The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-09-11
SOUTHERN NEWS.
KENTUCKY.

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5ied from An Overdose Of camphor, taken 70
prevent an attack Of diphthera
The Murray News says that in the Hon,
Oscar Turner'S speech, al that place, ne S'oou
souarely on the Democratic PLATFORM
On. hundred and fourteen girls from other
town, were registered at the Ph~nix hotel on
the evsnng of tho big hop in Lexington
Tho Transcript says that notable feature
Of the Lexington fair was the absence OF
betting. which has formerly prevailed extern
sively on tho grounds. Not a single arrest
was made on the grounds by the police OIL
GERS.
The Lexington Transcript says that sent''
ment in Harrodsburg is divided IN regard 10
the acouittal of Arnold, and that many ag-
gravating circumstances, well known 10 the
friends Of that gentleman, were not permitted
to 60 before the jury.
Hon John Gaines, editor of the Enterprise,
and D. A. McGonagil, county judge, in,
obliged in II prize'fght on the streets OF
paducnh but were separated before the
lood BEGAN to flow. The trouble came
from some pointed newspaper publications,
and collision was feared earlier in the week,
but it was thought to have been amIcably
settled.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Georgia is beginning to grow pecsns.
Senator Bayard will stump South Caro-
lima.
A healthy infant at Tampa, Fla, was born
without eyes.
Cotton was never before known to open so
early in Georgia
Coal for manufacturing is delivered in AT,
lanta at So per ton.
General James H. Lang will open a school
in Wlungton, N. c., about October l.
Little Rock has four militia companies, but
no streets that they can march over.
The Bulletin says that flies, gnats, reaches
and sore eyes are now the great pests of
Live Oak, Fla.
A new street railway company, composed
of prominent business men, has been organ
lied in Memphis,
The Georgia wine company is in full blast
and is now turning out 400 gallons of pure
Juice of the grape daily.
Everything is booming in the south this
year. Mosquitoes are more plentiful IN east"
yrn Florida than ever before.
]. Potsdamer, a Hebrew, of Columbia,
Fla, ID ssid to be one of the best superin-
tendcnts If common schools in the state
Charleston Is. o. News: Louis Jacobs,tho
Radical sheriff of Williamsburg county, has
been announced as "a candidate for sheriff
at the next Democratic primary, when he
will Be supported by many Democrats"
Alta negro camp meeting in Mecklenburg
county, North Carolina, colored preacher
made the assertion that in heaven the negroes
and whites would eat cut Of the same spoon
and sleep in the same beds. He advised his
hearers TO vote for Garfield, even caught with
sheep ON his back, as he WAS bound to got
the office anyway, through lead ifhe couldn't
get votes enough.
The Mscon water.works, agitsted, dis
cusse1, planned and postponed for forty
wears, are now an assured fact. Inc com
pany has entered into contract with
northern firm for $50 tons of iron piping of
all descri, ions and sizes 1t expected tG't
all maize, pipes and plugs will be ready for
water by ipril |. Work on the grand reser-
voir will pe begun about November !. The
total exp nse to the city is about So 900 per
year-lts,, perhaps than Is PAID by any
other cit, n the union that has water
supply.
LOUISIANA.
The Ouachita Telegraph has entered on
its sixteenth year.
The cruelty to animals law is being en-
forced in Monroe.
Delhi encourages athletic sports The
foot races in that town on the "a were VIII
messed by large number of people.
Albert Fonteeu has been appointed
deputy international revenue collector in the
Iberia district, vice c. B. Anderson, resigned.
The residence of DR.. T. NJ. Williams, on
the Gsrdner's plantation, three miles below
Baton Rouge, was, on Friday, destroyed by
fire.
During the season from September l, 1879,
TO August 81 1880, Trenton, in Ouachits
parish, shipped A. 294 bales of cotton, 3, 40
sacks Of cotton seed, and 1851 slaves.
Recently negro, ofpolygamist tendencies,
was poisoned by one of his squaws, VINO
cave him poisoned cake intended for her
rival, which he ate while in state OF lntoxl'
Cstion.
Gaperel Jastremski, of the Baton Rouge
Capitolian, having published severe article
ON Lanier, of the North Louisiana hepuoll-
can. the latter replied in the same strata
whereupon the editor of the Capitollan
handles him without gloves, reviewing his
record as a tax collector under Republican
rule.
The Baton Rouge Advocate is alarmed at
the announcement that the New Orleans
Pacific railway would be built from Lee
compete to Shreveport, fearing mat the
portion between the former point ana Bstor
Rouge would never be completed. There Il
not much ground for unessiness In thi'
particular.
Opelousss Courier: Owing to the want o.
rails track laying WIS delayed tor two or three
days, but as supply was received on Tues
day the gap of one mile was doubtless
finished to Callahan last night. The grading
from Callahan is finished to within one m NJ
of town, and is progressing very satisfactorily
Captain Hayden has been cleaning the way
with his force, between Opelousas ant
Washington, during the past week, anu OF
Thursday moved up force of scrapers tC
begin work on this extension. Ii the wes'ne
only remains good the work will go speeoll.
on. The excessive rains for the past three O
four months have proved serious drawoscl
to the contractors on this line. They Ger
tainly deserve much praise for what the
have accomplished under SO many dificu tie
MISSISSIPPI.
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