The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-15
LOUISIANA.

1, Hightower Is q candidate for the Leg
lslature in Bienville.
DR.. J. NJ. Robeson Is n candidate for Repre-
sentative Of Lincoln parish.
VermilIion parish proposes to submit the
question OF Sunday law to the popular vote
The East FeHciana Patriot DpmOcvnf nom
mates Mr. K. h, Kross, of that parish foI
! Congress.
| }. II. ChappoIi and J. II. Hoy are candi.
| dates for the Legislature from Claiborne
parish,
The National Democratic Club Of OpeB Bousas
| has pledged itself 10 vote only for those can
| eidates VITO favor constitutional cO@Yen.
| tiOn.
NJ. J. Curringham is . candidate for the
Sanate in tho Nineteenth Senatorial DistriEt-
Natchtoches, DE Soto, Sabine and he'd River.
bafoTcho can and ought to give 500 DprBo-
| cratic majority in NOvembCT.- IldbOdaFgx
Sentinel
Most Of the cane crop is "laid by" Tbs
| staId IS good with every prOspsct of Is heavy
yield AbbeYilIe MCrdiOual.
Last Tuesday evening, at HoImesyiIle, u
negro man, an cmplOyeG on the Star piauta~
tion, while bathing, waY' drowned.- Wash
IDgtCn News.
1t looks very rnuch a8,if the split ia the
Democratic ranks in Livingston will be
healed The leaders in the two divisions seem
Inclined to accept he decision.
John Massie Mastln, b. A. MarteI and Or.
". A. Robertson arc candidates for She State
Senate in st, Landry. Mr. Martin iga strong
convention man.
There has been too much rain this summon
to make good cotton Hence we do rot think
the crOpin this parish will be even all average
one Washington News
RiChlaRd parish hasaOrganzed. hnDpmC-
Gratis of that parish refused to put any one on
the central committee who was not in favor Of
oonstitational convention. Is this 8nOther
gun, or What2
Rains have fallen every day for three.
weeks, and some planters have been re5arded
In tlpeir work OF ''laying by cane Most
are ready for rain. Crop prospects were
never better at this season Of the year than
now.-lNew Iberia Sugar-Bowl.
J. Henri Burch. treasurer Of the school
board Of Baton Rouge parish during the Kel-
iOgg regime, was tried in that parish on the
tweDty-ninth utimO, on the charge of embez-
cling school moneys, and acquitted, Wonder
II his speech IN favor OF the removal of the
capital to Baton Rouge had anything to do
with his acquittal.- St. Charles Mirror.
Some weeks since peculiar worm, much
like the cotton worm, appeared in myriads in
some NerniliOn cane fields and stripped the
stalks OF their leaves, but floCks Of black
birds soon came along and destroyed the
worms. Since then the leaves have grown
out, no permanent injury being DONE New
IBERIA SHgarBOwl.
The crops of cane and rice present healthy
and thriving appearances. The recent rains
have pro9ed beneficial to both. Grassing and
laying by has been about completed by the
most tardy rice or sugar planter, and these
individuals can now move about laZily during
this hot weather. Our planters have had q
good time of it thus far, and they are happy
ISt Charles Mirror.
Oscar Crosier sends to this office two sugar
canes grown on his plantation on Bayou Ter
rcbonne, cut on July 4. They were about
eight feet high with q dozen or more well
formed joints, four of which were red This
is a good showing for the time of the year
From ali indications the cane in this section
Of country is going to yield good return
next fall IThibOdaux Sentinel.