The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-12
their 9. taxes within twenty days after III. t,rst

~ I..s $500 WlSMAA twenty days after tho hrSt
There 10 Il i've sensation among HE co,ored
people In Collin county, Texas. They lew see zee
nfRhtly one black and two white horses cpurs-
ing athWart the sky, the black one presaginu
aeath and the white ones Offering transporta-
ton TO the land OF the angels.
Last week q man named Smith, living on
iea,dlng COW through q gate, was suddenly
jerked against post by the animal and H.
tally hurt He lay on the spot for two hours
lnsensibe. and died In five hours 'afterward
"a proposition Is before the city council of
Houston Texas. to abolish the fire, police
and street departments on the score of econ
0my.. One hundred and eighty-four thousand
i've hundred and ninety-six dollars and
twenty cents back taxes are due the city but
not dollar can be collected
A lady living on the Terrell place. near
AA,u ,,dh Texas missed many eggs from nests.
snake In the vicinity Of the nest, In torpid
state, was discovered and killed. Upon dis
section OF his snakeship the porcelain egg
was recovered. This 10 q true story, although
the snake found IT hard to digest 1t.
The Marianne, Fla, Courier reports sim
gular case Of d land sink Id that vicinity On
Thursday last. A one Hastings Lewis,
coOred, was blowing on the Bryan planta-
tlon there, the earth gave way under his
horse, valuable AL, one, and big own property.
but the horse. collar, bride, harness and
other trace went down, never to be recovered
again.
Mr.. John JONES' late State Treasurer Of
Georgia, gives notice In the Constitution Of
Tuesday that he will apply to the General
Assembly, at its next session. for the passage
OF q special act to relieve him from the judg-
| ment recently rendered against him and his
securities In Fulton county Superior Conrt.
An inoffensive negro man, jesse Allison,
was murdered alone In bis bed In Falls coun-
and II was thought that her two lovers Tom
and Jesse Farr were the murderers. few
days afterwards both OFT hese men were found
In the woods murdered, and 1t is thought
they were. killed by relatives OF Allison.
Richmond Wing: On the grass fields near
Norfolk the army worm has entered and com
menced depredatiOns In earnest. They leave
no blade OF grass behind them. The worm
has also made its appearance. In other por-
lions OF Norfolk county, and 1t IL feared will
do much serious damage to the growing
ever, much of the grass and clover In this
section has been cut, or will be IN few days
Some OF the grass growers estimate their
losses at $4,000 to $4,000 each.
jackson (Tenn.) Wing: Last Monday, while
Mrs. Sanford, wife Of Patrick Sanford, living
engaged sewing up some rents In the pants
OF her little son. aged about ten years, d toy
pistol dropped from the pockets to the floor,
and. as Mrs. Sanford thought, broke, as It
seemed to come apart. She took 1t up to adj
just the parts, which attracted the attention
of her little child, about three years old. and
he innocently approached his mother to see
the pistol, unconscious Of existing danger.
He stepped to his mothers side and re-
marked, That is yohnnie's pistol" and, az
through his BRAIN The little boy fell dead ut
his mothers feet