The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-17
SOUTHERN NEWS.


Chilly nights are .retarding corn anu
cotton Ia East Feliciana.
Deer are being killed in immense
quantities In tIohland parish.
Part Of Rayyille IL under water from
the rise In the bueuf.
Floyd. West Carroll. celebrated May
IA Thanksgiving day.
Thanksgiving day was celebrated in
Opelousas. All tho stores were closed
and the churches throaged.
The Hpring term Of the Shreveport
races commenced Wednesday. They
were we'll attended.
Travel on the vickshurg and Monroe
Railroad will be renewed within ten
days.
Water 10 encroaching on the crops IN
Rirhland parrish, and the farmers are
alarmed at the threatened losa.
The smallpox Mt Monroe waa met aud
carefully provided against. and Ia CON
seuuently dying out, with but two eaRes
left In the town.
The CITY Council Of Monroe having re-
f,,sed to release the ff,telliIenoef from
liza contract to do the city printing. the
Telegraph has assumed the contract.
and win carry IL out.
At tho requeet Of citizens OF Clinton.
Eapt Feliciana. the question Of licensing
or not licensing bar.rooms In that town
Ia to be submitted to tho voters at the
next election.
Jno. O. Mouton was elected Mayor OF
Varmilionville, at the election In that
town laHt Monday. and II. l.. Mcbride.
II. Landry. j. A. UhargoiH. w. y. Lind
say, Uharles Alpha, j. Louis Mouton
and Alfred Uhargois Councilman.
The Changers OF Broussardville. La
fayette parish, have established school
there. French, Latin. Greek, English.
mathematics, ETC., are taught. Inc
school Ia open to all, whether children
Of Grangers or not.
Smallpox haa made its appearance
IN the neighhorhood Of Pin Hook, La
tayette parish. among tho negroes. The
diaease came from st. Mary, and liz
spreading. A committee has been APP
pointed BY the police Jury ana CITY
Council Of Vermilionville to investigate
the matter and prevent the spread OF
the disease.
Az Warsaw. on Wednesday last, 9th
inst. Bayou Macon had. during tho
preceding twenty-four hours, risen less
than two Misunderstanding about four
inches Of tho maximum height attained
in 1870, and eighteen inches of 1874.
Much damage has already been done
by the high water, yct should there,
within the next few weeks, be no changes
Tor the worse in the rivers above many
Of the planters may escape serious In.
Jury.
Farmers In Ouaohita make very &C.
rious complaints, Of the recent cool
weather. No kind Of vegetation has I'D
report very serious disasters to both the
lirst and second paintings OF cotton, Or
many plantations. all the first planting.
OF cotton, even where 1t was barred Of
and moulded, will have TO be plantet
over, and on some places tho last plant
ing will have to be planted over also.
A Ouachita river mail route has beer
established on the Ouachita, extending
AS high rs Camden, Ark. Capt. Blanks
has the carrying Of the mail from New
Orleans to Monroe, and Capt. Cryel
from Monroe to Camden. The CONTRACT
has been let for 10000. and the mai
the carrying will be done entirely b,
boat, but In low water the mails will
have to be carried on horseback or II
hacks from Columbia or Monroe, t,
Camden.
Black river has been rising at the rat
nf four inches per day, with seven fee
bank remaining. Tensas is also risinl
slowly, with about the same amount o
spare bank. The swamps are not We
filled up with water, and travel in Ten
sas and Franklin parishes is, therefore
not interrupted. The planters alon
the above rivers are busily repairin
small breaks In the levee, and no seriou
danger Is anticipated, as it is probabl
that these rivers will soon commence t
fall.
yermilionville had an election las
Monday for Mayor and Councilmer
There were two tickets In the field, on
composed Of whites and the other {
whites and colored. The white voter
were about equally divided between tn
two tickets. and a majority OF the co
ored voters supported the straight whit
ticket, electing it by small majorit,
The result proved that politics and th
ralor line we're generally ignored an
that Gov. Nichols policy of peace an
cancellation was accepted by malori'
Mississippi.
Natchex Is crowded with knigh
Templar.
Fifteen commanderies we're represen