The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-31
THE SOUTH.

1t Is estimated thas fully one fourth OF gb
sneep In Western Texss have died during th
last cold snap.
A fatal cattle pestilenee Is prevailing in tn
clty OF Boston, Bowie county, Texas. On.
man lost thirty head, and the disease seenr
TO be spreading rapidly.
Col: W. L. Thomson, the veteran editor d
tne savannah Mems, is epofer Of for Con
gress. 70 NIL the vacancy in the FIRST Georvls
Distrlct, caused by the death d Hon. Julian
The citizens Of. Memphis re becoming
frightened at The increasing diantnrmept N
yellow fever Victims, and suggest shat II be
stopped, lest the germ OF thst fatal disease b be
propa gated by the blazing h,t sun. w
Natchez Sun: A floating debt os stsooo
without one dollar in the treasury to meet II
places the city fathers In r,ther enbarrasst.' g.
log warrants. with the mo1thly expendit,,re
OF about $4,000, will, before tie taxes OF 1sTo
are due, run city warrants bwn to about tho
freezing point. '''o
Three brothers, John, Wos1ie and John
Hammett, living near WittshIrg, Ark. start
ed In pursuit Of q desperad by the name of
Mitchell, for the purpose OF eiecting his arrest
and getting the reward offerd. Mitchell had a
partner by the name OF Bake with him, when
the HammettS came up, ad showed fuht
Baker was killed instantly. IitcheIl, being in
q skiff, was shot and fell oer into the water
tIu ulShDptHISu, ullu dOUuf1AmIQPLB mOr-
tally wounded.
Lexington Miss1 AdyeRser. Abnar r.
Reeves was found dead In tn road, about two
miles from Emory, the twety-Hrst instant.
with shot or bullet~hole In he head anf,sa
other In his chest. Scott Jnkins, a colored
man, was arrested on suspion OF being The
assassin; the evidence thated to his arrest
being, as we are told, entirel circunstantial.
We have not heard whatsposition was
made OF the arrested mar but at last ac-
counts his preliminary triawas In progress
at Emory.
Brookaven Ledger: Saturay night last
about IL o'clock three DegIBs named Spur-
lock, johnson, and one nam unknown, went
to the store OF Mr.. Nathans,l Fayetts. asked
him to the door, stating the wanted to trade
some, when he opened thtdoor, one of the
negroes fired upon him, Stirling him over the
eye, while another hit hif with a hickory
stick. At that tine some oP was seen pass
ing and the negroes left. Ir. Nathaps then
gave the ALARM, the shelf summoned q
posse and arre,ted the neeoes. They were
talsen from the sheriff andhung in the pub |
lie square. Nahans Is reprted In critical
condition.
Chattanooga. Times: Col s. b. Lowe re-
turned TO the Guy YESTERDAY from business
tour which intuded Mempis, New Orleans. |
Mobile, Montgomery and other Southern
and Western com merciai titles. He found
business In ne Mississippi valley and IN
the Gulf coaS In decidedly hopeful state. |
Manufactures are moving 6nseryatiyelv but
confidentiyl their work ind in extendin1
their trade Sales in his lie were auite fair |
Pig iron, tpper, lead, tin and other crude
metals area fair demand It stronger rates
than last yar. In New Oceans. espeeiallv'
the. man!icturing interess are In healthy
state. IL outlook, on the whole, in the
South an Southwest. Is cheering.
DaiIasf Texas Hrald: A train of six
wagonsom Lawrence, Klnsas, en- route to
Wise dnty, Texas, came to a misunder.
standt, which Terminated in an encounter
the pfles being about equally divided
again each other. Theirfamilies. who were
with lem, pleaded with tie men not to fiUbt
but no purpose. Hand words followed
whe Rhodes struck Holt a blow over the
heawlth his six-shoUter, telling him to the
grcld. This was the signal for troubje and
Ieyng hls gun, one of Hot's party fired on
Rpes, the shot taking effect in his abdo-
M, which 1T is thought will prove fatal. At
u Iuncture the fight became general each
q emptyfng their pistols, some forty shota
~ being fired, In which one of the Hail
ltion, named Lee, was shot In the left arm :
q another OF Rhodes party, named Henry !
ls shot through the left shoulder. In t6s !
NJ three horses were badly shot. while one
the women vas struck In the head bv q q
snk that was thrown. ~