The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-21
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the schoOl-ro0m 200 times and closed in neaoc
with the goodwill and confidence Of the
scholars and patrons.
Texas veterans meet in Galveston April 21.
70 celebrate the anniversary OF the battle oil
San Jacinto. ~
Inc Texas Legislature has passed a bill
setting aside one-fourth Of the State revenue
Tor school purposes.
| Hon. W. H. Battle, prominent Judge In
NORTH - carolina, died Friday, at Chapel Hill.
.,,lIs The ., double headed negro woman has re-
turned from tour In Europe to her old home
In Columbus county, N. O. -.o-S
Inc Vlcksburg Commercial saws that
| oplum-smoking is gaining foot-hold In that
The entire length OF the boundary Of Teras
IS atSo miles. including 375 miles of gulf
The Democrat, of Kentucky. saws a s,oooss-
ful farmer Of Hart county smokes bis seeS-
corn, and finds 1t keeps insects from eatin0 II
and insures good stand. -
A Sherman grave digger buried a man
named Button. and brought In the following
hole, S." N'''"-
A North Carolinian has seen and heard tho
phonograph, and describes 1t as a sausage
mill with voice like a woman 's-rights con-
ventiOn. 0O-A
The trial of Miss Amelia Linknaw. wbo
shot and Killed the Batim ore drummer, Hart
man, who had seduced her ia GOING On this
week In Lumberton, N. G. '-'-'
The Grangers Of Shelby county have
p9ugnt the fair grounds, four miles from
memphis, and are going to have. nexf fail
the blggestfa fair of the season. ''
The editor OF the HawkinsvilIe Disnntch
Priyasr aS narnsd "a ais iour children Brewer
fTlIner, small Plea" and "Pca." after the
names OF the different styles OF type. - '-'0
Senator Rollins, OF New Hampshire. has
purcnased Fort George island, Florida. II
10 intimated that he expects to build a man
ufacturing city, on the cooperative plan, on II.
The mother of Gen. Robert Lowry died y
aeW esta Gays g age while ne was absent looking
AFTER the death OF his brother, DIR. VIM. Low.
~, who was killed by Col d. A. Holman. in
Sunfiower county, Miss. -
Dadeville {Ala.) Democrat: Judpe Sfurdf-
want keeps three clerks busy recording mort
cages, principally for guano. And SO it goes
-tnese guano companies take the cotton
crop ana pay no taxes to the State.
Tallahassee Patriot: Our farmers arc
going right ahead with their usual routine Of
labor Many have finished planting corn
and are turning their time and attention to
other crops. The weather, so far, has been
favorable. eoA
The town marshal OF Reynolds, Ga, having
arrested q countryman for drunkenness, be-
came 80 highly excited that he put the mans
morse In the guardhouse and turned the owner
loose. The mistake was not discovered until
tne morse was brought out for trial.
Dallas Texas Herald: M. J. w. Thompson
will leave for Leadville In about two weeks
with complete variety troupe. The tronne
VIII go overland, and Mr.. Thompson will 20
by rail, and have theatre building erected
by the time his company reaches there.
The new West Virginia school law pro-
woes mat the retail price Of school books
shall not exceed the present Wholesale price,
and that the retail price shall be published
on the backs OF the books and also posted in
-
The Savannah News learns that the pilot
boat Surprise towed large, dead whale into
PorL Royal on Friday last. The Surprise
spoke the crew OF whaling schooner having
this monster OF the deep In tow, and as night
was coming on and the schooner was making
but little headway, the pilotboat relieved her
and brought the whale into the port named.
The schooner reported school OF whales of
Port Royal.
George s. Vest, the new Senator from
Missouri, lis a sort ofliying curiosity In Wash
ington now. He will be the smallest man.
physically, In the Senate. He is more dimfn.
Sharon, OF Nevada. He is however, a man Of
presence" and looks like q
smaller edition OF Matt Carpenter. He has
rarely, IL ever, visited Washington before.
DE was Confederate brigadier, but does not
wear the aspect OF one now.
liiOAc nith IL chCh5OuFllfb, fia., q lew 0aY9
ago, colored man. John r. Scott, whose his
tory Is notable one. He was In all the great
battles OF the war, not as a combatant. but as
The slave and servant Of Gen. A. P. Hill. After
realizing that the war had left him on a
higher plane he began to study and soon be-
came q scholar. He took to the pulpit and
filed 1t creditably until his death. He was in
the Florida Legislature twice, collector OF
customs at Jacksonville for number OF
years, and altogether man OF wonderful in
iuence among both whites and blacks.
;. According to the Chatham Record, North
Caroiina has remarkable Legislature.
Ihey nave been economical even to stfn-
ziness, and yet liberal even to extrayaeanea.
They have cut down and retrenched almost
20 meanness, and yet they have made appro-
oriat1ons amounting almost to waste. They
nave acted on some measures like children
3wayed by sudden impulses, and like derna-
soRues court1ng popular favor; and yet they
nave enacted laws and carried through meas-
Tres that ~ettid mark them as patriots and
statesmen deserving the lasting gratitude Of
our people,"