The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-14
LOUISIANA.

The firemen OF Shreveport celebrated their
twelfth anniversary last Friday. Six engines
turned out.
difficulty took place on last Tuesday, In
Al. Martin parish. between Messrs. Aufelien
Barras and Henry Beslin, In which Barras
was killed.
The Baton Rouge Herald ls opposed to the
use OF convict labor outside Of the Penten-
tiary. 1t calls on the constitutional Conven-
ton to prohibit this in the new constitution.
The two-y year old child Of Mr.. j.. u. Arce-
naux, of Donaldsonville. WAS aecldently
drowned Iii that town last Friday, by falling
into hoop-pole hole.
On Tuesday this parish was the recipient Of
several fine showers Of rain, The CUTTERS
were Hooded ponds and coulees filled and
untold good done TO the suffering erops.-I Yer
million Meridiona1
The TX ansas fever has struck this point
nj last. BY some mode peculiar to them
selves the wards Of the nation have heard
that a government boat is to be sent up this
river to give all that wish q chance to go to
Kansas.-[Catahoula News.
Yesterday tho youngest child OF y. 3D. Kirk
hardly one year old fell into d tub containing
three inches of water, and was suffocated to
death before the accident was discovered
JCalcasieu Gazette, May g.
Messrs Hutts and Logan were out rowing
I'M d skiff near Shreveport the other day when
n nall sbOFIl GhtIlH tp. lIS lItll buIsb puu WY
bottom Of the boat from bow to stern ana the
two men were compelled to swim to the shore
for their lives
Absalom W. Ford, convicted Of the murder
III DR.. Joseph Bszee will be hanged at LIKE
Charles on the twenty-sixth instant, and
Robert Cheney will undergo the same pun
ishment ait Pfaguemine, Iberyille parish, on
the sixteenth, for rape.
Mr.. Thomas Amery laid upon our table,
last Wednesday, cotton stalk Of this years
growth which treasured eight and q hall
Inches from the ground UP, ana says he mas
wenty-five acres of the same kind Of cotton.
It Ia the largest we have seem RiGhland
Beacon.
Mr.J. d. James. deputy sheriff Of Rapides
parish, was in our town yesterday, having
under arrest ten or twelve members Of the
Corner Vigilance Committee lheY are
charged with assault with intent to kill ne
gro, named Louis johnson, In Rapides.-
Avoyelles Bulletin.
The municipal election In Homer, Claiborne
parish, On Monday last, passed oil quietly.
b. w. Hurts and J. Ferguson, the present
Incumbent, were candidates for Mayor. Mr..
]. IA. Richardson. G.. q. Gill, y. III. Simmons
and w. w. Arbuckle were elected couneiimen.
Felix Green, aged two years, was drowned
In Pjrogua Branch, BOnfOuea. on tuesday,
the twenty ninth ultimo. He, was playing
with some other children, on the bank, and
Tell III LLle pIbItNI, WIltIt bJ WhS h1oWHFt
before assistance atriyed.-[St. Iammany
Farmer
It seems that all the emigrants for Kansas
are not yet off for "de promised land where
bananas grow thick" Yesterday three men,
three women and four children came from
Louisiana and pitched their tent near the
landing, and are waiting for the govern
ment boat to take them to Kansas ~ Natchez
Democrat May 10.
On Tuesday morning last our section was
visited by heavy rainfall followed during
the day by constant aud soaking shower
our town residents but also to the farmers
whose crops, though not suffering for It, were
greatly refreshed by its VISITATION w est
Feliciana Sentinel
The prisoners of the parish jail have been
hired to Geo Thomas, street contractor, and
will spend the time for which they were SEN
fenced lii laboring for the public good. Hn-
der the terms OF the contract with the parish
Mr.. Thomas II to pay five dollars per month
for each convict and feed them Claiborne
Guardian.
Capt. j. A. Prudhomme exhibited on Front
street last Tuesday Mr.. Lecomte's celebrat-
cd bull ..Uncle Mac, twenty-five months old.
and Weighing 1909 pounds. 1t Is crossed be-
tween Durham and Jersey COW, and 10 one
of the finest animals that we have ever seen
raised in this section OF the country
Natchitoches indicator.
week was something Of q drawn battle. There
were two tickets In the tield-Democratic and
Independent. The mayor and one OF the
aldermen on the Independent ticket were
elected. The marshal and four of the alder,
men are Democrats. The negroes supported
the Independent ticket solidly.
At the election held last Monday for mayor
and seven counclmen for the town OF Yer
millionvile, the following persons were
elected: For mayor John Clegg for council
men, J.. Lacoste, II. l.. Landry, g. T. Alpha,
Edward Mcbride, w. B. Bailey and JOS. L..
Mouton There was q tie vote between
Messrs. M. 7. Young and Il. j.. Mcbride,
which will probably necessitate new cleo
ton.
Friday evening about shutdown two white
boys, agefourteen years, named Kirby Tucker
and - Gordon were in q bateau catching
driftwood about the middle OF the river at
Shreveport. The ferry-boat was crossing at
the time and the raft drifted the bateau
| against her bow when Gordon grasped the
guard of the ferry-boat and climbed aboard.
Tucker attempted to do the same thing, but
fell back under the driftwood and was
| drowned.
A meeting of the bar of Shreveport was
held Thursday, presided over by Judge Boar
man, with J. Ii. Shepherd, ESD, as secretary,
The meeting was held IN pursuance OF re-
quest to that effect urged by Hon. 7. [. Land
for the purpose Of advising him, as chairman
Of the Judiciary Committee in the Con5titu-
tional Convention, on the judicial system de-
sired by the parish Of Caddo. The result OF
| the proceeding was a request on the part oil
the bar that the judicial system Of Caddo be
formed on a plan similar to that In force Ii
| the parish of Orleans, TO wit. That there be
two district courts in this parish one WITT
exclusive jurisdiction in probate and criminal
matters, and the other with exclusive iuris
diction In civil Matters Shreveport Times
The rain storms since our last issue have
been quite abundant, too much SO for the cot