The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-20
who cannot read. Out Of grand total Of
1913 children In that county, only 2o7 are I'M

| 5973 children In that county, only 2o7 are un.
| able to read.
The work Of dredging the mouth Of the Sa
hine and keCheS rivers will commence In 6
| few weeks. Tribune.
| wagon train recently arrived at For
Griffin loaded with 1400 buffalo hides and 3O(
wolf and deer skins.
| Some cotton crops In Parker county. 1t If
| feared, will not average over one hank o
spun cotton per acre.
| Tie and track laying Is to conmere co on thu
| Texas and racitic Railroad west OF For
| Worth On tho fifteenth instant.
Crop reports from Northern Texas say cot
ton Is suffering from the dro'lth. In the vi
| entity OF Dallas the injury * 20 per cent.
| Immense beds or veins of tho finest btu
minus coal have been discovered Ito miles
| west 81 San Antonio, near tho Rio Granie.
| The forest trees are beginning to die IN
| many portions IF Pamela county, the fact
| being ascribed IT, tho excessive heat and
| drouth.
/ Fritz Fromme, lad of Wesntche, G.oIiad
county, was Killed last week by his horse
| tumbing over on him while running d year
| ling in the prairie.
| According to the new code. posting man
| as n coward, in q newspaper ~ otherwise, It.
cause he refuses to fight duel, subjects the
poster to q fine Or $500 to $1,000.
Miss Fannie Stadler. q beautiful young gil
Ut VI jenna, Austria came all tho way to hal-
las whore size met and married her old sweet
heart, Joseph oimner, of Fort Worth.
JEpErr. Aug. e.-After fourteen weeks
flrouth this seeten is having II good rain.
Some late cotton viii be benefited, bat for
most vi the crop 1t Is not in time to Do any
good.
Inst week at ReIlaVila Deputy Sheriff Sut-
ton attempted TO murder Robert Cook as he
was sitting ON his gallery. Sutton fired two
shots, ore took effect i'll Cook IS shoulder, the
other missed him
At Lpngpoint, near Rrenham. on the Lau-
derdals plantation, o few days since, Lewis
Rabbi, d negro, shot ana killed Milton Mo
GoWan. another negro, aged twenty. The diff
ieulty originated about q woman. The MUIR
derer escaped. @"5@m@# @5u=
gentleman named Guthrie exhibited on
Tuesday a nugget of virgin gold containing
about one dollar and q half also lot of black
sand with small particles OF gold IN it, OBJ
tanned la Brown county, IN jim Ned creek,
although he refused to give the exact locality.
IA. Glass came from New Orleans direct
to Orange. where he made oath before Health
officer Hewson that no had not been In an in-
tected place, got q pass and came through to
Galveston, Whers he has been sent to glafan
the station for detaEtI and dlsnfectlon.
The TaxeHe thinks the present drouth I'm
west Texas may be followed by floods. as In
1860. when Prof. Dorshey came near losing
his life in freshet i'm Il creek near Seguin d
few hours after iecturing on the causes Of the
southern Texas drOuths.
Three thousand pounds of copper ore were
recently shipped over the line OF the ID. and
T., consigned To parties ii Ut. Louis. The ore
was gathered about 200 miles west If Whites
boro near Henrietta. it Is said to TX st In
enormous quantities, being picked UP on the
surface Ut the ground.
The Houston Telegram says: The sugar,
rice and corn fields of Brazoria county will
IN
~ investment this season. There * not q sin
gle acre of mOrtgaged land in the county, |
and but few anywhere in the State. FLOR that |
matter.
The other day after the Georgetown train
had left Maysvillefor Rund Rock man ap-
pearnd on the track gestiCulating wildly. |
Conductor HarrelI pulled up, thinking the
rack was torn up or something was the mat
.er, when the man calmly handed letter and /
him to give it to Mr.. Sheppard.
Charlie Webb. Jr., Dallas county boy,
1ilied three deer in Marion county Friday.
He fired both barrels Of his gun ut bunch Of
leer killing two dead II Their tracks; the CON
'ussiOn of the shot knocked the third down
1eeing it was only stunned he mounted 1t, and
q q rough and tumble fight got away with it.
Justin Raynal, OF Denison, whose death we
Ell. had two dogs. "Pappoose' and Puppy"
Neither has eaten food since he died, and one
II them fought its way into the masters
,of1in and lay upon his feet until the lid COW
red them, and then the dog seemed given
yer to hopeless grief.
Work all along the line Of the Louisiana
Western i progressing finely, and long before
DO end Of the year trains will bs dashng
hough to the Crescent City. Orange and
beaumont will ship double the amount Of cot
"a this season they did last ii the road Is
by November.
At Corsicana. two sisters, Misses Eva and
allie Sheriff., rode out from their home and
II returning Miss Eva's horse, becoming
frightened, threw her and broke her neck
liss Salite's animal also threw and dragged
KS for some distance, kicking her in the face
ut not fatally. Mrs Sheriff., On seeing the
odies of her daughters, lost her mud.
Waco Examiner: Mr. Daniels, just down
rom Hill county, informs Us that Mr. Dave
1attheWs, II well known citizen, was acct
entally killed on Friday last MI. Mat-
neWs, farmer, was riding in his wagon
long = lane when hts team, taking fright,
ashcd suddenly into q barbed wire fence Oh
he side Of the lane. The team, rnaddened
Lith PAIN forced its way through, but MIR
latthews, becoming entangled lii the wire,
,as torn and mangied in 8 manner the most
orrbIo to relate, death ensuing almost In
family.