The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-08-31
sOUTnERN NEWS
MISSISSIPPI.

sged the cotton crop, bu. not to the same ex.
tent.
The Crystal Springs Monitor suggests the
Establishment of an Celebrates Home" to
the next legislature as IN institution mu h
needed in the state.
The grand lodge of the Eaights and La
dies of Honor for Mississippi WAS insaa,uged
at Grenada, on the l9.h, BY Supreme Secre-
tary Freeman Wright of ST. Louis.
2hs Vicksburg Herald, of the 25.b inst,
says; Mrs. james Sykes, most estimable
aud universally beloved lady of Columbus,
Mississippi, died at Saratoga, New York, last
Friday. The death of AIRS. Sykes will carry
sorrow to many hearts in Mississippi.
LOUISIANA.
The citizans of Shreveport have agreed 10
assist C,l. Paul Btemond with $4,000 to-
wards building road from NScogioches,
Texas, 10 Shreveport.
Grant parish is sgitsted on the subject of
prohibition.
Trains are now running daily from the
Mansfield depot to Shreveport. Mr.. Boiling
Williams was the first merchant of Mansfield
TO receive a full car load Of freight.
A construction company has been or
ganized in NatohiIoches to build railroad
twelve miles long to connect that town with
the Nea Orleans Pacific Railway: The
stock OF the company is $4,000, A survey
has already been begun.
s--So-cslled ahsrkes are numerous in Red
River. Oae twelve foot long was shot oppo-
site the Experiment Plantation.
A youpg man in CAlcssieu parish. named
'Gustave Landry, was recently killed by
lightning. Seven other persons in the house
escaped without injury.
The Mnden Democrat has entered upon
its fourteenth volume, having been started
in 1868
Mr. David Roach and DR.. NJ. A. Guice, of
Franklin parish, have died.
Three or four citizens of Tensas parish
with their families, haye removed to Birm-
inghsm, Ala.
Deer and bear are numerous in Terrebonne
parish, and the hunters rarely return empty
handed.
p. B. Rifles, a grocerymsn and cx-typo,
residing at New Iberia, endesyored TO cons
NIT suicide few days ago, but the bullet
missed the brain.
The Alexandria Democrat contends that
the machine shsps of the New Orleans Psci-
fc railroad should be located in that town.
The lower railroad track is laid across and
below Bayou Lamourie, but has not YET
reached Lecomte. They are having some
heavy grading 10 do in the cutoff.
On the oath a mass meeting of citizens
will be held at Clinton to confer with Mir.
Samuel Ullmsn, president of the Nschez
IL New Orleans railroad company, on the
ophtoot Of rail connection mt Nnu,
Orleans.
The St. Charles Herald: During the heavy
blow and rain last Monday, bolt of light.
ming came down the chimney OF the house
occupied by Mr., j. Il. Decker, an employee
on the Fridlsnder plantation. The shock
was so great that it knocked Mr.. d. ana his
son down. Mr.. Decker's left arm was cons
pletely psralyzed for one day. The bolt
passed under his arm and over his sons head
doing no other damage to the inmates of the
house, but the chimney where the bolt first
struck was very badly damaged.
ARKANSAS.
Crops continue to burn up around Lew.
isyille. Sickness seem 10 be on the increase.
Work on the narrow gauge railroad east
OF Red river has begun.
Scarcely any cotton will be made east of
Bodeau.
Sam. Steel owns the most prolific stock Of
horaes now extsnt in the state.
DE-. Gabriel H. Fort, formerly of Lewis,
vile, is dead.
Immigrant l is quietly directing itself to
this state.
The Prescott Picsyune says that owing
to the severe drouth and extreme heat cot
ton is now opening very rapidly. The entire
crop will be picked out by the 18th of 0otos
Der.
Fort Smith In Arkar sas is on the high y
Of civilization. Instead Of powder and shot,
bail and buck it calls loudly for beef and
vegetable market
Just about this time the innumerablo
"hrst bales of cotton" arc crowding on all
the markets big and little of the south and
southwest. The Arkansas Daily Gszette has
the record Of bale which disposed of brought
the solid amount of $50 %.
The Atkins News says there are in its
neighborhood four young men who would
measure the standard Of the Anakims
of the book Of Joshua. These American
sons of Ausk are A Tourney, James X Gle
and William A Galloway who overlook
common humanity by the right OF ak feet,
Ave and one.half inches in height. UnforLu.
nate John Jones mourns over the sad fac,
that he cannot reach above six feet, -four
inches in height. Terribly great men does
Arkansas produce.
KENTUCKY.
There are fifty prisoners in the Covington
jail.
Hogs are selling al four cents in Warren
county.
Bath circuit court begins Monday, Sep.
TENDER D.
The Yeomsn wants the police force Of
Frankfort doubled.
The Danville Advocate has an idea Of
changing 10 a semi-weekly.
The hemp in the immediate vicinity Of
Frankfort IL turning out we'll.
A clark county baby eleven months old
can dance, sing and whistle.
The Times says there will DO some good
crops of corn in Hopkins county.
avid" Bill Owens was daogerouly enc,
by, S. w. GoG, near Livingstone, Monday.
win the Newport Journal zee tina, the
Courer.Jcurnsl is placed on i,s exchange
lis,i
Lexington merchants receive goojs from
New York via Savannah, Georgia, in seven
days.
Tho Ycoman sSys lock No 8, on the Ken.