The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-09
LOUISIANA.

A cotton seed oil mill is soon TO be ready In
New Iberia
The raising Of fall potatoes In Franklin par
fnh has proven d successful experiment.
The thermometer al Vidalia fell TO sixteen
t1aErees last week.
Heveral planters on Crosse Tete, West
baton Rouge, are making three hogsheads to
The acre.
The temperance wave Ia stll moving every
where through the country and no whore
more earnestly than In Avoyelles.
Mr., Francis Chasaey'R house In st. Johns
was burned last week and himself and two Of
his children slightly burned,
The Natchitoches Lfndicator comes out
Earnestly IL support Of the Mofett register
law, Az. In fact do all the country papers.
There are only ninety-five prisoners in the
panitnntiary at Baton Rouge, and over 600
working outside on the railroad.
The Cuvington Fttrmer complains bitterly
md Justly OF the great irreguatity of the
postal service from New Orleans.
The parish Of West Felicana ID soon to
have her school system IN good working or
der Ten schools will be exclusively for col-
pfeA children.
A cabin and cotton-house, containing sew
nrnl bales Of cotton, were burned down on
Major Seip's place, IN Rapides parish, last
week.
A central sugar mill has been set up In 1T.
Tafnfnany parish, where all the farmers OF
the neighborhood can bring their cane to be
ground.
There was Ice three days In succession in
Et. John the Baptist November 40, December
4 and q followed by u heavy rain. II proved
exceedingly bad for the cane.
Mr.. ]. Il. kingehury was nominated, last
week, at q mass meeting Of the citizens OF
Red River Landing, parish of Ponto Goupee,
tO represent that ward in the police jury.
IA n ~ Inbp nnts ptf In
Swift place. IN West Feliciana. was de-
etruynd by fire Saturday night. together
with its entire contents and two bales Of cot
Ton Ia seed. The family were absent.
Over three weeks ago a man was found
hung In the neighborhood of Rayville, and
circumstances indicated that he had been
foully dealt with. Nothing further relative
10 The affair has been discovered.
W Az II has been our habit to notice the ar
rivals and departures Of our citizens, we now
chronicle the departure Of John +. Harlow,
A sJr.. px4tax collector. He left the Hotel dc
Sheriff on Sunday night. without extra bag
gage and without leaving any address. The
sheriff offers $500 for his apprehension,
North Louisiana Journal.
Patience Linden, colored, living on the
Bfingier plantation, Ascension, while in n
state pf intoNicaton and bending over the
fire. fell over into II. Being too drunk to
I move she laid there and was literally burned
slp in the presence of her two lttlo children.
Doe yanp tn understand The accident.
On Thursday morning q good heavy frost.
with a fair thickness OF ice, and Friday morn
Ing aheavier frost and greater thickness Of
Ice, The cane In the fields looks as If fire
had passed over, schorching and whitening as
IL went Where any considerable portion of
the crop ~ still standing, windrowing must
be the order of the day. while smaller crops
may take the chances of q return Of mild
weather before through with grinding. At
present no clouds obscure the sky. nor arc
there any indications of change OF temporal
tlire. West Baton Sugar Planter.
"A great many horned cattle and not a few
swine have been shipped during the week TO
New Orleans, from this port, and there will
be ten times az many more when rapid transit
liz made across the lake. The wharf il dense
with tar barrels, big and little. and still they
come In OK wagons, "Nep' and Brandy"
leaning 10 the yoke. Tho log business is at Il
deadlock, and some of the log men have be-
taken themselves to charcoal burning, ISt
Tammany Farmer.