The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-05-27
LOUISIANA.


lnaJ sugar Bowl. May NJ p '5'f /.
| The Benuvais cravasse, on Bdyou La
fo1rche, is again open Inst 1sSx the
citizens succeeded In closing II for n
short time, but II soon broke open sgais
with equal force. Gradually the Adja1
cent country IL becoming inundated
| thereby, 30 that now twice the dAmAge
| has been done that was at first expect.
cd. Its waters can scarcely spread apy
further, now. sH 5f.
fThibodaus sentlnsl.l
On last Saturday evening q white
laborer on the Rienzi plantation, named
Jean Louis, came into town 70 make
soms purchases, having Just received
liis wages, and on his return was way
laid In the field by two negroes, Butler
Herbert and Chas. Watkins, who took
from him d number of articles aud some
money: the following morning he wont
10 them 10 endeavor to recover some of
his property, when he WAS brutaIly as
saulted, and received D severe cash on
the head with ar axe. Ono Of the
criminals, Butler Herbert, has thus far
el,ited capture a Ens a#t
IA most singular md lamentable
tragedy occurred on Grand Cailleu this
week, resulting in the death Of Mr..
Wade Boyle at the hands Of his brother,
II.
Bowie and another brother In law, Mr..
HITLER, we're engaged In nn alteration
vt the house Of Prevot, and this latter
inteffered TO prevent q fight, telling
Bowie not, to attack HITLER, who Was
much smaller man, hut II he wanted to
fight TO strike him fPreyCtJ: Bowie ad@
yanceion him when Prevot struck hir
one blow with his fist on the neck .rup-
turing the artery and causing death in
a few moments. - .f,,4a.
'#Io fFrnnklin Sun May 25I -.
- II Is estimated that mt least one third
OF the land that was cultivated An 1876 In
our parish was nnder water this year.
II has not fallen altogethsr more than
the rise In the rivers abgye will cause
another rise With US, and tfso, the water
will not have time 10 get on the low
lands before the June rise comes down
on as and floods the whole country.
We suffer now for the want Of naviga-
tion, not, however, on account OF lack
OF water, but on account of tn . scarcity
of steamboats,, their number being re-
duced to one. idfa tasg 1890
-ss fMinden Democrat May D.I g -
The weather for the past week haf
been perfectly delightful. Crops are
growing finely, with rather q larger
amount OF corn than usual planted.
ud,i =. TEXAS.
Il dallas Commercial, May al
The Tyler tap railroad is being pushed
forward rapidly beyond Mount Pleasant.
Six miles OF the last eleven let are COM
pleted and paid for
The prisoners In the Denton jail set
fire to that institution on Friday last,
and tried 10 burn II. The result was,
they came very near cremating them
selves.
dallas Herald. May 49,
The crops In Cherokee county are very
and owing to the favorable
weather, farmers have been able TO con
troll them we'll.
The crops OF Fayette county We're
never more promising than now, at this
season Of the year. With a few good
rains equitably divided as to time, the
yield will be immense all over the
county.
In Kerr county, fall wheat will not
make half u crop, even II 1t should rain
in day or two Spring wheat and oats
are suffering almost equally bad, and
corn that was not planted early and
deep Is no better.
aAi MISSISSIPPI
7gi ~ Magnolia Herald. May as.I
A negro named Ben Green, was hung
at Damascus Church, In COpiah county,
last Friday morning, by about two hun
1red enraged citizens. Ben Green was
as being very bad negro,
having repeatedly attempted TO outrage
several young ladies In Copiah. He had +
been arrested several times, charged
With attempting these ofenses, but es-
capped punishment. The people deter
mined to bear this villainy no longer,
and swung him of into eternity.
We hear that the cook at the Grand Hotel o<
Point Clear has graduated in the art He Ia