The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-24
SOUTHERN STATE NEWS.
LOUISIANA.

An immense coal mine was recently dig
lowered on Topy creek. IN Blenville parish.
The water in Bayou Lafonrnhe Ia yet too
Inv to permit steamboat navigation.
There are more aeorns than hogs In Ben-
Vile The grounds literally covered In some
places.
we learn with much pleasure that The sugar
Yield In Our parish ID very llatterlng 49, Hretna
Courier.
"A great deal Ut cane wac raised In Rienville
this year. but little syrup has been manufac-
alIIed up to date.
Up IN the nineteenth instant Delhi had
shipped for this season 1888 bales Of cotton,
Ravville 2o72, and Glrard $500.
A sudden change of weather thls week
from warm 10 cold took place IN ltchlahd-
white frost and little Ice on Tuesday morn
Ing.
The steam cav mill and clubhouse OF Mr..
Mercer living ct Bosaler Point. was burned 9
few nights ago, through an accident. no IN
a1raf1ee.
The reche boats are getting q great deal
az nntton that cannot be sent down by way OF
Red river la the low stage OF water I'D tnat
stream.
4 Cobb yickers shot Tom Amery In the face
with d load oF huckshot, In Richland parish,
Saturday morning, wounding him probably
fatally. The difficulty was about cotton.
H.. There la great demand In East Fellclana
tor apparatus for grinding and converting
arc Into SYRUP. The farmers think that
there IL more money n II than in cotton
Never within the memory Of that renowned
Individual 1.-THE oldest inhahtant, has the Mls-
Hissipi water been as clear as 1t fs at this
time. II has more the appearance Of lake
# than river water.-=lGretna Courier.
on last Tuesday night the weather became
n RauItA cool, not enough. however. 70 freeze. "
Y rlsnrsd OF beautifully. and besides tmproy-
lng the standing cane. 1t gave The planters
fitlp weather 10 proceed with the manufacture
Aang of sugar 'ThibodauS Sentinel.
IA little son Of Hon. u, q. Sellers, Of Union,
WINS fatally injured on November a. while
playing around cotton presH. He was hold
Anu OF, TO the iron strap Of the presa when his
head was caught between that ana glider
and crushed
tornado passed over Fishers landing and
vicinity, Oh Black river. Ouaehita parish. one
might Iast week, taking away two Or three
houses, and anong them old man Wise's. He,
with his family. was asleep. Some Of the PC
supanta were seriously, though not fatally,
injured.
From the first Of September up TO the tlf-
teenth instant Trenton bas shipped over the
railroad G3U3 bales of cotton. During the
same period 1898 bales have been shipped
from Monroe. There ls stlll some cotton III
The country. but the bulk Of the crop has
probably gone to market.
During the last few weeks there has been n
remarkable influx Of whites and blacks from
the surrounding parishes. Many Ut these
men, Who having gathered IN the produce Of
their cotton patches, now come To aseist In
taking off the sugar crop In the Attakapas.
New iberia Sugar Bowl.
The warm wealth eli last week. III ut. John
interfered somewhat with grinding. Thurs
day and Friday, however. there were two
light frosta. The planters are. III oonse-
uunnrn, actively Mt work. The yield la not
uniform. On the Jaubert place the yield is
extraordinary, exceeding two hogsheads 10
the arpent.
AZ d negro was coming t. Nayvile with
Load OF cotton for MIR Ivy, on Thursday, the
cotton took fire by some means the driver
was smoking we preaume-and was pretty
badly burned. He threw 1t off In the water
and thought he had put out the fire. drove TO
Dr. Winters's gin. In Rayville, tn have Il re-
prescott but after he got there IL was dlscov-
cred to be still Oh fire.
About sixty white men applied for work to
the uverseer mt the railroad camp near New
iberia last week. As the negroes had struck
for higher wages. these men were taken on
readily. and Hospitality supplied with food
only 1--WE remained to fulfill their engage-
nleft. The rast set off In search of other fields
and pastures new
The authorities OF Red River parish, On an
order OF court issued by Hon. ID. Pierson,
upon application OF District Attorney Hall.
transferred two prisoners charged With MUIR
der from the jail at Coushatta to the one mt
Shreveport. The motion OF the district attor-
nay for the order YVES based on the ground Of
the Insecurity Of the Red River parish jail, aa
certified tn lii the regular official report of
the grand jury st that parish.