St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-05
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Southern News.

Southern News.
Thieves broke into the Jacksonville
(Fla.) Jail and stole lot Of bacon.
Over one hundred mustang ponies
were landed at Wilmington, N. G. last
week.
The ice factory in Knoxville is turn
ing out seven tons per day at one cent
per pound.
The cotton caterpillar is putting in an
appearance in various parts OF Alabama,
Louisiana and Texas.
Some of the Texas papers say it took
1000 delegates five days to nominate a
man the people didn't want.
A cotton mill with ten thousand spin
dies and employing two hundred hands
will begin operations in Vanclnse, S. G.,
in October.
The New Orleans Times advises the
Crescent City people to lay in supply
or ice while it is only $50 ton, as next
week it may be 800 a ton.
The Raleigh Nevs says this years
fruit GRO isv. y inre fior, and it is prob
able tina. North ia. lima will never
agalL see the equal of that of 1877,
Page Va.) Courier: There is a man
living in Shenandoah county, who last
year paid fourteen dollars dog tax and
but seventy-fve cents On all his other ef-
fects, the collector not being able to COL
lect his capitatien tax.
The colored race may be dying out in
the south. but it is evidently hourishing
in Berrien county, Ga. The News says
that in Alapaha the white population is
rapidly decreasing, while the.colored in
habitants are on the increase.
Montgomery Advertiser: Five Sleep
ers containing refugees from New Or
Orleans passed through the city last
night. They are fleeing from the hor-
rors of ''yellow jack" but this large
number indicates there is considerable
exodus from the Crescent city.
Dallas (Texas) Commercial: The
wheat throughout the country is much
better than was anticipated, but the price
offered is 50 small that farmers are quite
blue. 1t is not enough to pay them for
the raising. Gotten is looking well
everywhere. Cotton and corn will be
in abundance in the southern portion OF
the state.
Montgomery Advertiser: A negro
was bitten by dog yesterday, in ,sev.
eral places, and the foolish mother, act.
ing on the principle that "the hair Of
the dog is good for the bite" proceeded
at once to fill the wounds with the dogs
hair. DIR. Blue was summoned, and
after an hours work succeeded in having
the hair taken out and other remedies
applied.
Savannah has had sad and sufficient
experience in the yellow fever business
and is determined not to have it again
If proper care and caution can prevent
it: The sanitary condition of the city
is represented as excellent. The guar
antine regulations are more rigidly en-,
forced than ever before. An improved
apparatus is used for fumigating vessels
from Injected ports.
New Orleans Democrat: Crops are re-
ported good throughout the State. The
corn crop in every psrtien of the STATE
is excellent, and one of the fne:t evel
made. Rice also is in splendid cond
tion, and an extraordinarily large cropi,
promised. In the sugar region the cane
is everywhere reported several week
ahead OF last year. The weather has ee
nerally been good for cane, although {
little rain is now desirable. Cotton j,
the only crop not in promising condi
tion. -.-
rrom the fourth agricultural report
for Georgia, we learn that from BartoV
county there were shipped last yea
225.0o0 pounds of dried apples ant
peacnes; rom Macon county, 10000
from Sumter and adjacent counties, 800,
600 pounds; from Monros 400, 900 anc
from Upson 10000 pounds. Many othel
counties give smaller, but respectable
Fntprns. The report says that reliable
gentlemen states that his net proceed.
from the shipment of peaches amounted
to nearly $4,000. 49,.