The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-06
Nv ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, JULY 8
should designate competent counsel to
defend the prisoner.

should designate competent counsel to
defend the prisoner.
| Mississippi.
A school for negro preachers will be
opened in Wopdville at the Baptist
Meeting House, July ~.
The Natohez .Daitv Telephone made
It's appearance in that city last Satur-
day. Mr. Marschalk Ia the editor.
Gen. Grant, of Linden, Copiah county,
is announced as O candidate for JUS
tice of the Peace. SO says the CopidhGn'
The Vicksburg Herald gives warming
that intrigues and the trickery of lead
ing politicians threaten disaster to the
Democratic party In Mississippi.
Cows and calves in Hindle county are
afflicted with some disease that termi-
mates In blindness. It Is impossible to
say exactly what the disease Is.
Aberdeen Cocogee, q colored man, was
accidentally drowned at or near the
Corinna place, on Sunday, in Adams
county, while In the river swimming.
The Lincoln county executive COM
mittee elected delegates to the State
Convention last week, and instructed
them to vote for Lowry for Governor.
The heaviest rain that has fallen for
the past three years fell at Canton and
vicinity last Thursday afternoon. The
country for miles around town was de-
luged, in some instances. to the depth
Of two or three feet.
The Washington bulldozing case in
Adams county was tried last week.
John Watson, eolored, the bulldozed
victim, swore positively that he recog-
nized Edmund johnson, Isham John
son and William Squalls, all colored.
and that they visited his house and Sc
| verely whipped him. He was unable,
| however, to substantiate his case, and
| the prisoners were discharged.
There was terrible wind storm at
Canton and vicinity last Tuesday after
noon about GIL o'clock. It came from
the west and with great fury, but did
not continue longer than twenty-five or
thirty minutes. Trees were, in some
instances, uprooted or stripped Of their
branches, fences and corn were blown
down, but beyond this we are glad to
know no serious damage was done.
A terrible affair occurred about three
miles from Jacinto in the early part Of
last week. Two disreputable women of
the neighborhood went to the residence
Of Mr.. Sol. Carpenter, invited his wife
into the yard and commenced upon her
q TRADE of abuse, interspersed with
threats of violence. Mr.. Carpenter.
came out of the house and ordered them
to leave his premises, when one of the
women drew a pistol and shot him. in
fiicting mortal wound. He managed,
however, to return to the house and get
his gun, with which he returned and
killed both the women instantly, and
he died short time afterward.
Texas.
There are said to be 224 counties in
Texas.
The packing of turtles for the trade
Is assuming proportions at Fulton.
Reynolds, who killed ex- Mayor Long,
of Dallas, and was himself mortally
wounded while resisting arrest, Is dead.
The assessment roll Of Smith county
foots up "a 900 900 this year, an increase
of 81 500, 900 over the assessment OF last
year.
Only six soldiers died from supposed
cholera at Rnggold Barracks. About
thirty were sick. The disease has not
spread
The last cotton crop of Texas was
nearly 100000 bales, and within one or
two years at furthest it will be 1,OJO,-
900. generally cultivated by white labor.
The Dallas dog catcher and his assist
ant have both been bitten by rabid
dog, as it is feared. The man, q Mexi-
can, was working at only fifty cents q
day.
DR.. McManus, of Corpus Christi, who
owns eleven leagues of land west Of
Goliad, has sold two leagues to q Mr..
Spencer, of Pennsylvania, who will To-
cate a colony of Pennsylvanians upon
them.
The Galveston Ne,cs gives an account
of the unearthing of the dead bodies of
Confederate soldiers at a cemetery about
a half mile from the Virginia Point
depot on the A. @. and y. +. Railroad.
The graves have been dug over by con-
victs getting ballast for the road, and
the bodies left exposed.
On the 26th inst. fatal accident oc-
Cured about q mile north Of Jacksboro,
by which Mrs. l. H. Wilson was killed
She was travelling in wagon, when
carbine lying on the bottom Of the
wagon-box was accidentally discharged,
killing her instantly. She was buried
the following day.
Bill Longley has letter in the Gid
dings Tribune confessiDg the murder Of
two Mexican horse thieves, young
man by the name of George Thomas,
and desperate named Lon Gawyers,
alias Schriers. The latter he claims to
have killed while resisting arrest, Bill
having warrant from Uvalde county
for him.
A frightful runaway occurred in Aus
tin on Sunday; q Mrs. Holland was
seated in a buggy with baby In her
arm; the horse ran away, and in max
ing short turn into a wood yard the
buggy was upset, jamming Mrs. Hol-
land with the baby still In her arms
against post. The baby was instantly
were broken just above the knees.