The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-14
LOUISIANA.

The Marksville Grange has been revivedl
Planters in Richland are hard pressed for
hands this year.
A drunken man in Bastrop killed little boy
last week.
| A SIG pound hog, two years old, was killedin
| Claiborne last week.
The Marksville Bulletin wants the Legisla-
ture to pass general Sunday law.
1t rained, sleeted and showed in Claiborne
parish last week on the same day.
Perique tobacco, says the Louisianais, was
the only crop in st. James that paid this
year
The expenses of Claiborne parish will be
| smaller next year, by many thousand dollars,
| than for many years past. ...
The wards of Claiborne parish will vote in q
very short time on the question of licensing or
prohibiting the licensing OF liquor saloons.
B. r. Ledbetter, of Summeriield, Claiborne
rector, vice j. w Nicholson, resigned.
The grand jury of Claiborne parish report
| the increase Of crime from the increase in the
carrying Of concealed weapons, and call on
| the Legislature to pass law to put stop to
the habit. -aI4... a5't...,- q" ..s-
Much Indignation is expressed against the
| town council in temperance quarters because
| they refused to withhold licenses from drink
| ing saloons until the people could vote on the
prohibition observation-disclosures Guardian.
Judge Taylor, one Of the oldest citizens OF
Union parish, died at Farmville last week. He
was judge OF Union parish in 1888, and served
| three terms in the Louisiana Legislature He
leaves forty seven children and grandchildren
| all residing in this State.
The gin on the Stacy place. on Brushy
| bayou, in Concordia parish, was destroyed by
| fire last Sunday night, with forty or more
bales of cotton. No insurance The fire is
believed to have been the work of an incen-
| diary. -.g ...t
The company Of Northern emigrants who
rented the Logan place, 5000 acres, from Ma
kjOr Stephenson, have, we learn, purchased the
same and intend to COLOMBO extensively in
| that section. Success to them Mansfield
Reporter. #-.tl t..#f
The Hon. Chas. J Boatner, SenatOrfrom the
! Catahoula District, will resign his seat as SEN
| ator, we are informed by the Catahoula Neacs
| after the adjournment of the Legislature, and
| will remove to Monroe. 1t is rlmored that
Mr.. Boatner will become the law partner Of
Judge Richardson Ouachita Telegraph.
There is some talk Of getting up a petition
to the Legislature to remove G. w. KPetfng
who processes to represent this parish In that
body. Such representation is a screaming
farce, as keeting has not been In this parish
| for twelve months; is a resident of New Or
leans, and does brokerage business on Caron-
delet street in that city shreveport Times.
The Investigations Of the parish attorney
and presented by, him to the police jury on
MONDAY last, disclosed UnC startling TACT bnaJ
over $4,000 acres of land in this parish have not
been assessed for years. Arrangements have
been made to obviate this trouble in the future
and to collect the taxes for years past.-[C lai-
borne Guardian.
A very distressing accident occurred at
Mound Station ON Wednesday evening last
A young son of DR.: A. J. Gibbs, while playing
with an old revolver which he had no idea
was loaded, was swapping it at an old colored
man, whose name we We're unable to learn,
and as there was one load in the revolver, I'M
known to the young man, the old man was
shot through the brain and died instantly
An examination was held by the coroner on
verdict in accordance with the above facts
This should be a lesson to all young men, not
| to carry weapons Of any description Madi-
son Journal. F., ..r'st e.
The following are the full official returns of
| the late election in Caddo: