The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-10-15
SOUTHERN NEWS,
Louisiana,

to 4 seven column paper.
Immigrants are looking for homes in the
Attskapas country.
The Alexandria Democrat says festive
overcoats are in demand up there.
There will be at least six freight snd pas
senger boats running on the Teche this fall.
The Abbevile Meridianal informs us that
Mr.. Richard Leblanc contemplates "making
run" at grinding cane this week.
More freight has been received this year at
the various landings in Avoyelles parish than
for many years.
Tho Louisiana Presbytery will hold its fall
session at Bethany church, Amito county,
Miss, on Monday, October 10, at 1880 p. m,
There was disastrous fire on Gallon
island last week. Mr.. Francois Viguerle's
hotel, furniture, etc, were communicates
$4,000. No accounting for it.
The Iborville South says the best elements
of both colers, have organized TO put stop
to the midnight shooters and violators of law
The South does not like to see the uneasinoss
manifested by the people, and thinks the
government has sufficient power to enforce
the law.
The mail sack that was lost by the cap
sizing of the western stage last week in the
creek west of Vienna was recovered last Sat.
urday evening By colored man by the name
of Thomas Douglass. A reward of So was
offered for its recovery. The valise lost at
the time has not been heard of.
The West Felcisna Sentinel, Of the twenty.
ffth ult., says: "On Saturday evening last
the wharf-boat at Bayou Sara was seized by
special United States deputy marshal, sent
from New Orleans for the purpose. The
cause Of the Seizure is for the recovery of
$4,000 salvage, claimed By the coal yard
employees who in turn claim that they saved
said boat aud some 100000 of fright some
time since.
MISSISSIPPI.
Pickers are actively at work in the rural
districts.
The Natchez New Era says: Mr.. w, II.
Magruder, son of Loui'iana's educator, Prof.
WIN Magruder, who left this city yes
terday to take charge of school offered him
in San Antonio, Texas. Mr., Magruder
graduated with honors at Oxford University
and is young man of rare attachments.
KENTUCKY.
1t is reported that regulators in Wolfe
shot down man named Steele, whose only
offense was ia aiding in the arrest of some vi
olators of the law.
The ladies of the First Presbyterian church
at Msysville have organized missionary So
eiety for the relief of the poor in that city
during the winter.
The Rev. Jordan Lyken still breaches in
Lawrence county, though he is eighty years
of age, and is so feeble that his sermons are
delivered from sitting posture.
James D. White, of BlOndville, Democrat
ic Eector for the fl rst district, is reported to
have in view an early marriage with fssci-
mating widow in the same county.
A colored womsn sent to the penitentiary
from Madison county for grand larceny was
pardoned by the governor Immediately upon
her arrival Of Frankfort. She had left an in
FAINT at home.
Rockcastle isa "local option" county, bu
Stanford Journal correspondent says tina
in no other county in Eastern Kentucky Il
there so much liquor sold. There are eigh
bar-rooms in the county, as many distillerie
sell the beverage openly, while men traye
by night to sell whisky in small quantities
There has been deposited for mailing at The
Maysvilo postoffce, every Sunday night foi
eight years, diminutive package, in III,
shape of an envelope with piece of postsgt
stamp on the corner and few heroglyphic
on the back. Inside of the wrapper is a SINAI
piece of paper, neatly folded, on which is tn,
same strange and unintolligible writing. TIT
postmaster knows nothing Of whence i
comes.
The Greenback State Electoral ticket j
now nearly complete, as follows For tn
state-at-large, Col. Ben. Sclby, of Eminenc
and Thomas j, Key, of Louisville; First dis
trict, w. B. noiick; Second, Geo w. Tow
cry, Webster county; Third o. H. P. Snow
Clinton county; Fourth, w. II. Parish, Gray
son county; Fifth, D. L. Graves, Jeferso
county; Seventh, o. Thomas, Henry county
Eighth, A. Nelson, Russell county; Tenth
I'D. Jones, Carter county.
The wife of Sim Harper, of Pulaski cour
ty, eloped with Mark Shelton, ayouth c
nineteen, both riding one horse to Stanford
where they stopped over night, their sllege
destination being Indiana, where they wer
to be married. That night Shelton sold th
horse, obtained from the woman all the moi
ey she had, snd left the town alone. I'll
authorities at Lebanon, being telegraphed +
arrested him there, and Harper csmeu fro
Pulaski county to prosecute him. The
failed to,make out case of grand lsrcen,
and Mrs. Harper returned home with b.