The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-26
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Louisiana.


the parish Jail for over year.
colored girl, on Red river, Avoy-.
Giles parish, was burned to death last
week.
The fire companies OF Donaldsonviile
hayel finally determined on a pubic
parade.
II. n. Perrodin was elected City Attor-
ney Of Opelousas by the City oouncll OIL
that town.
Hubbard's Clubhouse, on the Frog
more plantation. parish OF East Fell
Ciana. was burned last week.
Planters In Natchitoches have never
had s11ch an opportunity to feIicitate
themselves over the crops of that parish
as now. :.
The town Of Delta has q base ball
Climb. q debating society, and Is strug-
cling for fire company with indifer-
ent success.
The desperate negroes killed near
Greenwood for numbering the sheriff OF
Limestone county, Texas, were Tom
Waters, Shelby Bill and Giles Tram
NELL.
The Natchitoches Indians were 50
called because, In their own language,
they were s'papaw-eaters and the
neighboring tribe Nacogdoches because
they were Hpersimmon- eaters.
The two villages, Hubertville and jean
erette. have almost become one by the
growth of the latter up the Ieche, 80
that the town is fully two miles long,
and movement is on foot to incorpo-
rate 1t.
The Mayor of Amite City publishes a
card in the town paper to inform the
citizens that he has endeavored to per-
form his duties. Perhaps the citizens
might have remained in ignorance OF
the fact, but for the card.
We learn that the re Deun will be
sung at the Catholic Church tomorrow,
our political troubles and the Hnal es-
tablishment Of the Nichols govern
ment. -[Donaldsonyille Chief.
A.young colored man named Laurent,
living on the Speranza plantation, was
Assaulted by his wife and her mother,
who inflicted dangerous wounds upon
his person with glass bottles, plates,
CUPS and other household ware. The
day previous Laurent had discovered
that his wife was unfaithful to him and
had soundly whipped her; hence the
assault OF the Infatuated women.
The old levee near the residence Of
Judge DuBose, Carroll parish, Is
crumbling into the river. and the citi-
ZDuH were just ~ tALl0 IL Aus,As AoU
run-around built to keep out the coming
high water. The road up tho river has
always been on this levee, and 1t makes
Il Ii quite inconvenient to pass through
NeWtown. the roads there being in a
miserable condition. There will have
to be work done on them soon, or people
lib that direction cannot get to town.
Texas. &
Lampasas has an emigrant aid society
The Houston Daily Telegram Is new
paper.
Jefferson has received So, 297 bales this
season.
Dallas calls ITSELF indifferently, "the
young Chicago" and "the hub OF Texas. y
The Gainesville Gazette wants to see
Throcknlorton made the next Governor
OF Texas.
Al severe hail storm in Red River
county did great deal OF damage last
Saturday.
A proposition for a tax to support free
schools for ten months in the year is
claiming attention In Waco.
There has been another jail delivery
1t Montague, but all the prisoners ex
cept one have been recaptured.
A storm passed over Fort Worth or
the eighteenth, demolishing houses and
tearing down fences and awnings.
The Houston Telegram says Morgan
natter putting the Central on a cash
basis, will push the Waco and Austin
branches west to intercept the Texas
and Pacific.
The Texas Central Railroad Is AGAR
in trouble. A receiver and Injunction
States District Court for the Eastern
District of Texas.
Al petition numerously signed has
been sent In to the City Council OF Sar
Antonio, protesting against the estab
!. lishment Of waterworks for that city al
ansunnecessary luxury and expense.
The site for the depot Of the Dallas
and Wichita Railroad has been selected
&C Denton. The Iron Mountain Roat
offers the company $4,000 IL it will es
tablish cattle shipments at Denton b!
the 1st OF June.
Citizens from Western counties bring
the encouraging report that there arr
but very few grasshoppers west OF tn
vet experienced no material damage o
Inconvenience from them.
Phil. Porter, who murdered Rober
McGrew in Eefugio some months ago
and was admitted to bail by the judg
for $4,000, was not on hand when hi
case was called the other day. He
supposed to have gone to Oregon. Hi
bondsmen were ready with the cash.
One or the most tremendous hal
storms on record visited the neighbor
hood of Fort Clark some days age
Sheep on the prairie, unable to reacl
n shelter, were slaughtered as though
4 they were fired upon with grape ant
canister. One man lost SO head kllle
In pen.
The debt OF the Houston and Texa
Central Railroad Company is as follows
First mortgage per cent gold bonds
SIC, 900 per mile, interest payable Janu
airy and July, and principal In 1903, $40
GOO. 600: second mortgage bonds, con