The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-27
SOUTHERN NEWS.
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ising.
81 25 to ~ 80 a day Is paid on the rice
plantations in st. John.
The rice crop of st. james this year will
be double that OF last year.
The tobacco crop at Grande Pointe has been
gathered. 1t was very large.
The Iberia police jury has passed fence
law and will have cnttle and hogs confined.
Pointe Coupee Pelican. The caterpillar has
made very little progress on False river.
Cane is small in st. John the Baptist and
needs rain. The outlook Is unpronising.
The st. Charles Teachers Institute met ut
| Hahnvlle last Saturday and elected officers.
Morris Barren was drowned IN front Of
Donaldsonville last Sunday, while bathing In
the river.
Two hundred barrels Of honey from differ
ent apiaries In Pointe Coupee are now ready
for shipment.
Cotton crop prospects are. most promising
| In Monroe. The crop. however, Is two weeks
behind time.
James Mngee editor Of the Franklin Bnt-
7tey, has been nominated for the Legislature
| in that county.
Rice Is rapidly being harvested. The
weather In the country Is cool and dry, just
the right sort OF thing.
That portion Of the Jackson rniIroad in ST.
Charles Is assessed ut $4,000. Tho ralfoad
wants this reduced to 100000.
The caterplllars nave appeared at sugar
town, Calcasieu parish, ana are making u
clean sweep Of the cotton there
Mr.. Davis Of Caddo. started few years
ago with two bee hives and now Inns seventy
/ five They produced this year 800 gallons
| honey.
The ThiboslntS Sentinel has taken up the
| protest of the Assumption Chronicle against
the railroad bridge at Donaldsonville as
| ntiiaauee.
1tero ia j, etranue circumstances Iaboreta
! a,,a ryniney from 9F rharlea Ia St John To helm
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JOG blhtild. ,3i eo'oitt t,t nii l,sh's t,a ., ~
DoiaiqsohVllte, nus ~ ess pun push ,itg nght
ing poth tonhtos's anu egg-plthts~on oiiief-
ehb pfaiieheS' A
Henry Jackson the negro who was shot by
one Of the shetiff's posse, in Dc Soto parish
q few we"ts ago. while attempting to arrest
| bin, died OH Sunday last Of li5 wounds.
MnrtYnn gtty RPgf4ffr. George Uriiry and
f,aaaf lniE incrf1barss of tbe fmiIainua f,epjs.
| int1,rp. have gone to Texa4 to locate on a
wheat farm purchased by thom near Fort
Worth.
| Mr. i. Z. Trepagner. agod seyentg-three, %
native % ~ Ch3fl9s parish, lhn III @@f6
0enam Lille & 5aniea and p}Wof ~ w no"V,
ia9 pais pt.tgS lt af5iy MI. rret9t,nnr
had been q member of our I6pisiatnre, aud
| held MANY other hith offices
srhe ~ Charles IIoy.fl learns tbat n reai
| dent Of thnt parish. Mr. Charles Bnugere.
participated IN the dangers of the Pittsburg
riot. Being temporarily IN PbilWlelphin OF
Tho tino h9 volunteered, his sefYige WIS ae-
| cepted, ahn ne went wuh tho Phlmieiphll@
S.oVp9 ,,i ~ - ttn tts l. ,, rn1 and i ae ,n
n,as,n, tbe lnat tn Inav" tbe Inilding
g, e.,,
eoafn p go' h lhe .9 ,iver ai Donaid9onvia ms
s,,nsl, Gore tha dnngbtera ri Aaron Wnodhv
'.R'c '''s
| Eorthwopd place and IL WINS at this place in
stead Of Mount Houmas, that the uhfortu-
natna met their fate The two sisters accom-
panied by another girl, went 10 the river for
water. In reaching down 10 I'LL her BUCKET
one lost her balance and the other leil IN
while attempting to rescue, hcr SISTER, the
third glrl running, coward the afiarWfs 70
give the Rlitftn. A. thlS point the water Y
over hwy MY ~ haGh ny. u stIohs GIdiiuo @
plota"fii "tuVn dhrh1y 10y 10y tia,s tlao h,,,,
% %lotts, ~ f ,t.ia ~ 'iti s,t,
leaGn oi aIt ltpnl 5uo'3i ~ no "a Fiovs,i7 , "0i'
| ttSeh ioopo0"Notg 't"o"0 - '''''t - } 9''i0
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| Starkvillc III TO haFe ~ street railfoad
| Small bugs are destroying the cotton near
Summit.
| Tho ,sorl,ingnen havc orpanized n club nj
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Wy M'8'3l75' l'pl eot7V tllh9 7.'''lillal'
A Mr., Love hae been nominated for the Leg
islature by the Antte county primary.
The Stale University opens September o.
| Tuition free, excgpt $50 for law students
F,ior,s pninE is Ia have - fortv tbopaand
aollar r, iii MI With eT.Gov tlnoTn ne nreai.
dent 0'' '''''' "'e' 10 = ''' = ''0'
"9lV' ~, ar A.. .,, e.. "A,
hon. Ge9; W. Harper tne wen known edl-
~, IL .,. fS fSrS t iba
'tt,i''iUa'' w t'.ol''''V,' w ,o Log
David Mclean, Golorcd, assaulted ms
mistress, Belle Williams, AT summit last
Wednesday, shooting, nor i've times ana III
| ticting mortal wounds.
The Nntchez Democrat SAYS Gen Martin, on
his recent trip North, bought enough iron to
extend the N. J. and o. X. L. from fayette to
| Red Lick, and an iron bridge to span the north
Miseieainnj ,vould seem IN have gone into