The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-12-04
LOUISIANA.

The Ibervile South is for Hon. }. G. Mon
cure, Of Caddo, for Speaker
Hunters are having lively time with wild
ducks. A poor shot will go to the lakes and
return with about twenty-five ducksl Say,
how'is that for high2 St Charles Herald.
Pie voters Of Vermilion parish voted on
| the Sunday law question at the late election
| and the result was $40 for to 3O5 against the
| law.
| Lake Charles received her quarantined
| mail on the twenty second ultimO, in tie sum
Of ten sacks OF newspapers and two of letters.
It took all next day Monday to empty out
the postofllce
The Plaquemne Observer gives list Of
the victims of the yellow fever who are buried
In st. Thomas (Cathollc) Graveyard, In that
parish. These number eleven adults and
eighteen children, total Of twenty-nine.
50 far we hear the most hattering reports
as regards the sugar yield. The average
yield to the acre is two to two and half hogs
heads, while the lowest igure Is about ono
and half hogsheads per acre.-ISt. Charles
Herald
Fine weather for the farmers The cotton
Is nearly all picked, and sugar making is more
than half over and still going bravely on. One
plantation near town will turn out probably
500 hogsheads of sugar IOpelousas Courier.
Last Monday. about | o'clock, tornado
passed over False river, unroofing several
out-houses on the premises Of Messrs G. f.
%.
generally. 1t was stated that fishes had been
blown on the dry land; but for the last part OF
this story we do not vouch-it looks rather
too "tishy.f EPointe Coupee Pelican.
The cotton crop Of st. Landry is not only
the largest made since the war, but an i'm
mense quantity OF sugar will also be made
here this year, there being little mills scat
tered all over the country which are being
worked to their utmost capacity. Besides
this, the crops OF corn, potatoes, etc, were
never more abundant Opelousas Courier.
The following is sample OF the increased
sugar yield In st. Mary: Avalon plantation,
last year 150 this year 800; Baskerville, last
year none, this year 100, Lucknow, last year
d. this year 100, auckland, last year 49, this
yea 600; }. J. Davenport's place. last year
1870, this year $50, Victoria, last year 3G7 this
year 500, and SO on.
the past week. and the patches all were white
with the staple. II the worms do no more
damage than they did in their visit to this
section, 1t would be fortunate thing to have
them oftener, for the crop this year Is I'M
doubtedly the best one this parish has made
in ten years.-[Cofax Chronicle.
We have to report another favorable and
fine yielding week for tho sugar planters Of
Rapides. We have partial reports from most
OF our sugar planters. and are glad to note
that the YIELD the past week, has averaged
fully two hogsheads to the acre. On Enfield
plantation, Eugene V. Weems and r. NJ
Hayes, the lessees, ground last week thirty
acres OF cane and it yielded seventy-six hogs
heads of most excellent sugar. Alexandria
Democrat.
With the cessation OF the yellos fever, work
has been resumed on the New Orleans and
Orange CTexas) Railroad. Engineers last week
We're selecting the site of the railroad bridge
across the Sabine river, at Orange, Texas
and are expected here next week Texas news
papers say the work will be pushed stimuli
fnnn clxy from ~,
vile and from Orange to Vermillionville.-
Lake Charles Echo.