The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-29
to solicit cid Tor the yellow fever sick Of

Murgati City.
Mr.. q. G: Doughty, residing on the Amite
river, ~ Esst Fellciana parish, recently
teen squirrels another. -
The cashier Of the New Orleans Custom
House, Mr. Z. Desmareis, we are Informed
nas been appointed postmaster at Onelou saH
New iberia Sugar-Bowl. -.o
Cotton pickers are having a good time this
peauuful weather, and the steam gins are
pallhg Up The snowy king for expectation.
--lEast Feilciana Patriot Democrat.
There will be drained and prepared for oul-
IlVatlOn by the Louisiana Land Reclamation
Company. before next spring, an immense
tract OF swamp land, situated In Terrebonne
parish.
During the storm of September 1, the entire
country between the Calcasfeu and the Mer-
menteau river WIS submerged by great
tidal wave. Numbers Of cattle and horses
we're drowned.
The railroad track has now been laid twelve
miles or more east Of Lake Charles and about
! four or five weeks will enable the company to
complete the grading and pile-driving west oil
that point. New Iberia Sugar-Bowl.
Diphtherialhas been very severe In Baton
flngton, and two children OF Duncan Conrad,
Esq, and several others, have died there
FROM East Felicana Patriot Democrat
New Iberia enjoyed q serious disturbance.
amounting almost to riot, last Saturday. A
lot OF negroes started q disturbances, and
when the police endeavored to arrest them,
resisted. Several OF the party were badly
hurt.
Last Saturday night an alteration took
place at Lafourche Crossing, In which two or
three colOred men were seriously wounded.
The difficulty occurred between people Or
color and was probably the result Of too free
indulgence In alcoholic liquors. Thibodaux
Sentinel.
Cotton picking Is still going on vigorously
In this section, although most of the early
crop has been already housed and the whole
crop on many places has been entirely cleaned
up. SO that many hands are now dlsengaged
Planters have been paying laborers EMPLOYED
Ii picking fifty cents i hundred for the work.
New Iberia Sugar Bowl.
We are glad to learn that track laying u
about to be resumed on the road three niles
above New Iberia, where 1t was suspended
two weeks ago for want OF material The en-
tire force, however, have been kept at work
some building bridges west OF New iberia
and others on. eulverts orsfllling In dirt be-
tween the ties, between there and Franklin
New Iberia Sugar Bowl.
Aclolored man was stopped on last Friday
by Officer Mackey while attempting to evade
the quarantine. He had visited the steamer
Macready, and then endeavOred to return to
town, but was arrested BY the officer and put
back again on board the boat. We learn that
he afterwards contrlved to get off at point
below town, but we trust that his experiences
will be q lesson topersons attempting to trife
with city ordinances.-[NeW iberia Sugar
Bowl.
At the Chicot poll, held last Saturday, for
the election Of delegates to our parish con-
vention, q difficulty occurred between Mr.
Chas. BOSNIAN and NIL. Fort. We are told
that the latter approached Mr. BOSNIAN short
ly after tho poll had opened and said. You
have sWlndled me out OF $500, and am going
to whip you for It, Mr.. Dossman protested
against d difficulty at that time and place.
other day. when Fort struck him In the
face and they closed In q hand to-hand fight
Dossman finally drew q pistol and at
tempted to shoot Fort, but bis pistol was
knocked out OF the Lille of Fort BY by
stander aud the ball lodged In the hip of
Richard Nash, inilicting n severe though not |
dangerous wound. The pistol was taken from |
Dossman, aud Fort who was not at the time
disarmed. continued to cut at him. Louis |
Dossman INTERVIEWED to project his brother |
Fort immediately turned on him with the |
knife, which yet remained In his possession |
Louis DossDan kept out OF the reach of |
Forts knife until he backed against the store
gallery. when Fort made a lunge with his |
knife that went rejoicing through his clothes
then Louis BOSNIAN drew d pistol to fire on |
Fort, and as he leveled it some one near
knocked 1t up and to one side, and the ball |
entered the head of Mr.. EdWardaW Grimm |
who WAS at this moment about mounting the |
top OF pair OF stairs ut the end Of the gal |
lery. Charles Dossman received an ugly |
wound across the temple from Forts knife. |
From last accounts Grimm Is yet alive
Washington News.