The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-09-03
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Louisiana.


advocating reunion with Calcasieu
The Iberia Progress has suspended. Fred
Weary its editor, is now deputy sheriff
The Donaldsonville Vtgitant is in trouble.
It's type and press has been seized by a
creditor.
what damaged by the Frank Pargoud ON
landing there last Thursday
The Morgan dredgeboats commenced
dredging the Atchafalaya channel September
1, and will continue until 1t s deep enough for
the largest steamers.
The Franklin Enterprise thinks that all
runners for wholesale houses in New Orleans
should pay q corporation license when selling
their merchandise in Franklin.
The Attalapas Register does not think the
sugar crop Of st. Mary will be as large as
last year The crop is no better than it was
then, and a smaller area is planted
During q row last Sunday night at store
in st. James parish, just below the Maspero
plantation. colored man was shot in the
breast and instantly killed by another eolored
man. The murderer was arrested.
The Plaquemines parish schools will be
opened the first Monday in October. There
will be fourteen schools kept open for ten
months. The highest number Of schools in
the parish under Radical rule was ten
The Livingston courthouse election result
ed in favor Of the centre OF the parish as the
proper location for the parish seat There
were three candidates. Port Vincet, Spring
Held and the centre. There seems to be con-
siderable ill-feeling in the matter.
Mr.. Dufossat Gregoire attempted TO com
init suicide in Donaldsonville last Thursday.
Putting his revolver to his throat, he fired
twice. One Of the balls struck tooth in the
upper jaw and glanced off; the other lodged
in the roof of the mouth. He can scarcely
recover.
Yesterday afternoon Sheriff Mix landed
from the train with Isaac Bates, who was D.
partner with Isaac Daggs in the act Of shoot
ing into the train, for which Daggs Is now
serving out his sentence. Bates was arrested
in our corporation prison, and now, after a
long separation the two Isaac's are together
again. Amite City Independent, Aug. 20.
Captain Eastman. of the steamer Standard
Rock, has been lying, quite sick ct the resi-
denee Of Mr.. r.. b. Eakman, In Berwick, re-
Gently. Captain Eastman Is q resident Of
Michig IN, and for the past few months has
been visiting this section of country with q
view to purchasing lands and locating same
with number of families from his State. He
is n brother-in-law of United States Senator
Ferry. of Michigan, late Vice President
IAttakapas Register.
Mr. Pandelly, agent Of Morgan's Railroad,
proposes to build branch road from point
crosses Bayou Blue, provided that the people
OF this town or vicinity will give 20 right Of
way Of 30 to 100 feet wde a couple Of acres of
land for section house, depot site in or
near lnlDouHuA IlOU less GIttlIl luU IeHu WluH Dy
$50 feet long and a sum of $4,000 cash. The
Mayor called an extra session of the Council
on Wednesday, evening last, and laid the pro-
posal before them. Action was deferred until
the regular session on Tuesday night next.
-IThibodaux Sentinel.
negro woman was drowned in the Bayou,
opposite Paincourtville, on Saturday last. 1t
appears that the very boat, on which she en-
barked in company with her escort, also had
aboard a carriage filled with persons. Aft Of
toned on horseback, anhboth advised by the
ferryman to descend while crossing. To this
request the man acceded, but the woman
foolishly refused. When midway of the
stream the horse of the woman backed off of
the ferry into the water and the body never
rose to the surface. 1t is supposed she was
crushed beneath the horse in the fall
Mississippi.
The camp meeting at Crystal Springs s a
great success.
Mr.. Rise Price, aged ~, was married re-
Gently in Copiah county.
A. b. Hunt has been nominated for the
Legislature in Montgomery county.
A. b, G. Patrick an old Democrat. Is an in
dependent candidate for the Legislature in
Copiah county.
Citizens of Biloxi have already contributed
half the money necessary to build good sub
stantial bridge over the back bay of Biloxi.
The independent candidate for Senator in
Marshall county, Hon. J. II. AmacSer. has
withdrawn, and Gen West now has clear
field.
VIM. s. Parish, Esq, nephew of ex-Pres-
dent Davis, has been nominated for State
Senator in the Washington-Issaquena dis
trict.
The boiler In Rhea's steam mill, about eight
miles below Aberdeen, exploded August 20,
terribly wounding Mr.. John Rhea and three
Of his employees.
Stanley Gilbert has been unanimously nom
ntndG IrP
the counties of Wayne, Jones, Covington,
Smith and Simpson
James Brady. hotel keeper at Batesvile
Miss, was shot and instantly killed, on Sat
urday night, by Andrew. Porter, whom he
was assaulting with q knife.
The Oxford Eagle has rendered two columns
of its paper to the Changers, who have ap-
pointed an editor to run those columns in the
interest of the farming classes.
Raymond Gasette, August %: A gentleman
by the name Of Bratcher was waylaid and
killed near Brownsville, in this county some
thing over a year ago, by his brother-in-law,
McWiggins, who left the State after the com
mission Of the deed He was followed by q
friend OF the murdered man, captured last
week near Shreveport La, brought to Ray
mond on Monday and is now confined In jail.
On Wednesday of last week. as Mr.. James
Wftherspoon was returning home from spetx
ing at Canaan, he was met in the road by a
man by the name Of Ryston, who, without
giving any reason, commenced firing on Mr..
Witherspoon. CWitherspoon) received two
severe wounds, which, it was thought for
some time, would result in his death We are
glad to state that he was somewhat better
when we heard from him last, and that hopes
We're entertained of his recovery Royston
is still at large.-IBenton City Argus.
Texas.
81 Il cents. "
Horse stock sold at sherifrs sale at SIS per
head In Nueces.
Marshall vetoed the proposition Saturday
to take charge of the public schools.
Germans are rapidly settling up the coun-
try around Perry station, in Falls county.
The Norwegian settlement around Clifton
i'm Bosque county, contains 1000 population.
The farmers Of Morris county say there will
be but small crop of cotton made this sea-
son, caused by the insufficient fall of rain.