The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-29
SOUTHERN NEWS.
Louisiana.

Lake UnarIeSselect5 It's munlolpal Oil
GERS June 4.
The Houma Brass Band wagers 500
to beat any brass band outside OF Nev
Orleans.
Cane and corn are suffering in st
John from the dry weather. A rain Il
ardently hoped for
The painting Of the court house fenc,
at Opelousas seems to have given rise Il
q most exciting debate. The papers are
full OF the question. a.
New Iberia holds its town election
June4. A meeting Of citizens was called
regardless of politics, for Saturday nigh
to choose candidates.
The people of Napoleonville obtained
enough money at fair last week tC
purchase an engine, and are now or
ganizing fire company.
last week, selected district directors for
the various districts Of the parish, and
examined and selected teachers for the
various schools In the parish.
The new school board of Iberia was
announced for that parish last Friday.
1t consists OF only seven members, all
white. These will meet and select two
competent colored men as members.
A negro named More, who was
brought over here from Africa In the
| last century, died ut the Carroll place.
in st. Charles parish, last week. He
was reported ITO years old, and looked
his age, 1t Is said.
The police jury of st. John reorgan-
lied at Its last meeting by electing A. T..
Bourgeois president, and T.. J. Laiche
secretary. The schedule OF parish ex-
penses was reduced $1,000 and the
parish tax from 14b to 10 mills.
The shooting of alligators in the
swamp beyond the railroad i'm St.
Charles parish is OF more frequent oc.
ored people prefering the meat OF these
animals to that of any of the wild game
| in our woods. They assert that it is
more sustaining than beef and more
tender and savory than chicken or fish.
On the morning of Monday last, about
| o'clock. o cabin in the quarters Of the
| Trinity plantation, parish Of st. John
the Baptist, burned to the ground.
When the fire was first discovered, the
occupant, q oolored man named Jean
Louis Haydel, moved his family and
part OF his effects out Of the building,
and then returned to queneh the flames.
He placed a ladder against the side of
the house and mounted the roof. While
roof caved In and he was hurled to the
rafters, where, being suffocated by the
dense smoke, he became insensible and
was burned to death, oil efforts to
save him being fruitless. After the
flames had subsidized, search was made
for his body, but only a portion of the
stomach and pieces of his lower limbs,
blackened and charred, were found
Other parts were found, but they
crumbled to ashes when handled. The
affair caused q general gloom to hang
over the residents Of the plantation for
several days.
The Lexington Advertiser has the
name Of Hon. Roderick Seal, at it's
masthead as it's choice for Superin-
tendent OF Education of the State.
Hon. H. s. Hooker, chairman OF the
Democratic Conservative Executive
Committee OF Holmes county, has call
ed a meeting of the committee to meet
at Lexington on Thursday, May 81.
Raymond Gazette, May 10: One of
the leading merchants of Edwards
informs US that already, for 1877. more
up-river corn has been sold in that
market than all OF the year 1876, and
I'll 80 per bushel. The case, then, may
be thus stated: The crop of 1867 was
made on corn at rs cents; that of 1877 8
will. be made on 81 rs and 81 SO corn.
The crop of 1867 brought from to -
cents; that Of 1877 will bring from s
to 8 cents. The planters, as body,
sunk money in 1867. What is to be
their fate in 1878. on the all-cotton
principle, time alone will reveal.
The Memphis appeal thinks our State
will raise q larger cotton crop this year
than she has raised since the war. The
appeal gives the following reasons ''In
Mississippi there is more cotton planted
than has been seen for seven years
that have not been cultivated since the
war, are now In cotton. The crop is
represented to be clean and In good
condition, and all classes of people are
working with unaccustomed cheerful
ness. Ii the season should be favorable,
it is believed the cotton crop for the year
will be five million bales. No great
amount Of attention Is being paid to
corn, planters asserting that when
Western corn IN as cheap as it has been
for two years past, they had better buy
cotton" Nov Ii our people could only
eat cotton seed, it would be a great
saving.
Hog cholera prevail in Falls county.
A little girl was drowned In the Trim
ity. below Evans ford, on Friday even
ing.
The Sherman Courier wants an extra
session OF the Legislature, and that, too,
speedily.
In Fannin county the wheat will turn
out unusually we'll. The crop Is made,
and is now safe.
The Spectator says that coal oil in
great abundance. and of good quality,
has been found four miles from Savoy,
in Fannin county.
The twelfth Of May was the third an
niversary of the establishment Of the
town of Lawrence. Now it is a flourish
ing place with 1900 inhabitants.
Hon. A. Chesley tells the Hampstead
Courier that the general feeling among
members Of the Legislature is in favor
of a rnonth's aytra session and thev