The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-20
SOUTHERN NEWS.
louisiana.

Inc corn crop OF NatchltOcheS IS the largesU
since the wa.
The Indebtedness of the parish Of Plaque
mines to Judgment creditors is $13,453.
Judge Hudspeth has released the Big Cave
lynchers on 500 bonds each.
A broom factory is about to be established
ut Benton, Bossier parish.
Claiborne parish has raised more corn than
it can use, and is anxious to sell.
The cane on Bayou du Large, Terrebonne
parish, is more promising than 1t has been
since the war.
The Ter1ebonne Progress wants the present
town council of that place abolished, as it
does nothing, and q new and competent one
appointed
Donaldsonville negroes will excursionate to
this city next week for the benefit Of the
Nazarene Baptist Church OF that place.
Iberville South: We think it would be
good thing Ito abolish the offices of mayor
and aldermen altogether, as it seems the
town has been getting along smoothly about
a quarter OF the year without their assistance
VIM. Dawson and his wife Mary, colored,
murdered their child in Caddo parish two
weeks ago They were captured and put in jail,
but on Monday Mary escaped. Finding. how
ever, that the colored people were apt to lynch
her Ii she returned home, she came back to
Jail voluntarily and gave herself up.
The Donaldsonville Chief calls for the pro-
mitigation OF the vote at the late election on
the constitutional amendments. which it
vote has never been regularly promulgated,
owing to our late political complications
The bodies of two drowned co1ored girls
were found floating in the river, in Ascension
in Smoky Bend, and the other opposite Mr.. S.
Brands place. The girls fell In the river at
the Houma place, nine miles above Donald
sonville.
TheMeschacebe has laid down platform for
Louisiana to stand on. It consists of six
planks Building the levees; repeal Of the
treaty relieving Sandwich Island sugar from
duty; introducing new cane to plant; recon-
pensing planters for the amount of sugar
they raise to the acre; immigration and The
planting of eucalyptus trees to redeem our
swamps.
Mr.. Head a justice Of the peace at Benton,
Bossier parish and Adam Simon, merchant
of that place, had quarrel last Monday
which resulted in a shooting ARRAY and the
mortal wounding OF Head. One version Of
the affair is that Head was employed by ST
mon to build him house. On Monday after
dinner some disagreement arose between
them, and Head threatened to quit work, and
went to the building aHd was gathering up
his tools, when Simon. without o word Of
warning, fired upon him with q shotgun, fill
ing him with buckshot. Another version of
the unfortunate affair Is that Head was drink
ing and drew pistol on Simon and threat
ened several times to shoot him, and was re-
peatedly asked by Simon to desist, but he be-
came more violent and threatening than
ever. when Simon shot him in self-defense. q
Mississippi.
Vicksburg is overrun weekly with colored
excuTSionisfS
Oktibbeha county will hold fair on the
18th, 18th and 18th of October.
Rain is generally needed now in Mssissp-
pi, and the drouth is cutting off early corn.
stingaree, weighing 1872 pounds, was
caught in seine the other day at the Barnes
Hotel wharf at Mississippi City.
The colored Baptists are going to educate
their preachers, and have established an in
stitute for that purpose at Natehez, Miss.
A small boy was accidentally shot and
killed on John sumrall's place, in Paulding
county, by a boy named Tom Sun1all, who
was fooling with pistol
Stephen Dale, a boy twelve years old,
struck Dobbins Weathersby, one year his
senior, on the head with stick, at, Month
cello, about the first of June from tbs effects
of which he died on the 10Th Of July, after
suffering great torture.
Holmes county elected its candidates for
county offices last week by primary cleo
tion. s. Cader, G. v Gwin, and Marshall
(col.) were elected candidates for the Legis-
lature.
The C6piahdn says that ex-Gov. A. G.
Brown, nominated by the jackson Times,
tRep) as an Independent candidate for Gov
ernor, will not run.
The Houston genealogical fair proved a sue
The Galveston Insurance Company has
gone into liquidation.
The Bremond railroad bridge has been test
ed and found all right.
The cotton worm has appeared in Nacog-
dOches county.
Several mad cattle were killed east of Bren-
ham last week. No cause for the hydrophobia
is known.
Upland cotton in Cass county is said to be
finer than for twenty-seven years past.
The Tyler Smith county, fair will COM
mence October 80, and continue four days.
A little son of DR.. Ayers was shot and
killed, in Lampasas county, by target gun
in the hands Of a playmate. Neither Of the
boys were ten years old.
In boring for copper ore at Sherman, the
shaft struck peculiar formation Of rock
upon which the hardest steel drills could not
make an impression.
W. r. Arey has just been fined 500 at Sher-
man, for exhibiting lottery. A piano was
the capital and only prize.
Dewitt county farmers will raise large
quantities OF sorghum this year.
The Denison military company has adopted
the style OF uniform worn by the New York
Seventh Regiment.
A stranger by the name of Henry J. Bald
win. from New Haven, Conn, died in Orange
last week from sunstroke.
The Meridian Herald reports that imm- |
grants are pouring into Bosque county this
year at much heavier rate than last
They have had successful iail-breaking at
Brennan. The prisoners opened O. Way
through the roof and the negro sentenced to |
the penitentiary made his escape
Thos. G. Nelson, county surveyor Of Pecos
county, while out surveying, was attacked by |
five Indians and severely wounded He thinks |
he made one of the red rascals pass in his
checks
1t appears that the ravages of the cotton
worm in Brazoria county have been greatly |
exaggerated. Generally the cotton is doing
well, and picking is fairly under way.
Orange Tribune: 1t is significant fact that
in the whole history of Orange there has
never been a business failure and none of its |
business men have ever asked for less than |
100 cents on the dollar, and we believe the |
same holds good with reference to Beau
mont. |
" Y Leader ax-aditnr of two Or thrao |