The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-30
LOUISIANA.

Coushatta has shipped 773i bales OF cotton
Bince September l.
There are t75 white and Alb colored children
In the West Feliciana parish schools.
On April "a the firemen Of Thlbodaux had
their annual celebration and parade.
The Pointe Coupee Pelican suggests Judge
Edgar FarrHr Us q successor to Leonard in
Congress
The Morgan steamships will hereafter hal
from New Orleans instead of Now York.
Agent Macready is having this change made
90 The vessels 10 port. Morgan Register.
Abbevile wants steamboat 70 run be-
tween New Orleans and Bayou Vermilon
Such n vessel would pay If the bar ut the
bayous mouth was cearod away
The Plaquomines Oba1ncr complains that
the mail boats will not stop TO deliver tho
mail, also, that letters sent from Pointe Ia
Hache 10 New Orleans get lost.
The Union Record favors the omination Of
Judge Young for Congress-. We believe that
our distinguished fellow cilznn will receive
the full Endorsement Of every parish west Of
the river. Claiborne Guardian.
We learn from reliable gentlemen that tho
crops on Bayou Du Largo and Grand EalloH
are very fine Mr.. John Calder OF New Or
loans, was In town last week. and he says
fhnt the cane crop Of Terrebonnn Is ahead or
the crops in any other parish. We nocd rain
very much TerfebonDe Progress.
On Wednesday night an engineer by the
name of Watson committed suicide at tho
plantation Of Mr.. j, Olivier, n few miles be
low New iberia, by cutting his throat with n
penknife. He was well advanced IN years,
and had been for long time suffering from
Justification of the heart and lung disease. y
New iberia Courier.
Mr.. Pierre Cauvn, Of l'uras. Ind great
misfortune to befaIl two of his family u day
or two since A daughter was bitten by a
mad dog and so seriously was she affected
that she had to be SIN 0therGd TO prevent injury
10 the rest Of the family. On the same day
another child Of his was bitten by u rattle
SNAKE Plaquemines Observer.
About week ago some thicvish scoundrels
visited the large onion field OF Mr.. Alox. Las
s,,s at night, and after taking all the onions
they could carry, amused themselves by pull
ing up d large quantity and scattering them
over the ground. They furthermore tore up
by the roots a number OF young orange and
peach trees, inflicting quito - loss upon the
owner Plaqueminca Observer.
letter has been received by Messrs. Dun
can u Moncure from n legal gentleman OF
Petersburg, Ind, to the effect chat he is au
thorized by parties to pledge them that they
will build the railroad from Shreveport to
Monroe within twelve months provided they
can get control Of the charter, and this with
out asking any peeuniary aid from this sec
tion This letter was yesterday submitted to
u meeting of the directors of tho Red River
and Mississippi Company A resolution was
unanimously passed declaring that they were
willing to transfer to any party or parties
who have the ability and Willingness to run
She same In the interest of Shreveport. By
which, we presume, tho company means that
NIL they ask Ia TINT there shall be no disclim-
nation against Shreveport IN freight and
passenger traffic, and that the workshops
shall be established here. - shreveport
Times
There Ia but little TO say this week In ref
erence to crops. They are growing rs finely
as can be expected and that Is all that the
planter and farmer want. 1T Is q common
tI,t,
this year will be a stubble crop, the plant
zane having suffered 40 much from rot since
the last rolling season closed. 1t is admitted
on all hands TINT the soason hns boon the
the weather Is concerned that wo have had
for years. This Is tho outlook Mt tho present
writing With no such sctbacks as we had
last fall and with anything like proper
weather, old planters predict n fair average
crop as the result of tho years labor Wost
Baton Rouge Sugar Planter.
A dastardly and cold-bloodod murder oc-
CURED on the Chevy Chase plantation, IN
Coneordia parish, last Monday night, in
which one Of the parsh officials was par
peace. arming himself with double-barrelcd
, shot gun, heavily charged with .buckshot,
stole In the darkness Of the night. through a
Thomas Scott and his wife; going to small
window In the cabin, looking directly towards
the bed where Scott and his wife were lying,
Webb raised the gun and emptied both barrels
into the bed, killing Scotts wife instantly.
and, so seriously. ,wounding Scott that
he lay on the bed the whole long stormy
night, beside the dead body of his wife. I'M
able 10 help himself or oven call for assist
ance. In tho morning some Of the neighbors
happened to come to the cabin, and found
Scott mortally wounded, and his dead wife,
lying In her own blood. Scott was able to toll
those present who did the shooting, he
having distinctly seen tho faces of Webb and
an acoomplico by lightning flash through
abe window. The affair. our informant
states, grew out of an accusation made by
Scott that Tom Webb, the justice, had been
stealing his Scott's) hogs. Scott was sls-
tanned In the charge by his friends, Webb
having very bad character in the neighbor-