The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-12
LOUISIANA

The caterpillars made their appearance in
several places near town. [Rapides People.
Intense heat and drouth have injured the
cotton so much that it is not safe to count on
more than half a CROP [Richland Beacon.
We have adyices assuring us of the appear
ance of the genuine cotton worm in the vicin-
ity of townsville and other sections. Union
Record.
W. H. Scanland, editor of the Bossier Ban
1,er, was nominated for the State Senate by
the Democratic Senatorial Convention of the
Twenty first Senatorial District.
On the day of the eclipse the keeper Of the
lighthouse at Belle Pass, seeing "the even
ing shades appear" and not fully under
standing the game, lit his islamp.-lIerrebonne
Courier.
The cars on the Crosse Tete Railroad are
again running between the river and Rose
dale, the river having gone down sufficiently
for that purpose.-IW West Baton Rouge Sugar
Planter.
Vernon held mass meeting, adopted reso-
lutions and appointed DR.. E, E. Smart G. B.
Burr, Phelps Roonce and E. A. Winfree, dele
gates to the State convention, but somehow
they failed to get to Baton Rouge
The conference committee appointed re-
spectively by the Republican parish execu-
tive committees of Ascension and st. James,
met in Donaldsonvile on Wednesday, and de-
sgnated August 81, as the day, and Rev. Sam
Cooks church; St. James, as the place for
nOlulnS UHe RepuDICan SeuatOEial uOluluaG-
ing convention.-[Do [Donaldsonville Chief.
The season is gradually advancing, and
planters are busy repairing sugar--houses and
| machinery preparatory to the rolling season.
The cane is generally doing well, and the
| weather is quite hot enough, thouge the tenn
| perature at night since the eclipse has some
what improved. We have frequent showers,
| which, however, are very light, and it is pro-
bable that a little more rain during this
month would be thankfully received in some
portions of the parish The. corn is dry
enough to gather, and some will begin to haul
in next week Tt is very unusual for it to ma
ture SO early in the season. Assumption Pio-
neer.
A Cypremort planter recently told us that
| his mules, like their drivers, paid close atten-
ton to the ringing of the bell for breakfast or
| dinner. They, however, know the difference
| between their own bell and that on a neigh
boring plantation, for they pay little atten,
ton to the latter, but when their own bell
rings they instantly stop work. Sometimes
on Saturdays, when he is very anxious to fin
ish some work begun, he orders that the bell
! be rung half or three-quarters OF an hour
| later, but the mule is a good time-keeper,
and knows he, like the darkey, is being cheat
! ed out OF a part Of his Saturday afternoon
| holiday, and keeps up. a voclferous braylng
until work is stopped.-[NeW Iberia Sugar
| Bowl.
Cotton worms have made their appearance
| in immense numbers on several OF the bottom
| plantations, and are being dosed with liberal
quantities Of arsenic and Paris green. It is
thought by some Of our farmers that cotton
! is now SO well advanced that in many cases
the worm cannot iDjure it. The great danger
| with many is that they planted this season
with an eye TO q dry season, as heretofore
giving the cotton rather close standing room