The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-02-16
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Louisiana,


week for the penitentiary. Still they
go.
The Lafayette Advertiser notices an
number of land sales to stran-
gers in that portion OF the country.
Seed cane, both plant and stubble, is
all right In Tberville. The cold wealth
or did 1t no harm, as was feared at one
time.
The Bossier Banner urges the Leg1s-
lature to do something in behalf OF it's
public roads. They are In terrible con-
dition.
Almost all the laborers In Ascension
parish will continue on the same places
this year as last. There has been none
Of the usual migration from one place
to another, as usual.
The police jury for the parish OF Cald-
well met in the courthouse on Monday,
the 9Th inst, and organized by eIeetiEg
J. II. jackson president. T. A. Glass
was elected clerk and r. B. Walker
treasurer. The personnel of this jury
Is the best the parish has had in many
years.
The Catahoula NeUs thinks that it
will not be impossible for the various
parish governments to exist on the d
mills tax to which Judge Manning's
close, shave, but still 1t can be done.
Wallace Rousseau died last Monday
at Smoky Bend Settlement, Ascension
parish, from the pistol wound he re-
ceived at the hands of Euphemon Cue
dry, January "a. The accused was re-
leased on bond, as it was shown not to
have been an intentional murder.
The Natchitoches Findicat0r shows
that 1t takes one-sixth Of the entire cot
ton crop Of that parish to buy bacon end
pork for the farm laboring classes OF
that parish, when this meat might just as
easily be raised In the parish.
The streets in Cslumb ia, Caldwell
parish, are perfect swamps, from the
rain, and the Herald OF that town warns
the Mayor that unless something is
done in the way Of improvement, the
town will be always afflicted with ma
larial diseases.
The Parish Treasurer of st. james
he's already registered over six thousand
dollars Of his new yellow certificates,
issued for past indebtedness OF the par
ish. It ID fair to presume that the float
ing debt will reach nearly nine thou
sand dollars, of which amount the par
ish licenses and delinquent taxes will
take up fully six thousand. dollars and
The Homer IljGd comments on the
fact that both the outgoing and in
coming Congressman from that dis
triot-the Fifth--are Justices of the
Supreme Court-one q member OF the
Manning, the other Of the Ludeling
court. It wants to know "who 10 repre-
sentlng this-the Fifth-district In Con-
gress lust now, and who Is going to
represent it in the next Congress"
The Sugar Planter, as usual, speaks
out emphatically thus, concerning
Wells. It is one of the few Republican
papers that dare say anything against
Old Nat:
"The testimony being elected in
Washington in the Louisiana case
shows q fearful condition of deprayity,
the like OF which has hitherto been I'M
known in the history Of this great re-
public. Lying, cheating, perjury and
Justification OF records form but part
in this Wholesale history of rascality,
and whether upon Republican or Dem
ocratic heads, let the indignation Of an
outraged and swindled people fall"
A preliminary examination In the
case of the State vs.. George Earles and
Charles Joseph, TIVE young Negro men
charged, on information received, with
burning the residence Of VIM. s.. Booth
some time ago, before the Parish Court
Of Baton Rouge, Judge Sherburn pre-
siding. After hearing the evidence. the
counsel for the State and the defense
submitted the case without argument
and Judge Sherbufn committed both
prisoners without bail.
The Donaldsonvile Chief finally
agrees with all the other papers Of that
section against the proposition to close
Bayou Lafourche. If DR.. Darrall can
be instrumental In securing an appro-
priation for dredging Bayou Lafourche
and removing the distractions placed
in the stream by the military authori-
ties Of the government during the war
Of 1912, he will deserve the lasting gra-
titude of his constituents in the La
fourche region; but by advocating
scheme for closing the bayou he will be
directly opposing their interests and in
a degree those Of the whole people OF
the State.
Isaac P. Bush and J.. T. Hawthorne,
of Jackson parish, sold two bales OF
cotton In Monroe and were returning
home last Friday in the same wagon,
when Bush was killeo-Hawthorne
says by negro, who fired at him on the
road; but negro, who says he was
standing near the road when the wagon
passed him on run, states that as 1t
passed him, the man who was driving
(HawthorneJ turned around and shot a
man behind him in the wagon (Bush).
At any rate, the wagon driven by Haw-
thorne, with the murdered man in it,
overlook one that was about 200 yards
in advance Of it when the shooting oc-
Cured. Both Hawthorne and the col
ored witness are in jail at Monroe.
Here is story Of a coon hunt near
Natchitoches. Three or four negroes,
with four dogs, were out coon hunting
while the Lotus lay at the bank wood
ing. The dogs jumped up coon. He
Immediately showed fight and scared
off three OF the cowardly ours; but
the fourth, Drawer than the others,
attacked him, and they fought furious
ly on the edge Of the river bank, and
after awhile both fell over it and rolled
into the river. AS soon as theygot in
the water the coon seized the dog by
the neck, mounted his back, and held
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