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

Nominations for Congress are In order, The
Tcrrcb0nnc PrOgrCss renOminates Mr.. Acklen;
the De Soto Democrat and Shreveport ot0'Id-
Qrd Mr.. Elan,
The graves of the Federal dead ut Baton
Rouge were decorated on DECORATION Day.
Addresses were delivered by }. Henri Burch
and T. T. Allan.
!. Henri Burch is speaking in Baton Rouge
on the question Of the removal of the capital
He wants grand mass meeting held III that
town on this capital question.
Now iberia expects to have a cotton gOcd
oil factory in operation in a very short time
Arrangements have already been made for its
construction.
The St Mary Mutual Insurance Company.
an organization started at Franklin about
one year ago, and which, 1t was hoped would
prove permanent. dissolved few days ago:
from what cause, unless n lack Of patronage
we arc unable to say Attakapas Register.
For some months past complaints were
mad" Try residents Of the Attakapas country
of the abstraction of valuable letters out of
the mails sent to New Orleans. Then a SINH
Tar cry came from HOuma, and now we have
the same complaints in this place. Almost
daily these thefLs are committed. - I'ThibO-
dauN Sentinel
The sugarhOuse Of Capt. NarCisso Landry
was totally destroyed by fire on Friday night
week. It is supposed that the fire was the
work Of an inGeudtary. Not alone will the
T. p Vaughn, joint prOprictOrs, but upon n
number of small planters who were accuS-
toned to take off their crops at this sugar
house West Baton Rouge Sugar Planter.
Grasshoppers have almost taken Morgan
City. Last week we spoke Of their appear
anCe on the Lawrence place, but since then
they have ventured down town, and now
about sunset-they can be seen sitting on the
yard fence, looking wistfully at flower pots
and family gardens of most any residence
bnTG which tG tn
likely, their work of destruction will be com
plete- Attakapas Register.
On Monday last an election was held to de-
eide the tic vote between John AItimus and
Joseph Porter for Selcctman Of the town of
Plaquemine. Mr.. Altmus refused to be
candidate, and, therefore, three candidates
appeared in the field The following was the
result of the election: James CrOwol 40
votes; Michael Michel, 81; Joseph Porter,
9.-[Iberville South.
The late rains have effected a wonderful
change in the appearance of the growing
crops. The cane has como out rapidly so that
the planter can now calculate with some de-
gree of certainty what his prospects are for a
crop in the fall Everything is growing
healthy and vigorous. the gloom which has
been visible upon the brow Of the agricultur-
list during the previous dry weather has
passed away, the planters face being covered
with smiles and satisfaction instead ThbO-
daux Sentinel.
About 8 o'clock yesterday morning Ralph
Smith and ALI. Bowman, two COlOred men
working on the Key plantation, got into
difficulty, and Smith put load of buckshot
in Bowman, who Is supposed to be MORALLY
wounded, and then Smith got away and is
now at large. He is twenty-four years old,
dark color, about five feet nine inches high
and heavy set The shooting is said to have
been brutal act, without cause or provo
cation Carroll Conservative.
The crops between the Ouachita and Red
n faVnrlhp
both cotton and corn look well, and the only
complaint we heard of was, that there had
been little too much rain, causing the low
lands along the creeks to be overlooked, and
lnjuring the young corn and cotton. though,
excepting few, there is every probability
that there will be fine crops made in Cald-
well, VIM and NatchitOches parishes
columbia Herald.
Quite storm was experienced here last
Saturday night. deluge of rain fell amid
thunder, lightning, hail and wind. All low
places were inundated, cOulees swollen above
their banks, and VermilliOn bayou rose ten
feet. No accidents have been reported from
lightning, but we learn that the wind over
turned or seriously damaged over thirty
buildings and Frustrated much fencing from
CaTencrO westward q few miles One man
had a thigh broken and was otherwise
bruised, and several children were also hurt,
but not sertOusly.-t Lafayette Advertiser.
When on our way last Saturday to the pic
mic at Pomona Grange we noticed that on
nearly every plantation and farm the corn
crop was very much in the grass. We were
informed at several places that the cause of
this was the ground was so wet after the late
rains that it was impossible for either plow-
ing or hoeing to be done. Consequently in a |
weeks time the grass had got "a very danger
GUS start The corn in many places Is look |
ing badly, but the cotton has a better appear
ance. On creek bottom lands the freshets |
have swept away fences and so badly scalded
the corn and cotton as to do great damage
Baton Rouge Advocate.
Since the rain and hail storm of the nine
teenth and twentieth when the rain fell to |
the depth of seven inches in our barre) in !
few hours, we have had some very warm |
weather and partial showers. Many arpents !
Of peas will have to be rcplanted, as the |
water was of sufficient depth to cover the |
ridges and remained long enough in the low |
places to kill them. We had an excess of !
rain on that occasion for both cane and |
corn, and some of both have lost color in |
lower places since it fell. The plant |
cane is suClIering finely, and the change |
Of color may be attributed in part to the fact |
that its period of CESSATION is usually attended |
with this result The area appropriated to |
the corn crop is unusually large, and in this |
parish it is up to this time, the most prOmis- |
ing seen since the war; even that which was
planted after cane has a beautiful dark |
green color, which is unusual. The bayou is !
falling slowly, though still Offering a suf- !
cheney of water for the irrigation Of the rice
fields Assumption Pioneer.