The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-04
the patent side papers; and the Meridian
/ Mercurn wckediy states that they are just

the patent side papers and the Meridian
MercMrN wickediy states that they are just
as good as ever.
The district convention OF the Ninth Judi
cial District, comprising YazoO, Marshall,
Kinds and Copiah, met att ackson last week,
and nominated Hon. II. y. Foote, Jr., for dis
trict attorney. 1T took thirty ballots to do L.
Quite an excitement last Saturday was
cropping out among our citizens from re-
ported case Oh yellow fever at the depot Our
physicians promptly investigated II and
found 1t O case OF malarial fever.-[ Macon
Sun.
James Grant, d native Of Scotland, and for
q long time citizan of Vicksburg, snicded
In that city last week by taking an overdose OF
choral. Last year he had the yellow FEVER,
and since then he has been suffering from
temporary fits Of insanity
The Mayor Of Holly Springs lately applied
to the Secretary of War for loan Of TENTS
In anticipation of yellow fever The Secre-
tary replied as follows: I'VE cannot loan
tents iii anticipation Of need. 1T must be u
case OF actual emergency.
Charlton Is prevailing TO an alarming ex-
tent among the horses and mules OF tn 10,
Yazoo Valley. LII Yazoo county General W.
r. Miles and z. G. Cooke, Esq, In the last
few weeks have lost, respectively, twenty and
sixteen head Of fine stock from this terrible
disease.
From Mr.. W. Il. Homer, Of Leota. who
came down on the steamer Silverthorn to
day. we learn that many of the hands that
left In the early part of the season for Kan
sas have returned. Fifteen returned on the
City Of Vicksburg last trip.-lVieksburg
Commercial.
Mr. Turley, Of Watson, Miss, Informs the
Holly Springs South that d blood-red snake
three feet long with two legs midway the
body and two dark spots on his back the size
Of dime. was killed at that place On the
fourth instant. The legs were three Inches
In length.
One Stewart, while making q Republican
speech at DeKalb the other day, made some
whereupon q son OF Britain brought O brick
In contact with Stewards head, causing that
gentleman to assume prostrate ATTITUDE,
and then examined his body with knife
blade.
A misunderstanding has arisen between
Col. Horn and son, Of the Meridian Mercury.
and Senator John Fewell and his brother, II.
A. Fewell r. A. Fewell challenged Alex.
Horn, Jr.; the challenge was returned IN
recognized Fewell posted Horn, and the
Horns have denounced the Fewells In the
most abusive style through the press.
J.C. Clarke, general manager of the Chica-
70, st. Louis and New Orleans Railroad, was
IN Canton last Wednesday, to confer witt. the
County Board OF Health and city authorities
relative to quarantine regulations 1t was
agreed that mails should be admitted from
law OTI6uuS, Uut UlIhG I'LL h6ISDuS hAi lIpbIl-
ing from that point should be prohibited from
the county.
Dr. Quinn, president Of the Warren county
board of health, land DR.. Igleheart, president
Of the Vicksburg board, have written TO the
authorities of the parishes OF Madison,
Ouachita and Richland, informing them that
Ii they had any fears OF the camps OF the men
near Delta engaged at the jetties, that II the
government would order the removal to the
Mississippi side 81 the river that they would
willingly give their permission.
On Wednesday night last, about u o'clock,
MI. Aaron, Of Canton, was awakened by
noise Lii one OF the out-houses in his yard, and
on going out to learn the cause OF it, had just
left the house, when he heard two pistol shots
fired near the kitchen, and shotly afterward
discovered Ben Riley, a negro man living near
town, lying on the ground. He Had very
shooting Is not known, and what Ben was
doing on Mr.. Aarons place at that hour OF the
night is q secret with him and a colored wo-
nan In Mr.. Aaron's employ. Rileys wound,
we learn, will prove fatal.
Capt. J. i. Bell, Independent candidate for
chancery clerk In Yazoo county, his brother,
Major j. r. Bell and a negro arrived in JACK
son last week, and had an interview with
Gov. Stone on the condition Of affairs existing
in Yazoo. They claimed that 1T was now all
turmoil and trouble in that county; that the
negroes were lying out in the swamp In
state of terror. and that the sheriff, being Ia
sympathy with the mob, would not protect
them. Gov. Stone announced that he did not
see. as yet, any neces sity for calling out the
militia, but would write to the sheriff to give
all citizens the protection Of the law. The
refugees" then returned home.
The following from the Meridian Mercury,
illustrates the hopeless gullibility OF the Ne
groes Of this State: Another shrewd one has
been doing up Leak county on the Kansas
question, giving the negroes In that section
fifty cents worth Of valuable information
that a train was at Kosciusko, three miles
OF Kansas small squad Of them sold out
lock, stock and barrel, and made their way to
that place to board that 'three-miles-long'
train, but 1t was not there, and about fifteen
disappointed negroes, perfectly destitute, are
loating around Kosciusko, looking for little
jobs to do, BY which they can get something
to eat. Poor foolsH'