The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-16
LOUISIANA.

The people Of Baton Rouge oomplaln that
their property Il nssesse1 too high,
There nre about 100 bales Of cotton Mt tho
Minden landing awaiting the rising ~ tho tlIe
nf the harrow guage Dprcheat.-t Wsbster Trl-
bune.
Our cotton crop. ws are sorry to say. is short.
a tWo, third er9p, we should think 2 most lib
aa y very largo amount Of corn wns made
| lNatehitOches Vin1lcatOr
During q thunder storm which occurred last
sunday, eolored man named Jaan Enptiste
on Mr. E. Carln's plantation inst below Frank
In. was struck by, lightning and killed. New
| iberia Sugar Bowl.
The gathering Of our suRar crop Is progress-
ing finely. tho weather having baen. upon tho
whole, very favorable Tor grinding As Ut the
beginning. tho cane Il Welding very we'll In
their most sanguine eKpeotafions Rolling will
be almost universally finished before the first
proKimo.-fTerr ebOnne Progress.
Sunday morning the dead body Of Henry
levee on the road about haf % mile from tho
lower end Of town. Tho back Of his SIX ull was
nnhllersu V plsces, ana MS neck cut MI nr6und
clear to tho bone. furnishing one of tho most
ghaatly sights ever Witnessed. VIM. PendIeton
and Matt Winston we're arrested and placed in
jail on suspicion. spots ~ blood we're found on
their clothing and other things discovered
which tended directly to implGnte thsm In the
fearful prime. On "Wednesday n razDr belonging
70 Pendleton WAS found smeared With blood
Carroll Conservative.
Tho sugar house on tho plantation of Mr. IT,
Neuberger, In the parish Of Iperville was dis
covered to be on fire Tuesday Dpeeu,be 3 and
IN spite Of the exertiOna fnAde 10 eEtfngush tho
flhmes. they gained Irresistible Roadway and
tho building was, totally destroyed. Mr. Neu-
berger estimates his loss nt 5000 or $1,000 fully
covered by Insurance.. The fire isbaleved m,
have boon started by an ineendlary, and suspi-
Gently discharged from the pIautafon He was
hoard tO mako number ~ thrpnts ono b9inR
that tnere would not be- another grinding made
In That sugar house. Mr.. NeuberRet's sons are
searching for this man, who hos not boon seen
since tho fire. tDonaIdsonyiile Chlef
>, a meeting q rnembara of tho bar was held at
Shreveport Thur4day DHrofnbor III at the in
stapee Of Hon, J. G. Moneura. Rcpresontatiye
elect from GHldo, TO Ent nn oppression of tho
bar IN regard to tho oxpadioney II introducing
a Din In tho Legislature for ths purpose of
changing the place of triul Of the spsas returna-
bio from the Supreme Court Df tho State to this
parish. from Monroe to New Orleans The
members of tho bar are generally pgrepd mon
tho benefit Of n session ut Now Orleans, pro-
yided, an arrangement can lbs effected by which
tho cases returnnhle ~ Bpssier and DeSoto enn
be also tried at New Orleans ut I'll" snrnetlma SO
As 70 avoid the necessity ftripa bD.lffo Monroe
and New Orleans -Shroveuotf Standard.
On FIiday Inst 81 little girl atouf eipbteor,
months old daughter of Mr. saruos WaIksr who
lye8 about ton miles southwest ~ Mansfield
while eating ground peas. accidentally got one
was Mt once sent for. and upon examination de-
clded that relief conld only be given to the little
Gurntly recommended that the child Mt once be
brought to town. MS he hhd not tho Instrumentg
to perform the operation with. The dtstresssd
pnrents took the little 3uffsrer In u buggy and
sthrted for Mansfield bat b4fers they grf1yed
and whom within two miles of town the jln
dlcd in its mother 4 arfn4.-iDe Soto Democrat.
On tho night Of December t. the steamer Mer-
n0i Whiin wing ut SWrns1hs .WhGrf On Bayou
Sale, was burned to the wa'er's edge She WA
owned by W. u. Torian. and ia q total oag The
bOht was worth 5000. no insurance. There are
very strong Indications of nnaudarlsm An
iron sale on board WIS found 10 have been
opened. the key remaining Ia the door although
the clerk declares that he had locked the
safe the evening before md placed ths key IN
n desk. About 800 dollars were in the safe ut
least go of which Were in silver coin Though
pieces " metal left In tho safe remain there Ia
no trace whatever 0f tho aiIYer. Egiinntly the
safe WHs robbed md the boat burned 10 cover
tho crime. Suspicion having attached f1 The
Wa'ehtnan, he haa Fnen arrested uDou fIarDCo
preferred by Mr. Torian.-.SeW Ioeria Sugar
Bowl,
On Saturday afternoon Inst Mr. J1hn Castillo
engineer for Mr.. DeplaiGne. near Hermitage
La. wtts shot and killed by Il colDred man
named Victor Brown. Brown wos arrested and
placed IN the Pointe Coapee lail nn Saturday
night On Sunday night a largo body Of dls.
guiSed persons took Brown from lAiI and ahot
him - death This ws have earned from d
iTnstWprthY source. A. reRar89 the killing Of
castillo by Brown. we have gathered the follow
ing partleulhrs from Il eitiI1n of Ponte Com
pe" It appears that Brown who wa moi an
"mD.oy"e IN the mill, Wa4 inserferiTD
VII. "itn fhe ~ hreman. and Nr. Castillo expo5-
u. pon recurrence Of his Interference MI
Ia5 - hti . aitfrhatinn with him. which re-
SUITED a Er3Wn z departure IRON the plaee. On
me r9ad ne met hts brother Hfu Brown who
lnstigated victor 70 return aut! rr ~, fIIa 4fff
"ui,y. re dId 80 in company With his brother,
ana ,n drawag a pistol SHOT Nr Castillo mme-
ii"Itly un1sr ras righI ear. causing almost iu-
: 9.ahL @ drath. The whGie penut. were very Justly
ih:en-ed at annh an outrageous murder and It
- rot astonishing that they t6ok the larg into
their own hands West Feiiciana Sentinel.