The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-08-22
SOUTHERN NEWS.
MISSISSIPPI.

Meridian is infested with colored thieves
The total population of Summer county
is9,5l5.
Natchez is waging war on unlicensed
CANNES.
The new state whisky law goes into effec,
on November 1st.
The Sunday law is In force at Starkville.
The BARRIERS are protesting.
In the poor.house of Chickassw county
there is man lis years old.
Natchez will pay for her public cisterns
by taxes received from drummers.
Starkville has almost entirely recovered
from the disastrous effects of the recent fire.
Noxubee county shows an increase of 40
per cent. in her census returns. Holmes
county Al per cent.
We hear some complaint of rust in cotton,
and fears are entertained that much damage
may be done.-[Ripley Sentinel.
Crops along the Vicksburg s. Meridian
railroad are said to be the finest ever raised
in that portion of the state.
A large number of people on Sunhower
and Yszoo rivers, Mississippi, are dying from
the effects of disease known as hernature.
A wild animal, with decided fondness for
dog flesh, has made his appearance at Rienzi.
All attempts to capture him have failed.
The repairs on the state capitol building
at Baton Rouge are progressing rapidly. The
capitol will be ready for the next session of
the legislature in 1882
The Democratic convention for the first
congressional district met at Water Valley
on Wednesday, and re-nominated Colonel
Van Fl. Manning for congress.
The hog crop of Monroe county will be a
very large one this year, as the hogs have
been entirely free from cholera. Cattle have
also enjoyed almost total exemption from
sickness Of any kind this year Aberdeen
The recent rains have had very bad ef-
feet upon the cotton--thst of the prairie and
rich lowlands especially. Farmers report 10
us from personal observation that the worm,
and plenty of them, is hard at work. In
many places bloom cannot be found in an
area of acres Aberdeen Weekly.
Captain A. L. Grumpy, of Pamela county,
and heretofore q leading member of the
Greenback party in his section. has re-
nounced all that nonsense and publicly de-
clares, over his own proper signature, that
he twill support the ticket headed by that
noble patriot, soldier and statesman, Gen.
eral Winfield S. Hancock"
Tuesdays flood was general all over the
country. In Columbus the rain fell so fast
the bitches could not carry It off and many
of the sidewalks were overfowed and the
water backed up in the yards. In the eoun-
try bridges which had never been affected BY
high water were washed away, and small
branches rose to swimming creeks Luxs.
palia..was. past fording. -[Cclumbus Inde-
pendent.
Dave Ball, scoundrelly negro,:.w killed
last Tuesday morning, in Tate county, by
Mr.. w. r. McNortoD. Ball had for several
nights attempted to force an entrance into
the sleeping room Of Mr.. McNorton's
daughter. The last attempt was made ct 2
o'clock last Tuesday morning, when Mr..
McNorton, being on watch for the villain,
lodged load of buckshot in his head, kill.
ing him instantly. Mr.. McNorton imme-
dia,ely went to a magistrate and told what
he had done. An inquest was held and the
Jury pronounced the killing justifable.