The Ouachita telegraph., 1876-03-31


MONROE, La. MARCH 81, 1876.
.S Extent of the Freeze.
. The recent cold snap seems to have been
general. To show it's effects in North Lou
isiana, we present the following paragraphs
from some of our near neighbors.
Tho Franklin Sun has this to say:
The freeze on Monday night Played havoc
with fruit and gardens. Corn that was
-sprouting In the ground was also killed and
. will have to he re-planted.
The Beacon, OF Richland parish, says:
Those who had not planted corn early
snap cannot boast of any large amount OF
foresight for such an occurrence will not
Ofcourse, most of the fruit that was begin
ming to form or that was in bloom, was
killed by the frost this week, for we notice
that the leaves on most of the trees were
frost bitten; but there may still be some
peaches this year, as good many trees
have not bloomed yet.
From the Vienna Sentinel we clip the
following:
1t is really sad to contemplate that the
blooms were all killed by the late freezing
weather. Irish potatoes that were up and
she ie but shey VIII ee oss, and
have ample time to make potatoes yet.
Garden vegetables don't seem to be injured
to eat in that line seems at present to be a
long ways off. Indeed, vegetation is going
backwards instead Of forward.
The effects of the freeze in Caldwell parish
are commented upon by tho Herald as fol-
fows:
Winter hasshown us his hoary front this
week. On Monday morning we found
snow on the ground, and on Tuesday
morning the ground was frozen hard and
thickness of ice. We fear all the fruit in
this district is killed. The early vegeta-
tion is mostly killed; Trees and shrubs
in their new green garb are now withered.
We hope this is the last visit Jack Frost will
pay US this season.
The freeze was not near disastrous in
this locality as we anticipated. Only the
tenderest species of vegetation has been
injured. A heavy fruit crop is still possible.
2-.-1--=l-=
The 1nte1ligencer patronizes us with IL
bit oflegal advice, because we published,
last week, an item of ncws regarding the
action OF the Grand Jury. Our publication
was made after the indictments found were
filed and when they had become matters OF
public record. The bills were returned, we
believe. ve.Wednesday;our publicion was made
Friday. Plenty of time had elapsed for
persons indicted could have been found,
but 1t W AS we'll known they were all out oil
reach. Why were the warrants delayed?
AS to publishing the findings Of the Grand
Jury, it is we'll known that the press, il,
this way, does quite as much to have Grim.
inals watched and caught the officers O
the law. In New Orleans, the indictments
found are published duly. The TELEanApE
has done quite as much as the Intelligence
and some OF the ''proper officers of the law
to present and suppress crime, and does
not finch from exposing rascaIity, nor doe
it compromise for pay with those guilty O
wrong-doing. We published merely wh,
we were informed were matters of record
several hours after tho papers were tilc,
and ought to haye been docketed.
seems now we were lnsinformed AS to ther
being any bill found in the Doogan ease
and that only one bill was found ngains
Sam Hoffman. We should have gone di
rectly to the Clerk for our information, btu
for reasons not necessary to state, and h
Clerk, we suppose, could hardly have re
fused to exhibit his docket, or the indict
ments after they were filed.