The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-02
OTHER SOUTHERN STATES.

| Peach trees are In bloom in Brunswick, Ga
| The Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum has
| 400 inmates.
| Green peas are plentiful In Jacksonville,
| Fla, Mt fifteen cents per quart
| The cultivation of oranges Is increasing
considerably In the neighborhood Of Mobile.
The Town Council Of Jesup Ca has levied
a tax to be expended In planting shade-trees.
It is reported that two large cigar factories
are soon TO be removed from Havana to Key
West.
the standard silver dollars at per cent pre-
MUM.
The extra session OF the Tennessee Leais-
lature, which lasted for eight days, cost
| S12, ia 81.
A company has been formed for the pur-
pose OF building street railway In Jackson
| vile, Fla.
| A college for young women is ebout to be
| established at Norfolk, Va, by the citizens OF
that place.
| A second crop OF whortleberries ls now
being gathered by the people OF Bradford
| county, Fla.
Since August 81 the Columbus ENQUIRER has
counted fifty-flve gin-houses burned In Geor-
gia and thirty-two In Alabama.
| An unknown negro was run over by a train
| MT Shellmound, near Chattanooga, and his
y
feet from the track
| There Is to be meeting Of committees and
| citizens generally at Yorkville, s. G., on New
Years day to take into consideration the 40.
preaching celebration of the centennial of the
battle OF Kings Mountain.
| The Radicals Of Pensacola have nominated
! their municipal ticket. The candidates for
marshal, clerk, tax assessor and two OF the
| aldermen are negroes. Four OF the five mem.
| bers OF the city executive committee are OF
| the same color.
| A communication from Madison, Ga, to the
| Atlanta Constitution says that twenty or
| more negroes left that county last week with
a gentleman from Kinds county, Miss. to
work on his plantation. Ii Ia stated that lust
before he left he had applications for work
from many other negroes, which applications
he was forced to decline.
It will be remembered that young VIM.
Seagreages committed suicide In Griffin, Ga,
a short time since. and at that time
no cause could be assigned for the act 1t
now turns out that he killed himself because
he had been discarded by a lady to whom he
had been engaged, because on one occasion
she saw him slightly intoxicated.
Little Rock ArEansian, 25: Col. Zeb Ward
informs us that he will begin work on the
Little Rock and Pine Bluff Railroad next
Monday morning, with 450 men. He COM
mences at point near the city east OF Rector
avenue. The road passes over the flat lands
and crosses Fonrche little east of the iron
brideg on the Pine Bluff dirt road.
The Key West (Fla) Fidette complains that
ship loads Of Bahamian children are sent to
Key West monthly to receive n schooling at
American expense and the two public schools
OF that place are almost exclusively filled by
them. It thinks some method should be
adopted by the school board to prevent this
imposition In the future, for an imposition 1t
is"
Near Stockton, Ala, Mr. Malcolm McMfl-
Ian fatally shot himself with double bar
relied shotgun. He had been partially de-
ranged, but had seemingly become 50 entirely
restored to his right mind that his relations
permitted him to have control of his gun,
when he deliberately loaded the weapon and,
placing the muzzla to his head, shot off the
entire top portion Of the same, which killed
him instantly.
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