St. Landry democrat., 1878-07-06
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Southern News.

very much improved by recsnt heav.
rainfalls.
The grain area in the south is said *
be larger than it has been at any time
since 1865.
Texas last year raised over $4,000
bales OF cotton more than any other state
in the union.
The Jews in North Carolina have pre-
sented 6ne suit o. clothes to the govern
or OF the state.
Marion county, Texas, is becoming
the seat of large iron, mining and manu-.
featuring industries.
Lemons sixteen inches in dismete,
grow abundantly in the mild neighbor
hood of Galvesto II. Texas.
In the South Carolina public schools
there are nine hundred and forty more
colored children than whites.
"A base ball tournament for prize
of one hundred dollars in gold will be
held in Chattanooga, on the Fourth OF
July.
The planters throughout Virginia,
complain of the fly in the tobacco leaf,
and fear that the next crop will be short
for want of plants.
Ladies of Tarrant county, Texas,
have passed resolutions and sent them to
Governor Colquitt, asking that Mrs.
Sothern be pardoned.
Major Ashcraft, of Texarkana, has
drawn his pension as a soldier in the
Florida war. The back pay amounted
to 81 300, which was paid to him in
cash. ..---. -4.... g~e.
The total area In the state of Alabama
of the three coal fields is 400 square
miles. In juxtaposition with three coal
fields are inexhaustible beds of brown
andsred hematite iron ore.
The socialistic labor party of New
Orleans calls for the compulsory educa-
ton OF children under fourteen years of
age, the prohibition of the employment
of female labor in occupations detrimen-
tai to health or morality, and the
equalization of woman's wages with
those of men where equal service is per-
formed.
San Antonio Herald: The Kansas
City Indicator says the total Texas cats
tie drive this year Ito Griffin to May IS
and to Fort Worth to May 23) is 224,.
346, of which number 33,70S will stop
in Northern Texas, leaving 19O,63S
bound for Kansas. Dsovers are not in
good spirits as to the outlook for prices,
as it is generally expected that cattle
will sell for one dollar head less than
last year. ,...-.
Nashville American: Maj. W. Hooper
Harris has arrived in the city as
the agent of the United States and
Havana mail-line of steamers He AMI
MIR. Il. B. stahlman, general agent of the
L. and N. and G.. s. railroad at this
place, will 60 to Louisville to-day with
a view to perfecting arrangements by
which Nashville can ship goods direct to
Havana and usce versa on through bill
Of lading, via Pensacola, Fla. In con-
nection with this line fast mail will be
put on between New YORK and New
Orleans via Nashville, the steamers to
receive all mail for Havana and other
South 4 american ports at Pensacola.
Atlanta Constitution s.: The latest
fling of the Dutch tscullion who edits the
the Personal Intelligence column of
the New York Herald, and who depends
upon the good offices of the members of
the Paragraphers' association to keep
him in his place takes the shape of an
insinuation that the old-time southern
families still refuse to associate with the
ladies and gentlemen OF the north. Does
MIR. BENEFITS scullion believe that gen
tlllty is the result of climate 2 There
mas never been time since the war that
an "old-time southern family. would not
associate with northern ladies and gem
tlemen.
eGrfin .(Ga) News: Several gentle
men around Griffin have been shipping
fruit north for weeks past, realizing a
handsome profit. Middle Georgia is one
Of the finest fruit-growing countries in
the world, and with proper care and
attention could be made to yield great
income. for our people. While all of our
citizens and the farmers of the county
have small orchards for supplying home
wants, few of them perceive the rich
revenue in the business of fruit-growing.
The industry ID richer and more inex-
haustible than gold mines. A Macon
gentleman, q few weeks ago, made q
large shipment north of early peaches,
which he sold at the fabulous price of
Ihirty-aix dollars per bushel. Other
Fruit-growers in this section have real
sed fifteen, twenty and twenty-five
dollars per bushel. 2 Il