The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-02
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Louisialna.

q SOUTHERN NEWS.
Louisiana.
! At the last meeting of the PLAQUE
{ mines police jury the pafigh was reds
j.. tricted into ten wards.
a Mr.. Harding, of Madison parish, fla
300 acres OF HOO on his place overffowe
by the rise In the backwater.
The Franklin Ea1l notices DISPOSE
l ton among farmers in that parish t.
take to cattle raising.
. The body of negro, supposed vic
, tim OF the explosion Of the Sandy No. 2
, was. found opposite DonaldsonVille, las
week.
: Two little colored boys weresdrownet
In Bayou Bartholomew, nearGhe Viii
liams place, Morehouse parish, las
week.
The cutworm has destroyed q grea
deal OF corn in the Seventh and Eighth
II Wards OF Ascension parish. Replantine
NJ will be necessary.
\ The body Of Edward jLsyette, clerk Of
tine steamer Emma, was found floating
In the river, opposite Beausesour
Plaquemines parish, last week.
| The franklin Sun complains OF a
Wild camomile growing in the fields In
that parish, which kills yeung calves
calves are going off In consequence
with startling rapidity.
The farmers in and around Wins
borough are talking Of cleaning out
Turkey creek, at that town, so as to
make 1t navigable during high water.
and make Winnsborough steamboat
port.
The mate Of the Poitevent WAS badly
gored at Sherrouse Landing, Franklin
parish, by fierce OK, the horn of the
animal going in under the jaw ON the
left side of his face and coming out by
the ear on the right. The wound is Sc
rious but not fatal.
A. Debard, P. Michero and Il. Brown
have been prohibited by the court from
serving as police jurors Of Plaquemines
parish. These were the persons who
lately organized the police jury in a
president. illegally raising taxes. etc.
that an attempt would be made to lynch
the man who assassinated young
Franks in Webster parish. On Tuesday
night the town bell was rung and the
citizens generally turned out to prevent
any lynching. This scheme was, how
ever, apparently given up by the
lynchers,. for order was soon restored.
The murderer will have fair trial.
'Ihe back water in Madison parish has
fallen eight inches, and two and q half
inches In the last twenty-four hours. |
On account OF the wide openings in |
Ashton, Bass and Diamond Island |
levees, the back water this season lacked |
only five inches of reaching that of last. |
though the gauge at Vicksburg indi- |
Gates some two feet less water in the
river.
The heavy east wind of last week was
very unfortunate to the rice interest on
the left bank of Plaquemines parish.
There was a steady gale from the east
during the latter part of the week. which
pushed the salt water up on the back
part Of all the places as high up as Ste.
Sophie, in many instances completely
destroying the growing crop. IL is too
late In the season to replant with ally
generally known, but the rice totally
destroyed or injured will amount to sew
eral hundred acres.
Texas.
The Somerville Sentinel is new
paper.
Grayson county boasts Of six news
papers.
Dallas and other towns in Texas are
dying Of dullness.
The cattle movement from Goliad to
Coleman county still goes on.
San Antonio claims to handle 100000
pounds Of wool this season.
Collin county has money to cash all
her bonds, which are Inow at par.
The blight has Affected the fruit trees
a good deal near Palestine.
MI L |
Frio City was the work Of an incen-
diary.
The Rusk penitentiary is to be fin
ished by December 5, 1878, and to cost
100000.
Convicts in Grayson county are now
81 a day for work to pay their
Smith county has another postoffice,
the point, and Capt. M. M. Jessup being
the postmaster.
The wheat crop of Northern Texas, it
is thought, will be better this year than
last. The money realized will probably
be one hundred per cent larger.
There will be no fair at Gonzales next
fall. Financial embarrassments made
it necessary for the association to dis
solve, and it has done so, selling its
property.
A man named Buckner was crossing
the Brazos river, in Borque county, in
two. horse wagon, having his little boy
with him, and a COW tied behind. The
river was considerably swollen, and by
some means the wagon was upset,
throwing the man and boy into the water.
He called to some men on the bank of
the river, asking them if he could wade
IN, oh frf hot hal
could, started out, with the little boy
on his shoulders. Before reaching the |
bank, however, he got into deep water,
and having on heavy clothing, he could
not make much Roadway against the |
swift current with his burden, and soon
disappeared under the water. He rose,
and appealed to the men on shore for |
assistance, but no efforts were made to |
save them, and be and his boy persisted |
within few yards of land. After SWIM
ming back aud forth two or three |
fimaa tho mules cunpaadpd in landing