The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-18
THE SOUTH.


THE SOUTH.
Farmers are In fine spirits all over Texas.
There are said TO be over 5000 school teach
ers In Texas
Governor Hubbard Of Texas, las retired
from politics and gone to railroad building,
frost In the vicinity of Atlanta has ser
iousIy injured the cotton crop.
The Texas "drummers' are to have a con-
ventfon tn Dallas, Tex, On May %.
The Macon and Augusta Railroad is to be
sold blythe Georgia Railroad, under trustee.
The students Of the North Georgia College
have rendered Gen. To1nbs a festival
The Georgia State Sunday Convention
meets In Macon On the thirtieth and thirty
first instant
Shipments Of early vegetables are actively
going on To Florida and 50 far the pecuniary
returns have been very gratifying.
The dredging fleet, which is to dred1e a
tweIve-foot channel through Galveston Bay,
has arrived at Galveston from North Caro-
lima.
Mormonism has been planted To Red River
county, Texas, where there Is now a church of
Latter Day Saints. claiming direct commu-
nication with the Holy Spirit.
Savannah is taking steps TO celebrate the
centennial OF the death Of the gallant Ser
geant Jasper by the erection OF q monument
to his memory.
Rice birds, countless ncgriads, prey upon
the wheat fields from Sherman TO Dallas,
Texas. They darken the green crops by their
cIoud-iike shadows. Shot guns are imported
to brighten them away.
Lexington, Mississippi, Advertiser: A gen
tleman just from the railroad informs a5 that
at Vaughns Station, In Yazoo county last
Wednesday evening, man named Ricketts,
shot and killed another b. the name Of Bell
Middle Gsorgta Argus: Our eyes long for
the seeing OF legislator who is bold enough
to look dog square In the face and utter the
sentiment: u will vote to tax you Ia the In
terest OF sheep raising, you low-ifved cur
The negroes Of Washington county, Tezas
have been struck with a religious frenzy, and
neglect their work 80 much that the farmers
In that section fear they will make only half
crop.
Quarantine stations have been established
at Sabine Pass, Pass Caballo, Arkansas, Brazos
Santiago and Galveston Pass, Texas Gen
Rutherford mas just been making the tour of
them all.
Yazoo Valley Flag: We are told that on last
Monday Mr.. W. Z. Brosius, of McNutt, gave
his little daughter, aged about six years, a
dose Of morphine BY mistake, supposing it to
be auinine, causing the death Of the little
child the following night.
Mr. Thos. Lackey, young man residing
near Crystal Springs, Miss, was bitten by 4
dog on the first OF last January. The wound
healed and he thought little of the occurrence
until on Monday last he was seized With
unmistakabie signs Of hydrophooia and died
soon after fn fearful agony.
Western Texas will have no more bliphtine
drouths like those OF twenty years OF more
ago. It's once naked prairies have grown Up
with thick covering OF Enesauit, and with
these trees protecting the earth from rapid
solar evaporation, moisture and rainfall mas
increased, until West Texas Is a magnificent
farming region.
colored woman named Hattie Green re-
Gently sued the City of Bridgeton, q steamboat
plying between a town in Florida and Sayan-
her BY being elected from the white folks
cabin OF said steamer, and being finally put
on shore good distance from her destination
She considered herself damaged, but Judge
OF Georgia, does not sustain her, and has de-
cided that she failed to establish her griev-
ances, and consequently dismissed the case.
The Fernandina Fla Mirror, speaking of
the palmetto fibre again, says: fAs stated
Ia our last Issue Ia citation to this important
industry, which promises 30 much for this
State, Mr.. LOOMS placed On exhibition at the
fair samples OF his palmetto fibre, which
attracted unusual attention from business
men from all parts, and the generally ex-
pressed opinion was that a business can be
built no from the palmetto which, with ita
good to the State. The sample Of rope which
was exhibited fully exernplifies the wonderful
strength Of the fibre"
PaseagouIa Democrat-Star: Last Tuesday
afternoon, during the rain and thunder storm,
Mr.. John Williamson and seven other
river, at Moss Point and when In front Of
what ID known as DeSmet's little rnilI, light
ming struck tree near by and all the 20 en-
were more or less shocked by the electricity,
some II not all Of them. being knocked down.
lit appears Mr.. Williamson received a severer
shock than the rest, fell into the river and
sunk. Whether he was killed by lightning or
drowned no one knows, but it is reasonable to
suppose that he was stunned by lightning
and then drowned
At Henning, Laudardale county, Tenn, the
other day, man named Payne shot several
times at a man named Human without III
jury. The latter, after the fifth barrel had
been ernptied, seized the weapon and beat
Payne with II severely. The Ripley .Sesrs
says Payne endeaEored to draw another
pistol, Deringer, az he ran, but It went off
10 hIs pocket, tearing of the front Of his
pants and infiicting a slight wound Ia his
stomach. a number OF persons, who had
been attracted by the firing, here interfered
and succeeded 10 getting Human to desist,
but not until he mad broken the pistol all to
pieces over the head OF his antagonist and
inflicted number Of painful wounds and
gaShes.
Summit Miss Times. On Thursday.
the eighth instant, Ike Duncan was
assassinated in his field, some ten or
twelve miles from this place. The circun-
stances, a. He heard them related would IN
dieate that the assassin had been on the look
out some tiE3e to commit the horFid deed eff
fectnally and without witnesses. Duncan. it
seems, had been at work In his field Id com
pany with q man named smith, who he had
oefrfended and who vas working for him.
J smith had returned to the house for some
purpose, when Duncan followed his row To
The fence, where he was shot, apparently In
one side, and turning to run was shot In the
opposite side-ooth wounds being with shot
gun. He ran thirty Or forty steps before fall
ng, and the party or parties jumped over the
enee and approached near enough to FIRE
hree pistol balls into his PROSTATE form.
supposed to have been already lffeIess, the
irst shots were fired 50 close to his person as
% seorch his clothing. No clue up TO this
ime has been found to indicate VINO commit
ed the terrible act.
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