The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-09-25
SOUTHERN NEWS.
ALABAMA.

III Miss M .tlle Neper uleu recenhy III Nueto'
Nkee county.
III G. K. McGhee and Miss Anna Tsikow
Ngere married recently in Cherokee county,
The Jasper Eagle says; Mrs. Peters, wife
hi Professor B. +. Peters, after a long and
;rrolracted spell of sickness, died in this
place Monday last
NJ At the municipal election at South Lowell
H. B. Shields was elected mayor, A. Melon
MIA. S. p. Smith, d. r. Dennis, j. l.. Craig
snd d. X. Carter were elected aldermen,
We hear some complaint of rust in cotton
Ind that worms have appeared in many
Eblsces. Their development as yet Is not
fuhicient to tell what they will do; 1t may be
0hat they will strip the fields by the l0.h; if
Ithey do, much injury will be done to the late
Motion.
IL The Six Mile Blade says: We have before
us IA old relic, in the way of n powder horn,
! which WIS picked up on the battlefield OF
I]king's Mountain during the revolutionary
WAR, by Mr. John Wallace, who Is buried at
Blk Mile. 1t is the property of Mr.. Pulaski
Mallace, grandson of the deceased
The Rockford Enterprise says Cotton
pcking is begun generally over the county.
flrhe staple is opening errlier and faster than
usual. and business will soon begin in earnest
I'm the cotton markets. Also: Died at his
Residence in Lewis beat, Mr.. Curtis Barrett,
Y In his seventy-fourth year. Mr., Barrett came
10 Coosa county from Montgomery county,
how Elmore, in the fall of 1852. He was a
pious, good citizen.
3 The Eufaula Times says: We hear con-
Mi lerable compliant with reference to the
Nscarcity OF mechanics in town. 1t is said that
h 10 Is quite difficult to secure carpenter to do
eny necessary repairs so busily are they en-
gaged. This cannot but be considered an
&fvidence of thrift on the part of property
Ebwners, however, and from this standpoint is
bot little gratifying. We are glad they are
Neble 10 build and repair
MISSISSIPPI.
Monroe wants an ice factory.
Work or the state house is retarded by the
rains.
M Washington, st. Landry shipped last year
l65, 500 chickens.
Grinding will commence in Terrebone
parish in few days.
A bald-headed eagle has recently been
KILLED in West Baton Rouge.
The Vermilionville railroad is completed
to within short distance Of Opelousas, and
/ ears will be running through by October l.
The Water Valley Courier says that Cap
tain John B. Adam shot and killed Mr..
Names j. Robinson in that town few days
bog.
\ The Sisters of Mercy of Alex
ipndria have purchased six acres of land in
Pineville, Rapides, where they will establish
ID convent.
E. L. Berry, ofMinden, attempted to COM
( hit suicide with morphine at Shreveport, II
I few days ago, but antidotes being admins
Aered, he recovered.
The contract for iron bridges across the
Mazoo river at Yazoo City, has been awarded
10 the King Bridge company, and is to be
FINISHED by the lst January next. The cost
Ewill be $19S57.
M The Natchez Democrat says that some of
@he planters in town complain that the crop
Wputlool is bad indeed. The worms eat up
the crop, and the damage by the continued
rains is incalculable.
The Crystal Springs Monitor says that the
Elate gale and heavy rains have caused great
Ndamage to the cotton in that section. The
Ebols are scattered over the ground like hail,
flh uO lllo slhlhc lCNClCh w blC III NlICAC
they were oflarge growth.
HI The Summit pike county, Sentinel, says
R.thst the rainy St ason of the past four weeks
Mas injured the cotton crop terribly, Not
Monty has the cotton suffered from rotting but
other crops have also suffered greatly. The
cotton crop will be cut off at least one'third.
}A The Brandon Republican of the 10th inst,
&.says; 1t commenced raining here on the Let
4 ,of September, and has rained every day
|tince. The cotton crop has been damaged
fully 80 per cent. The bolls have rotted, the
iced have sprouted, the young bols have
fallen of, and if the rains continue much
8longer half crop cannot be gathered.
N Surely Catahoula has been providentislly
,Nblessed this season; better corn crop has
mot been had in years; the cotton crop is a
|Ngood deal over the average; the potstoe crop
s9is good, and gardens have been excellent.
Game is abundant, and we don't see why the
9people should not be cortented.
MA Henry johnson, confined in the Jail of St,
N Charles for sht citing with intent to murder,
aided by friend named Alfred Bazile, made
B his escape last week and set out down the
river Deputy Sherifs Martin and Thornton
pursued the fugitives They came in sight of
"A Thin about half mile above the Carrollton
H ferry. johnson opened fire, which was re-
turned H endeavored to swim the river,
NJ but 81 rtly landed and surrendered.
- At the lower end of Facquetsique prairie,
Z al what is usually called the German settle
N ment," the land has always been considered
worthless. But this year about 1900 barrels
~ Of rice will be produced in that neighbor
a hood, and within a very small compass not
IN extending up the praire-which is quite mar
N row there more than three or four miles.
This rice in the rough will net about S4 per
barrel. So we have here in small neigh
M borhood where they used to produce abso-
lutely nothing for sale, revenue of SIG 600.
n The rice lands in this neighborhood, the
marshes, which were once considered not
only worthless but nuisance are now the
~ most valuable; and it will not BIO long before
Il they cannot be bought for any reasonable
81 price.-[St. Laundry Democrat.
Ia ARKANSAS.
y Gambling houses are on the increase at
a Hot Springs.
\ Entries are being made nearly every day in
ha M en-