The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-13
SOUTHERN NEWS.
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Inc army worm has appeared IN Lafayette
parish.
Real estate has increased in value IN Monroe
! twenty per cont in tho past few months.
Livingston parish Is raising less cotton than
usual and going more into the corn business.
The corn and cotton crops Of Calcasieu and
Cameron are good. No caterpillars reported
AS yet.
The cotton seed oil factories In Gretta have
been closed for the summer, owing to the Lack
OF cotton seed #ss.kssaA
j There are d few cotton worms in 1'angipa
hoa, but no fears of any damage The parish
will yield splendid crop.
The cattle flies in Jefferson are very trouble-
| some, and every COW has a string Of garlfh
around her neck to protect her from them. I
The sugar crop is slightly injured around
Jeanorette by the dronth. Elsewhere in
Iberia parish 1t Is in excellent condition.
| now mail route Is to be established be-
| tween Mansfield and Many, and new post
Office at Jacksons place in DeSoto parish.
| Robert Brown, confined in irons in the tom
porary Terrebonne jail, managed to cut the
nut thnt held the iron ring around his leg and
| escaped.
The cost of The late session Of the District
Court IN Lafourche. although y lengthy one,
was fifty per cent less than IL has been for
! some years.
Monroe is energetically vaccinating the
colored people OF It's vicinity. 1t has also
| eEeGLeu u UcSI-DOuSs. anu no longer tears the
| smallpox. There is only one case In the
| town.
| A meeting was held mt Campo Bello planta-
| tion on Tuesday last with a view of devising
some means of opening Tones Bayou, and q
| meeting was held in Shreveport on the same
day with II view Of devising some means of
stopping it up,
An additional and special tax of two and
one-half mills will be levied in Lafourche par
ish for the purpose Of liqlidating the old and
outstanding debt of the parish. The Sentinel
complains chat as this makes the parish tax
alton twelve and one-half cents, 1t is beyond
the limit prescribed by law and consequently
illegal.
A bloody and tragical affray took place on
Saturday evening last, Mt Mr.. Osgood's plan
eolored men. + appears that Washington
Hudson and William Scott had personal
quarrel of some months standing, and seemed
determined to settle the matter at once. After
pistol on Scott; the latter retreated out Of
harms way, and then drew his weapon on
bis combatant and fired, the ball taking effect
in Hudson's shoulder In return Hudson
walked into his cabin and got hold Of u
musket loaded with buckshot, leveled and
| fired at Scott, hitting him In the abdomen,
which caused his death in about thirty hours.
Hudson then made his escape.
Pascal A. Puio, of Lake Charles, was MUIR
place, by q Texas desperate named Harris.
| Harris and Puio had tist-tight in tho morn
| ing, in which Puio was victorious. Harris
| left, but returned In tho evening on horseback,
dismounted in front of % house where Puiol
was staying, and going to the door, met Pujo,
fired and killed him Instantly. Being pur-
sued by Frenchman who saw the murder,
he fired on his pursuer, riddling. his clothes
rels he determined to reload his gun, when
the Frenchman seized his horse and made off
with it. A posse of eighteen men, under the
sheriff, Immediately pursued Harris and cap
| tured an accomplice named Parish. Harris
also was captured at Parish's, but rescued
by some friends from Texas before he could
| be turned over to the sheriff.
Mississippi.
| There is talk of an independent Demo-
cratic ticket in Harrison county.
| A large amount Of turnips has been planted
| this year for stock raising purposes.
| Mr.. p. NJ. Perkins, of Tunca county, Miss,
| cut ten tons OF milet from three acres OF
| land
| All the brass bands Of Mississippi are to
| have u grand jubilee at Jackson on the four
| teenth OF September. ....=.
| Ira d. Robbins, alias Latineer, was lodged
safely in the Westville Jail by the sheriff Of
| Union county.
The Democracy of Leake county held
primary election on last Monday, the 9Th in
slant, and put ticket in the field.
Mississippi will welcome those Indanians
| that are coming to settle in that State. The
Vicksburg Cotton Exchange will interest it
self in this immigration scheme
| The peach and watermelon vendors of
| vicksburg are on a strike for higher wages.
AS the citizens refuse to give in to the strikers,
most of the fruit is left unsold, and turned
over to the hogs to eat.
A rich vein of silver ore has been discovered
five miles northwest of the town of Montague,
| Miss. Good judges say the ore contains sixty
| five per cent of silver, with enough gold to.
| pay all expenses.
Miss Mamie Craig, aged nine years, Of
| tack, a month ago, and who was given up Ivy
the doctors, coughed the tack up the other
day and is now doing well.
If you lave lost the general outlines of your
personal and family history announce your
name as a candidate. The lost records will
be furnished promptly, without money and
without price, Grenada Sentinel.
| The fruit shippers are very busy. They
have done well in most instances, receiving
profitable returns. Besides cheaper freights,
receive their just dues.-LHolly Springs Re-
porter.
There WAS frost in the valley below Foungs
Port on the 21st and 22d Of July.
| The election for mayor of Rockdale resulted
| in the choice OF A A. Burrik by majority OF
eighty votes. :,
The colored people of Hillsboro are holding
a religious meeting, that has been going on
necessarily for three months.
prisoner named Bland, confined in the
Falls county JAIL at Marlin, contrived to re-
lease himself from his manacles last week
and set fire to the jail.
| Mai Jones' of the frontier battalion, reached
| Austin, bringing in three bad prisoners He
had them in wagon, and without other guard
than himself brought them from jolleyville
The colored laborers at Austin struck Mon
day morning, but do not seem to have accom-
plished anything thereby. The chief of police
swore in 100 extra policemen, and the city re-
manned quiet.
/ Twonegroes, Jim Walker and Sandy Barnes
were assassinated on Sunday night last while
asleep in a workshop at Spring Station, on
the International and Great Northern Rail-
road, byfan unknown party who shot them
through a window.