The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-01
THE SOUTH.

4 Hogs I'm Dale county, Ala, are dying OF
cholera.
James river Is lower than 1t has been for
forty years.
| Cotton worms are reported I'm several OF
! the canebraka counties of Alabama,
| The Selma Times s thankful for the grand
corn crop made In lis neighhOrhood.
During the past season 27o cadets attended
| the Alabama State Agricultural and Mechan-
teal College.
The mayor Of Jacksonville has prohibited
| the sale Ut watermelous In that city alter the
fret Ut August.
The fruit crop Of oglethorpe, Ga. Is pro-
| nouncnd unanimous failure. The dTOnth
destroyed what the frost left
The Supreme Court of North Carolina has
just decided that 1t is not larceny to steal q
dog, because q dog Is not property.
| sea-cOw, on manatee, weighing BOD
pounds, was recently captured in the Indian
river. Florida, by means Of seine.
little negro boy recently unearthed an
| old tin pan, containing about SIX Thousand
dollars La gold and silver, In Taylor county,
| Florida.
Key West key: Our large cigar manufac-
| tories have discharged large number Of
! workmen IN consequence Of having no means
Of transportation direct to New York.
The Sparta Times aud Planter says Hancock
| county, Ga, has made this year the largest
wheat crop ever grown within her limits. and
thinks 1t will reach at least I'd 600 bushels.
| At the plantation Of Mr.. g. "A. Howell, in the
southern part OF Iaiaferro county Ga. on
| last Monday, a little colored child atrayed
away from home, and on search being made
was found drowned in the Ogeechee river.
Some Northern capitalists have determined
to invest heavily Ia mining operations in
1 Ogethofpe county. Ga. and two companies
have been formed to work up the precious
metals lying concealed within the earth III
4 that locality
Little Rock Gazehe: The people Of Conway
yesterday, hearing that q large number Of
etragglers from the vicinity Of Memphis were
coming W the Fort Smith road, sent down an
armed detachment to enter that species Of
opposition rarely mistaken. One man, n
| tramp, came along. and was fearlessly halted
1 by the volunteers.
Monroe (Fla.> Advertiser. lightning struck
d very large tree, near the Indian springs on
| Saturday, telling 1t to the ground. An old
| lady. who lived near by, received such a Sc
we're shock that she has not been able to speak
| since. young man riding near by on q
| mule received such a severe shock as to jar
| the beast from under him.
| Three small children, colOred the eldest
about five, were burned to death last Satur-
day. on Cicero Grit1in's farm. eleven miles be-
low Iookerton Fla. Their father, lobe
| returning he found the house on fire, and SO
far consumed that, as he says, ii vas ininos-
sible to render assistance. The children and
house burned up together,
Quitman Free Press: singular thing has
| lust occurred in Rerrien county (1n quite
| near the Brooks line, and not far from Little
| river The earth has sunk in to the depth of
about one hundred feet, carrying down some
Of the tallest pines. The sink ts almost cir
cular Ia form and Is about one hundred feet
| In diameter. IL Is said to be a wonderful
looking hole, and many persons are visiting
II out q vfa4hp7b)tieved that large n1,',bsp
OF the colored people OF this county are ~
ganizlng to emigrate to Liberia next fail
Quite number have "signed" to no to Kan
stts. That there Is a movement Of some kind
IL apparent to the most skepticaI. We heard
9 reliable gentleman say, n few DAYS ago
that prominent cOlored man told him that
many of his race had signed to GO
lie didn't know Ii was loaded, but 1t was al
the same According TO the Albany OGa.) Id-
sen n, Fiona Paris, ,colored boy living
shot and killed by another colored BOY while
playing with pistol last Sunday. The bali
entered his head about All inch above the right
car, passing in and coming out on the other
o'clock wv
The giant red oaks our forest, saws tho
Oglethorpe, Ga, Hcho like the chestnut. an
pear TO have run their race, and are now fast |
disappearing. a gentleman tells that paner
that 70 going TO Athens, the other day. he
.punleu ~ Inc TOHdSldG twenty odd of these |
Kings OF the forest that had whitehead and
died without apparent cause Some disease
seems to have affected these trees throughout
the county, and 1t is feared they will now he
eNterminated from the land.
The Bailey (Ga) Gazette says: The train
On the Macon and Brunswick Railroad last
Saturday night ran over and killed n negro
man named Samuel Robinson. Ono theory
about the killing is that the man was muir
dered and placed On the railroad for The cars
z, rlln over him It appears to be true that
the ear wheels did not rim over Him Tha
body was lying near the track and it, head
resting upon the rail or near The skull. Va
are informed, was broken both in front and
rear, Just as 1t would have been broken from a
heavy blow with a budgeon.