The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-16
SOUTHERN Jews.
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ft.n Su6 ~ Iiown, IN ut. Landry, ID aoon
men hula Methodist church. 10 'o'''
:, Mary parish is now eoiny ,,ta i.
a. ampeiahoe business heavily. '''o
me school board of 1T. Ja,n,u
NJ s epnaa OF i've white men and !.
The town Of Bastropv NJ tpdnancial
lm.to,reshouse,. has ofgnniW
'eIleI club. stfie upper part
Recent heavy fHfutArish have done
o. Bast Baton. Hour TO the young cot
considerable dAlp
'oa Gnu cofh. syers Of the Society Of
several Engineers, recently here.
visited thet.
an -. MATED expenses for The parish
| Inc aarlea for the ensuing year are
oa stND. A tax Of & mills will be levied
% ses ~ this expense.
~ satehitoehes ia raising tobacco that
j. very close imitation Of Ht James
heriuue, but not quite 80 strong. This
tobacco was famous before the war.
Ualeasieu will levy tax OF ten mills
on the dollar. OF this Gil cents Is, Gays
the ordinance, for keeping Jules Gut
dry in the Parish Prison, New Orleans.
The North Louisiana Guaette, pub
lished atSt. Joseph. Tensas. has changed
hands. and will now be published az q
Democratic paper. II was formerly Re-
publican or neutral.
Thanksgiving day was celebrated at
False River. parish OF Pointe Coupee,
by d salute fired mt the island. Solemn
high mass was held afterward in the
Church Of st. Mary. the 7e Deun, sung.
etc.
The Thibodaux and Terrebonne
Draining Company failing to obtain
means to purchase dfedge, are going
TO dig out the Bayou Terrebonne far
enough TO thoroughly drain Thibodaux
and vicinity.
A mechanic, evidently skillful one,
built pair Of wooden goggles and o gun
and suspended the two on a pole on the
river front OF Coushatta Wednesday
morning, the fret anniversary 81 the
shooting of Marshall II. Twitehell and
the killing Of George King.
On Saturday last, Mac Wilson, 9 freed
man livlngIoh Mr.. M. nj. L. Ford's plan.
tation,. III Bossier parish, shot and
killed Lewis Jenkins, another freedman
living on the same place, and danger
oualy wouuding his wife, shooting her
three times. The evidence addueed at
the preliminary examination before
Judge Fort. was to the effect that Will
son caught the deceased and his tWil-
son 'al wife In adultery, and Immediately
made the assault. which resulted IA
above stated. He was committed with
out bail.
Mississippi.
The Summit Times seems to favor
compulsory education.
Brookhaven City warrants are now
worth 30 cents on the dollar.
The Mississippi Mills ut Wesson are
running on extra time, and have more
orders than they can I'LL.
If all the men that carry weapons In
this section. Gays the Brookhaven
Ledger. were arrested, 1t would be neces-
sary to import foreigners to guard them.
The two internal revenue collection
districts In Mississippi have been con
solidated, and Hon. r. 9. Powers is
retained az Collector for the entire
State.
Tallahatchie Is undergoing a severe
plague In the shape OF buffalo gnats.
They are making sad havoc with the
horses, having killed as many as seven
or eight In single day.
The Presbytery of New Orleans has
agreed to supply the pulpits of the
PRESBYTERIAN church of McComb city
and Magnolia one night in each month
by one OF the divines of that city.
The Handsboro Democrat says that
Pearl river chn be made navigable the
wear round, by cutting through the head
Of West Pearl river. three. fourths Of all
the water now going into the West river
The city of Aberdeen, Monroe county
has a cash balance to its credit in bank
Of $b25A 81, with all expenses paid tt
date and not an outstanding warrant
What an example for other towns ant
cities.
At the next Mississippi State election
voters will be allowed to vote for two
amendments to our State constitution
One will be for abolishing the office O
Lieutenant Governor; the other tx
change the meeting of the Legislature
from once every year to once every two
years. Both measures are a part OF tht
reform programme Of 1876. and will b'
cratic and Conservative party.
Texas.
Griffin ships 100000 hides year.
Antelopes dot the prairies around Sal
Saba.
Waco IL going to have u new oper'
house.
Mr.. Blake will erect a WOODEN mil
four miles from Denton.
All the crops on Bolivar peninsula
Texas. were cut down by the recen
hail-storm.
The oat crop Is looking we'll in Ellis
Samples measure i've feet In length
The harvest will be abundant.
Several houses were burnt In Sabin
Pass, Jefferson county, by incendiaries
The incendiaries were captured.
The colored people of Houston al
going 70 start newspaper of their owl
which will be called the amateur PEI
The Navasota Tablet says rabid cat
and dogs are alarming people up there
and that some COWS have died with h.
drophobia