The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-01

Is:1s ',s county MIS- BY eating tho leaves Of
| Al Union Springs. Ala, negro man named
M y.ck y Be.ndy, ]. believed to be ~ years old, was
Arkansas be. received larger immigrs-
seven preceding.
Prot. Baird wants $4,000 to furnish a fish
Matching steamer for the coast Of South Caro-
lima. Georgia and Florida.
| Many farmers In upper east Tennessee and
western North Carolina are turning their at
tention to tobacco culture.
At the late special session Of the South Car
Ollna Legislature, hfty-nlne acts and eight
joint resolutions were passed.
Two little children with their mother were
drowned near Benton, Lowndes county, while
endeavoring to cross Big swamp creek, Gal
The areenville (Ga.) Advocate says that
while clearing new-ground. 10 Butler county,
q little son Of Mr.. George Green was killed
instantly BY falling tree.
foul assassination which recently took place
In Marshall ar1 county, :yy BY which WIN. pinkston
| Macon ID troubled with the Alabama sling
nuisance. Several days ago . boy shot q
young negro boy with one Of the sings: The
bullet struck hie cheek and perforated 1t, and
entered biz mouth.
i n MvthV wy AO0lOA Allcu AAhNAOy Woo
killed at Helena, Ala, few days ago. He
wan driving wagon loaded with corn down
hill. The front gate came out and the load Of
corn rolled on him and killed him.
The Chamber Of Commerce Of Charlotte. N.
q, will invite 1000 merchants on the lines Of
spend several days IN examining the induce
tlckets Will be inoiosed With the Invitations
DR.. II. H. Cary. Of Lalrange. Ga, having
been appointed commissioner Of fisheries for
N tba ne F.s snsed a npSn hs = To,f M M
States, has written DR.. Gary that he can get
aS many shad as he can dispose Of, and
Or. Gary says he can dispose of about s,o0o,-
600. In the spring, % soon % the Matching II
done, DIR. Gary will proceed to stock the
streams.
Some Of the colored members Of the Repub-
lican State Central Committee Of Georgia
state that there IL q desire on the part OF the
white Republicans to nominate q FULL Repub-
lican State ticket, but nt present there are in
to the nomination Of any candidates, save
those for electors and candidates for con-
gressional honors In some districts, In which
the Republicans are likely to prove vic.
tOriOus.
The prattvi!le, (Ala.) Signal says as son Of
Vile on last Saturday evening with q half
pound of powoer In Ills coat pocket, which
also contained matches, the. matches,
from some cause, lgnited, causing
the powder In his pocket to explode, and he
was blown several fest from his horse and
seriously injured. His clothing caught fire.
and but for the assistance Of two parties
with him he probably would have been
burned to death.
Augusta (da.) Ness: A most wonderful
circumstance is placed on record to-day
After smouldering exactly one month the fire
broke out about o'clock to-day In . packed
away remnant Of the waste cotton from the
warehouse Of the Augusta factory. which was
burned on the thirteenth Of last month. The
| fire broko out ID part of tho cotton that had
been lying exposed to the continuous stream
Of the fire engines for nearly two weeks and
| to the heavy rains subsequent. Il has been
slowed away for the past Ave or six days In .
wooden shed Ut McCoy's waste factory, where
It was transferred from the scene Of the fire.
A little after noon to-day the fire was de-
tected. and as II was just breaking out was
bGoon controlled by the force at hand without
any alarm being sounded.
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