The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-25
LOUISIANA.
Calcasieu has promise Of splendid peach


Calcasieu has promise Of splendid peach
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A. J. Lafargue, ESQ, editor Of the Marks
vile Bulletin, was married to Miss Annie W
Iron on the fourth instant. Both of Avoy-
elles parish.
On Saturday night, week ago, Lettie
Hodge, colored, living on the John Pickett
plantation, was killed by Abner Bevens with
whom she had been living.
Capt w. w. Farmer writes to the Richland
Beacon announcing that he will not be q candi-
date for Congress, for the vacancy occasioned
by the death Of j. L. Leonard.
Registration is progressing slowly in Baton
Rouge. The campaign for city, officers will
be q warm one. The Radicals will support an
independent candidate against the Democratic
nominee.
The Alexandria Democrat is opposed to the
calling Of q State convention for the nOmina-
that Major J. G. Moncure ought to be voted
for without receiving u formal nomination
from a convention.
The police jurors Of Concordia parish have
been mandamused to appear before the United
States District Court in New Orleans, next
levy a tax to pay the Weldon Judgment
against the parish.
Boutte Station, st. Charles parish, seems to
be a lively place indeed. Last Saturday quite
number of fights occurred there, resulting
in the dangerous stabbing of three persons.
James Taylor, colored, was badly stabbed by
| another negro; and two negro women were
dangerously cut by one Felix Smith
The crop of st. Charles parish for the
season OF 1s77-7S was as follows: Hogsheads
sugar, 1886; molasses, 1876 barrels; clean
rice, II 1882 barrels. The decrease from crop
Of preceding season is 1897 hogsheads sugar
and 354l barrels clean rice. The only increase
Was In mOIaSSpS. being 5EO3 harrplg
A youth named Preiean, residing in the
lower suburbs of Thibodaux, fell into the
Bayou Lafourche on Thursday evening week
and drowned. 1t is supposed that he had a
fit, to which he was subject. His body was re-
covered in few hOurs.-[ Thibodaux Sentinel
The store and dwelling Of Ben Johnson at
Terrebonne station, was burnt on the night Of
the eleventh Instant at about 2 o'clock q. m
Only the clothes that the family were wear
ing were saved. The postoffice was in the
same building, and all the mail was lost The
total loss was about $GOOO.-[St. Charles
Mirror.
The Witt plantation was sold by the sheriff
on the second instant to the Citizens Bank
OF Louisiana, for $4,000. Messrs. Thibaut
and Bousquet, who are running the place, are
negotiating with the bank for it's purchase for
the sum Of $4,000, free of mortgages and
bank stock, payable $4,000 cash and the bal
ance in one, two and three years.
The weather has continued highly favora-
BILE for plantation work. We have had just
rain enough to put the ground in good work.
ing condition, while the genial rays of the
caused vegetation Of all kinds to grow rapid
ly Stubble cane is now well up in many
places, and fall-planted cane commences to
show itself, while the eyes Of spring planted
cane are swelling, preparatory to an early
growth. Prospects are SO bright for good
crops this year that planters are fast forget
ting their trouble Of the past season.-New
Iberia Sugar Bowl.
The yield of sugar and molasses in La
fourche for last year Is as follows: Sugar
(hogsheads), 13,432; molasses (barrels), 80, Ais.
heads) 15,247;, molasses (barrels) "a, 1913.
From these figures 1t appears that there
has been q loss Of 1924 hogsheads OF sugar,
and a gain Of GILT barrels Of molasses. The
but the extraordinary cost Of manufacturing
the last crop, the poor quality OF the sugar
and molasses, coupled with the low prices,
render the last years production one greatly
Inferior In financial value. |.M.M.
The planters are not so well advanced with
their crops as we had anticipated. Between
this place and Summerfield we notice that
but little blowing has been done. On some
farms fences have been reset and logs burned,
but others seem neglected 50 far: There must,
Of course, be some good reason for the delay,
but we cannot avoid making notice Of the diff
ference between the present stage of farming
and itsadvancemento one year ago. However,
Claiborne farmers are known to make long
strides on the home stretch. We mean to say
that the yield is almost always better than
one would suppose from the outlook early in
the year.-[C Claiborne Guardian.
Our important New Orleans mail, leaving
the city Tuesday by the great steamer r. L.
Lee, reached here on time Thursday, but did
not bring along the New Orleans proper letter
and paper bags. They only reached us on
Saturday, Just forty EIGHT hours behind time.
This criminal neglect on this occasion, does
not fall to the clerks of the New Orleans
postoffice, but is specially due to some of the
sub-contractors between Loyd's Bridge and
the Mouth, or the postoffice agent at the
evil, which every now and then occurs to try
our Christian forbearance Alexandria Dem
Ocrat.