The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-11-18
LOUISIANA.
Minden has organized q gun club.

HClQOk UOttAuy uUo AVoA6AOus
The sweet potato crop has been I'M
precedentedly large In North Louisiana.
Poules d'sau are 90 numerous In the
Thlbodaux market that they go begging
at Ave cents apiece.
Planters In Avoyelles have been ,ln-
able TO pick their cotton for threelweeks
on account Of the rains.
The Sunday law has been 30 modified
Ia Pointe Coupee as to allow the stores
to remain open until Ia m.
Tax delinquent lists are now appear.
ing In many country papers. They are
oil, unfortunately, very large.
Some eighty yards OF the Colomb
levee, Pointe Coupee, has caved In. The
Governor has been written to concern
ing it.
Assumption and Avoyelles have fol-
lowed other country parishes with o
Sunday liquor law. Lafourche will fol-
low soon.
One Of the convicts at work on the
railroad below Natohftoches was killed
by the guard last week while endeavor-
Ing 70 escape.
j. q. Lewis, q Republican member OF
the Legislature from Natchitoches. dis
appeared mysteriously some time ago
and cannot be found.
There. are now In operation In La
Rourche twenty-four public schools, en-
ploying thirty.one teachers, and at
tended by 1900 children.
The city council OF Baton Rouge, the
other day, unanimously resolved 70
road subsidy to November 20.
IA convict nc work on the Chopin cut,
on the New Orleans Pacific Railroad,
Was blown to atoms last week by the
premature explosion OF blast.
st. Tammany boasts OF 800 delinquent
taxpayers, or one In seven OF the popu-
lHtion. Et. Tammany Ia the champion
parish OF the State In -taxpaying. 4
New Iberia has q new paper, the
4 Courier OF The Ieche started q few weeks
ago. I'll Ii good, four page country
paper, printed half In English and half
Ia French.
Ascension statistics show 42e2 children
Ut y school age In that parish, Of whom
1894 are whites, and 256s are colored. A
large number OF these are attending the
public schools.
Not more than half the State and
parish taxes have been paid 10 West
Baton R)uge. The delinquent tax list
will be very large. The lateness OF the
4 crop Ia the cause.
The late Shreveport registration for
the municipal election showed e88
white and GAS colored votes, total OF
1885, which would indicate o population
tor the town OF $500.
Grading has begun on the line Of the
North Louisiana railroad west from
Shreveport, and considerable work has
already been done. The grading proves
to be easy and inexpensive.
The negroes OF Shreveport held their
third Liberian meeting last week. In
deed, they have resolved on regular.
weekly. meetings. A large sum OF
money is collected ut every meeting.
The Baton RouH immigration meet
Ing lnst week was complete failure.
My eleven persons were present, and
Lthese were scarcely enough to organ |
ta,the meeting they adjourned sine die
g,hout taking any action.
mile total rainfall In North Louisiana
PIN October 18th, as measured In the
wiliyauges OF this city, has been over
Parishes. There has never been such a
.eason in the month OF October
Inves the memory Of man.
.a'sy individuals In the eastern part
co MA, parish are moving heaven and
81 MIRO organize new parish, and feel
inst, ne Of success. Poor Claiborne
n
srai andins continue, and the crop pros
this suo'es daily. Net one half Of the
No Concn In The fields has been pick
lat which is not, Is spouting in
and on the ground, where the |
pr Ti1iism beaten 1t out. Il Natchitoches
morningir.
ford and erson Sentinel complains Bit
meeting eis Ahe police jury OF Jefferson,
oommitteedecla that they pay mo-
msnt Of th themselves. It says that 1t
SARAH ras Sgoaslve been 9 blessing had the
voeaey Of Jed motion made by one OF |
tional Unhrs month since to adjourn |
ii this cipickers are nearly without oc- |
The continued rains deter |
Considtm work in the fields. and we |
pencil painfully poised to note |
WAsHDf some ones pig, or chronicle |
on f2rss OF an entire henroost. These |
f ,ng wv ~ times of peace" can't last all |
sideraf Natchitoches indicator.
cl,nnssiyesw weeks the hands on the New
alan any II Pacific Railroad will have
Hiiiyated the cut through to Chopin's
the foelow Cloutierville. and will re-
II the work on Provensal grade.
tEhy completion OF this out makes the
grading complete from. Alexandria to q
point ten miles south Of this city,
4 yindicator.
TO say the least OF 1t, this weather is
discouraging to the farmer. About half
Of d half crop Of cotton has been picked,
and the other half Is now In the field,
and the half OF that Is on the ground.
So we may say that we have a quarter
crop on hand--an eighth Of q crop on
the stalk aud an eighth on the ground.
Franklin Sun.
Las week John Hughes, laborer on
the avalon plantation, st. Mary, was
killed by falling In the wheel OF the
draining machine. He was firing the
furnace and went up on the wall or pill.
low block OF the wheel to lie down.
The next thing known his cries were
hnard and he Was crushed in an instant