St. Landry democrat., 1878-09-07
St. Landry Ian! Democrat.
oPE s(' I: LOUISIANA.
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.
Tho 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
1900 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 Vancluse, s. c..
in October.
The New Orleans Times advises The
Crescent City people to lay in a supply
or ice while it is only $50 ton, as next
week it may be $1oOa ton.
The Raleigh News says this years
fruit Gro isv, yiniefio and it is prob.
able tina. North "a. lima will never
agalL see the equal of that of 1877.
Page WAY 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 fourishing
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 a dog yesterday, in sew
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 te.fill the wounds with the dop's
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
it proper care and caution can prevent
it. The sanitary condition of the eity
is represented as excellent. The GUAR
antlne regulations are more rigidly en-.
forced than ever before. An improved
apparatus is used for fumigating vessels
Erona 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 finest ever
made. Rice also is in splendid conh-
tion, and an extraordinarily large crop il
promised. In the sugar region the cane
is everywhere reported several weeks
ahead Of last year. The weather has 90.
nerally been good for cane, although a
little rain is now desirable. Cotton is
the only crop not in a promising condi-
tion.
from the fourth agricultural report
for GEORGIA, We learn that from Barlow
e"unty there were shipped last year
226.Oo0 Wounds of dried apples and
peacnes; rom Macon county, 10000;
from Sumter and adjacent counties, sO0,-
600 pounds; from Monroe 400, 900 and
from Epson 100000 pounds. Many other
counties give smaller, but respectable
'ntHrns. The report says that q reliable
gentlemen states that his net proceeds
from the shipment Of peaches amounted
to nearly $4,000.