gibson to Union
Church will not be commenced before
autumn, but it Is intended to complete
the road, connecting the Grand Gulf
and Port Gibson Railroad with Union
Church, before the paint on the depot
buildings, at Burtonton, is fully dry.
Texas.
Waco has just enjoy $4,000 fire.
Four prisoners succeeded in making
their escape from the Victoria Jail last
Tuesday night, by selling the jailor and
taking the keys from him.
Nearly 100000 Germans are settled in
some forty counties in Texas, particu-
larly Comal and Guadalupe. and they
are highly successful as agriculturists.
An ARRAY occurred in Austin county
between two negro boys, Wright Jack
son and Andrew Moschan, resulting in
The almost instant death Of the latter.
Moschan dragged Jackson from his
mule, and, being much the more pow
erful, beat him severely. Jackson
drew o knife and cut his assailant's
throat.
A Ne,Cs Brazoria correspondent refers
10 sugar crop, produced last season on
The Bernard river, which has rarely
been excelled in any country. With
hired negro labor ten acres were made
10 produce thirty-five thousand pounds
Of sugar, and molassess enough to de-
Fray the expenses Of the place. Who
Gan beat that?
The House Age tells that "on Sunday
! dirty and extremely obscene little
sheet, called The Street Gazette. ap-
oeared in town and was sold at a lively
'ate by four or five newsboys. 1t was
and assaulted private charac-
;er in a most reckless manner. On Mon
lay Judge Martin directed the police to
arrest the newsboys, who at once gave
Up the names of the printer and pub
Usher. They were brought before him
yesterday morning, and the printer
lined $40 and the publisher $40. The
lewsboys were discharged. The COM
nunity owe Judge Martin a vote of
hanks for. promptly suppressing the
vile thing"