The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-18
LOUISIANA.
YESOP,

An attempt Is being made to organize 9
Greenbaek- Labor party In Baton Rouge.
The parish executive committee of West
FeIioiana has been called to meet In Batot
Rouge June %.
The corn crop Of this parish is pretty well
laid by, while the cotton is coming on finely
and blooms are plentiful on all Sides Colfaz
Chronicle.
Crops growing finely. Plenty Of rain during
the week for both corn and cane; little more
than bargained for for cotton West Feliciana
Sentinel.
Baton Rouge is promised another newspa-
per. Messrs. J. II. Stanard, j. g. Clark and j.
IaPlerre will publish newspaper on or about
the fifteenth Of the present month, to be called
the Daily Witness.
Rain we have had in quantities to suit all
tastes. Its effect upon crops has been benefi-
qfal In the extreme Indications prompt the
suppression that we shall have more OF the
same sort before the clouds are rid Of their
contents West Baton Rouge Sugar Planter.
Morehouse will, on July 10, elect delegates
10 Democratic Parish Convention. This
convention meets at Bastrop July 90 elects
delegates to the Baton Rouge Convention,
and dominates candidates for all the parish
offices,
The hall storm that occurred at Rutland's
Bar on last Wednesday week turned out to be
more damaging than we stated 1t to be-not
having at the time OF writing full particulars.
Mr.. n. McEnery informed that a large por-
AiOn OF his corn and cotton was so badly in
jured and blown down that 1t Is worthless.
DR.: Powells plantation and also Mr.. j. VIM
suffered from the effects OF the Storm Co
lumbia Herald.
The Grant parish courthouse was burned
down Sunday, June 2, and all the parish
records destroyed; among these were twenty
two indictments by the last grand jury. It
Al thought that the object Of the incendfaries
WAS tn rynf nf I'm tbn
morning after the fire three fresh tracks of
persons who seemed to have been walking on
their toes were discovered leading from the
court house through cornfeld adjoining.
IN following them up for q distance they
were found to lead In close proximity to three
negroes. Molden White, Horace White and
James Monroe, who were implicated In the
breaking OF Mr.. A. A. Deans store last fall,
and admitted to bail at the last term of the
District Court. They were all three arrested
and confined In jail.
On Monday evening last rather sanguin-
nfy fight occurred near the Caddo saw mills
between Gilbert johnson, a notorious young
negro thief and Louis Crittenden, a chum of
his In which the latter was severely cut in
the body with a pocket knife and on the
head with Ratchet. laying bare the scalp.
He also had severe wound In the head, which
ne says was done with O Ratchet by Louis
GTittenden or one of his comrades after the
fight started between him and Louis. Gilbert
4NDAAALlApbSN Va jail by JuSsIG5 DDlbA OIL
the charge OF assaulting with attempt to
murder Meantime Louis lies at home in
rather precarious condition.-[Shrevepor
Times.
Since the hanging of Jesse Walker last
Friday, the streets Of Farmerville at night
are never visited by any Of the colored people.
There is rumor that he appeared on the. gal
lows that night. We have our doubts about
It'll but, nevertheless, some of the colored
folks have implicit confidence In the report.
Prince Jones (colored), who gave the unfor-
tunate Jesse the last rites of consolation, we
aearn has "gone into fits" BY order of the
sheriff. Mr.. Rally removed from the square
Tuesday morning the scaffold upon which
Jesse Walker figured last Friday. We are
glad OF 1t, for 1t may be that some Of the col
Ored boys will come around now and give the
boys chance to send billet doux occasion
ally Union Record.