The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-05
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Louisiana.

Chicken stealing prospers In st
| Charles.
The Florida parishes are suffering
| greatly for the want Of rain.
Vermillonville boasts Of Babcock
engine.
More corn has been planted In the
Attakapas country this year than ever
before.
The police jury of st. Charles consists
ct present OF elk Democrats and four
Republicans.
The temperance movement In Frank
lin is moving on prosperou5ly and VIC
toriously.
The cane In Iberia shows a splendid
stand. Cotton is slightly behind, owing
to the cool nights.
Ten thousand tons Of cotton seed
meal have been used by the sugar
planters as fertilizer this spring.
All the fruit, except grapes, In North
Louisiana are looking badly, and q
small crop will be the consequence.
The condition OF crops throughout
Natchttoohes, particularly corn, is
promising. The acreage IL larger than
last year.
A posse Ia out In Franklin parish
after George Ellison, who murdered
one Young In Richland last week. All
the woods are being searched for him.
Ellison has killed three men during the
year.
It IL suggested In the Shreveport
Times to organize an association to
comprise the parishes Of Caddo, De Soto,
Bossier, Blenville, Natchitoohes, Web
ster, Red River, Claiborne and Sabine,
a. t.xS 1Sss- NkxS x,rttS tsf.
Agricultural Fair Association, to hold
annual fairs at Shreveport.
Mississippi.
Scarlet fever Is prevailing at Oxford.
Peaches were shipped North from
Kinds county as early as May "a.
There are 1905 convicts In the peni-
Tertiary.
The Lexington Advertiser suggests
the name OF the Hon. Ii. M. Street for
Governor.
A eve goat on Mr.. Coney's place, in
Pike county, gave birth to six kids
lately.
Planters In Benton county, 30 the
Rising Sun declares. are pulling up cot
ton and planting corn.
The soldiers of Southern Mississippi
held their annual reunion at Magnolia,
May 20.
The Jackson Times and Pilot are still
harping on the Kemper county mas
sacre, New letters from Dekalb APP
pear In every edition OF these papers.
The Democratic clubs of Magnolia
meet June 0. to elect delegates to the
State Convention, and to Thoroughly Or
yanize.
Rattlesnakes and moccasins are |
ound, 1t is said, In the principal
streets OF Liberty, and It's citizens de-
'lare 1t Is not whisky.
The citizens OF Lawrence county met
Vt Monticello last Monday and ap-
pointed COMMITTEES OF i've to nominate
delegates to the State convention. Capt.
]. Gwin was also indorsed as Auditor Of
Public Accounts.
Raym ond Gazette, May "a: A land
errapin was captured in the woods near
GLOWING inscription on his shell: 90.
!. Beers, 50th Illinois, Vicksburg, July
!, 1868" pemberton .capitulated that
lay, and 1t Is supposed simultaneously
With that event private Beers branded
lis terrapin. Surprising that Beers was
amped on Big Black. the terrapin
raveled something less than fifteen
niles one mile year.
At the meeting Of the Fruit Growers
association held at Crystal Springs on
last, q committee appointed
0 confer with Mr.. Morey, the general
reight and ticket agent OF the Jackson
reported that the company
'ould carry fruit to Chicago, on the fast
at the rate of 81 80 per 100
ounds, and that the company would
ts&A kr&tv
&c the production Of fruits and vege-
ables along the line Of the road. This
, great reduction from former rates
nd will prove great saving to fruit
rowers In this section.
Texas.
Cows In Grimes county have lately
led Of hydrophobia.
The grand jury Of Menard county has
,und ninety indictments, forty of
'hich are for felony.
Geo. w. Barnett has conditionally
isposed of his Mason county mine for
100000.
Rusk, Cherokee county, has an ordi-
ance prohibiting the robbing of the
ests OF hooking birds and destroying
1eir eggs and young.
l.. s. Blake, who murdered Ezra Far
err, in Milan county, Texas, last year,
as captured last Tuesday In Vernon,
ackson parish.
The body OF man was found In Red
yer, which had been dead about !
yenty days. shot through the temples. {
70 Is supposed to be one of the eleven 6
no was killed by the Choctaws at the
.me time with the Palmerston brothers.
Mr.. Barry, who has just arrived from ,
40 Pan Handle district, informs the {
.enrietta Journal that he passed
trough herd Of buffalo containing |
OF less than fifty thousand head. He {
lys the entire district is fairly alive
it'll them. !
Fort Worth is about to make an ex- !
as preliminary towards !
arting a new enterprise in that live !!
nd thriving town. A refrigerator car |
i'll be started from there in day or
20 loaded with fresh beef for Chicago.
it arrives at its destination all right ,
4 establishment will be opened at
ace for the shipment of fresh dressed {
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