West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-04-14

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Capt. w. b. Porter, Young's Station.
49,. Hampton's policy will be peace and
plenty.
1.-THE city of F'rceport ILL.,. has elect
ed the democratic ticket by majority of
l:S6.
During thunder-shower on last
Saturday morning, a dwelling house in
Sabula, Iowa, occupied by two families,
was struck by lightning and six of the
eight inmates were more or less injured.
80. The late cold weather has seriously
injured the fruit in many sections of the
country. In the neighborhood of Louis
Vile the peaches are all killed and the
arP piles badly injured.
-. 1t is unprecedented that the "color
line" will be even more fiercely drawn
between the Chinese and whites of Cali
fornia than it yer was between the white
and black races of the South.
IA young lady in Boston recently
got up a handsome subscription for
letter carrier, and then married him, and
used the funds to defray the expenses Of
the wedding tour.
ION Monday, the Democracy of Du-
buque won signal victory in the election
contest, wiping the Board of Trade and
Republican ticket out of sight, electing
Recorder, Treasurer, Marshal, Assessor,
Attorney, Collector, Auditor and four out
of five Aldermen.
Tho American CuItivator says {:
minnesota gardeners have discovered
that the third transplanting of lettuce,
cabbages, celery and caulifowers, increase
their size and body nearly one-half over
the first removal. This is well worth q
full and fair trial.
I've notice apprehensions expressed
in number of exchanges from the cane
raising sections of our State, that the
stubble has the dry rot. We sincerely
trust this may prove to be unfounded,
such a reality would indeed be calami-
ty to the sugar interests of Louisiana.
1.-THE REGISTER speaks in glowing
terms of the continued and rapid growth
and Improvement of Morgan City, and
advises all who wish to engage in bust
ness, Of what kind soever, to go there and
hang out their Single. POLITICIANS cx-
cepted, however.
1.-The Senate of New York being 10
Republican, to II Democratic, rejects all
the important nominations of Gov Robin
son by a strict party vote. Gen. George
M0(
commissioner, is upon the list of the re-
jected nominees.
Some persons seem utterly incapa-
bic of approaching a generous act. Mere
ly because a young man calls on young
lady half dozen evenings during the
week, and occasionly drops in between
meals, there are people mean enough to
insinuate that it means something besides
anxiety about the health other sick moth
er.
Whilst New Orleans is the first city
that introduced steam cars on the streets
on her outskirts, Philadelphia is now
running them on Market, one of the prin-
cipal streets ofthat city. Seven of them
are in use, making about double the time
OF a horse car, and at an expense in fuel
of about ten dollars per week for each
car.
In the next Congress, there will be
wrangling over disputed seats in the house
of Representatives. In Alabama, one;
in California, two; in Colorado, one; in
Florida, two; in Illinois, two; in Louis
lana, three; in Massachusetts, one; in
Missouri, one in Oregon, one ; in Penn
sylvania, one in South Carolina, three;
in Tennessee, one; in Virginia, two; to-
tai twenty -one.