The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1878-07-08
LOUISIANA.

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| bsye from Lincoln parish.
| Hon. q. b. Lyons Of East Feliclana, an
nCanCes himself a candidate for reelection to
the Legislature.
The Terrebodne Progress hoists the nans
OF D. y. Cage, Of Terrebonne, for State Treas
ureF.
The Democrats of Assumption will meet III
mass meeting at Hapole0nville Saturday
July Do, to elect delegates to the Baton Rouge
convention.
A mass meeting Of the Democrats of Sc.
| Mary parish will be held at franklin. july
| I'll, 70 elect delegates 70 the Baton HOuge con-
VentiOn.
A. Greenbaek and Laboring Mems party
was organized in DonaldsouvlEle last Sunday.
| One club OF nearly hundred II. sInbers was
| formed at once
MI j. Vignes caught o shark three feet
long yesterday In front Of our offica-bhe first
ever seen this high up in the Mississippi
river POinte Coupee Pelican.
| Teeh9 planters will use large quantity OF
coal this fall In taking off the crop. Ten or
fifteen large baFges have been tOwed from th8
mouth Of Red river to different plantations.
and more coming Attakapas Register.
| The Democracy Of De Soto, at their ward
meetings July 2l, decided In favor Of primary
| elections At meeting held In Mansfel5
| strong resolutions were passed In favor oil
John q. Moncure for State Treasurer.
A primary election was held in Lincoln
parish last week to select q Convention tTs
| elect delegates 10 the Stats convention: alsn
| to decide how parish candidates should be
nominated The primary voted in favor 0f
selectlon OF candidates by parish conYen-
| tiUn.
| Ascension will elect delegates 10 It's Demo-
| cratic parish convention July 10 The e0n@
| yentiQn will meet at Donaldsouville, Satllr~
day, July 20, 70 choose delegates to the State
and congressional conventions and select d
now parish committee to conduct the an
| preaching campaign.
The rains Of last Tuesday evening ana
| Wednesday morning were quite Sufficient f0r
| all purposes. Everything was deluged CHna.
| corn and Ei6e fields assumed for time the
| appearance OF miniature lakes, the ronds were
| one sheet Of water and the bridges fiOatad
| from their places. Col. Burbank. IN tha
Fashion plantation, informs us that the total
rainfall Was $40 inches. He also states that
| ths total rainfall during the month of Juna
was Clio inehes~tSt Charles Mirror.
| A heavy storm Of wind and rain prevailed
| In this vicinity Thursday afternoon, but for
| tunately 1t was Of brief duration. and there
WIS consequently little damage d0na. The
only serious occurrences We have learned IT.
were the blowing down of the cane shed n
Cen. Alien IhotnHs' plantation, and the Dfos#
| tration OF the brick walls hi process 81 Aeee@
ton iot the now sugaF-h0ttse which Mr. ii. II.
Landry IS having built on his placa fTfsa
| wallis were about half completed at the fiYs,a
| OF the accident. A eolOred woman wac
seated under the cane shed when 1t felI and.
being caught In the debris, she suffered 4
| fracture OF one leg. Gen. Thomas kindly
| sent the woman In his buggy to hsr home iss,
Port Barrow, and she is in q fair way ~
speedily recover from her injury.--fD Donald
SOnville Chief
We had rain on the eighth of June lgt
Nleaard(, ana SO iar though 1t has not refined
every day. yet a sufficiency has fallen t<s
Justify the general belief in this ancient Iii.
| persttiOn. Very few planters were ready
fnf f,, tne c0ntinued showers, as they had not
nnlsned the last pl0wing which the cane re-
| quired, and little hoe work also had fo ia
done; yet there ls no use tn grumblinQ about
the weather. There Is no doubt tIsat fhe
growth Of the cane has been greatly pro-
| advanced; This parish may make as much
sugar as 1t did last year, though the area irl
cane ls much reduced In cOfnparfsoY With
what 1t was. The size, Of the cane at this
time, where the stand Is good, ce,Fnnaress
fav0rably with that Of the past season ana
tion Pioneer.
The glorious fourth was duly and auoro-
prfateiZ observed by the patriotic citizens 0f
Baton Rouge in the assembling and retyiezg II
the State troops ON the capital grounds. hoiaf..
ing the nag OF the fTeei artillery salutes; MAJ
sic, and addresses by Col. A. 8. Heron Hon.
u. ". Robertson and Gov. Robt. c. WiekIiYe
Invitations were extended to the public OaY,~
orally, and large eOnCOurse Of visitors from
nearly every portion OF the State we're present
10 witness the imposing ceremonies. AS
grand climax TO the days performances a
magnificent concert and ball, under the aus
pices Of the Independent silver cornet band of
that city, was rendered the visitors present.
On the whole 1t is said TO have been the grand
est affair witnessed in our sister city for more
than decade.
Republican meetings are now frennenE
throughout the State. They are Generally
very quietly conducted and but little fa
Known OF the business transacted at them
At q Republican meeting in Donaldsonville
last Friday three committees were appointed
one On registration, one TO confer with y
similar committee from st. James relative To
time and place for holding the senatorial nom
mating convention, and the third an advisory
committee, the duty of which will be to devise
the best plan for conducting the coming cam~
paign and the most eff tive means Of geenr-
ing its success. It was developed during the
discussion, says the Donaid3OnvilIe Gtsef.
tnat the purpose Of the Republicans Of this
parish is to conduct their campaign with An
eye single to local questions and interests.
The. senatorial fight will be the most interest
ing item.
RGS LAST SWIM.