The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-16
LOUISIANA.

Port Hudson complains that crops are be
ginning to suffer from lack of rain.
Dr.I. u. Ball, Of West Feliciana, Is attempt
ing the raising Of sik-worms In that parish.
Cane is doing well In Jefferson and larg
crop Is expected.
A negro left Pointe Coupee for Kansas, las
week, abandoning his mule, corn and othe
property.
A number Of negroes have lately left Tensa!
for New Orleans. 1t Is thought that their in
tention is to go to Kansas.
Cotton worms have appeared in Tensas Ii
both the upper and lower portions of thu
parish.
Baton Rouge had vocal and instrumental
concert last Wednesday, for the benefit Of the
complete success.
The reports Of crops throughout the parish
still continue encouraging. The corn crop IL
already made and Is plentiful, cane luxuriant
and doing well.-[Iberyille South.
Harry Clark, who killed negro by the
name OF Rollo on the Gardere plantation, in
East Baton Rouge, was tried last week. found
guilty and sentenced to be hung.
The exercises Of the Louisiana Institution
for the Deaf and Dumb, came off last
Wednesday. Several speeches" and PLAYS
were rendered by the pupils of the establish
ment in dumb show.
The Abbeville Meridional says the vigilance
committee OF Vermilion parish arrested two
negroes few days ago for larceny, tried
them, acquitted one, and took the other to the
parish jail, to be dealt with according to law.
The parish of Grant had DR.. P. Goode to put
fence around the jail, and, not being able to
pay for It just Eow, at his request returned
him the lumber, and on Friday carpenters
went to work tearing the jail fence down.
We learn the cattle in the upper end OF the
prairie are dying rapidly We attribute the
calamity to the want Of water. All the ponds
In that section are dry. One or two wells III
that vicinity would serve as future prevent
i've to the spread of the disease among the
stock Marksyille VIllager.
The Kansas fever Is at a lull in East Baton
Rouge. Those negroes who from that parish,
have reached Kansas have written back dis
suading the others at home from foil owing
them. Their advice is, Don't come unless
you nave money; and II you've got money
stay at home"
Henderson Lee, colored, dangerous thief
and robber OF Morehouse, was captured by
the sherifs posse last week, not, however.
without considerable shooting, in which Lee
was slightly wounded. He is already under
four indictments In Ouachita and has served
term In the Penitentiary.
Sufficient rain fell In this immediate neigh
borhood last Wednesday to effectualIy lay the
dust, but not enough to give the crops any
material benefit. We understand that splen-
did rains have fallen in some portions OF the
riously.-lBaton Rouge Capitolian.
The cane and cotton crops are beautiful
blooming" is no name for it. The shower Of
last week was followed by splendid weather,
giving the farmer time to work his crop, and
Ii Messrs. caterpillars postpone their advent
about six weeks longer the crop of Ponte
Coupee parish will be tremendous Pointe
Coupee Pelican.
The boiler Of the steam engine at the st.
Charles College saw mill, In Grand Coteau,
exploded on Tuesday evening" the eighth in
slant, and seriously injured three of the OBJ
eratves at the mill AS fragments Of the
boiler We're hurled ia every direction, and to
considerable distance 1t Is surprising that
none were killed outright The building took
lire, but was extinguished without much
damage, except that produced by the explo-
slon.-lSt. Landry Courier
Charlton Is raging In this parish, and 1t Is
feared that this terrible malady will assume
the proportions Of an epidemic. Twenty-Five
mules on Messrs. Chsm u Boyd's plantation
have been stricken, of which number ten have
died, and the rest are liable to share the same
fate Messrs. Fred Roy Il Son have lost three.
from the best Information we can reach, we
learn that about twenty-four mules and
horses have died from this disease during
the past six days-lSt. Bernard Eagle