The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-23
THE SOUTH.

| BecGher lectures lii Memphis tho thirteenth
| proximo
| The Texns Legislature will adjourn siuc dte
| next Tuesday.
| The continual drouth will cut off the wheat
| crop Of Teshs.
Dr. Rutherford hhs been made State health
officer of Texas,
| Silver liz aad to have been discovered in
Senrey county, Texas.
! Yazoo City, Miss. elected two colored nj
| dermen last Monday.
| The State military ancnnpuent Of Texns
| will meet ht Waco III June
| The cotton receipts of Charlotte N. G., this
| yenr arc about $4,000 bales
| The Texns Legislature has appropriated
| 100000 for frontier protection.
The Harrlson County Fair Association oi
| Kentucky has been fined 300 for permitting
| gamingzon the grounds.
| South Carolina has eighteen cotton mills
| 1888 looms, G2,s72 splndes, and consumes
| annually 1876 bnles of cotton.
The cold snap caused q great deal of corn
and cotton. even rs far south as Florida to
be plowed up and planted over.
| One Of the hardest rains ever seen in Ala
bamn fell Wednesday, There were sevnral
wneh-outs on the railroads. and the Chattn-
hoochee rose thirty-tive feet.
The jnryo Of Northampton county, W.. gave
$4,000 to the administrators of the late Ed
ward Cringand, Of Halifax. who was killed
while walking on tho railroad track. He was
deaf.
The ladies' of Columbus. Ga., have got the
soldiers monument after fourteen years of
work. 1t Will be unveiled on the twenty
sixth. Gov. Collnltt, Of Georgia, will deliver
the address. and Gov. Cobb and ex-Gov.
Watts, OF Alabama, will be present.
Wilmington IN. O. Star. Epizooty has made
It's appearance on the plantation Of Hon D.
l.. Russell, in Brunswick county, and but q
short distance from this city. He has already
lost two horses from this disease, one OF them
rs fine an animal as there was In the county,
and all the remainder Of his horses but one,
and all OF his mules, are now suffering from
this dangerous distemper.
The Columbus Enquirer reports consider
able damage to the gardens OF that city and
the railroads of that section by the late storm.
1t says. "But few heavier falls were ever
known In this country, and had 1t continued
another Jwenty-four hours, the destruction
OF life and property would have been great
The rain gauge shows the total to be 6.O5
inches. OF which $40 fell since Tuesday
night"
The rain Of Wednesday played havoc in
Albany, Ga. The Neaps says never In Its
time has 1t been called upon to note such q
terrific fall OF rain In 30 short q space of time
as that which poured down upon Albany on
that day. 1t says many parts Of the prln-
cipal streets are impassable to pedestrtans,
bridges over bitches are washed away, pri-
vate premises are floating chips, cisterns are
ruined, wells cavlng, gardens submerged
poultry drowned, and the mischief Is to pay
generally.
Dallas TEX Herald: At last the long
needed and much -prayed-for rain has fallen.
Sunday morning about o'clock the sky was
filled with dark clouds, and at Q a fine rain
began to fall, which continued about one hour
Though 1t was not as heavy here as In other
places, yet 1t will do a vast amount Of good
generally, although 1t came too late to do the
wheat crop at large much good. It will
greatly benefit corn and cotton, and bring
out the gardens and grass. The fall seems
to have covered the whole Of North Texas,
extending from Denlson to Corsicana and
from west OF Weatherford eastward beyond
Wills Point.
Says the Talladega (Ala.) Reporter: There
was white honeysnckle introduced into this
country few years since, that will prove q
very great pest to our farmers. 1t resembles
the Japan honeysuckle, except that the leaf Is
lighter. The bloom Is white when it first ap-
pears and afterwards turns yellow. 1t bears
seed which are carried by the birds and 1t
soon makes Its appearance In every fence cor
ner and under every tree. 1t runs rapidly,
takes root at every joint and In two seasons
will cover the ground for ten feet around with
a thick mat. You have only to take peep
Jabe Curry place and the road leading to Gen.
McClellan's 9 to see what 1t will do. A war o.
determination should be waged against 1t be-
fore another crop Of seed natures.
A lot of prisoners sentenced to hard labor
in Alabama were knocked down to the high
est bidder at the following figures: Martha
jackson, a negro woman, went off at So 10
per month; Emma Parker, negro woman,
So 05; an old negro man, VIM. Moulton, 81 20;
Sarah Moulton, his wife, at 81; Sam Malone,
a negro man, went to So; Sam was a likely
fellow" and the bidding was quite lively.
Jim Graham, negro boy, brought Sc 50;
John Fleming. a negro man, was knocked
brought only twenty-five cents month,
while another white man by the name Of
Mann, went for the small sum of five cents.
A number OF negroes were among the bid
ders, and one said he never expected to live
to see the day when niger would be worth
more than white man.
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