The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-01
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Louisiana,

Able=bodied men can get s30 q month
building levees In Iberville parish.
Bayou Bartholomew IL lower than i
has been at this time OF the year since
1860.
Bayou Lafourehe has fallen foul
or five feet In the last few days.
The taxpayers OF Terrebonne mel
| Saturday and resolved to pay theil
taxes TO the Nichols government alone
Mr.. Alien Hebert, Of Iberville parish
who was hurt in the explosion Of the
steamboat Dot. near Bayou aoula, has
since died.
| The Vienna Sentinel Ia opposed to
Mr.. Young's bill In the Legislature,
allowing the trial Of criminals before
justices of the peace with juries.
One Maglois Caesar was stabbed In
| the right breast with common pocket
| knife BY one Joseph Mumford. at Hy-
| mel's store, parish Of ut. James, the
blade breaking In bis body.
On the morning OF the 10Th inst, as
the passengers were getting on the cars
OF Morgan's Railroad, ct Algiers, o
| mum Der Of them were robbed OF their
purses, watches, chains, etc.
District Attorney Merchant, of the
st. Mary's district, has instituted suit
against ex-tax collector Randlett, of
that parish, In the sum OF $4,000,
which Randlett has failed TO pay the
State also suit against Taylor Daspit,
tax collector OF st. Martin parish, In
the sum OF $4,000.
Last week. while the steamer Kate
Dickson was lying at Milliken's Bend,
parish OF Madison, a quarrel took place
between Mike Gallagher. the mate and
one OF the deck hands, and the deck
hand was shot by Gallagher and killed.
Gallagher afterwards took the yawl of
the Dickson and made his escape.
One Of the outlaws who burned the
cabins of some negroes on the planta-
tion Of Mr.. @. X. David, In East Baton
Rouge, has been arrested by the sheriff
of that parish. His name Ia John Stat
ford, and he is q young man, and white.
Such are the advantages Of Democratic
rule.
Geo. Anderson, o colored convict TIM
der convoy aboard The Maria Louise
from Shreveport to the Penitentiary.
slipped his handouts and, with the
shaekles still upon his feet, leaped over
board. 1t is supposed he was drowned
IN bis attempt at escape. Some of the
hands Of the boat are charged with as
sisting him In his attempt.
An aged colored woman, residing on
the Louise plantation, parish of Jeffer-
son, visited some friend on the Wagga.
man place few days ago. Becoming Ia
tigued by the walk, she sat down on the
track Of the New Orleans and Texas
Railroad and suddenly fell fast asleep.
In the meanwhile the traineame along.
the cow-eateher struck the old woman
and threw her some distance. The
train was Immediately stopped and
everybody ran TO assist the unfortunate
woman, supposing, as q matter OF
that che was MORALLY wounded
but to the great surprise OF all she was
unhurt.
Oscar Mayeux was stabbed and killed
near Mansura, Avoyelles parish, by
Ellie Duerepont. Mayeux, a full grown,
strong man, was In the habit Of getting
drunk and maltreating Ducrepont, a
slight lad. wholly unable to cope on |
equal terms with his prosecutor. On |
the day OF the killing Mayeux dragged
young Duerepont from his horse and |
beat him; the latter, after vainly en-.
deavoring to escape, drew knife ana |
IL to MayeuS's heart We learn |
from the Avoyelles Republican that O.
preliminary examination of the case
was held before the Parish Judge and |
5he accused discharged from custody.
". Texas,
Colorado county Is rapidly increasing
ts white labor.
Brown and Coleman counties are get
ing heavy German immigration.
The Mayor of Austin has forbidden
he. practice OF throwing dice for drinks
md cigars.
The next Texas railroad excursion
will be over Mr.. Bremond's railroad to
There will be meeting of the Texas
Press Association at Austin on the six
zenith Of March.
Seven thousand barrels Of lager beer
we're manufactured In Texas last year,
Smallpox is reported to have broken
nut in the northern portion OF Grayson
ounty.
Dallas has purchased ground for n
ity park, and the Commercial says
hat the spot Is In many respects beauti-
I'll.
Major r. M. Grubbs has been REQUEST
d by q large number Of the business
1en OF Denison to become q candidate
or Mayor of that city. He accepts.
The Netes states that the grading on .
II
as far as Arcola. The iron is ,
Md to the fertieth mile post, two and
alf miles from Arcola, and sufficient
'on to lay this distance being on the {
round, the only cause of the delay Is /
1e non-receipt Of cross-ties. The ex-
ectatfon .tthat the track will be COM /
leted as far as Arcola by the end Of f
ext week. :
On the subject Of the Morgan Rail- t
bad, the Gonzales Enquirer, OF the t
'th, says that the engineers completed 8
he survey to that town last week. The r
lief engineer stated that IL the road Il
sme up on the other side Of the river v
all, 1t would cross about Eve miles a
Glow town. The line which he thought n
ould be the choice lies just within The II
Iner town. The route Is only to be I
lrveyed to Gonzales, and thus far it 0
i'll certainly be built. ii
Lenard Johnson, a negro man living q
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