The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-06
LOUISIANA.
W Orleans.
Clinton has Gu

JuHtOh mas quaTAnb1IlSd new OrleauSs
". L. Larmore, of Baton Rouge has con.
for Congress from the Sixth Congressional
District.
The total number OF voters registered llp tfyf
the closing Of the supervisors book Last Sat
urday evening was 1465 !, eOlored 1880. white
585.-l lDonaldsonville Chief.
We again learn Of the army worm On tine
Chenal OF False river, making serious havpa
there. In this Vicinity 1t has not vet an
peared-f fPointe Coupee Pelican.
The delegates from East Felioiana to tsna
State cgnyention ut Baton Rouge are: w. III.
Pipes, T.. G. McKowen, ]. A. Norwood, III
oarnbola Jones, A. j. Norwood r. j. Herman.
Stewart.
From all parts Of our parish we learn the
of an excellent yield Our people have BEEN
under the bauof misfortune SO long 1t is to be-
hoped they will reap rich reward this yaaas
for their labors,-E Baton Rouge Advocate.
The crops are in fine condition all over the
parish, with the exception here and there that.
some cane did not get rain in proper season4
we believe all have finished laying by, and
they. are now busy getting their supply of
woodr-lWest Baton Rouge Sugar Planter.
A new paper, the Progressive Age has naaes
It's appearance ,, IN ysdaiia La its six-eol-
and is published in the interest Of Wade II.
HOugh, an aspirant for Congress in the FIfth
Louisiana District. a. 3. Kirby is the pub-
Usher and proprietor.
=, A party, Of ccoIos1red ,iaborers were passing
through Woodruff,s ditch Ia skiff, when &
gar-1sh Jumped up and fell In the skif. In
the terror and excitement Of the moment tTgfss
OF the party sprang overheard one of whom,
Ezekiel Paine, was droWned.-f West Felieiarla
Sentinel
Mr.. ". FL. HeatheringtOn, near Olive Branch.
In this parish, while returning from O. reIf@
gious meeting near the Comite Branch. on
Sunday last, was stlnstruck, from the effects
Of which ne died the same night.-TBatou.
Rouge Advocate.
One Of the coolest things Oh record was the
advent into this city the other day OF D. drrlru-s
mer for coffin establishment in New Ora.
leans! tie had IN some way run the gauntlet
and got in on the train, but was imnediateIvs
and positively invited to go beyond the city
limits and remain eight or ten days.-[ShreVf4z.
port Times.
We were reliably informed last Saturday
that cotton worms were plentiful on the Bal
moral plantation, on Lake St. Joseph, and aes
our informant stated that he had first seen
the worms there weeks previous to our frlforas
nation We doubt not they are numerous and 8
active enough By. this time, though the excess
sive hot weather Is against their rapid spread 5
There is considerable complaint about thee
small number OF bolls on the lower limbs or
the majority Of cotton.-ITensas Journal
"Wide Awake writes us from the lowas
part Of the parish, right bank Of the river, thai.
the recent rainfalls have improved eaIu
greatly and the general opinion Of planters i !
that tho Grop. will be large. 4 splendid yieh
Of corn and Of pea-vine hay is also reporfes i.
LaboFers have been working with will, al ID
our correspondent ascribes their lnereasy I'll
efficiency to the absence Of political dgtDJsh~
ing causes (Donaldsonyille Chief.
A very unnecessary procedure trangpfref
at Clear Creek School-House, In the eighth
ward Of this parish, on Monday last, at the
time the good people Of that section had as
sennbled to cast their ballots for delegates To-.
the Baton Rouge convention. Some five orr
six white men, badly intoxicated, hourisf,e IN
and fired their PISTOLS abused the sheriff fWI II.
was unarmed and unprepared for such III
emergency, and severely beat DR.. j. /, ~
vert. Monday night the sheriff and q pe ~.
went out In search Of the parties, but faife Il IN
find them. One Of the parties presented hfnts ~
self TO the sheriff at his office on Wedne seiav.
and Was placed by Judge j. &. KilbouT ne II
the parish court, under q $500 bond for 'hia an
pearance at the District Court The oShers
concerned have promised to report 10 tEsfs
proper officer-I East Feliciana patr.lot-Derfn-
OcTat.