The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-26
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Louisiana.
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schools Of that parish.
were complaining Of the drouth O. few
suffering from wet spell.
The Carroll Conservative seems to
have become picture paper at least 1t
replies to attacks from other papers
with somewhat weird cartoons.
| The people Of st. John seem to have
gone wild over horse4raciug. Two races
are announced for Sunday ut the St.
Frusquin and Governor plantations.
| Two prisoners In the Opelousas jail,
both colored, one In prison under q
charge Of larceny, the other Of murder,
escaped from the jail Tuesday night,
and have not sinee been recaptured.
Harry Glaspar. colored man living
on Wallis plantation, in Ascension par
ish, was assaulted by some unknown
miscreant while lying asleep. In the
open door OF his cabin, and struck
on the head with an axe or some
other sharp instrument. Glaspar Ia
still alive, but the attending physician
says he cannot recover.
The Grand Council of United Friends
Of Temperance convened In Vienna on
Wednesday last, and continued in ses-
sion until Thursday night. The. differ
emit subordinate councils Of North Lou
isiana were very well represented. and
quite q number of the Ian members OF
the order were In attendance. Speeches
were made by John A. Miller, Hulse
and others.
Coons and squirrels are playing
havoc with the corn crops In Frank
lin parish. Farmers are complaining
of the. devastations to this crop from
these destructive little vermin. Many
have tried arsenic, while others con-
clude to make 1t an even thing by TAX
ing them down with powder and BALI
in exchange for the corn. Not O few
have shot away all the ammunition they
can get at them.
Last week another child in Ascension
died from the effects OF swallowing con-
centlated lye. A colored woman living
on Claiborne street procured some lye
from b neighbours In cup. for scrub
orphan boys left In her care by their
father, probably mistaking the I've for
condensed milk, took up the cup unob-
served and drank portion Of the con-
tents. Remedies were promptly applied, |
and 1t was thought the child would re- |
cover, but on Sunday morning. eight |
days after drinking the I've, he died from |
Internal hemorrhage.
The attorneys practising In st. Martin |
parish have presented petition to the /
Judge Of the parish court, as follows
La view OF the uncertainty which may
attach to the DEGREES Of the parish court |
by reason OF a report just published, of
The determination of the Board Of Can-
vassers In. relation to the election and
status of the parish judge, we, the un-
m AfI rf IN afG
Martin, having met together and deem
sd 1t unsafe to proceed any further with
cases until the question OF title to the
office OF parish judge Is settled definite
|y and beyond doubt by competent a,l-
shortly, respectfully request that you
adjourn court sine de-" Judge Bassett
inally decided to adjourn the case.
Mississippi.
Major Govan has Withdrawn from the
ace for Auditor.
Col. 8. M. Meeks declines to be can
lidate for Attorney General.
Natchez Is advertising for somebody
10 establish good hotel there.
Eliza Johnson, a colored man, dis
severed q large tree ACROSS the truck Of
he Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad
me and half miles northwest Of Ed
Yards, on the Goth, and saved an excur-
ion train, that was due In half an hour,
" meeting 1t with a torch-light.
Texas.
Van zandt county manufactures salt.
The Brazos river is to be bridged at
iranbury.
The colored people of Galveston have
rganized fire company.
The Lampasas fair will open on the
wenty-frst Of August.
Some one stole 600 head Of sheep from
:. M. Campbell, near Corpus Christi, at
ne haul.
A movement Is on foot at Rockport to
stablish market for Texas horses to
% shipped abroad.
Californians, driven out by the
rought, are emigrating to Texas. Many
re going overland with large droves OF
took.
John Ell. Williams, sheriff Of Wood
ounty, was recently shot and danger
usly wounded at Quitman, by j. p.
)onnel.
W. 8. Moore, Of Sherman, struck lead !
very rich copper ore while boring for
we'll. He will sink shaft at the place
@. J. Cook, sheriff Of Maverick coun-
Y, Is reported to have ''lit out" for
fexico with all the State and county .
lnds he could collect. q
The negro demonstrations at Sandy
'oint have subsidized. The blacks be. 4,
anne demoralized when they heard of
be Houston "melish."
Abe Rothschild, the murderer Of
,essie Moore, now confined in the 4.
Iarion county jail at Jefferson, Texas, !
, reported to be In decline.
And now 1t appears that County Attor- '
ey Roberts, of Goliad county, has been :
and accepting brides. .
Ience he has proceeded contrary to the /
dvice Of Horace Greeley and has gone /
last instead Of West.
A man going by the name of Morris,
I Bosque county, was arrested recently
q Stephenville, Hood county, for MUIR
ering his brother-in- law at Rutherford
tation, in Tennessee, four years ago.
lis real name is said to be Thomas
IOllte