The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-05
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burned off.
The tax collector OF Lafayette parish
having applied for q mandamus ON the
Recorder for the delivery. Of the tax
rolls, the order was granted by the Dis
trict Judge and obeyed by the Recorder.
The collector ID now ready TO receive
taxes for the support OF the true and
legal government OF the State, OF which
Coy. Nichols Ii the head, and the PEG.
pie OF that parish will certainly pay
taxes to no other.
The Donaldsonville Chief tells good
story of one OF the justices OF the peace
Of Ascension parish, who recently In q
$25 appearance bond, given by a party
charged with o small offense, inserted
In the bond that the delinquent acknowl-
edged Nichols as Governor. 1t was not
necessary that the name Of any Gov
ernor should appear, nor is It customary
to insert 1t, but the magistrate probably
deemed 1t a graceful and delicate way
OF indicating his fealty to his favorite
claimant for the Governorship.
Texas.
Fort Worth Is to have another daily
paper--the Herald.
Seguin has Just completed the eree-
ton Of fine college.
A constable, the only negro officer In
Grimes county, resigned q few days
since.
Bill Green and three accomplices In
COW stealing were found hanging to o
In McLennon county, last
week.
A terrible hail storm, In Williamson
county, passed over the county last
week, breaking windows and damaging
the foliage on the trees and shrubbery.
Morgan has already reduced freight
over the Houston and Texas Central
road one dollar per hundred on first
class freight from New York to Houston
and Austin.
The Mayor of Brenham receives
salary of twenty-five dollars per month
and boards himself. A lucrative Office
truly.
The Mason Ne,os ten. says: There
have been between seven and eight hun
bred hunters In the buffalo range, who
have sold about $1,000 hides at Fort
Uoncho.
A man by the name OF August Mum
ME was murdered near Castroville on
The 18th inst. His body was ventilated
with eleven bullet holes; he was said
TO be a cattle thief.
A Deputy United States Marshal sue.
seeded In capturing two illicit stills the
other day In CasS county, near the Ar
kansas line. Cyrus Lovelady and Chas.
Strong were the proprietors.
Galveston he's inaugurated o new in
lustry, that OF shipping slaughtered
beef to New York, under the refrigerat-
ing process. The steamship State OF
Texas sailed with the first shipment
last.
Two men Zone named Palmer) were
shot and probably killed by a squad OF
Rangers yesterday evening, on the other
side OF the Colorado, four or five miles
from Austin. The Rangers wenXto arrest
them as horse thieves, and shot, them as
they were running off. Palmer was ex-
amined before Justice Neal about three
weeks ago on the charge OF horse
Gimmon james was murdered by
horse thieves one night last week. Mr..
James lived about eighteen miles from
Caddo. The thieves went to his house,
took two of his horses and fled. Mr..
James followed them, overlook them In
camp, and demanded his horses, when
the thieves fired upon and killed him
instantly.
The citizens OF Jefferson met at that
place March 81, and passed resolutions
the manner In which the
Railroad was being built,
that It was the evident intent
of the Legislature that the road should
be built from Jefferson west to the Rio
at the rate Of forty miles each
year. whereas 1t had been commenced
only at Longview, and Jefferson left
In the cold.
The deterioration of Texas cotton
within the last few years, and Its conse-
luent depreciation In the leading mar
kets, is made the text for some valuable
to planters by one Of the
reporting at the annual
meeting of the Galveston Cotton Elk
change. Interesting figures are given In
The report showing o net loss to the
State OF several millions Of dollars by
The Indifference of planters in regard to
The seed they use as we'll as their care
essness in preparing and forwarding
The staple to market.
The new bridge which was in course
Of construction over the Brazos river
one mile east OF Courtney, 10 Grimes
county. fell in recently. Men were
vt work on the bridge, and ten Of
hem went down with the wreck, strik-
ng the water first, and were buried be-
meath the irons and piling. Three were
killed outright, and at last accounts
,he death OF two more was momenta-
lily expected. Three others were in a
Tery critical condition.
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