The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-06
TIE SOUTH.

The Texas State treasury has balance o
100000.
Game is unusually plentiful In Southeast
ern Alabama.
Kentucky is enjoying n railroad revival
largely ON paper,
The wool clip u Texas this year II estimat
ed at 22.0oo.00o pounds.
Gov Simpson, Of South Carolina, will moi
he a candidate for recollection.
The Arkansas State reachers' Association
will he held nj Helena on December ~ II
and ~.
A contract for building a railroad which vii
connect Pensacola, Fla. and Selma. Ala. has
been let.
Nearly every village. town and city In Mis-
sissippi ID busly engaged either In building
or talking cotton factory,
Over one hundred insane persons have beer
turned away from the asylum nj Tuscaloosa
Ala. for want OF accommodation.
The Little Rock Democrat says that nj nc
time since the war have tho negrona of Ar
kansas had 90 much money "a at present,
Fifty thousand acres of land In Parker and
Palo Pinto counties. Tex. have just been pur
chased by French capitalist for colonization
purposes.
A colored man camped near Canton. nj isa.
one night last week. building his tire against
tree. In tho morning his dead body was
discovered with the tree lying across II.
The Cairo, Tia. correspondent of the
Thomasville IFmca aaya the late freezes ro-
suited In the death of all the sugar eanc In
that section of country
Laborers from Pennsylvania have been
coming to Georgia lately Quite number ni
them are employed &C the timber mills OF the
Georgia Land and Lumber Company,
Three hundred and twelve gallons Of mo-
Iasses were made from less than one acre oi
ribbon cane hv Col j. N. Smith OF Shelby
county Ala. THE year.
The Augusta tGaA Mars learns on good alI-
thority that tho factories Of Augusta have
not only more orders than they can fill. but
have on file heavy orders for export.
Two cotton faetorira. ono compress. 40 aErt-
cultural imT,,amont factory and several moro
iron furnaces rumor says. will be added to
the industries Of birmingham, Ala soon.
Mrs Fannie Bowman. of Colin county.
Texas, fell into we'll n few days since. and
though no evidence Of any injury TO her per-
son could be seen, she died ypry soon after
ward.
According to Tho 1ftb'o,c. the cotton re-
eeipts of Rome, Ga, this season. up to Fri
day morning last the twenty eighth prnximo
aggregated a2444 bales, all increase or 10 ,77n
bales over the same time last year
The stage robbery above Austin. Texas was
perpetrated Ny n lone htghwayman. who fol
lowed the stage some miles ont OF Liberty
Hill. on the Burnett road. He only took
registered packages
The Canton IN issl Mail saws that Hugh w
Lawson was murdered by some unknown
party near Vernon. Wednesday. He was dis
covered In the yard Of . negro mans house.
and had been shot through the heart.
The New York and North Carolina Smolt-
ing Company are erecting their reduction
works near Charlotte, N C, where they pX-
pect to handle gold silver. copper and zinc
ores. The capacity of the works will be
twenty tons per day.
From the Livingston tAla1 journal We
learn That Rufus Smith and Robert Wells
Tue negroes y accused OF the murder OF the fer
ryman AZ nemopols, last summer have been
round guilty ~ murder In the first degree
and will be hung.
Vickshurg Miss Commercial There are
property owners In this city who have not
paid dime OF taxes on their real estate snca
1917. they refuse TO pay, and there IL no law
by which they can be compelled TO do so.
They pay their State and county taxes III TIA
Sheriff and keep the State from selling THAR
property, but the city has no way by which
TO compel them TO pay.
w. Ii. Crumh shot and instantly killed Lee
Majors two miles from Palestine, Texas. at
1880 O'Clock on the twenty-seventh uitimo.
Majors was an old and highly respected clti-
zen q the county. The parties were brothers
!n-law, and the difficulty grew out OF the set
Gement OF an estate. Crumb claims to have
acted in sef-defense, and gave himself UP
into the hands q the sheriff Justice Lacy
has gone out for the purpose OF holding an
Inquest on the body of the deceased
From gentleman from Eatonton, Ga, the
Macon Telegraph learns that On Thursday
morning early negro man was killed by two
young men named Robert Reid and -
Adams. The darkey had stolen Mr.. Reds
horse while It was standing In front Of the
hotel, taking the harness off and riding the
horse away. he was pursued and was at