The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-07

| tilated. The murderer, however,
proved q shrewd sooundrel, as by re-
moving the clothing and cutting of the
head OF the victim, be wholly prevents
the Identification OF the corpse.
On the night of March u colored
man named John Allen was shot and
dangerously wounded, while In the ROAD
in front of Mr.. A. j, Coles YARD In the
island. in Ouachita parish, by some per-
son dressed in their under clothing. On
the nth of March, Judge Slack. after q
preliminary examination. bound A. j.
| dole. Il. Reagan and r. Steagal over to
snawer at the next term Of the district
court. Allen died few days after OF
| his wounds.
Mississippi.
There was snow in north Mississippi
March %.
jackson Is TO have o union depot Of all
her railroads,
Hon. o. r. Singleton is q candidate
for Governor.
The knights of Pythias met at Greha-
da March ~ and ~ for their annual
meeting.
CRYSTAL Springs will hold a mass meet
ing April 7, and organize an lmmigra-
tion society.
The Holy Springs Reporter says the
fruit crop Of Northeast Mississippi has
been entirely killed.
The New Albany Democrat estimates
the number Of candidates for Sheriff In
its county at thirteen.
Judge Warren Cowan, Major Geo. M.
Govan. Col. Street and Major Walpole
are candidates for State Auditor.
Gen, Walthall, Coy. Stone, Col. Percy,
Col. Troup, Gen. Feathetston. Gen.
George. ex-Gov. HUMPHREYS and Col.
Street are urged by their friends to ae-
cept the nomination for Governor.
Six prisoners broke jail at Grenada,
Sunday morning, and escaped. All
were confined in one cell and their COM
bined strength secured freedom. Sheriff
French was in Memphis this week on
the lookout for them.
There is a proposition to bring the
Yazoo river through Chickasaw river
and the lake in front OF Vicksburg. The
project is feasible and II carried into
effect may do away with the necessity
Of moving the wharfboat two or three
miles further south.
An election was held In Yazoo City.
last Monday. for municipal officers,
both tickets being Democratic, and re-
suited as follows Mayor, J. I'll. Holt.
Ono opposition); Marshal, Peter Kline
Treasurer, Frits Halder, Assessor,
J ames Tubbeville. The Aldermen and
School Trustees are all white.
Texas.
Red May wheat in North Texas Ia
eighteen inches high.
Galveston proposes to reduce the po-
lice force to twenty men.
Denison has shipped 5s.2i2 head of
cattle already this season.
The body of a murdered negro woman
was found last Sunday In the suburbs Of
Calvert.
The contract for building the Rusk
county penitentiary has been awarded
to Messrs. Kanmaoher II Denig.
The Marshall tiremen celebration
comes off early In may. Shreveport.
] jefferson, Dallas and Longview will
assist.
Three hundred thousand dollars
worth of buildings are going up In
Houston. and they talk of reconstruct
ing the cotton mill.
Several escaped conviots are prowltng
about in Burleson county. and have on
two or three occasions waylaid and
robbed people passing along the roads.
A Mr.. Chardet, of Chicago, is In Dali
las. as a delegate from a large number
3O00-farmers in Illinois, Wis.,
consin and Michigan, mostly Of Euro
pean birth, who propose to settle in
Texas.
The surveying and locating party Of
the Waco Tap extension of the Houston
and Texas Central Railway have reached
and located the depot in
that place; and il is expected that the
cars will be running there by October
Or November next.
The Bolton Journal of the 10th inst. |
gives an account of the shooting and |
killing Of Willie Hardin in that place
by James Lanier, on Saturday of last
rom which he died in about twenty |
1t seems that Hardin became
offended at Lanier because he was one
IF an officers posse who had assisted In |
Hardin. and abused and in |
suited Lanier by slapping his face, when |
both parties commenced shooting, with |
The result as above.
Tyler Courier: The late law, entitled |
IN act to define and punish drunken
hess, was for the first time contested In |
our Justice Court, last Tuesday. Three |
eases were adiudicated; the first was |
to the jury without any dis
,ussion by the attorneys, which resulted |
n q verdict Of guilty; the other two |
we're argued with much ability, after
which the jury returned a verdict of not |
il the definition of the law. 1t Is al |
most universal opinion Of the Athens
BAR that this law Is entirely without q
which they regret very much.
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ANOTHER GREAT BLAST.