The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-08
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LOUISIANA.

Shrimps are plentiful In all the river par
ishes.
There Is some typhoid fever In Vermillion
parish.
Crop prospects are good In Conc0rdia and
fine yield OF both cotton and corn Ia promised.
Two negro cattle thieves were caught Ia
Fast Baton Rouge the other day. The stolen
cattle were recovered.
The rice crop or Jefferson, the Gazette de-
clares, will be about 30 per cent less than that
of last year.
Some tramps haze appeared In Pointe
Coupee, and celebrated their coming by petit,
larcenieS and robberies.
The corn crop Of the hill portion OF Cata-
houla, once SO promising, will be complete
failure Cause, the drouth
Shreveport Is to have q $500 town clock.
Almost the entire necessary sum has been
contributed.
has commenced In that parish, and expects to
hear complaints of too much rain from the
farmers.
The West Feliciana Sentiners story OF
colored boy being eaten by a panther In that
parish is denied. The Sentinel nobly holds to
Its wild tale.
The pecan crop of this State promises to be
very abundant this year. It has been almost
failure for two years past Prices also are
good.
Wells and cisterns are dry In West Baton
Rouge, and the people of that parish have
been compelled to fall back On the river for
water
SavaroI n1antars IN St Rarnard have ahan-
doned their rice crops. Cane, both plant and
stubble, in that parish, promises favorably, as
does cotton also
Rains have fallen n Richand Jefferson.
r.alIs, n Iada * IT. ponta dopas, en
Eaat III Waat EaI,cano - tha ereat banafit
Of the crops,
Not aa m,,cb suoar-cane has been nlanted
+his o .,a sn ~ and rI.ihnrno 70 ohas
I iaaf vas and ia drnnth IL iniprinn What
ifItia yhas lh a na nted oao11 - "Aoo
n. ~, 100 800 49, p,"nD , =.
% esseget a ta e. tira thnt Az
rad The town v 81 Fnrm u L. has s@ reap
Pealeu, =, enia,Kou.
Lucille Franconle, daughter OF Joseph
Francone OF St. mary, d1ed IN tnaI parish
last week, from poison introduced lnt9 ner
set - ~ ~ nj nIpnw g = eoo .opeo
sect - dnlnia1 uiiAno"n.
Robert Roberts, aged seventeen, was dan,
gerously shot IN the shoulder IN CaldWeH
parish, last Ihursday py g negro boy; Inc
latter claims thaJ the snootlng was accidental
but ne bears very pad reputation.
In the parish OF Livingston they make all
officers work the roads,. Inc CLERK OF the
court pald Sz5 me ana oQsIs oI COURT Ior
thinking that the law required MIN GO be 10
his Office instead OF on the road &c work.
a llCtl6 CnllQ OF q NIT. ByarJeau, III Ine
southern part Of Rtchland parish, swallowed
a quantity of concentrated I've q few days
since, from the effects OF which IT died in great
agony.
The drouth Is over In Potnte Coupee. A
staadv two hours rain fell Wednesday at New
Road and Pointe CouDee. doing immense
good to the cotton and corn, It was some
what too late for the latter, OF which very
small crop Will be made.
Inst Friday week the False River. Pointe
Coupee, and Bayou Sara West Feicana gun
clubs shot a match for the championship Of
the two parishes. The result was d complete
victory for the Bayou Sara club, the score
standing: Bayou Sara, 90; False River, "a.
I1niversitv and Agriculturaf and Mechanical
fInllape tool. nIaea 81 baton Romua INV
+, II M;cheiet' If 81 Jamas and + ". Pierce
If Ration Rouge delivered addresses The
Certificates were conferred nv T. II. Farrar. Of
Nav 0rlaana =! - NJ. : = o-
Arthur Roittanx Who was m,xad IN N tha
Ravou Marinuo,in affrav in TberviIle narish
in December 1s77 in which two nersons were
killed was tried for the second lime last
week In East Ration Rouge ana was again
found guilty Of murder and sentenced to the
nha Noto,,;.aal,.o ~: y $50
lne Nh. a. t patdtctttof SAYS ~ y SALE
" say ia. .liefe VIII not % sulnclent corn
laIseu - .nae paIIsn lnls season lor ilalle
oon1suinpe W ulgno SHOWERS zen " uiliel
Ss W ~ ma.o,ileoInes iasC Weeh ". hoC
- suaIsaeno 4uah1Aty " W ~ 'tny oenen1 ~
Lhe erops.
On q ride through the parishes OF West
II, Notwithstanding the drouth V Which t was