New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-11-05
NEW ORLEANS REPUBLICAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5 1875
STATE NEWS.


ASCENSION.
From the Donaldson ille Chief October
80:
The week was fair to Friday night, when
there was heavy blow and rain. Nearly
all sugarhouses are in operation.
Mrs Elizabeth Perry, mother of Mrs. L.
w. Dodge, died Thursday evening, aged
seventy seven years.
number OF young men, with Mitchell's
were spilled in the dark, and Mr.. Goudrau
Dugas suffered a severe fracture of the right
arm.
Colonel John A. Stevenson, of Iberyille,
was in town Thursday, looking after his
plantation.
Hon. C. B. Darrall was in Donaldsonville
on brief visit with his family.
cADDo.
From the Telegram. October %:
Seven hundred and seventy-six bales of
cotton were brought across Red river for
the week ending October 90
From the Times, October 80:
Citizens meeting" was held October
~, presided over by Hon. j. G. Moncure,
Captain William Robson was declared the
nominee for mayor by reclamation Mr.. r.
b. Burns was chosen for administrator of
improvements in the same manner. Mr.. j.
Il. Pitts was nominated for administrator
OF accounts by seventy-four votes, against
sixty-one for Captain Levy, and the nom.
ination was then made unanimous.
From the Times, November L:
summary Of election items is given, and
the Times says:
Murphy had the best of it, and it was
equally evident that there were many of
our ordinarily fair minded citizens who per.
United their temper to get SO much the
better of their judgment as to run the risk
OF an ignorant negro being elected as one
OF the administrators rather than forego
the pleasure of showing to ''clique" of
lou respectable citizens-whO thought it to
the best interest of the city of Shreveport
to hold convention and nominate ticket
that they could not force them to submit
to any such Infringement upon their re.
served rights"
Several candidates withdrew. The nomi-
nees OF the citizens meeting received but
little aid from their friends. The election
of Murphy will be claimed as triumph by
the Republicans. The objections to Mr..
Murphy were that he had vacated an i'm.
portant office and pledged himself to ap.
point negroes on the police. His most
active white supporters denied the latter.
1t is a humiliating reflection that, after the
city government had been in the hands of
honest and competent men for twelve
months, and with clear Conservative ma
iority in our favor, by the division of our
people so incompetent and INSCRIPTIONS
negro as Renfroe has been enabled to secure
an important position in the city govern
ment. It's hoped Mr.. Utz will not resign
as administrator of assessments. We can
not afford to give up the city government
because by dissension and bad temper on
the part OF the respectable portion of our
citizens, a Radical has succeeded in running
in.
DE SOTO.
From the Mansfield Reporter, October 30:
Our sheriff, who started nearly two weeks
ago with thirteen prisoners for Baton Rouge,
was compelled to return on Monday, and
had to leave his prisoners under guard at
Brownsville on sand bar to await rise in
the river Who says this country don't want
railroad! There is another unavoidable
lock in the parish treasury. Let us stop it
up.
EAST BATON ROUGE.
From che Adrocdte, November and 2:
Mr.. Claiborne Gibbons bought the ferry
lease for $500 for i've years.
There was a heavy white frost here Sun.
day morning last.
The James Howard passed down with
5497 bales, $500 sacks seed, 1000 sacks oil
cake, $50 barrels of oil.
DIR. James G. McGimpsey died October 6,
aged thirty nine years.
FRANKLIN
From the San, October 3:
AS soon as the water will permit j. B.
Sullivan, master, and j. l.. Robbins, clerk,
will run new boat on the Macon.
No notable change in the weather has &C.
CURED.
MADISON.
From the Journal:
Mr.. Monette's gin house, on the Airing
ton plantation, was totally destroyed BY
fire, Monday morning, by supposed incen-
diary.
There is a popularity about nearly all the
cotton made in this section this year-it is
of long staple and much stronger than usual.
and we see by New Orleans quotations that
it is bringing a better price than last year.
The cotton gins have all they can do, and
the field hands are laboring manfully while
the fine weather lasts. Cotton piokers are
badly wanted; one planter will lose third
of his crop for lack of them.
The officers of the Lee are not very well
pleased with our town shippers for giving
the Utah their cotton few days ago. On
Friday night she barely touched at the
landing, where some forty or fifty bales
awaited her, but she refused to take it on
board; The, shippers say that Captain
Campbell will probably want their cotton
before the season is over,