The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-20
SOUTHERN NEWS.
louisiana.

= NHtDnlIOcAeb pIUpO6ca w cACCs Q ooe'
ton seed oil mill.
The prisoners In the Natchitoches
parish jail are holding prayer meeting
| The annual examination OF the Shreve
port public schools was held last week
There Is lively race In the Red River
country between the cotton plant AND
weeds, thanks to the rain. tEs
| The police jury Of Jefferson, right
bank, protest against the action OF the
City Council In leasing q ferry from the
city to McDonoughville Tor TWO years
The regular municipal ticket In Min.
| den was elected last. Saturday with the
exception OF Samuel Mooring, colored
| who was defeated for Alderman by L.
T. Wooten, white, Independent.
| Crops, as general thing, are doing
well In Grant parish. Corn especially
Is fine, but the cool nights retard the
growth OF cotton. The recent rains
but with q fine spell OF weather they
will soon catch up with 1t. 4ss, s. i
Z. w. Durant and w. +. Hamilton,
colored. appointed members OF the
Caddo parish school board, were dis
covered to be State officers and there
fore unable to hold these positions on
the school board. Two persons will
have to be appointed In their stead. In
consequences of this failure the school
board did not organize last week as was
expected.
The directors OF the Pacific railway
have effected an arrangement by which
they have secured what liz known as the
Burns tract, near Marksville. Xafty
miles OF the road Is already built north
Of Alexandria, and this purchase gives
ii 4 l. -
that nnint. Their force now at work on
tha northern end will be divided. and
both ends OF the road will be worked
simI1ltaneougly.
n,sa 1;.tr;at .,t+orrav ~ +ba Avova,,as
a,..n;at .s...sar+"I = Tgati,;o lost yaaL
alg..os AZ rniioa i,,rv ~ Avoue1Ias.
.,nJg;at, .ss aiu hw dorornnr N;chnlls
tnn,s ~ Tsis ,ras syra,,tad aa osLad
~ Th oe nfbar ,nline isru In lad IT, for
t ~, ,rit III o ponkegd graat daai r. die
satisfaction appears TO exist In The par
ish at this action. which seems to be an
endeavor to revive the Packard govern
ment bv reyivIno d quarrel which arose
under il and depends on it.
A maatinu waa hsld IN Mindan. wab.
a+a a n ,,or;shs TH1 Nav ia fo val.
ster parish, Inu1psoaay,. May ~; " " We ~
c ~ oelm.v rs =. e o,,s anis1nt,,r " :
n par lJ,ss; .rara ndontaa fndnrsinr
nesolu.ipons , mete auVR. oha,,a uorer,
anu "e. .sg s snu N nrnt,ao.st; U ~
~ hon.. s anu ~ annffnrd &C.
M Tnn o5A9 r.atas Garator cnmn;ttae
500 tha, crnointad IL wait an Mnauru
Garloas and George. both OF whom
came forward and made short addresses.
n 49, rraat aa1;,,ht =, maat nator
~ eno slea. ae.sI. " ~. Moe a., ra W.
a svngg5 pranr,a ,t.hhla l. 'n noning on" ~
nJouu &c. s,,,s,oand :, n,va haa,s tap
strorod T Mh;s appi;aS mora Tartic,,iarlv
solu o.taors - III first Naar p fha aannna
uot t1 he;ra c ~ 80 ,,romising nna ~
th vs p moab arnerianced nlanfara n the
narish thinks it can refy upon a two
third cron az the first wear stilbble. The
nlant cane ia really maunificent. with
not a failure on any plantation within
the parish limits. The only setback at
Th,,raaa :, ,r.s ,a,ahr.taa i, Ns;paor
nuIsuay m1s ooauOla ~ - - ,,..aiea.
py aeas.as aaa p,nadO al le s ana
, Wit nar,n Nv tha onraain n y,e
l p1 m al hu Rsv Taa n Rradiav raster
II the Methodist Church. Later In the
dav reoeption was rendered to Senator
Georpe and ReDregentative Carloss.
when thew delivered themselves Of elo-
uuent and patriotic speeches. At night
the Young people gathered at the court
house. and. while the Minden String
Band digpensed sweet music. they en-.
loved the evening ia dancing,
NississfDuI.
woa,.aaov ostarronn = ,,t+,a ,o,r,
bow. who Was riding on the connecting
rod OF the switch engine at the depot at
VicksbuTg,. got tired or frightened, Tell
on ana under tle Wneels OIL ING locomo-
glve ana nau Iek AM ~ AIn crusn e, !.
Ei tx We 80 - oa tht ~ " gne
nrp ~ s.yara +hot Il ,v;i1 he ~,
snr h in - s,,rv;va th ~ WI 70 't''e
Ao -, nln " su. sa'o 'non' So,
rr,nao,,a i' Th,,rah - th a,naona - NIL liz
.sani",,, nssayo hlaSa+ All cainfs rh,,rnb
~ ipa dneo -, r,, nv !, n-nin NJ
hiahnn u and c cn antarad NJ the churcb
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