The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-10
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Ir ne -, for rain Morehouse Clarion.
su. .sa.,t ona hundred and fifty colored
,.,aarors arrived In this parish last week.
n" Kansas fever here, 1t seemss--t11ounal
fhe corn, cane and garden crops ya are t lm
feI last Saturday and sunsniay, ,,, pag 1'0
waather Is too COOL MarksVliie puAo1'A'.
The Terrebonne Canal ana Nav, avg
Company has gene oat ae Is about to Be pur
oha en93 and wofk Is about to commence Oh
one OF the cut-oiis.
pavaral Young ladies In dug-out, On Bayou
uiank we're 30 frightened at the lndll1erencss
III mi alligator, that IN tneir Marty 70 p1HSn ~
II thn r. boat from him they were capsized. NO
lives lost a4 m-,
a l,oht shower Of about fifteen minutes
.,nratien Saturday night broke three weeks
drDilth here, doing much Goon 70 tne s.tpMank
crrng, More rain La needed. me WealneI -
decidedly cold for june Bossief Banner.
On the twentyfourth q May en- ,, unknown mna
and \ half miles below Lockport. Inc core,
ner,s i,1ry rendered verdict that deceased
had his neck broken.
T,aat week q two-year old child Of Mr.. st.
Amin Ioonion, in Isle Piquant, Iberia parish,
died q hydrophobia he naa beel ai Dseea a ~
facked him. and all fears OF evil effects from
Tho bite had long since been dispelled.
a. tho municipal election Of Covington, ~
rrammarv which took place June Q, the fol
lowing officers were elected: Mayor. - =.
MartndaIe; aldermen, ghaS. h sn1 = 80, ~;
Poole 3. n. Sturcken, y. y. CnALnpol0' Sdi1o0
Taylor, r. r. Waddles.
.Tohn Lucas, colored, aged ten years, was
drowned while bathing Ia Bayou fIerre. neae
the Concordia picnic grounds: Inere Was
number OF other boys In bathing ~ Ine sitns
III tha accident, but none were able to afford
the Unfortunate boy any assistance. -ShreVe-
port Times.
Tha nrospeets for drouth seem more GER
tain. In several portions OF the parish there
hag been no rain for weeks, ana aithougn Jig
dry weather has been r. t L6s contn
rance will be disastrous In the extreme
claiborne Guardian.
Al Infatuated bull Of Mr.. John Mackin, last
Tuesday night, played sad havoc among Inc
stock on Scotland plantation and Whereabouts.
Some half dozen horses ana muies, pesiue
number 81 horned stock. were severely wound
MI several Of which have since dled.-lConcor
dla Eagle.
The drouth ia over and q plentiful and boun-
4if,ll rain has relieved the anxiety 81 tne
planters It did not rain, but 1t poured during
three days, and again the rice fields are under
water. Pumping machines are established 81
along the river banks In front Of the rice
regions, and with the help Of occasional rains
the crop will besaved.- vt. John Meschacebe.
MorRan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad
Y Company have reduced their freight tarln
twenty-five per cent below their card rates "a
all freiehts from Houma to New Orleans,
and vice versd. That is one Of the benefits go
far accomplished by the South Louisiana Ca
nal and Navigation Company.--lI errebonne
Independent.
About two or three weeks since adog be,
longing TO Mr. Hagerty Was tro sho 81
il i the Yard The shote was kept up, and on
last Monday was discovered raving mad,
II biting at everything he came across, ano
4 finally escaping into the street, where ne was
followed and killed before ne did any Gam
age.-( Washington News.
Terrebonne parish L. one vast garden
Lower Bayou Terrebonne and lower bayou
Is Little Caiilou are It's garden OF Eden, TO .oul
mind. The inhabitants Of those two sectlons
are most all small farmers, who are friendly
and lii prosperous circumstances, ,conse
uuently they are contented and happy
Fresh sea Il sh, crabs and shrimps abound al
the wear round and in winter wild ducks ant
game are plentiful Terrebonne independent
Last week Albin Proyosty, while out fish
IND, pulled In his line which seemed to pc YER!
i heavy. On getting the line ashore he dis
covered q large yellow catfish On It; but
strange to cay, when ne cut open me GaI
which was still alive, he found large nv
casse-burgot inside OF it. It seems that tn
Z casse-burgot was caught on the hook ana 20
-
pulled In. Strange to say, the casse ,,aa
was not at al injured by this Jonas-like &C
curronce P0inte Coupee Pelican.
All election was held In Bastrop last Mon
day for mayor and town councilmen, Wnlcl
Il resulted In the reelection OF Mr. >. II. Silver
as mayor. Only three OF the I'VE eouhc.l Inc
were elected, there being tie vote betWee
Messrs. Dalton, Heller, Brown and Simon
The councilmen elected were Messrs: !.
Handy, e. f. Buckingham and pr. W. !
McCreight. The mayor has ordered q spe
cial election on the seventeenth msta a,,na ~
Last Wednesday the police jury Of this pal
ish passed resolution to hire to the hlKhes
bidder the convicts who are under sentence
labor on the public works OF the parish, th
emnloyes being permitted to use them on an
work thew NAV choose, This provision bein
In direct CONFIRMATION OF the State law on "a
subject was warmly opposed by maJor1t
OF the jury, but their argumaehhts were ERE va =,
In effect had not the sheriff refused TO dellve
the prisoners without an order to 90 SO frOl
Judge Duncan.-[ Amite Independent.
on Monday last an election was held In tn
place for members OF the town council, !
election passed of peacefully, quite lart
vote being polled. There were two tickets
the field. One might be pronounced Co
servative- Democratic ticket, containing q
names old. y. Burke, oeIdIlll44 Dou .Iit
GaIl, P. L. Renoudet David Laughlln, -.
Decuir and Stanislas Blanc. The other was
mixed ticket, composed principally Of Repu
iicans, and containing the names Of J. Ga
Theodore Fontelieu, Iheophil,le BonoreauA,
W. Fisher. F. Gonsoun, Philibert Roster st r1 a,
ware elected James L. Burke, J. A. Decu
s5g j. Gail, David Laughlin, seraphin Boudre ca
a. Gonsoulin and Theo Fontelieu.-lNt
Iberia Sugar-Bowl.
4f
Short Wool British Sheep.
The following varieties Of sheep describ
In the New York Weekly Sun would
specially adopted to the stock lands OF lex
and North Louisiana:
Black, brown, or gray faced sheep are us
ally classed as short woods, though some
them, as the Shropshire and oxford DoWl
cut a good fleece Of wool Of long staple.
Southd0pn- Southdown Is brown
1Erox. fnaaa shaan rather small bit very tc