The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-22
SOUTHERN STATE NEWS.
LOUISIANA.

All the country towns arc iu', 81 AHN't'"s
dramatic shows
A. q, Means has assumed editorial eostsei
of tho Murehuuse Clarion.
The I.afourrhe ferry brought only s33o ao'
this year againet sliTa last year
Ehrnyeport has prohibited the aaic 81 Tire
wnrha within city limits. Under penalty al
$40
IN, atea MGR RelIc tho nre, boat ot tho a"a
non ntean,ts, down bayou LatauiThe N'ah's
day, December T.
= l. Winder pa,iah attorney OF at"utcne.
naa ,aairnra because hia official tiait'na ~
tprfereR with his utivat" practice.
Tbn nrnrent aenanr hpa boon the nneN pros
,ort,us Shreveport has rhjnyed tot many
years SO eaya the Claiborne G""fdi''f.
rha town council Of Houma haa paaaod ~
anti. aranraoknr law Tor the Ghliatulaa non
daya. hut Il applsa only 10 one street MAN
street,
4 nsirhhar nf ours hne caught twcnty
,,,la In about n munth'a tine ny plaoihG
stooi trap on hia 'front.' gate rust lli"uma
Courier.
laya Charlea Mvvcs. niatrict Judge of 81"
dtstrirt embracing the two FeltoinnaH. VIII ."
n candidate before the Legislature for tho no
aitiun III one or the circuit Judges
Tho Weld nf puAar IN Iberia haa greatly ".
,,r,,nuad aimee the rroat Tho quantity Of
auuar made IN open kettlra this year IN that
pariah will hp much amallof than usual
H.
thin parrish haa reaiInoa hta Office ~ favor ~
n Democrat. " NJ Calhoun. E4I Lookout
far il storm ~ something awful lliauma
Courier
i j Kirk. Democrat. IL tho representatives
eject from Vernon patiEh. FOR shn,1h ~
t,nuptly INDEPENDENT iudnrand by the ttonh
haokera. defeated tho regular 'em"etai'
nominee.
The rain Saturday night has rauaed a riac
OF some ten ieat Ill the tnuttah'"au noi'sa
.auently the lnrgpat eteameta can como - auf
landing without detention. Washington
Enterprise.
Tho prieoncra In tho Wchater parish Jail
aet tirr Ia tho building Saturday night. hon
Ing to burn their way out, he attenu' waa
a failure "A tho deputy Ehntif broke IN al'h
distinguished the tiaMoa hefote serious dam
age was done
Tho fret heavy white froet ef tho season
waa aeon ana felt Last Eutlaay morning
Gold weather we have had hy titaand starts
ever since the acaaon hogan hut nothing Ike
a good white ffnst until the tim" lnertionnd.
-lWeat Baton Rouge Sugar Planter.
At nrraent there are thirty ono prisoners
confined o. the Csddn parish jati OF this
number six are held tnr murder fait from
Catitlo parish and two FROM Rod ldvei par
ish who were aent here for aafo=ke"pinG ne
others are hold on thu charge ~ petty LAT
r,,ny robbery. Misunderstanding etc,
There ara III lraat 1000 bales ni cotton Now
atnrpd at our several warehouses awaiting
shipmeut aud tho strCria Of or town arc
crowded with wagons l"aded with the ataple
and hpinH offered for sale al reasonable rItnHa.
which meet With prompt purchasers on tho
part of our merchants Washington Nova,
Tho gpaaon FOR clpsing tho sugar making
business has been iino. W. have never wit
nessed a better season for grinding than the
one nov closing. Tho crops have been ma'ts
with ns little pSpanaA Hny sinGN ha
war Although the Yield has moi hnon tlgf'
the priprss ~ which sugar and mrlasasa soil
makes the planter look happy and smiling.
-ILaiourrhe Sentinel.
On aro,unt Of u strtkn for better pay. or n
nlamor for wages 1T Il diss satisfaction about
the receipts aud division OF tho Epnls yastor-
dny there cauao worry near hatug q division
and dishantiiuG Of thn Adah Richmond Opera
Troupe. II was very Attutlarta th1t r"FNntlN
raportei ut thrm NJ Houston. lnNta tut
after being remtnAei IT thnir obligations and
liabilities tu tho l,saees of the Opera House.
the little shtia show was closed. AMI tho
matinee. and laat nights performance. won't
on according to contract, without further
interruption. Shreveport Fines. hee. ID.
On Sunday afternoon. Charles Xndag, at
Shreveport. WAS accidentally killed - The
house IL A. Lazy. living III Mindon. Webster
parish LaSy and Fit@"r, brothers IN law.
were partners IN the grocery business IT
Mtnden Ii IL claimed that rinspr III
treated hs wife. LrNy's sister. and waa 50
brutal to her SUNDAY evening that Levy
Knocked him down. severely hurting him.
pteser retrattd into tho stratt. drawing Il
knife. Young IldiaE. who was friend 81
Iayy's ran in the latter's house ~ warn
him that pieser was about 70 attack him.
when Lew installing him for Pleser. fired.
killing him immediately.
In accordance with an ordinance passed BY
the city ruuuFtl soma weeks siHcc. Commits
aioner Grim h&s made improvements OH thn
leyae witch will operate greatly t. the All
vantage Of steamboats, having Cltgoes to dis
charge at this port. The improvements con
sst ut rock extension iitty-thrae f"ct wide.
beginning NJ the outer edge of l.csee street.
al i point opposite J. Il. nurhams Old stand
and running lao feet toward tho water. with u
fall OF about seven feot. fhe conditions un-
der which the ordinance was passed were
that the lessecs Of thu wharf should furnish
the rock aud TING city do tho work Shtere-
port Times
MIR Gent. w. Warren has filed his petition
protesting the issuance Ut ii commission ~
w. u. Mcdonald rs clerk ~ the district
court Both Of these gentlemen were caud-
dates for that office. Thu Gum Springs Box.
In ward i. turned up missing, which changes
matters. Warren claims that At that pre-
cuct he got lei votes, and Mcdonald ~.
Counting that box the vote would stand
Warren Tih Mcdonald GS1 elcetinG Warren
by - majority. But IL that IL not counted.
the vote would stand: Mcdonald bti. War
rem 635 -clectiug Mcdonald hy majority.
Judge Turner has convened special term Of
the district court. to meet IN Mtnden. Mon
day. December u, to try tho case Webster
Tribune.
Four years ago the little city OF Bayou
Sara was, 10 ali appearances hupelcssly III
debt. with no prospect VI ultimate eStrtCatian
from the sad prcieament. The levees were
in depurable condition, the draining ina
chine dlapidated ana the streets ut times al
most impassahIe. The names ot many Of her
best citizens annually appeared III the deltr-
Quent list, AMI lie who was 50 unfortunate AS
to become the city's creditor was paid OF in
nj huf ms Ia, II ~ al NJ