The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-27
THE SOUTH.

4 a,,rustn Ca will have veloc1pede tour
nsInent on July 4.
~ Monteomery Is thinking of getting up
rand military eneampment during the early
\ Sorv considerable quantities Of Florida
"a, ara being shipped from Pensacola this
srloaf threshing is bit its height In Middle
aannrnia and the crop Is reported as unusual
III large. = .
slaves Nh are said to have been hung in the past
| fEo weeks.
s's,o,,ata proposes to have grand regatta
A In "a %. to which Charleston, Savannah
"a Macon will be invited.
n agent Of the United States Fish Com
. ~, last week deposited 10000 shad Lii
m@aIis;s creek at MaIone's Mill, Lebanon, Ala.
nrna crop prospect In East Carolina was
..ror better. This is universal. The season
n pos faan all we could Wish.-[Farboro IN. ca
southerner.
Birmingham (hla;l Indd.eperde'h June 4:
.s.les from here, is 36 years Of age, and has
Srhteen children.
The Jacksonville, Fla. negroes are drawing
Ill nnIor line among themselves. The jack
e aspgv lila Union says: Several cOlored men
2sva com planned to us about the formation
III 4 society in this city whose membership
u y II composed OF mulattoes exclusively"
J. asha ladies' of the Gadsden lFla) county
Hamnrial Association have ordered q hand
keasno monument, OF Italian marble, from
4n,tsyie, KY, which they propose to erect
4 honor OF the Confederate dead OF that
punty.
According to the Tampa Guardian the
san % crop In that section will be exceeding
"a aim this year. Tt says the dry weather
y!.ssnd MANY Of the trees to drop both fruit
ssy d faaves. but since the late rains they are
ssuttinr out new foliage, and Ia all probability
nav bloom again.
We learn from the Quitman Ala Reporter
IN. fha cotton caterpillars made their ap-
aasy on Mr.. Clayton Denmatk's planta-
assan IN IKE southern portion of this county,
s ~ the State line, last week, In full grown
VA usa faf condition, and look as ii they mean
M to the stem
anaaking of pineapples the Key West Key
ays aThe crop Of thls delicious lrult "a, ths
Fgnrmarly they were raised OF Key Largo
Snrr fhay come from Elliott's and other
!. avs in such quantities as to make up large
za{xnnrt trade. For weeks past we have been
fhInning them to Galveston, New Orleans
fnhfle. Pensacola and all along the coast.
m Tallahassee F1ortdian says: We are
horned that gentleman residing In Wa.
mia county, by the name of Cox, who is
hlltyatng small farm, upon arising one
aorning last week was surprised to lind that
turing the night his residence had been
<Ganped from region where water could
ganobe seen and was situated On the border
Wi IKE. When he retired the evening be-
foress house was far away from any pond,
Nv NV 4 river, but upon going out next morn
stead car, can be maglnea s When f ~
W. ~, ards square filled with water. run
,aa1a np thin eighteen or twenty feet OF his
,tssss a a1y,n his gaze. During the nigh,
a., as ~, aaannarmation occurred, leaving not
even Veste of the tallest pine trees which
NM Ms.a stanng In their full majesty
ppa uy IWelve1 hours before. These sinks
i n hsa are pt unfreguent In that county
~ nas Only gee short time since that Q
s snns OCCURRED nsr Lavenders Mill, more re
alaaole IMAM th one alluded to abovein tha
IN. Mhocg h, upoMhe very top o hill-one b
t WI nlgnest poins OF land In that county
~" 80 Aot some one,xplain these occurrences