The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-30
SOUTHERN NEWS.
IOufslana,

Markgville paper Is worth dollar for
dollar.
Bayou Lnfourche ID scarcely naVigaoie
for lack Of water.
Bayou Sara holds Its municipal elec-
| tion the first Monday In April.
The smallpox prevails In the north
ern norton OF Lafayette parish.
"Busin ess dull and cash scarce" is
the ,,nive rsal plant Of the country.
some cotton was planted In Avoyelles
parish last week. A little premature,
this.
A mad dog got loose In the streets OF
Mindep and bit several hogs. The hogs
were oil killed from fear Of hydropho-
| bia..
| Shreveport ships her tramps to Mar,
| shall. Marshall is preparing for q good
evenge--small-pox, cholera, something
| In that line.
The crop outlook In Madison parish
Ia very good. The laborers ore oil work,
ing satisfactorily. Cotton will be planted
| this week and worked next.
The State House grounds. ct Baton
Rouge have been put In perfect order,
| and now serve as a sort OF park or pup
lie garden to the people OF that town.
A Grange cooperative association has
been organized In the parish OF St.
| Landry. and u store will soon be estab-
| lished at Washington under It's auspices
on the cooperative plan.
The planters OF st. Charles. left bank,
will endeavor to keep out tho water
| that will dow through the Bonnet Carre
crevasse as soon as the river rises;
| They hope. to be able to do this until
| the crop ID harvested.
The Opelousas Courier complains
that the Mound City Mutual Lille lnsu-
rance Company OF st. Louis, when re-,
Gently went into bankruptcy, collected
$2O, 200 from residents OF St. Landry
| parish; not one cent or which can DO
| recovered by the victims.
A most distressing casualty occurred
last Saturday night on the Waveland
plantation, Tensas parish. One OF the
| houses In the quarters near the gin was
| burned to the ground, and an old col
ored woman and her two little children
perished In the flames. There was o
horse tied to the back gallery, and 1t
also became o victim to the devouring
element. It made the most frantic Ell
forts to get loose, and when finally re-
leased It tottered around to the front or
the house. and before 1t could be pre-
vented, rushed into the fire and was
destroyed. ,
"No deaths, no marriages, no moth
ing" is the mournful cry of an Osyka
paper. "Can't we have another cleo
zion ?"
J. G.. Hall, late member Of the Leg
islature from Pamela county, Is one OF
the candidates spoken Of for Attorney
General.
Two more plantations in Adams coun-
| ty. embracing 1880 acres, sold for taxes
under Radical rule, were redeemed last
week by their owners by paying the
taxes due on them, some $500. And
thus the work goes on under an undis-
puted Democratic government.
The cutoff point, opposite Vicksburg,
has been caving quite rapidly during the
past week, and the newly made sandbar
Of the rising river. The ferry boat land.
| ing at Delta Is going into the river
rapidly and so is the land below the lower
saw mill on the Mississippi side.
A negro man, guilty of attempted out
rage upon several white ladies In Sum
| nit, disappeared from the jail last
Tuesday night, and was found about
| two miles west OF the town on Friday
morning. The corpse stood at the foot
OF tree with a moose about the neck,
the region Of the heart being literally
riddled with shot of various sizes. from
squirrel shot up to large pistol balls.
Says the Vicksburg Herald, sarcas-
| tioally, of the "all cotton" theory:
"This beautiful weather should be
utilized In preparing every foot of till
able Southern soil for King Cotton.
Cotton Is required to clothe the world,
and the South is expected to produce 1t
at half the cost of production. We are
particularly anxious for a big crop, for
the bears In the market have displayed
so much spunk that we want to see
them encouraged. Let the South raise
about thirteen millions OF bales this
season, just for fun"
Texas.
The small pox still prevails in Cham
bers county.
Fort Worth requires her policemen to
wear uniforms.
Farmers in Navarro county have fin
ished planting corn.
The Colorado river bridge at Austin
is now ready for public use.
The Marshall Herald Is about to be
| issued daily. Wish 1t success.
There has been great deal OF fatality
in Freestone county OF late, caused by
pneumonia.
| Farmers Of Brazos county are paying
special attention to the improvement oil
breeds of fine stock.
There are nineteen prisoners In the
Tarrant county Jail, the majority, OF
course, for horse stealing.
A train of immigrant wagons, from
| Newton county, Missouri, passed
through Denison the other day, for