The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-28
SOUTHERN NEWS.

The cut-worm Is doing much injury to the
corn In Ualcasieu.
Chicken stealing prevails Ito an alarming
extent In st. John.
The police Jury Of Terrebonne reorganizet
last week with H. g. Minoras, president.
Bienville parish is doing very well, morally
at least. There Is nobody in the jail, and there
has not been a warrant for the arrest OF any
one for several months past.
The Grand Jury of st. Charles parish, IL
their last report, seriously reproye the justice
Of the Peace OF the Hahnville Ward, for the
manner In which his books are kept.
Ferry boats do not appear to be paying
enterprises In st. Charles parish; The eight
ferries of that parish were offered for sale last
week and brought only 81, as compared with
$3.50 last year.
The defeated police Jurors of Lafourche
applied for an appeal to the District Court
which was refused by Judge Knobloch, Parish
Judge. They then applied to Judge Beattie
for q mandamus to compel this appeal.
Mr.. Provost's place on Cypremort prairie
Iberia parish, produced three hogsheads OF
sugar to the acre last year, although one
third OF each acre was planted with corn. This
was owing, the Sugar Boaot thinks, to the fact
that crystalline cane was planted there
The citizens of New Iberia will hold a grand
bazaar Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, to
aid st. Peters Church, Catholic. The COM
mittee OF arrangements, however, consist OF
Professionals, Jews, etc, as we'll as Catholics.
As the Sugar Bolet boasts, there Is no religious
rancor or ill-feeling in the town. ~
The Jeanerette and Cypremort narrow
gauge railroad will commence in very short
time. 1t will be only six miles long, cost
$50, 900, and expects to do business OF SIC, 600
the first year. 1t will certainly be a great
advantage to the Cypremort planters. who
market, except by hauling it,
Thenew police jury Of thames reduced the
schedule of expenses Of that parish 1926 So.
The estimated parish expenses for the year
are S15,s12 %: A tax OF nine mills will be
levied for ordinary expenses, and one mill for
ouHaic schools. The tax assessed by the for
! police jury Republicans was IA mills.
All parish taxes overpaid will be refunded.
mississippi.
The grasshoppers have made their appear
ance In Holmes county.
The Winona Free Press and Carrollton Con-
seruatiue favor Col. j. M. Stone for Governor.
B. Il. Howard and A. w. Mason, pretending
to be agents of Frank Leslie, passed through
Starkville the other day. They got some $40
out OF the people, when telegram from
Frank Leslie, in answer to an inquiry, showed
that they were impostors. They are now Sc
curely locked up.
negro named Ben Amos who lives on the
Showers place, eleven miles from Vicksburg,
was brought in yesterday morning at / o clock
ana UellV6f6u TO the city IldT5IldI OH u CHdfSe
of having murdered his wife. His wife re-
ceived her injuries Monday night and died
Wednesday evening.
Senator L. @. C. Lamar arrived home from
Washington on last Thursday. He was SER
enaded at night and in response to the calls
eli large and enthusiastic, concourse OF citi-
zens Col. Lamar thanked his fellow citizens
for the expression OF their good will, and
promised that, at an early day, he would make
public the motives and results of his political
course After three rousing cheers for Senator
Lamar the crowd dispersed.
Last week we mentioned the shipment by
the Messrs. Stackhouse of Strawberries from
CRYSTAL Springs to Chicago. We have since
learned that Mr. E. S. Staekhouse has already
shipped from one acre of land $50 quarts with
d prospect OF shipping as much more. They
were sold at from 80 to % cents quart The
cost OF transportation and preparing them
for market amounted to TX cents quart
making the gross proceeds about $3.50 From
cultivation etc, and there remains net profit
% $3.50 Tor the product o{ one acre 0f ground.