The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-08-21
SOUTHERN NEWS.
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Louisiana.
The weather is too dry in Assumption
for the cane.
Cotton picking has commenced in
earnest in East Feliciana.
Peas, corn, cotton and potatoes were
never better in the Felicianas.
The first bale Of cotton In West Fell
ciana was raisedH by Mrs. w. A.
Cheatham.
John Stroug. who escaped from the
Richland parish jail In 1876. has been re-
captured.
In consequence of too much dry
weather the corn crop Of Terrebonne
will be smaller than last year.
Pointe Coupee has an immense pro-
duct Of honey this. year. Inc are sew
eral hundred barrels OF 1t for export.
The first bale Of new cotton from Qua.
chita parish went OIL on the ", y. ana
7. railroad on Tuesday mornings train.
The West Feliciana Sentinel has slight
ly changed It's name into the Feliciana
Sentinel and come to us in a new dress
altogether.
The work Of temporarily removing the
terminus of the Clinton and Port Hud-
son Railroad from Alto to Port Hickey,
Will SuOLbly NO SOAhbOaSoes
A stalk of Egyptian cane. SO the AS
sumption Pioneer declares, recently
grew seventy-two inches or six feet In
seventeen days in that parish, or nearly
five inches per day.
Several negro churches in Shreveport
are holding protracted meetings. They
make such noise in the night time that
the citizens are getting up protest and
propose to interfere with religion unless
It is less noisy.
The West Feliciana Sentinel COM
plains of the manner in which the post
office in st. Francisville Is without the
usual conveEiences Of other post-offices.
Neither stamps, envelopes nor money
orders can be obtained there. It is OF
great Inconvenience to the people OF the
parish.
The Rev. Moses Harrison, colored,
was brought up before the justice OF the
peace of the fourth ward of Assump-
tion, also colored, charged with the
serious offense Of turning member OF
his church out. The justice is not quite
certain that he has Jurisdiction in such
matters.
Owing to the failure to qualify on the
part of many of those returned and de-
clared elected to the ward offices at the
late election in West Feliciana there
are no less than fifteen vacancies In
that parish. Seven of these vacancies
are for justices OF the peace and eight
for constables.
A shooting ARRAY took place at Fausse
Pointe. parish Of Iberia, last week, be-
tween a young man named dourdan,
from New Orleans, and another named
Guardamal, from st. Martin. Guar
damal was drunk and insulted Gour.
dams sister. Young Gourdan resented
this. when Guardamal drew his revolver
| In the shooting that followed Gourdan
was dangerously shot through the lung
| In conversation with several sugar
| planters from different sections OF the
parish. we regret to learn that the cater.
pillars are making sad havoc with the
| leaves of the cane. In certain locailtles
especially where the cane Is thin OF
scattering, their ravages have beer
more than ordinarily alarming. In
some cuts every stalk Is entirely stripped
of its foliage, and the Injurious EFFECTS
uponlthe cane are becomingipainfull.
visible Assumption Pioneer.
The Police Jury of Point Coupee hal
passed levee ordinance. They divide
the parish into six levee districts CORES
ponding with the police jury wards
appoint one superintendent for each
he TO have the privilege to appoint tw'
assistants. All persons liable to roat
service are compelled to work on thu
leyee when required, under penalty Q
$2 q day, or provide an able bodied sub
stitute. Persons are forbidden employ
ing, directly or indirectly, any persol
who has been notified to work on tn
levee, until such work has been pei
formed, under a penalty OF $50.
Worms are reported on two or thre
more places in Tensas. Mr.. Z. q. New
ell, in from Lake st. Joseph neighbol
hood this friday morning.. report
the worms as numerous and feedln
freely, all the way from Balmora
plantation to Ashwood, and gives 1t a
, his opinion that, at the present rate
cutting, they will clean out the crop !
that section in the course OF some tW
weeks. This covers some ten or twelv
plantations. One or two parties al
using Paris green, but the North Louis
ana Journal thinks they are too late
: do any good.
The New Orleans and Opelousas Raj
, road grant embraced a strip OF thirt
, miles wide, of each alternate section
and was located and surveyed an
amounted to 900 acres, all Of which
; under the graduation law is subject
1 entry at 12b cents per acre or as sal
! above can be located by actual settlers
t who by filing an application and livin
on 1t i've years, can get a title to Il
! acres, simply by paying for the paten
and q man without family can loca
so acres on the same terms. The lar
1 is excellent for corn, cane and cotton.
Mississippi.
= Marshall county ships 10000 boxes
. peaches and pears per annum.
; Ten thousand dollars has been raise
q for female seminary at Summit.
The city tax Of Natchez has been r
:, duced from per cent to Il per cent.
r A great camp meeting is going on
p Bailey's Camp Ground, near Hol
a Springs.
- The Democracy Of Franklin met
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