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

Georgia claims 10000 oolored Democratic
voters.
Jesse T. Hutchinson, q prominent Richmond
tobacco man, Is dead.
Columbus. Ca, has received nearly 10000
and more bales OF cotton this year than last.
On December North Carolina had 1116
convicts, all at work on railroads except $40.
Fernandina, Fla, has made improvements
to the amount OF 100000 In the past year.
Five citizens Of Atlanta own 434, 800 acres
Of Wild land In the county, and pay only
313B 45 taxes.
Memphis invites tramps TO drop In and see
her. Her chain-gang is getting low, and the
streets need work.
A Tarboro, N. g., woman presented her
husband q Christmas eve gift In the shape OF
three Tarheels at birth.
Mrs. Dawson, Of Memphis, gave the fire
department 800 In appreciation OF their
efforts In saving her property.
Brownsville, Tenn, owns nearly 100000,
and citizens meeting has resolved on o
compromise or the abolition OF her charter.
Milton Webb, OF Lenoir, N. o., lost five chill
dren with diphtheria, and most OF them were
buried In one grave.
The assay Office at Charlotte N. O., is now
receiving gold at the rate OF about $1,000 per
week.
Fifty-nine turtles weighing 81 ais pounds,
Fla.
Hon. Alfred n. Waddell. Of North Caro-
lima, announces that he Is q candidate for Sec
Rotary Of the Senate.
A grand reception to the citizens Of Jack
sonville, Fla, was given on Friday by Mr.. w.
B. Aston on board his fine yacht, the Ambas-
sadress.
Reidville IN. o. Times: Diphtheria Is pre-
vailing and staying the children In q portion
Of this county. Several persons have lost
from two to four children.
A Georgia paper thus reasons well: With
meat ut FIVE centsper pound, syrup at twenty
five cents per gallon, and everything else In
proportion, We see no reason why the matri-
mofial business should not begin to look up.
The Blue Ridge Blade says that Mr. Milton
Webb, living near the Grandfather mountain,
In Caldwell county, N. O., on the twelfth In
slant, buried In one grave three children,
from diphtheria and his wife and three chill
dren were down with the same disease
Gallatin, Tenn, had Christmas tree in the
courthouse Monday, loaded with shoes,
clothing and other substantial presents for
the poor Of the town.
Joseph Miller, who lost both arms and was
nearly deprived Of bis eyesight by the pre-
mature discharge Of the cannon at the Joe
Turner celebration In 1870, was married De-
cember s, TO Mrs. Charity Jones' Kingston
IN o. Journal.
N 81uvI1A0 cOlOE6u 6OcAeLy was luIOWu luVU
. fiutter Thursday night by the marriage Of
Arthur d. Langston, son Of the Minister to
Hayti, and daughter OF Carroll Napier,
Nashvilles colored councilman. The groom
is st. Louis school teacher.
vicksburg Herald DR.. Blackman, OF
Davidson county, Tenn, father OF the DIR.
Blackman who 80 heroically lost his life as
volunteer physician In this county during
the recent epidemic, arrived In the city yes
terday for the purpose Of removing his sons
Nashville
Concord IN. O. Sun Three negro men liy-
Ing In the lower part OF the county left their
families last week and ran away, each taking
white woman with him. We don't know
the worst of for the swap. Send us good
missionary or two more, II convenient.
Memphis Appeal: Yesterday matrimo-
NAL sensation occurred In demi-monde circles.
At Court street bagnio near the Charleston
depot, one OF the fair but frail inmates was
united In marriage to o Cincinnati man, said
sented the bride with $500 present. They
had known each other about ten days The
pair left for Cincinnati last evening via the
Louisville Railroad.
colored "citizen and taxpayer" Of Fred
er1cksburg, writes to the Washington Post,
explaining and defending the tendency Of the
better class OF the colored people to vote for
respectable white men and Conservatives
when the latter are candidates for public
office, and nominating Hon. Allen g. Thur
man, OF Ohio, for President, and Hon John J.
Marye, OF Virginia, for Vice President, on the
ticket OF the Democrats in 1870