The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-04
THE EQUINeCTIAt.
LAFAYETTE.
Ustfa yette Advsrtisef.l


lsh and upper portion Of Iberia. No
textensive damage was suffered mt HOy~
tvilIe, but o few miles from there the
Ewind was terrific, tearing down trees.
fences and buildings. On Mr.. Huval,5
place four buildings, including his
dwelling, wore torn. to pieces. The
residences and out-houees Of Messrs.
Ant. Vistor. Francois Toucheque and
Lasaline Viator, wore destroyed re
ducsd to fragments, At the latter's
residence several persons were injured.
Dr.iG W. Scranton. who was there on q
professional visit, mode narrow ee-
cape, and his bsggy was crushed and
4 by werkmen at Mr.. Freeman's was
crushed by she fall OF q tree, wounding
.Eseveral persons and causing one death.
IAt Mr.. Levenee Landry's, two buildings
were blown down and several OF the In
Imates were Injured, A number OF cattle
and hogs perished and the crops were
seriously damaged.
| sT. LANDRY.
TOpeIousss Conrier.1
We havs heard OF several planters lin
our parish losing some OF their catt1e,
and Tuesday. Two planters In Belle
vue prairie lost some three hundred
head OF sheep. Great damage was done
to the growing crops, particularly to the
cotton.
| FOpelousas JournsI.l
Asa result in Opelousas some trees
were blown down, many fences laid
low, and we bear that great damage was
done to the crops, cotton especially.
The storm, following on the heels of the
caterpfisars, will reduce the cotton
crop, we have heard said, to one third
or one-fourth OF what it otherwise would
have been.
| CALCAaIEU.
Lake Charles Ecbo.l
| The ecuinoctial storm was very se-
we're, in lower Calcasieu, and especially
hIany frMit trees here we're blown down,
nd thousands OF oranges blown from
the trees. In Cameron the hurricane
d id immense damage to crops, prostra-
ting the cotton, and actually tearing up
8 weet potatoes by the roots. Nothing
las yet been heard Of a few large ves-
ssels trading at this port, which were on
'Ghe gulf during the storm.
/ At. JOHN THE BAPTIST.
tMescnscsbe
We have interviewed several planters
| living in different parts OF the parish,
| who all assert that but little damage
has been done to the suear cane by the
late storm. The only thing to be
dreaded is an early and severe winter,
In which case material damage will be
done, as, it will be almost impossible to-
windrow crooked cane.
vERMIIaoN.
Further particulars of the storm in
Yermillion show that in the falling Of
Alfred Valot's house at Bayou Tgre,
one child was killed. Mr.. v. Giroir.
wounded, and has since died. Mrs. Al
fred Valot was also injured beyond the
hope OF recovery.
| ST. TAMMANY.
The damage done by the late equi-
noctial storm in st. Tammany. along
the Pearl river, was very great. Fences
we're carried away, cattle drowned, and
the low lands generally inundated.
| CRoJs, ETC.
| IPointe Conpee PeEcan.1
| In this delightful weather cotton pick
| ing goes on at very lively rate. The
sugar cane has been materially injured
| by the violent winds and heavy rains
beating 1t down and rendering the cut
ting difficult and laborious. We UNDER
stand that some OF our planters are
concentrating their arrangements for
grinding and manufacturing, which, We
presume, will be in successful operation
in few days. AS yet, we are unable to
form any idea OF the probable yield.
/ but Judging from it's luxurious growth
We should think it will turn out large.
The weather mas been very propitions
for cane in Assumption since the great
storm. The damage from that is estf-
mated at 10 per cent. Should the wealth
or become rainy or an early freeze
come, it will be greater.
The cotton is shedding badly In West
Reliciana. The worms and storm have
both proved destructive. Half crop
will be made.
The cana In st. Mary ID badly blown,
over, yet taere Will not be as much loss
as at first predicted.
The hogs and sheep OF Avoyelles are
assessed this year at $100, 600: they have.
hitherto not been assessed.
The Thibodaux Sentinel and Terre-
away to have the Lafourchs and Terre-
bonne canal cleaned out.
| The MontJ46y Re0ord is a new paper
published in Donaldsonville In the in
terest OF the coiorSd people.
| The Claiborne G11rd5nn prescribea
mocking birds as a cure for cotton
worms.
The Marksvilbs Viiltsyer and Lafayette
| A11eTtisaT come out In favor OF q con-
stitutional convention.
Opelousas is going to try the Sunday
liquor law.
The assessmentsfor West Feiiciana ia
1851 ,952.
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New najoksca ware at others, III Canal op =.
poslts Varieties Theatre.
AN OPPONENT OF BISMARCK.
IN. Y. Timss.l
BERLIN, Sept. IA learn from reIia.
BILE authorities that the German Chan
celInr nag an awk ward nnnnnnnt In the