The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-23
SOUTHERN NEWS.


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Ouaehita.
In Lafayette parish farming and
planting operations have progressed
quite favorably.
They are eating peaches already in
Iberia.
The st. Joseph's fair at Thibodaux
| takes place Saturday, Sunday and Mon
day, April II, % and 80.
| At the firemen's parade in Houma,
| the other day, Taylor Lngarde fell and
broke his leg. The citizens immedi-
ately raised subscription of $t12 for
/, him.
! The road leading from Vermilionville
to New Iberia is In terrible condition.
1t is said that wagons get begged in IL
and remain there sometimes several
days before they can escape.
District Judge Marks dissolved the
injunction taken by Bovee, Kellogg's
tax collector OF st. James, and Cohen,
so-called district attorney pro tenn,
against Mr.. Camille Mire. appointed tax
collector by Gov. Nichols.
] Mr.. Louis Grevemberg, the sugar
planter who was the pioneer in intro
/ ducing white labor into Iberia parish on
whole OF his plantation lying on the
west side Of the Teche cultivated by
white tenants.
i Cattle in the vicinity Of Iberia are
Ipoor. The Sugar. B0sDt attributes this
to the fact that the pasturage there is
overstoeked. Almost every family In
New Iberia has one COW or more, and
ell depend upon the prairie Immediately
In the rear OF town for their support.
Last Wednesday night and Thursday
forenoon terrible wind and rain storm
visited Iberia parish. The wind did
much injury to fruit trees by twisting
and breaking them down, and great
I quantity OF the young fruit was blown
to the ground. The trees were 80
heavily laden with fruit, however, that
the loss by wind may be beneficial.
Another disgraceful shooting scrape
took place In Iberia parish, In which
three persons were wounded, and the
, lives OF several ladies endangered. 1t
| took place at ball given last Saturday
j night at Mr.. Desire Langelinais' house
] In Royville, and whisky, as usual, was
the cause. Jules j.. Broussard and
D Francois Leblanc had quarreled,. and
hard words were passing between them,
] when the latter, while standing upon
) the ballroom gallery, drew q pistol as
IL to shoot Broussard, who was standing
: on the ground In front OF him. Seeing
!, this, Broussard Immediately drew his
t pistol and fired upon Leblanc, the ball
( young man fell, but Immediately arose
{ as the ball had glanced upward and in.
. iicted slight wound, and shct
4 at Broussard, cutting off his finger on
a the left hand. A second shot en-
9 tered Broussard's left side, glancing Of
d on q RIB. He then fired again at LIE
9 Blanc, who retreated inside OF the ball
V room. It was found that although
g the ball had missed the intended vic
J. tim, yet 1t had hit a young man namet
4 Alcide Fabre, aged 16, making painfu
y the fight, and the ball, too.
!, Mississippi.
J. . There was another hurricane at Vicks
h burg Thursday.
9 The grand jury, sitting at Holl.
Springs recently. found 143 true bills.
{ Bill Williams, o negro preacher Of no
O toliously bad character, was killed IL
the neighborhood of Pope's Station las
|. week.
q The late storm did considerable dam
i age In the neighborhood OF Enterprise
: blowing down fences and houses, ant
Q otherwise doing great deal Of damage
i Sam Suites, colored. was hung at De
q catur, in Newton county, last week, fol
3 numbering his wife. It was the frs
hanging that ever took place In Newton
o county.
q The Radicals Of Mississippi, In mos
u OF the counties, will try the strategy II
the coming campaign Of running weak
8 kneed Democrats for Office under th
: name Of Independents.
|
Col. Thos. w. Yates, for many years
q citizen OF Columbus, OF late q residen
!. of Alabama, just across the line at Mil
i itary Springs, was shot and killed neal
!. his home, q few days a go, by Mr.. Sam
O uel Hairston.
u Prominent among the names men
/. toned by the people in connection will
the office of Governor, are those Q
Hon. J. M. Stone Of Alcorn. Gen. B. g
Troup Of Monroe, Gen. Walthall o
n Grenada, Gen. Bob Lowry Of Rankin
4 and Hon. w. s. Featherstone Of Mar
= shall.
u At a meeting Of citizens in McComl
. City, the other day, the following reso
. luton was adopted:
ResolUed, That the committee OF fiv
, appointed at the last meeting OF citi
: zeps be and the same are hereby in
}, structed to wait on the Mississippi Val
. ley and New Orleans, Jackson and Grea
! Northern Railroad Companies for tn
= purpose Of urging them to make up tn
!, amount lacking, in addition to tn
l amount subscribed by the citizens. AM
: the amount donated from the Peabod.
. fund, to carry on the schools of thi
. school district for the term OF tel
. months.
J, Last Saturday a negro named Was
t Mcdonald, who lives near Randall
: ferry, in Harrison county, in a ft {
g jealousy cut q Woman's throat thre
Q times with pocket-knife, and ais
g stabbed her in the back. Dan Tame
d and George Lewis, both colored, wen