The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1879-06-07


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! STATE NEWS.
! Marksville has new Jail.
. Sparta has reading club.
: A tramp. stole a flatboat at Colfax
The Baton Rouge Herald has 8
patent. outside.
, The csterpilIars are raising havoc
with tho; young oak binds in 'Avoy.
elles. ;, t-.l.--r
St. Francisville' has, shipped this
> season 1870 barrels Irish potatoes,
and 1900 head of cabbage, to Ciucin.
; natl and other western cities.
Webster Tribune A bountifal
corn crop has been planted. On the
most forward. farms corn is five and
ak feet high, and tasselling. Some
farmers complain Of two much grass
to the acre in their cotton.felds.
The Marksville Bulletin says The
crops are looking very we'll. though
they need a. good shower. The coI u
on some places along the bayou will
in . few days 60 into tasseis. The
cotton 10 growing very we'll, tho press
ent dry weather not injuring it at all.
Carroll Conservative: The dwell
ing house Of Irwin Davis aud family
on the Holly plantation was discover.
ed to be on Gre. The inmates were
driven out by the dense smoke, losing
nearly every thing they had. The
entire building wac destroy ID 4
very few moments, supposed to be
the work Of an inceudiary.
Shreveport Standard Mr.. Gleason,
. farmer, living in the n"thern part
Of Webster parish, had bis crops Of
cotton and corn totally destroyed by
. recent hail storm. A very fine,
large hog was killed IA dead az q
door nail BY the falling hail stones.
The hail which fell in the northern
portion Of Webster parish saga the
Claiborne Guardian was tue heaviest
ever known. The stones averaged
the size Of q hens egg, and fell to
the thickness Of o foot % level ground.
The drift 10 fence corners % the fol.
lowing day was two and three feet
deep.
The Sparta Rural Times: The
Thermometer at 50 in this section, in.
dicates . warm time where our con
stitutioDal delegates hold forth. But
they could not build state fabrics on
ice. lO5 and few rumors of saffron
symtoms viii facilitate matters.
The weater has been delightful for
tho past few weeks, says the Sabine
Sosthro~ and has greatly facilitated
the growth Of crops generally, and the
people orc quite animated over the
prospect ola good yield Of both the
grain and cotton crops up to this date.
The rhyme entitled "The Devil
and the Cow Thieves is respectfully
declined says tho editor of tho Rich
land Beacon to . contributor, and ex.
presses himself in the following lau-
guage to the contributor We be-.
lieve very strongly in encouraging
struS gling genius but the Devil and
the COW thieves 10 = little too heavy
q combination for our, columns. Tho
subject Of couise is one that should
be very tempting to the muses., but
they must have been asleep or off on
bender when wooed on this occa.
sion. ~ .......ii..;f,. ...i
Thibodaux Sentinel :. On last Sat.
urdsy night . abort while before mid.
nights the sugar; house belonging to
Mrs. Jean webre, situated about 5
miles above 'Thibodaux, was dicov.
cred to be :on fire.i All efforts to
check the copflagration we're utile,
the entire buildings with most of the
wagons, carts, plows, and other agti.
cultural implements appertai0ing to
the plsotation were consumed. There
was m insarance on tho sugar house
but far from being sufficient to cover
the losA!, The origin Of the fire 10 un.
known, but from all indications it
was the result Of incendiarlsm. |
Cousbatta Citizen Crops on the
river and In the hills need rain, and
| = The rain doesn't come soon, actual
differing may be considered a certain.
Ity to cotton and corn throughout the
parish. The hrst cotton bloom
brought to this office this year was
handed ID By J. H. Beaird, Esq. H.
wac taken from . field near East
Point On the 18th. Mr.. Recs -sys
blooms wete noticsble On tho Bfisr
Bend place % tho 28th. Experienced
farmers regard these early blooms a.
: bad iigo for the sotton CROP, but,
10 dry times, al signs arc allowed By
privilege to fail. ~ 49,. ~,
Washington Ne,cs: A negro man
named Louis, about 90 years old,
was shot aud instantly killed on the
plantation Of Mr.. Dominique Lalanne,
near Washington, hy Joseph Davsrae,
alias oee Bread, aud = colored man
named Cesar. Il appears that for
several ,nigbts some person had beep
prowling around the yard, joe and
Gear, were op the look out, and .bsil>
|ihg tie individual and receiving NJ
answer fired the fatal shots. 80 |
Dou,lasonville chef: Nssgrs infer
mstion reaches us Of tho occurrence of .
shooting sdfsy IN the town Of NaPols-
onvills Yesterday. in which Nj. W! =.
Howell, Parish Attorney, was shot ia the
shoalder aud severed wounded BY .
yoans man named Dupaty-donbtless Mr.
F. Dapaty.i The difficulty arose from The
Cling Of IN information egainst Mr..
Dupsty for disturbance Of the psace or
aois Kindred offepse. We refrain from
(hrtbar mention Of the case until ve are
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