Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1877-10-27
FROM COUNTRY PRESS.

A few sugar houses started ma
chinery last week-among them
Messrs. Crozier and Cragin OF Ter
reborne, and Mr. Kernochan, OF
the lower coast, but we have not
heard the result. This week a few
more mills have been started, but
we fear the first reports will not
be favore BILE, as the cane is yet
rather green. By Nov. first we
are sure better reports may be eA~
pected. .. We are delighted to
learn that the forty immigrants who
recently arrived from Minnesota
are we'll pleased with the county
and with their reception, and have
all gone to work on Cote Blanche
Island -[Sugar Boil.
Cane has imp, owed wonderfully
since the storm, aud if it meets
with no further accident in the way
of rain or a freeze, tho loss will
hardly he over ten per cent 10
erviVe South.
Cane cutting is progressing in
Terrebonne We have new syr
np in Houma since last week.
Can Lafourche or other parish
beat that.-[Terrebonne Progress.
We are having now just the
kind of weather to cause the sugar
planter to feel greatly encouraged;
clear, dry and cool. A continu~
ance Of present favorable atmos-
peric conditions until ungrourd
cane can be w,ndrowed, will ip-
sure a lucrative sugar yield.-(Don'
aIdsonvMe Chief.
A fatal encounter took place last
Saturday night, on the occasion O.!
a bal. at the residence OF AIc'de
Melancon, in this parish. An al
,ercation occurred between Mr..
Meiancon and Julius Broussard
and the latter received u pistol shot
in the right side of the abdomen,
from the objects of which he died
the next day. Melancon claims TO
have ac,ed in self defence and sur
rendered himself to the authorities.
An affidavit was made by the Dis
trict Attorney from inio' nation
received charging Malahcon with
manslaughter, and he furnished
hor.d 10 answer. 1t is said. thai
BrouSsard, before dying, acknowl~
edged that he was il the wrong
and requested that MelaDcon should
not be prosecuted. The matter
will he Investigated next week by
the grand jury.-[ Lafayette .9drer-
tiscr
On Thursday morning, III the
neighborhood Of Dr.. Shackle!ord's
residence. a distressing and danger
Gus accident befeil little two
year old child. The mother had
missed it and searched for it, her
eyes were turned towards tie well
and she saw lis feet as it tuunbicd
in head foremost. 1t seems that
there was no man in the neighbour
> hood 10 hea: the outcry that tho
f mother and other women mace, ahc
, hasten to the rescue OF the ch!ld's
!, life. is if by miracle almost
the we'll bucket was let down By
} the women, and the little two year
5 old grasped it SO firmly, through
2 the instinct of preservation, tina
+ they hauled it quiet up to the tor
of the we'll, and then awkwardly
: bumped its head against the crul
7 broke its hold and the poor thing
, fell back into the water. Tho
| bucket was again let down enc
, the child quickly clutched it. this
, tine getting its arm accidentally 81
fastened in the chain to the buckle
as to hold it fast until drawn up tt
!, the top and successfully rescued
: The child threw up much water
r but at last accounts was doing
WE'LL Meridian Mercury.
A Mr.. George Schwan telegraph
ed his family in New Oaleans from
this place on the 18th of last month
since which time nothing has beer
r heard from him. Auy one know
> lug of such a man or his where
, abouts will confer a favor by i'm
parting the information to Mayo
st CIair.-[ Attakapas Register.