The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-07-13
SOUTHERN NEWS.
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have organized temperance society.
The late freshets swept away thu
Bayou BTuf bridges In ST. Landry
parish.
All Donaldsonville dogs found ut large
| without mu1zles are to BIO poisoned by
the town constable.
The Plaguemines corn crop is short
as the fields are nearly entirely ocou
pied in cane and rice.
Most OF the country parishes have been
divided into ten wards az provided by
an act Of the late Legislature.
The public schools OF st. John the
Baptist were opened last Monday In the
different wards OF the parish.
A new postof1loe. Belle Place. has
been established on the Fausse. Point
place, between Loreauville and New
Iberia.
James Foyer tcolored) was killed by
his wife In q fit OF Jealousy, last Sun.
day, on the Malus place, In the parish
of st. James.
Great numbers Of mules have been
killed on the Lesassier, Dugan and
Whitehead plantations. In st. Charles
parish, by the excessive heat.
The Port Vincent 1rittne has moved
10 Donaldsonville. where 1t will be
known as the 1fiu1se. Democrat. Dom
alsonvllle has now three papers.
Louis Mather (cooredl fourteen years
old, stabbed u white boy, Ozeme PORTE,
and threw him afterward into n WELL
Mather Ia locked up. PORTE Is not dan
gerously hurt.
The protection levee ut John Ohaffe IL
Go. e Woodland place, built only u few
months ago, broke last week under the
pressure Of the water coming from the
Bonnet Carre crevasse.
The heat for tho past few weeks In the
country has been singularly oppressive,
and quite a number Of deaths from sun
stroke are reported, for almost the first
time in Louisiana history.
Benjamin Joseph (coloredD, aged nine
years, living on the Trist place, In 1T.
James parish. killed Modesto Blount,
aged hye years, with n pistol. II is said
that Joseph killed the little girl for
asking him to give her piece Of bread.
Louis Tillman. oolored, working on
the Marmillon plantation, In the parish
ofSt. John the Baptist. while rowing u
number OF other oolored people to o
place where they were to be baptized.
was overcome by the heat and died in d
few minutes.
place among the colored people in the
country. There were three Of these In
ST. John the Baptist last week. ct the
Wego place, Mount Zion Church and
New Jerusalem Church, ut each of
which over thousand persons were
present.
Mississippi.
Canton is troubled with burglars.
Hydrophobia Is prevailing extensively
around Natchcz.
Madison county holds her Democratic
convention on the 10th inst.
The Democracy Of Monroe county
hold mass meeting on Saturday, July
81.
J. G.. Hall. Of Pamela. is the favorite
candidate for Attorney General In North
Mississippi
A little son of Mr.. Walter Mclean, of
Greenwood, was kicked to death by
mule, on last Saturday.
Natohez has twenty-one licensed
liquor saloons, or about one for every
four hundred inhabitants.
The State Executive Committee of the
Republican party met in the Senate
Chamber, In the city of Jackson, on the
18th inst, for the purpose of taking into
policy of the party In the State.
Quito q hard storm passed mile or
two south of Brooksvlle on Friday last.
The corn was badly torn down and
much of it broken of. On Mr.. New !
mans place the oat shocks were all
blown down and some of the bundles
blown from fifty to one hundred yards
out In the cotton field. The Clubhouse
on Mrs. Rogers place was blown down.
From what we have seen and from
what we can learn by conversing with
planters the crop prospects are every
thing burt fiattering, says the Water
Valley Central. In this section of
country there has been entirely too much
rain; In many instances the crop Is lit
orally drowned out. It has been so wet
for the last twenty days that but little
farm work has been done, and In many
instances grass and weeds have run
away with the crop. Our farmers are
to work out Of the grass.
Texas.
Kentuckians are concentrating for
stockraising purposes about Taylors-
Vile.
A fellow Is on trial in Fort Worth for
using profane language In presence OF
a lady.
The thermometer has risen in Co
manche on the north side Of q house, In
the shade, to ninety eight degrees.
Suit is being commenced against the
city Of Houston by some Of the bond
holders for interest due upon the city
bonds. .-.
The negroes of Colorado county are
laboring much better this year than
last. and seem to take greater interest
in schools.
On the 2Sth ultimo hail stones fell
near Honey Grove as large as hen eggs
Considerable damage was done to cattle
and crops.
Emigration from California to Texas
is noticeable. Lately numbers Of peo-
pie have taken this course, and much
stock, especially sheep, is being moved
across the country to the east side of the
Rio Grande.
Forest Park" at Denison was