St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-04-20
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Southern News.

Work on the Nashville custom-house
will not be suspended.
Pensacola is enforcing quarantine reg
ulations as to ships from Havana and
Rio JaDeiro.
There are Thousands OF acres of the
richest land in Arkansas that are now
unproductive and comparatively WORTH
less because of the want of drainage.
"Bob," the veritable sorrel war-horse
which Stonewall Jackson was riding
when he received his fatal wound, is
still living, at the age of twenty-tbree,
and retaining much of his old-time vigor.
He is owned by brother-in law of the
general, in Lincoln county, North Carr
DINA.
Memphis Avalanche: To show the
decrease in the cost of building. con-
tract has been made for the erection of
structure on Main street, between Mon
roe and Union, for $4,000. It is to be
erected in exact copy of building on
the same street put up some years ago at
cost of 100000
The United States courts do a thriving
business in Georgia. For the four years
ending July, 1877, the United States
district and circuit court in this state
rendered judgments amounting to six
million of dollars--more than half as
much as the judgments obtained in all
the southern states.
Washington IN. c. } Press: The town
of Bath, situated about twenty miles
below this place, is the oldest town in
North Carolina. 1t was first settled in
1905, and Incorporated in 1747. It has
one of the Oldest churches in the state
an Episcopal church which was erected
in 1884. The brick OF which it is built
was made there, and the tiles of which
the floor is made were brought from
England.
An intelligent eastern capitalist has
been spending some time at the mines in
Hall county, Georgia, and he tells the
Gainesville Southron he had no doubt
there would be millions of capital
invested in upper Georgia and North
Carolina in the next five years, and in
judgment that it would pay better than
bank, railroad or manufacturing stocks,
i merchandising, or any of the ordinary
pursuits of life. He also stated that
there was no mill In the up country that
with proper management was not, or
could net, be made to pay splendid
dividend upon the investment.
New Orleans Picayune: The decline
in state consols dated with the defeat of
the Mofet register bill during the reg
ular session, about three weeks ago. A
doubt had been entertained as to~the
ability of the government to pay the
interest for July, or the probability of
the fiscal agent advancing the amount
necessary. This led to the idea of Great
ing new tax, and accordingly the
Moffet register bill was ordered. On its
original defeat the bonds began to de-
cline, and though in the extra session a
modified bill of a similar character passed
both houses, and is now before the
governor, this fact, strangely enough,
seems to operate in direction opposed
to first expectation, to-wit: The strength
ening in value of state securities.
The Mobile Register states that Mr..
Cobt will lead the northern, Mr.. Stone
the western, Mr.. Barnes the eastern, and
Mr.. Langdon the southern divisions in
the gubernatorial race. The Register
thinks South and West Alabama, being
practically one in the fight, will dictate
the nomination. 1t admits, however,
that the result is not free from doubt.
The struggle for the senatorship enters
into and materially effects the guber>
material race. The leading senatorial as
pirants are Governor Houston, and
Messrs. Walker, Sykes and Fugh. This
senatorial feud is said to be very bitter
one, and overtures between senatorial
and gubernatorial aspirants render the
situation altogether inexplicabIe. The
18th OF May will decide.
Pensacola (Fla.) Gazette: A verdict
was obtained in the United States dis
trict court on Tuesday in the case of l..
M. Merritt VS.. Western Union telegraph
company, with an award of $4,000
damages to the plaintiff. The circum-
stances are that in 1876 European cor
respondent sent by cable an order to T..
M. Merritt, Of Pensacola, to ship cargo
of timber. The dispatch was not de-
livered and Mr.. Merritt was advised Of
its having been sent by letter of in
quiry from Europe, received more than
wo weeks afterwards. On investigation
the dispatch was found at the Western
Union telegraph Office in this city, hay-
ing been mislaid Meanwhile the on
portnnity to ship the cargo had passed.
Gen. Perry appeared for the plaintiff,
and g. 9. Yenge, Esq, for the defense.
Galveston News: At this time the
executive Of Texas cannot be too cautious
In interposing between the law and it's
execution. Nor can we say at this time
that Texas il solitary in this business Of
killing. Everywhere in this country