The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-08

LOUISIANA

LOUISIANA
A negro was sunslruck on Wiley Tonnes
plantation, in Madison, Tuesday.
List Tuesday evening at about $50 o'clock
two prisoners, Willis Roddy and Ben Hayes.
colored, made their escape out Of the parish
prison. -Terrebonne Courier.
The body Of q drowned negro was found
o few days sgoin Bayou Lafourche, in front
of the Concordia plantation. He is tuppos-
ed to have fallen from the steamer Assump-
ton.
A man living about twenty miles from
Morgan city hearing that there was going to
be al Q lipse Of the moon, took his family to
that place, that they might see the phencm-
enon.
The negroes say that is is the comet that
hss given US the hot weather and burning up
the corn. They are frightened into reli-
pious revival AID are all getting baptised
agsin.-Pointe Coupee Banner.
A yery heavy storm visited our town on
Friday last about o'clock p. m, which
completely demolished the rice mill when
\, was in course of construction here. No
other great dsmsge Observation-Disclosures
Argus.
= A Aoater was caught at Ssrgent's Point
one day last week Tho body was in de-
fcomposed condition, with the hands and
Hover jaw entirely & ne; 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
sv'v five cents ia his pockets.-Madison
Journal.
The surveying party from Alexandria
| passed through here en.route for Pine Buff
1 on Tuesday morning. The party were in
| fine spirits and greatly rejoiced to get east of
| the Ouschita. II is the intention to get the
| mos, direct route. and although no opinion
toul be expressed, the idea OBJ aimed Thu
| tho road be- would be some miles east Of
| Bsstrop. Bulletin.
Work on the New Orleans Paoifc is pro.
| crossing favorably. Many of the white Ia
borers have become demorazed on account
| of the hot weather, but their places have
| been more than replaced BY negroes from
| Georgia, Florida and Alabama. A large
| force will shortly be at work on the thirty.
| ninth mile, upon which the Mansfield depot
is located, and as the work is light, it will De
Rapidly completed.
A few days ago a negro died under suspi'
| cions circumstances on Mrs. Poche's place
three miles below Thibodaux. An inves,i-
| CATION by the coroner established the fac,
| that the man had been poisoned. One Id,
Carter was arrested on suspicion and is nov
in Jail. The deceased had just married, ant
returning home partook of some dinner, il
| which was q chicken that contained thu
| poison. A part of it was thrown into thu
yard. Dogs and chickens that ate OF il
died. Suspicion points very plainly to TIT
prisoner as the guilty one. Jealousy is a
the bottom of the trouble.
MI sIssIPPI.
Prentiss county has Endorsed Stone for re
nomination. Madison county ia for Calhoun
for governor.
Crops are beginning to suffer for rain, ant
unless it comes soon corn will be cut short
jackson Clarion.
The L lisville Eagle says that severa
Mormon elders are preaching ut points ives
Of that town and are gaining converts.
We have during the week seen farmer
from different parts of the county, and they
all report that the dry windy weather is in
4 jariog the crops, especially the corn.-Copi
ahan.
The wreck of the bark r. w. Wood
/ which WAS grounded near Pass Marian, op
posile Pass Christian, and which had beef
previously dismsn,led, was set on fire las
week and has been..burning for several day
The Grenada Sentinel Gays that govern
ment contractor With force of workme
are now in that city engaged in building
boat, with which they propose to clean gu
the Yalabushs river The appropriation 70
this purpose lie SIS 900.
The Bstesville Blade says that colore
woman named Williams, living about fou
miles west of B,tesvlle, is the mother Q
twenty-five CHILDREN, all Of whom are living
The old woman is hale and hearty, and earn
alivelihood BY working in the dsld.
A A general jail delivery took place at Col
feeville last week, some four or five prisoner
making their escape. Two or three of tn, 7
voluntarily returned, among whom wa
"a Fleming, charged ri h the murder of e.
a Gardner, near Water Valley, about mont
Il ago.
4 The Louisville Index says that from al
portions OF Winston county comes the gla
tldlngs OF more prosperous year to farmer
than the present has been. Oats are, sine
the handsome rains, surprising the .expecta
tions ofthe farmers. Wheat is doing better
which has all along been good. Corn
coming along finely, although accompanies
with little grass, while cotton is YER
promising. A large number of squares ar
reported by farmers in every direction.
A farmers meeting was held at Unio
school.house near Jackson, June % whe
resolutions were adopted calling on tn
d'mocracy for the ensc ment Of \ law 70
araining railroads a-' her corporate
from unjust exsc..vns md discrimination
against the people. Also u Law making II
penal offen.e to give or receive free pass
or immunity Of any kind from railroad I
an off ser of state or county, and the repes
| of tina eleventh 'aection of thu avricultnr,