The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-14
SOUTHERN NEWS.
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There are 450o school children Ia Con.
eordia parish.
Chickens are numerous In Concordia,
and cheaper than beef or bacon.
Cotton picking was begun at Black
Hawk. Coneofdia parish, on the 9Th.
| The country papers are all In favor OF
conventions both press and eonstitu-
tional.
| A sand bar Ia forming near the Mer-
chantB' landing at Vidalia. and boats
are now unable TO land there.
A negro boy, about 10 years Of age,
was drowned on Sunday last while
bathing IN the Uomite. near the railroad
bridge. In East Felioiana.
j. 7. Gilmore. the able editor Of the
Louisiana Sugar BORT, is suffering from
| temporary blindness. caused from con-
tact with poisonous vine.
The negro Adler Henderson. who
committed a rape on a white woman On
the east bank Of the river in Iberville
some two weeks ago, has been captured
and is now In jail.
Mepsrs. John A. Hunter and M. j.
| Liddell, OF the Rohland parish school
| board. having resigned, the board re.
| commend u. II. Williams and ben
Myriek to I'll their places.
A stalk of Egyptian cane In Assump-
| ton parish grew twenty-five inches In
seventeen days. the past few weeks.
One could almost see 1t growing. This
Ia the cane imported q few years ago by
Mr.. Lapice.
A. j. Donahoo, who killed Mr.. John
Il. Oyerton Ia East Feliciana. escaped
from the prison In that parish last week.
He was at the time OF his escape In the
Il ak IA ttfa a hes n
Baton Rouge.
fatineer, alias Robbins, lately cap.
tured by the sheriff of Union parish,
turns out to be noted desperado. He
Ia under thirty years OF age, and has no
feet. both legs being amputated, but is
known TO have murdered four persons,
and probably killed quite u number
more.
Louis Parker, u negro man living on
the place Of Mr.. j. NJ. Huey. In East
Felieiana parish, shot, on the evening
OF the Sd inat., with gun loaded with
No. shot, another negro by the name
of Frank Thompson, also residing on
the same plantation. The unfortunate
negro died on Sunday night last.
Our planters express various opinions
as to what cotton worms will do. Some
say they will almost destroy the crop
where they are not poisoned. while
others think they will do but little
damage. The first crop commenced
webbing up about q week ago, and the
second crop is beginning TO hatch out
by this time. Next week will show
what damage we may expect. They
have not made their appearance yet on
good many plantations In the parish
and have done no damage yet where
they have appeared. = Richland Beacon.
Mississippi.
The Changers Of East Mississippi pro-
pose having u fair at Meridian soon.
Yazoo will place colored man on Its
ticket for the Legislature, IL Is said.
Adams county will have two Radical
tickets In the field; one headed by u
negro for sheriff, the other by white
Radical.
Independent movements are reported
In several Mississippi counties. The
leaders in these movements are gener-
ally ex-Republioans.
II seems to be the sentiment of many
Mississippi papers now, that Gen. Wal
thall could have got the nomination for
Governor In the late Democratic Con-
vention, II he had wanted 1t.
The Raymond Gazette thinks the late
Democratic Convention should have
said something about the way in which
Hayes became President, and something
also on the currency question.
Two negroes, who stole COW from DR..
Shields In Fayette, were pursued by q
deputy sheriff the other day. One Of
them surrendered, the other made off.
The deputy sheriff fired on him, giving
the thief u dangerous wound In the
lung.
The lightning struck an oak tree just
in front of DIR. Wooiverton's house, two
miles from Enterprise, split the tree up
and sent a piece Of wood entirely
through the hall OF the house. DIR. |
Wolverton and his three children were
inside the house at the time, and al
though pieces Of bark were scattered
around by the stroke and all Of them
none were seriously hurt.
Texas.
Thursday In Hampstead the mercury
stood at one hundred and two degrees
in the shade.
The cotton crop along the whole
length OF the Houston and San Antonio |
railroad is said to be half ruined by the
Two little children Of Juan CARA,
while In a pasture at Los OlmoS. were |
to death by a drove Of horses |
that were stampeding.
The watering places in Texas are |
pretty we'll patronized this season. The |
Dispatch publishes along |
list of arrivals at the springs. The |
says that more than fifteen |
people drank at the Hancock |
springs on last Sunday, and nearly as |!
many at the other springs about Lam
passas. Here the large springs are de- |
cidedly the best patronized."
A Mexican by the name of Juan |
Francisco Lopez was arrested by Police |
man Andres Coy and Deputy Sheriff |
Francisco Galan, in San Antonio, on !
the charge of rape, and was committed |
to the county jail. The terrible crime |
was committed on the person Of little |
girl named Sista Ruiz, who lives on the