The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-20
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
LOUISIANA.
iSt. Tammany Farmer. April 15.l

| list. Iaminany Farmer, April l5l
Every day comes the intelligence from
the country that the crops are doing
well. The cane. corn and other crops
is now up again and doing we'll, and as
the season is now we'll advanced, we may
feel safe as to not having our crops hurt
| from that source. AS to the weather
that has been given the farmers no cause
of complaint during the past week.
although it has been cloudy, we have
| had but little rain, not enough, however,
| to retard the working Of the ground.
/ alexandria Gazette, April 15.I
We were visited with a tremendous
rain on Wednesday night. which raised
! the river some ten inches, leaving but a
few feet of bank to keep the water out
of town. In the upper suburbs it has
been necessary to keep number of
hands at work levying, to prevent the
river coming in some days ago. From
the present outlook our chances for an
overflow is only too certain. Since the
above was in type, private telegram
from Shreveport reports that on Thurs
day the river at that place had fallen
one inch On the receipt of this news,
and the change in the weather on Fri
day, from constant rain to q beautiful
clear day, considerably lessened the
fears of an overflow for the present.
[Richland Beacon. April 1871
We have never known as much discon-
tent in this parish as exists at this time.
Planters are diSheartened, and unless
something is done to relieve our country
from inundation before another over
flow comes, it will become almost desc
late all who can will leave it. Some OF
our oldest inhabitants have become dis
guSted with the country.
Lake Charles (Calcasieu) Echo. April 1871
Last Friday, about 2 p. m, lightning
struck the topmast OF the schooner
Fanny while the vessel was on Han
sen 8 way The bolt shivered the top
mast, ran down the wire jib stay to the
end Of the bow. where 1t followed an
iron chain backwards towards the stern
for a few feet, and descending the chain,
which hung about a foot above the
ground, it jumped to the ground, tear
ing an immense hole in the earth. Tell
SCHNEIDER, Capt. johnson and two sail
ors, who were under the schooner, at
some distance from the point where the
thunder bolt entered the ground, were
knocked senseless, and Capt. Johnson
was confined to his bed for several
hours. Fortunately the four men cs-
capped without serious injury.
MISSISSIPPI.
[Woodville Republican. April Isl
From the Brandon Republican we
learn that fellow named Levi, clerk in
the house of Meyer IL Co., Of Canton,
bought sixty bales of cotton from plant
ers not far from that place, giving a due
bill in the firm name for the money.
He hauled the cotton to Brandon and
Morton and shipped it to New Orleans,
when the duped planters found out next
day that Meyer q Co had failed.
There is to be grand reunion OF ex-
Confederates, and general convention
of Odd Fellows, at Summit on the Goth.
[Vicksburg Sentinel, April III
The old champion steamer Robert E..
Lee arrived here on Friday morning
before o'clock a. m, and left at a. m.
It was the intention Of the Fire Depart
ment and the Volunteer Southrons to
turn out and do honor to the occasion,
but the early hour of her arrival and de-
parture thwarted them in their good
intentions, nevertheless large num-
Der of citizens repaired to the roofs OF
the Illinois, Katie and the Parisot
boats, which lay at the wharf covered
with flags in honor of the old cham
pion. The Merchants wharfboat was
handsomely decorated by Captain Will
kinson; he had the flags Of every ma
ton unfurled and on the side fronting
the river, surrounded by wreath, was
the picture Of Gen. Lee, under which
were the words. 'The Champion, Fare
WE'LL" with a picture of the steamer.
The boat backed down to the cotton
press and passed the city under full
Roadway, dashing the spray from her
PROV as CALAMITY as the day she passed
the city on her famous run. There were
no demonstrations OF JOY exhibited by