The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-20
soUrMERN NEWS.
LOUISIANA.

LOUISIANA.
A white rat was killed in 81. Landry last
week.
A foatsr, colored man, was founo 10 the
river just opposite the Delta wsrf boat last
wsek.
A colored man named Henry Pierce was
run over and killed BY the Morgan road, near
Jsasnerette. last sunday.
The measles prevail TO an alarming extent
among some Of the railroad hands in this
vicinity. DE SOLO Democrat.
The track layers have completed their
work to the nineteenth mile from Shreveport
ana seven or eight mlles moro are ready for
rails. DE Soto Democrat.
Another founding was left on the steps Of
Q leading citizsn Of Shreveport last week.
This habit Of depositing babies on the door
steps 10 becoming epidemic in Shreveport.
A colored man named Alex. Victorian,
who lived on the Hopewell place, on Tues
Gay last, In attempting 10 get Jug of water
Tom the river, fell in snd WAS drowned
East Carroll Herald.
A colored man named Warren Green died
from sunslroke on the 26.h ultimo. Green's
Incorporate habits, ADDED to the excessive
heat Of the day, tended to accelerate the ter
mination of his life.
The Nalchez, R,d River u Texas railroad
will within short time, begin the work OF
extension, which will b. pu he'd forward ut
afapid rate, and the gathering in by this
route of an increased amount OF the coming
crop will be insured.
On the night of the 23lh ult. the wife Of
Ben Mitchell, coored, was murdered b,
Catherine Cox, also colored, on the planta-
tion of Mr.. james w. Beasley. Mi,chelrs
wife was stabbed to the heart with soms
trenchant Instrument aud survived the fatal
wound only few minutee.-Assumplio
Pioneer.
Last Saturday morning most distressing
and fatal accident befell the family of Mr.
and Mr James w. McRsdy, living At or
near Greenwood. Their little son, James
Patterson, aged one year and ten months
while playing tell backward from chair,
which 90 severely mi ired him that death
soon ensued.-Shreveport Times.
The surveying party crossed the bayou
bartholomew Vt DR.. Potts place, lsst Ssiur.
Gay. That route will leave B,s rOp between
-FOUR and six miles to the east. The part,
viii return from Little Rock. passing through
the bills west Of u.s. and II that line should
be adopted We will be left some fifteen or
twenty miles. Monroe and Bastrop are not
railroad towns Morehouse Cotton Plant.
A railroad me ting WAS held in B,strop
July o, and committee appointed 10 wait
on the surveyors now locating the route of
the railroad 10 Monroe, and Offer them all
the facilities and assistance in their power
and endeavor to induce them to give u 70 W
Gays by some member Of the party to an OK,
animation OF the country and its advantages
east OF bayou Bartholomew for a railroad
over that west of the bayou, and 10 ask them
toreport the same to sheic employers.
MISSISSIPPI.
The glass works a! Moss Point arc in
operation.
The corn crop will be lsmentably short in
wilkinson county.
Heavy rainfall In Lowndes county last
wednesday and Thursday.
Charbon is getting 10 ih work on the
horses and mules in Yazoo county.
The Aberdeen Examiner reports so far
splendid crops for Monroe county.
Corn reports from Hancock and Marion
counties arc very unfAvorAblo.
Glowing reports of the fine condition of
the crops come from all the river counties.
The mails on the Yazoo and Stuff over
rivers were discontinued ON the 30lh ultmo, |
It's announced that the West Point News
will DO discontinued, after the l7.h of
August.
S!arkville was visited by severe storm
last Sunday night which did considerable
damage To houses.
The Tupelo Journal says the crop pros
poets OF that section were never better al this
time Of year.
Nearly all the democrats 10 Copiah county
who favor Lamar for the senate are in favor
OF Barksdsio for governor.
Owing to a scarcity of labor some Of the
best farms In Scott county have been deserted
and the houses permitted to fall down.
Washington county democrats me. las,
tuesday, and after passing resolutions COM
plimentary to the governor, sent dclega 10
the state convention uuins!ruc,ed.
10 Grenada, recently, judgment for
$1,000 was obtained against the circuit clerk
for Issuing marriage license where the
woman was under Is years Of age.
Bonnie r ,binson, four year old child,
was bitten by u mad dog in Woodvile,
Miss, on the fourteenth of June and died |
q horrible death from hydrophobia on the
thirtietb.
The democracy of Madison instructed Cor
Jugde Calhoun for governor, tho other dny
In convention, and also resolved TO do AWAY |
with primary elections and return TO the del.
egate system.
This democracy of Harrison county met in
mass meeting at Mississippi City, July 4
auu elected delegates to the state nominating
convention. Barksdale was endorsed for
governor.
A cvclone on the night Of tho twenty.
SKIN ulslmo, near Columbu', Mlss., blew
down the stable on the plantation Of Cspt,R.
Moore, killed five mules and bruised mum,
Der OF others.
A gentleman In from Franklin county re-.
ports that cotton Ia his neigh borhocd n
doing very we'll, thougha little rain would
40 II good, but corn be says 10 past redemb
lion, being entirely burned up.
II has:.been estimated that tho acreage of
cotton planted In north Mississippi 10 6 per
cent greater than last year. Crops in ali
parn OF the state are reported a. looking
hoe, with every indication Of an Abundant
harvest.
We have noticed carefully the crop 70.
ports 10 our exchanges, ana We arc prepared
70 say that the crop prospects throughout
the entire State never gave promise of A
better vi0ld Than thav IA Al Tho -....-s