The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-04-28
SOUTHERN NEWS,


l1uisiana,
CLIFTON lac hprse racing every sat
urday,
The town of ~ uuemiues wants 10
have lIa name changed,
The prospects llr a good erop Ia Tor
febpnne are frightening materially
lhemrlsh hoirdo education of East
felielana uiusisls ui sA whites aud
three negroes,
A DISASTROUS hre occurred In bayou
sara lnsl Monday evening, The lire
was AN lueendlury one,
A telegraph line Ia boing laid be-
tween New Orleans aud Meridian,
Mississippi
The authorities la nnslrop aTe max.
ing strenuous efforts IN put an end to
tile smallpox IN That parish,
Shreveport viii yaonlnale MI the
children ln that tnwn, The hTtakinl
up NJ the Packard government alarms
the shreveportefs, they fear that
some Of Packard's pehl'housa gang
may settle among them and introduce
The dlsease.
Mississippi
Dick Hill, colored, Was shot aud
killed by led II, Kelly, At Nasoo, last
week.
The crops In Copiah county have
been greatly damaged by the recent
rains,
The Holly Springs Reporter thinks
september would To soQn enough for
tho state convention 10 mepL
The Reporter says that the mayor OF
Holly Springs should loo hung aud
the aldermen burned NJ the stake,
The Lexington advertiser thinks
there viii he no regular republican
ticket In the field In this state this
year.
The officers aud marines Of tho Ply.
mouth viii turn out In the tremenls
parade IN Nicksburg las distinguished
guests"
sou,h Carolina.
Rev, n, w. Thompson, "A native OF
Lancaster county, died ut Morgan.
town, n, g., on the ith Inst,
Old aunt Holly Shirt. relic OF the
revolution she'll, still lives IN Lancas.
ter. She Is ll2yoars old.
The organ NJ Columbia has been 70.
ylved, with u patent inside, IN "A week
ly paper.
Greenvllle has accomplished her
street railway, aud the m0pntaIn city
is now happy,
The Abbeville Rifles have adopted a
resolution erasing the name OF ID. II.
Chamberlain from the honorary roll
of the company,
There Is cOlorel child on Mr.. w.
st. j. M0zyck's plantation, In George.
town county, win an tlOngatlOn OF
the Vertehral column, about six inches,
They call 1t tail.
Georgia.
Atlanta eight aud ten per cent. bonds
are selling ut 10 to ll2.
The wheat crop OF Jackson county
promises well.
The Georgia papers are full OF ao-
counts Of elopemOnts Of one sort and
another,
Up to date the factory taklngs in
Columbus have decreased seventeen
hundred and ten bales over last season.
Americas Republican From present
appearances, the peach crop in this
section may he considered safe, and an
abundant yield expected.
The Swainsboro Herald says an alli-
gator, seven feet long, was found in
one of.their nets by some fishermen
of that place one night last week.
An incendiary fire destroyed the
and goods belonging TO
Hon. ID. G. Cody, the other day. The
building was at Cody's landing, Oh the
river.
Kentucky,
Another ancient darby is gone. This |
time she lived in Warren county, and
was lis years old. ,ta
Macmillan Schweigart died In Ma
SOU county last week, OF rheumatism,
after an illness Of seventeen years.
The Sandy Valley Guard reports the
suicide, by hanging, of a man named
Harris, at Mouth Pond, Kentucky.
Yes, that "fellah" did Commit sui
eide by shooting himself" and those
who doubt the accuracy of the express
sion, should follow the illustrious ex-
ample.
The Bear creek well, in Cumberland |
county, is aflording seven barrels of |
oil day, the gravity of which is
twenty seven degrees, upon coming |
rom the we'll.
The Maysville Bulletin has discov-
cred that all the old stone chimneys in
Clark county were built by Joel Il.
Hart, while those in Mason were built
by Governor Metcalf.
Three indictments have been found
against Jack Taber, former county |
clerk OF Rowan. One il for horse
stealing, one for shooting with intent
to kill, and the other for carrying con
,ealed weapons.