The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-17
cession. They will take u trip to Mar
shall. also. on the same day.

cession. They will take % trip to Mar
shall, also, on the same day.
james Parker. colored, d great grand.
con of Gen. Washington body servant
Whose wife was Mrs. Washin gton e
iaundress). was married the other day
in Iberyille parish to Miss Eliza John
son. colored, q daughter OF Mrs. Cor
nelia Jackson, whose husband, Ben1a-
min Franklin Jackson, was descend,
ant OF Andrew Jackson, the faithful
oolored body servant OF "Old Hickory;
The wedding OF these worthy people
was made tho occasion OF o good deal oil
aid fashioned hospitality and pleasur-
able enjoyment by the white folks"
Tuesday last, ut Tongue vue store, O
difficulty occurred between Cesar gel
Decarreaux, boy OF about twenty.one.
Decarreaux, IL Is said, was impertinent
to Seldom, who struck him. .Decarreaux
left. armed himself with club, hid this
In corner, and returning to the store,
recommended his quarrel. Seldom got
angry this time, and picking up. stick.
ran after Decarreaux to chastise him.
The lad ran off, pursued by Seldom
when, however. he reached the spot
where he had hidden the club, he seized
1t and struck Seldom over tho head,
killing him.
The attempt Of Bovee-P Packard 9, or
rather Kellogg's-tax collector for St.
james, to extort money from the mer..
chants OF that parish Ia support
of the Packard government failed igno-
miniously. Several suits were brought
against the merchants Of st. James to
compel them to pay their licenses to
Bovee. This they all refused to do.
They were brought up for contempt
several finds, but the cases were al
ways postponed. They finally came up
for final settlement last Saturday. Mr..
A. Cohen, District Attorney pro tenn.
then proposed their indefinite contin.
,lance on the ground that the court
could not entertain jurisdiction OF these
cases.
Mississippi.
Vicksburg firemen parade April 26.
Very little corn and meat are being
shipped to Osyka; the people trading
at this point make their own hog and
hominy.
The citizens of Jackson intend to get
up an excursion to Vicksburg to see the
Plymouth, they not having had man
of-war 80 near them since the war.
The fruit Ia not all killed in north
Mississippi as was supposed. Apricots,
peaches, pears, apples, plums and cher
ries all give promise OF plenty OF frult.
Texas.
Huntsville has 100000 suit In it's
court.
Mineola expects to ship O great
of fruit this year.
Immigration to Texas by the Texas
Pacific Railroad has fallen of.
LAD ~ tC neff
mated all the way from $500 to $500.
It is understood that the Galveston
Mai Fest will take place on the I'd OF
May.
A water spout seven feet in diameter
was seen several miles west OF Fort
Water.
Fayette county crops are very promis-
ing. No appearance Of damage from
grasshoppers, 80 far.
Representatives Of large German
colony are in Fort Worth, comforting
with Messrs. Lawrence ~ Frost for o
location for 100 families In Archer coun-
ty.
The officers of the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe Railroad have announced
that As miles Of their road are graded
and Al miles ironed, and they are pre-
pared TO receive DluS 10 coubbEucG zVo
miles additional.
Three prisoners escaped from the San
Antonio jail last Sunday night. They
were Joe Horner, the Comanche bank
robber, sentenced to ten years In the
penitentiary; Bob Peel, sentenced to
three years for rape, and man named
Brown. charged with horse stealing.
Henrietta is better supplied with pure
water than any point In Texas. Many
None Of the trees that we
know Of are yet old enough to bear, but
the indications are that fruits OF all
kinds will grow there to perfection.