The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-06-22
sOUTMERN NEWS.
MISSISSIPPI.

Ine giNs i'Ss"'y ~ NS'nN ~ sS
ahead.
The peach crop of Oktibbeha is total
failure.
A greenback paper for Holly Springs is
spokea OF.
TIE crops Of Attala county are reported to
be Indifferent.
Tho vlckseurg & Memphis road is pro-
crossing timely.
The crops of Wilkinson county are in
good condition.
Neyton is one of the most fourishipg
counties in the state.
Moss Point wants money order depart
ment in Its post office.
Meridian has lost valuable citizen in the
death of Solomon Silverstei2.
Tenement houses are being erected by tie
Yarn mills company in Natchez.
Joseph Weber, an enterprising and
valuable citizen of Jackson is dead.
Iro, and alum waters have been discov>
cred four miles porthwes, Of Meridian.
pascsgoul4 for ths past two weeks has
shipped to foreign ports 1884. 227 feet of
lumber
Jobn Hennessey, an old resident and
bigb,v esteemed citizen of Vicksburg, died
on the 10.h inst.
The people of Jackson are given the
privilege of er ,yins, nine excursions. during
The next two weeks.
vlcksburg Herald: There is less whisky
being drank IN Vicksburg now than Tor
msny years past, which is a fact so encour-
aging that we cannot refrain from making
j! known.
The Vicksburg Herald of the 18th had
the following dispatch from Greenville:
Subscription to the G.. G. aud Is. r. r.
was carried by 3S2 for to 1853 against. There
is or at rejoicing. The town is in blszs
of enthusiasm. We will meet you by the
river. This carries the road to R,llisg
Fork and Bolivar county.
LoUI:IANA.
Cotton blooms have already appeared in
R,p DIS parish.
"Ridiug on the railroad" is q familiar
amusement OF the AleXandrisns.
Crops are very backward in DeSoto and
cotton worms have been discovered.
Crops throughout st. Tammany and
Washington parishes are 10 fine condition.
The railroad appropriation suits in West
Baton Rouge, and in favor of the railway
comiaiy.
This survey of the route of the proposed
rsilr I'D from Vaudeville to Abits Springs
has been completed.
The gulf coast of Cameron is famous for
cotton, sweet potatoes, oranges melons and
garden vegetables.
A large fremen's hall is to be erected in
Thloodsux, which town already contains
several fine buildings.
Tho Natchitoches Vindicstor has recov-
cred from the effects Of the late fire aud is
again in vigorous health.
Numerous merchants in the rural dis
tricts, although keeping their stores open
on Sunday. will not sell liquor on that day
Tho Lske Charles Echo recommends
farmers to plant black walnut trees, which
are so valuable for manufacturing purpo.
ses.
The rice crop is very fine and growing
rapidly. With favorable season the yield
will DO larger this year than at any time since
the war.
Twenty-one convicts were placed in the
psnitentlary on the 18th. There were eigh,e, n
males and three fem ales, six white and fiji.
teen blacks.
The Shreveport Times has been purchased
By John Lake, sheriff Of the parish. 1t is
stated that Captain W. p. Ford and
Hon. N. q. Blanchard are associated with
him.
Trade is quiet at Fort Smith.
Migrants are very scarce in Hot Springs.
Pine Bluff has coloied normal school.
Crops are looking well in Nevada county
Ire commands cent pound OF Pin,
Bluff.
Locusts have disappeared from Whit,
county.
Monticello is very much crowded will
strangers now.
Huckleberries have supplanted strswbcr
rles at Hot Springs.
Green apples are abundant in Nevad
county; also peaches.
Li!to Rick wholesale houses are buildir
up a large business in the state.
The heaviest rain known 10 Little Roc
occurred on the night Of the 9th.
Prescott was visited BY heavy rain, wit
considerable wind and hail, last Iuesd,
night.
Only few struggling bales Of cotton fin
their way to Prescott a. this season Of III
year.
According to tho commencement exercis
reporter ola Oynthiana paper, 'the pupil
were introduced TO the rearching eye Of th
public"
Arkansas Gazette: The Sulphur Spring
used to be great resort for pleasure an
hsalth>seekers. There was flne hotel Their
and Il was burned and the springs an
grounds have been neglected.
Tho Nevada Pcayure. published in Pres
oott, Nevada county, Ark says: Hesv,
rains fell in this section Of tho coun.r
almo.t every day during the past month
Crops are generally in the grass, and som
corn crops badly damsged.
The Nevada Picayune hears considers
be complaint among tho farmers about III
unusual scarcity Of farm hands, this season
Wo are Glad TO eco such demand for labor
IL indicates good times and living for ev
erybody.
Several largo families OF movers, accom-
panied BY the historic 'ysler" dog, passc