The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-13
SOUTHERN STATE NEWS.
LOUISIANA.

LOUISIANA.
Clinton will hold q stock fair October 20.
West Carroll has Hood relief committee
Amita City holds Its town election on tht
fifteenth instant.
The public schools Ii Washington, st. Ian
dry parish, re-opened October 10.
The State engineers will receive proposals
until the eighteenth for the construction d
large quantity of cotton has been shipped
from this parish this Week.-lAvoyelles bul
letin.
IT ID fine contemplating weather and plant.
ers ail busy as bees East FeIiciana Patriot
Democrat
leyees at Concordia, parish OF Plaquemines
St John, parish or vt. John, and Riverton
parish Of Ascension.
We understand that Mr.. Shaffer began cut
ting cane and will begin to grind on Monday
iTerrebonne Independent.
The rice crop Of this parish will not be .
large one. The grains have not filled out
we'll AvoyeIles Bulletin.
Some fatal disease, we learn, Is running its
course among the children OF this and adjoin
ing parishes St Helena Gazette.
The "gut" ct the mouth Of the river Ii
getting to be troublesome, and boats are de
tanned there for several days lAvoyelles
Bulletin.
The river ID very low ct this point; about
as low MS II ever gets. The Wilson was not
able to get over the bar here yesterday Cat
ahoula News, October A.
After drouth OF six weeks or more We
were refreshed with steady slow showers o.
about an hours duration each on the last
three days. olfax Chronicle.
We are glad to see the Terrebonne hide
pendent protest against the employment OF
convict labor, In that parish, on the planta-
tions.-fNew Iberia Sugar Bowl.
One Of the effects OF the late storm Is the
Introduction OF a new industry on Petit Anse--
the manufacture OF wine from the oranges
which were beaten down Ia numbers. Petit
Anse Amateur.
The water liz SO low In their bayou that the
merchants Of Napoleonville have to bring
their freight from Donaldsonville In wagons,
which puts them to great Inconvenience and
la very expensive.
A fire was discovered In the gin on Ray
Point plantation, worked by Mr.. Cottingham
on Thursday week. We learn that the loss In
cotton was considerable. The property was
not insured.-LNew Iberia Sugar Bowl.
Corn Is scarce In the prairie, and no more
bayous. Prudent farmers will make all the
hay that they can and cut and save all OF their
pea vines Avoyelles Bulletin.
The Polnte Coupee Pelican says that man
some distance from New Texas Landing 10
about to establish colored gambling hell,
with whisky to secure patronage for his
house.
The Red River Baptist Association which
met at Pleasant Grove, near Ringgold, last
Saturday and Monday, was the largest OF the
kind ever seen 10 this country. The greatest
harmony and good feeling prevailed through
out the meeting Blenville Times.
The people OF East Felicana vote October
IS for Oh against resolution levylng q tax OF
three mills on the roll OF 1878, for the purpose
OF raising the sum OF $4,000 to defray the ex-
penEes OF rebuilding and repairing the bridges
swept away by the recent flood.
Friday last difficulty arose between two
young negroes on Hope plantation. about
pair OF Shoes which each contestant claimed
to be his property. One OF them, u. William,
ran for a double-barreled shotgun, and fired
who was instantly Killed. The autopsy
showed that Berry had received eight buck
shot In his hip bone.-[St John Meschacebe
Steamboats, at present arriving at New
Iberia, except that they have come from In
AZ the boats OF the Pharr Line do not now
touch ut Morgan City or any other infected
place, they are allowed the same privileges
as they enjoyed before the quarantine was
established. Strangers going to Or returning
from the North experience no annoyance and
incur no risk Ia passing through New Iberia.
New Iberia Sugar Bowl.
In our section OF the State the sugar rolling
will commence on many Of the plantations
about the fifteenth instant, but on places
along the coast and on the islands where the
water protects the cane from the frosts, and
wherever else 1t Is possible, 1t Is likely that
the work will be deferred until the first Of
next month"; to afford the stalk more time to
mature. The season has been unusually favor |
able for the maturity Of cane during the past |
month, and the effects Of the storm Of the |
first OF September have, to a great extent, |
already been overcome.-[New Iberia Sugar |
Bowl.
AT q meeting Of the Board OF Trade, held at |
the Masonic Hall Monday,.a committee was
appointed to collect statistics and prepare an |
address setting forth the necessity and ad- |
yantages Of railway connection with st. |
Louis and the great West The committee ls |
composed OF the following gentlemen: Dr. Z. |
Y. Ably, D. M. Sholars. VIM. Sublett, A. A. |
Gunby and Louis D. Allen, Jr. DR.. Ably ad- !
dressed the board on the Importance Of the |
projected road in a few interesting remarks |
Gen. King, NJ. G., who was present, was called |
upon, and responded In neat little talk, |
pledging his earnest efforts In behalf of the IN
dertaking. Ouachita Telegraph.