St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-05-04
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Southern News.

The debt of Macon, Ga, is 1915, 900.
Hunters from the buffalo range report
that nearly all the bufaloes have left
Texas.
The San Antonio city council has re-
fused TO repeal the ordinance permitting
bull fights
There are about 1900 women grang-
ers among the patrons of husbandry in
Texas.
The Raleigh IN. CO. News learns that,
following the precedent set by Miss
Holton, Of Raleigh, several young ladies
are preparing to study law.
The citizens of Chattanooga want the
eastern terminus of the Texas Pacific to
be at point on the Mississippi river
most favorable to Chattanooga.
The Mobile Register says that an old
negro woman in the southern part o.
that city died last week from the effects
OF bite from her grandchild, whom she
was chastising.
Sumter county, Fla, is out of debt:
and taxation in consequence is light.
Besides this she expects to ship about
three millions of oranges during the
coming season.
Nashville American: Gov. Joe Brown,
of Georgia, has made contract with
that state by which he has hired the
penitentiary convicts for twenty years
at $25 900 per annum. Tennessee does
much better. She receives for her peni-
Tertiary lease over $4,000 per year,
$4,000 for rental and about $4,000
for expense Of transportation of convicts
from place of conviction to the prison.
Galveston News: Mr.. Green G.. Duf-
field, of Galveston, who lately purchased
the beautiful " Palm farm" near Austin,
designs converting it into first class
breeding establishment for blooded stock.
at an early day he will visit Kentucky
with view to the purchase of thorough
bred stations, mares, cattle and sheep.
He is now erecting a handsome and
valuable residence on the farm, with the
most spacious stables and barns in that
section.
: Raleigh News: We are informed by
eye-witnesses of the occurrence that, on
Tuesday last, in the afternoon, about
two o'clock, great quantity of pieces Of
pine bark fell in and around yard in
this city. The fragments of bark ap
peared to have been violently torn from
the trees. Many of them were of the
size of ones hand. The pieces of falling
bark might be seen at great height il
the air-as much as two or three hundred
feet. ,ag #-.@. .
Nashville Banner: A London firm
has recently purchased one of the fines
tracts of iron land in Tennessee, paying
therefor $4,000 In cash. The prop
erty mentioned is known as " Grange
furnace" and has been owned and opera
ted by 8 northern company, of which J
@. Carrot is president. Tt is situated il
Stewart county, and embraces forty
thousand acres, with three furnaces. The
ore obtained is exceedingly rich, anc
apparently inexhaustible, although il
has been worked for some time past.
The Galveston News, on the --latest
train-robbery in Texas, says: The
express messenger, Hickox, and guard
gave up on demand, without resistance
though they had their car door fastened
Oh the inside. The mail agent also
yielded, promptly. handing over his way
registered parcels, which were taken off
The robbers did not take the regular
registered pouch, which was well filled
The amount secured from the express
company did not exceed $50, because the
company consider the sending of money
by messenger too risky, and have another
man riding as a passenger who carrie,
their money. Robbers viii in future
have to examine passengers to find him
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