The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-25
LOUISIANA.


mine Dramatic Club In Baton Rouge for the
benefit of the Confederate monument fund
proved great success and brought III large
sum OF money.
The police jury met last Saturday, the
tenth Instant and levied q special tax OF five
mills on all the taxable property OF the par
ish for drainage purposes Terrebonne In
dependent.
Last Wednesday morning wood chopper
Z. M Collins, while at work on Mr.. Joachim
Gueno's. plantation. six miles below town,
was instantly killed by the fall OF tree
IHouma Courier, May II.
The weather for week has been favorable
for the growing crops, and the grassy
Changers can have no complaint to make OF
the weather Early corn has been laid by.
Roasting-ears will be plentiful by the fourth
Of Jnly.--LOuachita Telegraph.
Mr.. Eugene Lapelle, overseer on Mr.. Victor
Bnrons' Oak Farm plantation, Bayou Little
CailIOn parish Terrebonne, on the twelfth In
slant told us they had red joints among their
first Year s:ubble cane.-[Ne iberia Sugar
Bowl
Rain is much needed by our farming COM
munity, and we hear OF dry cistern5 and
blighted garden crops Heretofore the sea-
son has been uncommonly favorable to the
agricutarlst, and we trust the prospect Of
bountfful harvest may not be IesBened by u
long drouth.-lLivingstoni
About 5000 persons were present at the
races last Sunday, between the mares OF
Messrs. Faisans and Prejeant. Bets and ex-
ctement ran high. Mr.. Prejeant's mare won
understand that Mr.. Faisans and q number OF
Ills friends are willing to stake from 800 to
$500 against Chacahoula's pride-Mr. Pre-
jeants MARE Houma Courier.
We learn that DR.. j. d. Harper, an old and
highly esteemed physician OF Minden, met
with very singular accident last Saturday
| night, which resulted In his death the next
day According to our informant, he was ly-
ing down reading a newspaper, when no fell
| asleep, the paper resting on his face. cor
ner caught fire from the lamp and 1t WAS soon
In blaze. The doctor awakened thus sud-
denly drew a quick breath and Inhaled tie
blaze, which, 1t is supposed, caused his
death. shreveport Times.
The weather has been so favorable, the
workmen have not lost single day for
months, and In consequence greater progress
has been made than was expected. Thus far,
we learh an average OF over quartz OF q
mile Of track per day has. been laid, and the
work is finished to a point nearly direc city
back OF Clarendon, five or six miles above
Franklin AS there Is less work to do on this
end of the Morgan division, we are told that
one-third OF a mile OF track per day is now
being completed; So at this rate, IL bad
weather does not intervene, the road will be
finished to New Iberia In little less than
sixty days from date, including Sundays, as
the distance to make is about II or IS miles.
Therefore, we hope to see the cars In New
iberia in July, and the junction made at Yer
miliOnville, at the latest, by October or Is.
New Iberia Sugar Bowl.
The season continues too dry In many locai-
1 ties, while other sections have had welcome
showers However, we have not heard OF
cane being injured any place by the drouth,
although In few places the corn looks yellow
The latter CROP with a large planting prom
ises an abundant YIELD while the cotton crop
/ Is rather backward on account OF the drouth.
Our staple crop, the cane. stands drouth bet
ter than any other, and already we hear
4 planters predicting good crop next fall; but
there is no doubt the acreage is smaller than
last season, owing to the almost general
failure of second year stubble That crop
i will not give seed enough, as usual, and
hence planters will have to encroach upon
their good sugar producing first year ration
crop. However, as dry seasons are always
pronounced good sugar years, the result may
be better even than the most sanguine now
anticipate. The cane crop looks very thrifty
growing rapidly. The nights have been toe
cold until lately, but we believe summer hal
now set In In real earnest, and as some
planters have already commenced to clay
by we may look for rapid growth OF cant
from this time for ward-INew Iberia Sugar
Bowl.
On last Tuesday evening the northern por
tion Of onr parish was visited by one of thu
most destructive hail storms that has ever
passed over our section OF country. From
about twelve or fifteen miles north and north
east OF Mnden the hail was most destructive
The track Of the storm was from one TO TIVE
miles wide. Mr.. Gleason. whose plantation
was directly in its path, Is one Of the Wors
sufferers we have heard Of, though we hav
no DOUBT many others experienced simila
loss. His cotton, which had been chopped
out and dirted, and his corn which was nearl.
! waist high were both utterly destroyed, leav
ing the ground upon which it had so latel.
, bloomed and fiourished as barren as 1t was Ii
,, the month Of January. The trees were beref
Of their fruit and foliage; gardens-almos
half the farmers liying-were a. completed.
wrecked as il a son OF Erin had spaded it III
Z and turned the roots of the vegetables to {
t hot miners son. Hail stones as large as
mans fist fell, one striking large hog Of
: Mr.. Gleason's place, killing him as dead as i
} he had been struck in the head by a cannon
j ball. We are gratified to say that the goo'
people throughout the neighbprhoods ar
) turning out to the assistance OF their NOR
/ unfortunate neighbors, aiding them to re
plant and furnishing seed to those who hav
] none.-[ Iinden Democrat.