The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-07-14
SOUTHERN NE WI.
LOUISIANA

Pinh'hs'oh, ih mhuhOny lu'tuhy.
Let Tuesday evening at about $50 o'cloc
Two prisoners, Willis ROddy and Ben Hsyel
colored, made their escape out Of the paris
prison. -TerrebonDe Courier.
The body of droU ned negro was foun,
few days ago Ia Bayou Lsfourcbe, In from
of the Concordia plantation. He Ia fuppos.
Cd to have fallen from the steamer Assump-
ton.
A man living about twenty miles from
Morgan city hearing that there WAS going t.
be- an eclipse Of The moon, took his family To
that place, that they might see the phenom-
enon.
The negroes say that ia is the comet tina,
has given US tho hot weather and burning up
the corn. They are frightened into reli-
gious revival AID are oil getting bsptised
again.--Pointe Coupee Banner.
A very heavy storm visited our town on
Friday last about 2 o'clock p. m which
completely demolished the rice mill which
was in course of construction here. No
other great damage resulted Washington
Argus.
A foater was caught at Ssrgent's Point
one day last week Tho body WAS n de-
composed condition, with the hands and
lower jaw entirely gone copper color, with
black, curly hair, about five feet six inches
high and would probably weigh $50 pounds.
Had on cottonade pants, with comb and
sixty-fve cents ia his pockets.-Madison
Journal.
The surveying party from Alexandria
passed through here en.route for Pine Bluff
on Tuesday morning The party were in
fine spirits aud greatly rejoiced to get east of
the Ouachita. 1t is the intention to get the
most direct route, and although no opinion
could be expressed, the idea OBJ aimed that
the road be- would be some miles east of
Bastrop.-Monroe Bulletin.
Work on the New Orleans Pacific is pro-
crossing fsvorably. Many Of the white Ia
of the hot weather, but their places have
Georgia, Florida and Alabama. A large
ninth mile, upon which the Mansfield depot
rapidly completed.
A few days ago negro died under suspi-
cions circumstances on Mrs. Poche's place,
three miles below Thibodaux. An investi-
CATION by the coroner established the fact
that the man had been poisoned. One Ida
Garter was arrested on suspicion and is now
IN Jail. The deceased had just married, and
returning home parlook of some dinner, in
which was chicken that contained the
poison. A part of it was thrown into the
yard. Dogs and chickens that ate OF it
died. Suspicion points very plainly TO the
prisoner as the guilty one. Jealousy is at
the bottom of the trouble.
MISSISSIPPI.
Prentiss county has Endorsed Stone for re.
Madison county is for Calhoun
for governor.
Crops are beginning to suffer for rain, and
unless it comes soon corn will be cut short
Jackson Clarion.
The EIlisville Eagle says that saveral
Mormon elders are preaching at poins west
of that town and are gaining converts.
We have during the week seen farmers
from different parts of the county, and they
all report that the dry windy weather is in,
juriog the crops, especially the corn.-Copi'
ahan.
The wreck of the bark R. w. Wood,
which was grounded near Pass Marian, op'
posite Pass Christian, and which had been
previously dismantled, was set on fire last
week and has been.burniDg for several days.
The Grenada Sentinel says that a govern
ment contractor with force of workmen
are now in that city engaged in building q
boat, with which they propose to clean out
the Yalabusha river. The appropriation for
this purpose is SIS 600.
The Bstesville Blade says that colored
woman named Williams, living about four
miles west of Bstesville, is the mother OF
twenty-five chiloren, all of whom are living
The old woman is bale and hearty, and earns
a livelihood by working in the field.
A general Jail delivery took place at Cof-
feevile last week. some four or five prisoners
making their escape. Two or three OF the m
voluntarily returned, among whom was
Fleming, charged With the murder OF 30
Gardner, near Water Valley, about month
ago.
The Louisville Index says that from all
portions of Winston county comes the glao
tidings OF u more prosperous year ~ farmers
than tho present has been. Oats are, since
the handsome rains, surprising the ,expecs-
tions ofthe farmers. Wheat is doing better
which has all along been good. Corn !,
coming along finely, although accompanied
with little grass, while cotton IS very
promising. A large number OF squares are
reported by farmers in every direction.
A farmers meeting was held at Unior
school.house near Jackson, June 20 wher
r,solutions were adopted calling on The
dem. cracy for the enactment Of "a law re
straipipg railroads and other corporation
from M lust exactioDs and discrimination
seainst the people. Also Law making IL
nenal ofT-n,e 10 give or receive free pHss
or immunity Of any kind from a railroad Y
an fi ger Of state 5r county, aud inc ropes
of the eleventh section OF The agriculture
lien law.
The story ola Horse Thief.
Thu reader. of the HERALD will, perhaps