The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-03
THE SOU III.

Kentucky Ia credited with 153 papers and
periodicals..
IA company OF capitalists have commenced
building street railroad In Vicksburg
III. MI. s. Pinafore' IL not appreciated by
the Savannah people.
The young people OF Summit, Miss. are or
ganizing nm amateur "Pinafere7 company.
The Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty
to Animals numbers LOO members In Little
Rock, Arm.
The OpelIka tAla.) Leader Increases Its cir
culatio by publishing . weekly List Of allnew
subscribers.
The Anderson Is. g. Iatellipencer proposes
Senator Bayard as the Democratic nominee
for President.
The Chattanooga Times bewails the sad fact
that the leg epidemic has reached that section
OF the country.
The Mississippi State Sunday School Con-
yention will be held In the tlotlrishing little
city Of Kosciusko On the seventh instant.
The Legislature Of North Carolina has re-
duced the prsce OF marriage licenses from
ga 30 to 81 30.
wildcat three feet IN length was killed In
Boyle county, KY, after 1T had whipped two
dogs.
William Bowen, OF Elizaville, Ky, was the
owner of four ewes that gave birth to twelve
lambs.
An enterprising citizen Of Jacksonville,
Fla, has contracted to shin $50 live alligators
TO the Boston Society OF Natural History for
dissecting purposes.
The erection Of a cotton factory In Little
Rock, Ark, will he commenced April d and 1t
IL thought the work will be finished In ninety
days.
Henry Lassiter, colored man In Norfolk,
Va. has been sentenced to receive fifteen
lashes at the whipping for stealing truck
hampers.
James Bradford and Mary Crawford eloped
from the Rutherford county, Tenn, poor
house, and were married In Murfreesboro last
Tuesday.
Gov. Alfred H. Colauitt, OF Georgia, has
been chosen BY the Ladies Memorial Assoc
dfeSs On Decoration Day.
Summit Miss. Times: DIR. Robert New was
stapbea ana Killed by man named Taylor q
few days since ut Swan Lake. Talahatchie
county. Taylor decamped, but has been cap
tnred.
The Legislature Of Florida imposed upon
grand lmries the responsibility of determine
ing, within certain limits the rate or taxation
to be assessed for county purposes In their
counties.
Hopkinsville, Ky, has a citizen who has. In
many respects, distinguished himself. Been
married nine years, LII which time he has fol-
lowed four different trades and two profes-
sions moved forty-four times and still wears
his pants In his b OTIS.
A pigeon and glass-ball shooting match
will come off at Aberdeen, Miss, fourth and
fifth of April. The parties have On hand one
thousand pigeons and one Thousand glass
balls for the contest
Dallas (Taxas) Herald: Capt. Hall has q
force OF 500 men at work, has completed near
iy fourteen miles OF grade, and this week has
opened up the fifteenth, sixteenth, seven
tenth and eighteenth miles on the Weather
ford extension of the Texas and Pacific.
! Columbia (Ga) Tines Berry Sorrels, a
negro man living near Social Circle, In Wall
ton county, was called out on Sunday night
last from his home by party OF masked
indignation exists among the people OF the
county, both white and eolored.
Seottshoro {AIa) Citizen: We had an inter-
view with Mr.. Daniel Martin, OF the Belle
fonte vicinity. last Tuesday. Mr.. Martin in
formed us that he is now In his seventy ninth
year, and married his present vile, VINO 10 not
yet seventeen, about four years ago. she was
married her and he was seventy five.
Arkansas Democrat: Enough food is thrown
away every year on worthless dogs 10 Arkan-
Sas to support five times the number OF SUI
1er1ng poor In the State for the same period.
And yet q great many people doubfless 9
maIority-are opposed to any lnfringemeenn en-
oI the sacred and inalienable rights OF the
Cog. We are queer people.
Georgfa's new constitution gives the prepa-
ration Of the jury list to three citizens IN eaen
county, and they have put one colored man
20 twenty whites on the list, taking the state
as whole The commissioners claim that
tnis is as large proportion as the standard
q intelligence and education will allow, but
me colored people are dissatisfied ana de-
mand larger representation.
AWays ready, need no cooking Shadines.