The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-28
LOUISIANA.

Law. Respectfully, TAXPAYER.
LOUISIANA.
t)pelousas holds It's town election Monday
April |.
The water On the road between Harrison
burg and Trinity Is three feet deep.
The Young Mems Christian Association is
10 hold b State convention at Baton Rouge
April rs. ~.
The Carroll Conservative dominates Hon
w. 81. WHY to fill the vacancy In Congress
caused by the death Of the late j. q. Leonard
ia accordance with Oh act Of the Legisla-
ttre, the courthouse Of the parish Of st. Der
lard has been removed from the Slaughter
house to the TeTre-aux-BGufS road
The Catahoula Neuos declares that the peo-
pie OF that district desire that Senator Boat
ner keep his seat in tile Senate, whether he
u tletermines on leaving the district or not.
A sounding Of five hundred feet has failed
to find any bottom at Pointe -Hache. A
boat that would sink In mid-stream here
would 60 through, probably, to the anti
podes.-[ Plaquemines Observer.
The Attakapas Register says the cane is
about planted In ST. Mary parish, but that the
acreage is less than last year, as number Of
plantations will not be worked on account of
q want OF funds.
We are glad to note the fact that farmers
aregenerally giving more attention to small
grain. Nearly every energetic farmer has a
\ line patch OF oats which will come In play SO
well to help the corn out and give strength
to the stock Marksville Bulletin.
We learn that the New Orleans Pacific Rail-
road ia graded to Marthasville, twelve miles
beyond Pleasant Hill or within some sixty
eight miles of Shreveport. Hands are now at
work, on both ends, but we cannot learn with
graded on the whole line shreveport
Some OF our exchanges are astonished at the
Il number OF Bordeluns on the delinquent list
sixty-three in number. Would they not be o
Y little more astOnished II we told them that
upwards Of three hundred male members.
And then we have the Mayeux family with
Its $50 members, and the Gremillions, who
rally 100 mem Marksvile Bulletin.
AT o ball given at the residence Of Alfred
Hebert, In the lower part of the parish, on
Tuesday last (St. Joseph's Day., a difficulty
i arose between one P1acide Mouton, Jr., and
another party unknown to US, in which pis-
tolls were drawn and shots fired. During the
melee little child of Mr.. Alfred Hebert, only
stant]y killed. The party committing the deed
has not yet been arrested.-l Abbeville Meridi-
onai. w
The water in the rear of the parish Is rapidly
rising from the Morganza crevasse. One re-
suit Id the driving of deer to the higher land
who dare not under the law shoot them al
this season Of the year And the deer are so
plentiful too. and so exceedingly tame as to
Walk right up to the mllzzle OF shot gun and
dare the hOider TO shoot-lWes Baton Rouge
Sugar Planter.
Democratic primary election was held in
Baton Rouge Monday, for the nomination of
candidates foe city offices. The votes cast
were 455 as compared with 451 last year
Capt Leon Jastremski was nominated for
Mayor by d vote of ATT Edward Jolly was
nominated for &C ministrator of improve
ments and commerce: r. p. Sanchez, w.
Aarig, Chas Week and X. IL. Burke, council
men.
The schools i'm this parish are all in fine
i operation, both white and colored We are
pleased to state that, with two or three ex.
ceptions, the latter are all taught by ooIored
teachers, and that those teachers are thor
oughly, qualified to teach. They have been
selected In regard to merit, and not to poll
4 tics, and the schools will now flourish, and
the children Of the color-d people will now be
instructed and cducated.--ISss. Mary Enter
prise.
There was quite an outbreaI, of WA, in T,iv
jnrston parish. near the residence Of DR. West
Fal,et. on the sixteenth, The Riounts and
Jacksons. who have had a family feud to
settle for years. met at the dOctor's lop-rolI-
inp, and i brisk Interchange of shots was
commenced Elan Blount was killed, wiz
liam Blount dangerously wounded In the
arm, Joseph Jackson severely wounded in
tne neck ana wlndplpe, and Andrew jackson
slightly. No arrests were made.
The weather being fine a great many OF
our citizens have gone to the sea shore, where