The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-12

aatirred IN the monkeys" Ia fact,
changed ell the politics and ideas Of the
paper.
W. s. Vail, a wood-cutter Of Richland
Parish. started out some two monJns ago
with n fellow laborer named Plumber
Id Monroe. Wallis body was found last
week in Bayou Lafourche,. near tne
Vicksburg and Monroe Road Crossing,
with marks of violence on II. coro.
ner's Jury charges Plumber with !ne
murder. Plumber has been missing
since the occurrence.
Mississippi.
The Natchez .New South has sus-
pended.
The Canton city election occurred last
Tuesday. Mr.. Power was elected
Mayor.
The Jackson Clarion wants the DEM
ocratic State nominating convention
called for July Is.
The smallpox has broken out 10
Natchez. Great care will be taken TO
prevent the disease spreading. ALI OF
the patients are securely locked up ID
the pest-house.
Several Northern capitalists have just
closed trade with parties near Osyka,
by which they purchase 200 acres OF
land, located near that place, and upon
which they will begin at once TO erect oil
necessary buildings for cotton mill.
A freshet in Adams county last week
washed away several bridges on the
Natchez, Jackson and Columbus HALL
road; among them that over Little
Coles Creek. liz VIII De some 'llne
before these bridges are repaired.
The vicksburg Daily Commercial con-
tains communication favoring. the viva
voce system Of voting. 1t might do Tor
Intelligent men, but 1t would everlast-
ingly puzzle the darkey If he had to call
over q long list of names, especially IL
some Of them should be unpronouncea-
BILE.
Two raftsmen, one named VIM. Buck,
the others name unknown, were bru-
tally murdered in camp near the mouth
Of Coldwater and Tallahatchie river.
The men were found shot through.
The cause of the assassination Is sup
posed to be, that the men were depre-
dating upon the stock or timber OF the
citizens In that neighborhood.
Sim Suttles, the wife murderer OF Me.
ridian, has been remanded to our Jainl
for safe keeping until the 10th
proximo. He Is then to be returned
to Newton and hanged for his
crime. The jailor Of the Meridian jail.
Aleck Wilson. assisted by Golden,
ironed him down in one Of the iron cells
on Monday last. Sim says that his wife
came to him on the night before last
and told him to hasten on to meet her,
as she was waiting for him IN heaven.
He also says he is anxious to be OIL.
Texas.
G.. T. J. O'Reordan was elected Mayor
of Brennan.
The new City Council OF Galveston
gives general satisfaction.
Joe Horner, the Comancbe bank rob-
Der, broke jail, and ID at large.
Work has been commenced on the
branch penitentiary, at Rusk, Cherokee
county.
The new gas works at Fort Worth are
| in full blast. The city was illuminated
Monday night for the first time.
Cook and Spradley escaped from the
Shelby county jail for the third time
They were in jail on charge OF murder,
Hail stones fell in Tarrant county last
Saturday weighing three and q nall
ounces, says the Fort Worth Democrat
The subject OF the night procession Of
| Dallas was the same as that given Dy
the Mistick Krewe-the history OF the
Aryan race.
People in Coryell county still manage
to get gloriously drunk. says the aates
| vile Sun, notwithstanding prohibition
is in full force there.
Keithly, 12-year old boy, living Il
Bonham, was accidently shot and seri
ously wounded with pocket pistol, a
9 n. m. Sunday, 25th inst.
Denison voted last Saturday on
proposition to levy q special tax Tor IN
support Of public free schools: III
proposition was carried by 16l to 16.
Tt IA reported that the work OF con
struction is to be suspended on tn
western end of the road until the east
ern end is completed to its terminus q
Jefferson.
Since October 1st over two hundre'
new houses, mostly residences, nav
been built in Sherman, and there ar
now between seventy-five to one nun
dred in course OF erection.
| John Hampton, formerly Of Collil
county. was killed a few days since a
Fort Griffin while resisting arrest,
warrant had been sent to the sheriff Q
lShackleford county, issued upon tn
charge of theft. The officer attempting
to execute the writ was compelled t
take his life in self-defence.
The International road will commenc
work in few days on the section OF tn
road between Longview and Jefferson
a distance of thirty miles; the work
to be put through as speedily as poss
bic. The people Of Jefferson. no doubt
are happy now, for they have bee
clamoring for this piece OF road 10
years. .
MOVED.
How n City AbscOnded.