The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-26
SOUTHERN STATE NEWS.
LOUISIANA.

A camp meeting opened at the Bethel camp
ground, In DeSoto parish, last Friday. All
the tents were occupied and many CONVEX
sions made.
A fire broke out on Louisiana street, oppo-
site the market house, In Shreveport, last
Friday and destroyed several buildings. The
loss WIS $30O0
Tho cotton is beginning to be piled up Oh
Spring street as III tho days OF yure. Il be-
gins to assume an appearance OF "biz -
shreveport Standard.
The CaIcasieu Gazette has suspended publ
Messrs. j. w. Bryan & Co., Of the Lake
Charles Echo.
Squirrels are 30 numerous In Grant parish
that they invade the town of Colfax. One of
them took refuge on top Of the Jail the other
day, where he was pursued and captured.
The cylinders in the cotton gins OF Grant
parish are being blown out every day. For
tnnataty nobody has been killed yet, but the
Chronicle man Is standing around waiting for
TN Item.
It Ia reported that there are several cases
OF disease resembling yellow fever In the
bruly back OF the Richard Gantreau planta-
tion Assumption parish. This plantation Is
between NapoleonvilIe and Labadievllle on
the right bank Of the bayou Donaldson
vile Chief.
They have been having Beecher trial in
Donaldsonville, the colored pastor OF the
Nazarene Baptist Church having been
charged with improper conduct. As In the
case 81 the pastor Of Plymouth Church, the
| Donaldsonville preacher has been found not
| guilty. forgiven and gone back TO his pulpit.
| Although there has been no term OF the dis
trct court In this parish e1nce 1878, there will
not be single case OF any serious crime be-
fore tbs grand jury, and but few cases OF pet
| ty offensss and misdemeanOrs. We doubt IL
| there Is parish In the State that can show a
better record In this respect than Sabine
Sabine Index.
| At the tirget shooting tournament at Don
jacksonville, on the seventh Instant, the medal
offered to the best marksnan In the Cannon
GERS was won by Lieut.. Il. a. Landry. Mr.. A.
d. Vega won the first prize OF sivefWare
making score OF 10 out Of d possible %. This
lowing are the lending scores: A: y. Vega -
l.. A. Colomh 10; T. Klopman. Willard Brad.
i ford Alfred Esnauit. Henry DugaS, l. BrAud
&C. Lass, II each; John e. Nolan, Dr., 16.
An accident occurred on Gen. Bradlsh John
sons Whitney plantation. 10 the parish OF !, -
John ne Baptst Saturday dhy evenlng a .nt
5 o'clock. The boiler OF an engine used to ruL
| the rice thrasher exploded while the hands
we're engaged In moving pile Of sacks OF rice
4 Mr.. y. M. Rutledge was knocked senseiess
having been struck In the face and on one side
or the head by some flying missile. twf
cOlored men wereinjured, one on the breast ant
the on the other side. and the condition OF tht
former WAS pracarious at last accounts. Oul
friend Mr.. G. d. Middleton was struck on tha
u body and face by hot ashes and water anf
sustained shock to the nerves Of bis left oye
], which causes him excruciating pain, but will
fortunately not be likely to impair the sigh
Of the organ. The boiler was carried dis
lance Of about one hundred yards by tht
force Of tho explosion, cutting off two posts
of the shed covering the boiler, engine ano
thrasher, and blowing a deep rut in the
ground during aportion OF its progress. Hal
the thrasher been In operation Ut the time o
the accident, with the WOrkmen In their Gus
tomary positions, only miracle could hav'
saved several Of their number from DEATH
H Donaldsonville Chief.
Mr.. j. j. Dodge, the contractor, 10 pushing
rapidly forward with tho job OF constructing
the new revetment at the head Of Bayou La
fourche, and ut the rate the work ID progress
ing, its completion may be- looked for within
the next ten days. Mr. Dodges first steE
after making arrangements for securing tn
necessary timber and planklng from tn
Pearl river region, WAS TO construct Pile
: driver carrying n 1400-pound hammer, ant
with this machine no has driven row o
: ninety-six cypress piles, eight feet apart, be
ginning at tho head OF Chetimaches street
and following the curve Of the bayou leve
around as far ~ Mr.. Joseph Billeisen's work
shop, d total distance OF 760 feet These pile
: are driven twelve feet into the earth, We be
lieve, and the row IL being capped with heav
pieces Of timber. A facing Of three-inch plan
will be- placed against the piliDg, strength
ened by series OF smaller piles or posts
! driven outside OF and resting against til
facing. A new emba1AkInent OF earth is beinl
thrown up Immediately back OF the wood
work, the outer slope striking the latter at 1t
base the crowns Of the embHnkment and tn
woodwork being nearly on level. The ne'
( levee Ia being neatly covered with sod on 1t
] crown aud outer slope, which will greatly ef
nance the appearance OF the revetment.-lD DOL
} aldsonville Chief.