The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-24
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Louisiana.

IdpSDObS dlC puo HUI law
in st. Landry.
The colored people Of Shreveport are
to have revival.
Madison parish has $4,000 to the credit
Of its school fund.
Iberville complains that the hogs are
injuring its levees.
Shreveport is troubled with tramps
and dangerous characters.
The rice crop of Lafourche. both in
size and quality, is excellent.
Madison shipped her first bale on the
14th from the Araby plantation.
The farmers of Union parish are de-
termined to raise their pork in future.
New Carthage, Madison parish, re-
ceives it's mail only once in three weeks.
Judge John r. Temple, an old citizen
of this State. died at Monroe on the 18th
of this month.
Madison parish has organized parish
tournament association, with president,
vice president, etc.
There is some complaint OF rust on
the cotton farms in Union. ThlS may
prove more disastrous than worms.
The Cypremort narrow guage railroad
Ia estimated to cost $81 600. 1t is claimed
bUhL III Will pay IHOl bllebh Az PoA ooAoOh
the money invested.
The Pointe- aux Loups springs in st.
Landry parish are becoming q popular
resort among the people OF the western
portion Of the State.
A dramatic company has been formed
In Opelousas. It has been quite success
full so far, and proposes to give series
of representations this winter.
VIM. T. Oliver. formerly treasurer
and secretary of the school board of
Richland parish, is reported by that
body as being defaulter to the board
in the sum of $1260.
d. J. Norwood, half owner of the
Morehouse Clarion, has enjoined the
publication of that paper. He promises
to establish within two weeks q new
paper at Bastrop, to be called the More
house Guard.
The dry weather has checked the de-
velopment of caterpillars in st. Landry,
and all apprehensions felt concerning
their future movements Is dissipated.
Cotton picking has begun In several por-
tions of the parish.
The planters on Red river anticipate
making heavy crop. Some Of them
tell us that IL the caterpillars do not
damage their cotton they will make an
average Of two bales to the acre.
[Marksville Bulletin.
There is life in our town. There was
a fireman's meeting last Wednesday
night, church Thursday night, a citi-
zens' meeting Friday night, church Sat
urday night, church Sunday night, a
concert last night, a ball is boding for
tonight, and we hear of private party
that is to take place during the week.
Vt ic Hfo in "a land -Dn1to
Journal.
The corn crop of Webster parish can
be said to be made and cured, and 1T Is
the largest for many years. There will
be an abundance to supply the parish
for the next twelve months. The cotton
has been seriously damaged and cut off
by drouth in many Places Some plant
ers say they will not make more than a
half crop. We believe, however, that
the crop will be much larger than last
year, Minden Democrat.
W. s. Frierson writes to the Shreve-
port Times denying that the planters of
DE Soto favor the cutting of the dam
at Tones bayou. They favor the OPEN
ing of Bayou Pierre, the closing OF
which Injuries many plantations in that
parish. but find that the breaking OF the
dam at Tones bayou is as injurious to
the planting as it is to the steamboat in-
terest. It was in the interest of open
ing Bayou Pierre, and not Tones bayou,
that the late meeting was held at Campo
Bello.
The board of trustees of Farmers
vile have now adopted plan which,
we are sanguine, will result in the es-
tablishment and perpetuation Of first
class schools at that place. At a late
meeting of the board a resolution was
unanimously adopted fixing the rates OF
tuition at the low price Of So so per
month per scholar, for all the branches
taught. Arrangements are being made
| to procure a corps of efficient teachers,
and we confidently expect that many
students from distance will attend
these schools, when established, il for
no other reason than that the rates oil
tuition are placed at SO much less than
those charged by other first-c class insti-
tutions of learning Union Record.
Mississippi.
The Christians of Corinth begin a
grand union meeting Sunday next.
A weekly paper to be called the
Leader has Just been established al
Mayersville, Issaquena county.
Friar's Point is up with the times
Forty thousand dollars were subscribed
last week for an oil mill, with attach
ments for grinding corn and wheat.
Sardis has got to be quite a summer
resort. Persons are here from Memphis
New Orleans, Pine Bluff, Pulaski, Tenn.
Friar's Point and other places
The first number of the True Missis
sippia1a, printed at Friar's Point, has
appeared. 1t will advocate the cleo
ton of the best men. without reference
to party nominations.
Last Sunday morning, at Hickory
Tree Church "a colored church), thirteen
miles from Vicksburg, Alonzo Mitchell
a very light mulatto, shot and killee
Isaac Dilyard, who was at the time rid
ing on mule which he had hired fol
the year from Mitchell.
On Friday evening as the train was
coming to Natchez from Fayette, TIT
body Of a colored boy, about Is years o
age, was discovered floating in pono
about four miles from Fayette, dead
He was son of Jos. Derrell, who live