St. Landry democrat., 1878-01-26
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Southern News.

Holiday, and not Halliday, IS VIZ
ginia's new governor
Members of the Mississippi legislature
receive $500 per annum.
Gen. Longstreet has leased the Pied
mont house at Gainesville, Ga.
The Atlanta Constitution is alarmed
at the increase of morphine eating in
Georgia and Alabama.
Col. Gustave Cook is writing q history
of Terry's Texas rangers, the proceeds of
which will be Used in erecting monu'
ment to the regiments dead.
Des Ark (Ark.) Citizen: EIvy Harris,
a cplored weman, living in Des Arc, who
is but thirty.three years old. ahas given
birth to fourteen children. Four Of the
births were twins.
Nashville American Mrs. Hannah J
Davis, of Allegan Michigan, recently
wiiled to the Baptist institute, of Nash
vile, the sum of $4,000. The will has
Just been admitted to probate
Austin (Tex.) Gazette: A piece of
bull neck beet and cup of slosh made
from old wool hats, parched and ground,
together with piece of alum toughened
bread, cost in Austin restaurants the
modest sum OF thirty cents.
V,cksburg Herald: We earnestly hope
that the legislature will pass law making
it misdemeanor, punishable by fine and
imprisonment. for any person to carry a
dirk, dirk-knite, sword, sword cane, pistol,
or any other deadly weapon, not in neces-
sary self defense.
The Warrenton (Va.) Solid South sug-
gests that history of the famous black
horse cavalry be prepared, and states
that an ex federal officer who is now in
that city, says he would rather read the
history OF that body of gentlemen alone,
than that Of the entire cavalry.
Count Dassi, president of the Italian
commission to the centennial, writes to
q banker in Austin that he proposes to
divert the Italian immigration now going
to South America to Texas, and will
start line of steamers between Genoa
and Galveston to bring over immigrants
and take back cotton.
The Knoxville (Tenn.) Chronicle gives
the particulars of the murder OF Joseph
Martin, near Fullen's depot, on the 2Sth
ult., while seated at his fireside between
his two daughters, by negro named
Howell, who fred through the window
at his victim. Howell was arrested and
plaeed in the Greenville Jail.
Nashville American: During the wear
1877, within the city limits, 751 persons
died, of which 382 were white and 369
cofored. In these limits the total pop.
uiation is 27085; white, 1868; colored,
1852. Hence the total death rate was
27.72 per 900 per annum; that of the
white people 2l.82; that Of the colored
people $3.50.
Charlotte IN. CO. Observer Last
night o party OF fifteen persons, from the
region of country around Laurinburp
and from the Pee Dee section of South
Carolina, came into the city and bought
tickets for Texas. The total number OF
persons who have bought emigration
tickets from the agent is about one hun
dred and seventy. FIVE.
The Dallas (Texas) Herald publishes
an account of the detalcation of Chas.
Extromer, the book-keeper Of Ogden &
Wolf, of that city, of a large sum which
that firm had authorized him to invest in
exchange. Extromer collected several
bills due the firm and attempted to slope
70 st. Louis, but his plan was frustrated.
The Aberdeen Miss J Examiner re-
ports serious encounter at that place
between Mason M. Cummings and Frank
Rogers, in which Cummings received
slight pistol wounds in the hand and
wrist, and Major 8, A. Jones, OF the Ex-
amlner, who interfered to prevent blood
shed, got bullet wound in the arm, and
2 cndgel blow, both of which had been
aimed at Cummings. 81
Dallas (Tex Commercial: The sheriff
of Washington county has been sued for
$l0, 600 damages, ior false imprisonment
by negro who was arrested by man
who had been a deputy on d charge Of
heing an escaped convict from HUNS
vile, which he was not. The sheriff re-
ceyed MIN in his jail without the proper
papers. An Interesting question will
have to be decided by the courts.
Charlotte IN. 3C.) Observer: The old
castsm of driving hogs from Tennessee.
Kentucky and other sou thwestern states
IN droyes TO southern markets il again
omlng into vogue. A party came into
the city recently with q hundred an
f'fty, which would average about two
hnndr.d and fly pounds apiece. They
nave been driven from east Tennessee
anu travelled at the rate OF eight miles al
Gay. The owner proposes to drive them
into Sonth Carolina, and possibly TO
Charleston. :
Charleston (S. CO News and Courier
The repeal of the lien Law ana the enact.
ment of the usury law will render i
more than ever difficult for small farmers
70 continue their operations. These
y measures, however, were loudly called
ior, and experience alone will satisfy the
people OF their unwisdom. The disheart-
ening feature OF the debates iii the leu;s-
latnre IS the apparent willingness OF The
members TO carry ont blindlv the wishes
of tneir constituents, even when thew
can see that harm is likely to come Of It. t.
New Orleans Times Sexton. the hi.
llardist. hes been badly beaten, and that
TOO, by chap who doesn't begin to know
y much about billiards BIZ the cbamnion
Y may be mentioned, however, that the
winner played the game on the sly, and
scored the winning run when he slipped /,
nto Sexeon's room on st Charles street !
ast tuesday, during Sexton's absence :
matched the champion's overcoat ana 4 J
ghole outfit. Although the detectives
'ave been lodging alter the thief d connie
i days they have thus failed Ia lav
l0ld of him, and as be Is not Ikeiv IL
eturn the property of his own yolition
iaster William will have I'd chaiI Ana =