The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-03

An thiavee ara busy In Shreve-

Ie chicken thieves are busy IN shreve-
Dor
!, npoleonyille announces number Of bur
giJes.
sne official name Of the postoffice at Napo- |
le1vile has been changed from Assump-
lid Postof1ice to Napoleonvllle Postoilce.
5he cotton crop some time since 50 prom
n fsig In West Feliciana, 1t Is now said, prom
fs6 nothing above an average yield.
fle West Baton Rouge Sugar Planter COM
nIins OF some cold weather up there, which,
itSays, Is checking the growth OF the sugar
The peach crop Of West Feliclana has
tarpad out q complete failure. just before
Tpening the fruit takes the rot and falls TO
tie ground.
The Vermilion Meridtonal Is convinced OF
the truth OF the story told by the Ihibodaux
Lafourche.
Crops are reported In fine condition gener-
ally throughout st. Tammany. In the vicln-
ity Of Covington there is need OF rain There
has been plenty of rain during the past week
In other parts Of the parish.
The election held in the city q Bayou Sara,
on Thursday evening last, for the selection OF
a councilman tn fill the vacancy caused by
fhe death of MIR. T.. W. Whiteman, resulted In
the election OF Mr.. William Town without OPP
position.
The crops all over the parish Of st. John
look splendid rice, cane and corn are bright
and healthy but are eager for rain. Since the
second OF June we have not had q drop OF
rain and the ground is pretty dry. Canes are
rather small for the season: Rice IS magnill..
cent where irrigation has been possible, but
many small planters have not been able to
have pumps, 30 great was the demand this
4 year.
On Friday last news was brought to Lake
Charles that q man by the name OF James
Foster had died up at the old Moss place, at
o'clock a. M, under rather suspicious circup-
stances T. B. Ferren, Esq, justice OF the
peace, Immediately repaired to the place and
held an inquest over the body. me Jury re,
came to his death from the effects OF poison,
administered by some person unknown.
The drouth still continues in Morehouse,
and the prospects are not very bright for
rain. In many localities where no rain has
sidered as almost entirely lost, while in other
sections O good rain soon would insure plenty
T 81 corn. The cotton crop Of the parish, how
ever Is simply fine. OF course there 1s some
cotton, here and there, when y not very
good as could possibly be expected
Our first locomotive, the "Calcasieu No. q"
\ arrived last Sunday, and Its whistle on the
track ID heard in town daily. Last Monday
the entire Orange grading Quilt, lncluding
once to work east OF Lake Charles. Over one
hundred conylcts are grading the rOad-bed
this way near Vermillionvile while large
force Of convicts Is grading the ROAD near the
Mermentau river toward VermAonVlle-
Lake Charles Echo.
III turns out now that the fruit crop, espe-
cially the peaches, which we considered very
promising In the spring, - not 90 good; u
ID faulty and wormy. ~ our regret We near near
general expression q opinion that t IN 90 6ern
short one, especially IN q large portion q this
parish and Morehouse though In some local
tiles the crop ID very good. II y said that
there be- not been enough raan d wv M
sufficiently moist for corn Richland Beacon
The weather for the past week. has been
IN most favorable We have received from every
section of our parish the most encouraging
reports. ut course there pre- localities Where
little more rain - needed, but 10 crop seems IL
To b. actually suffering to any extent; me
corn crOp may lii general terms be considered
made. The recent showers we had were very
valuable To late cotton Ihe prospectus q
early cotton arc everywhere promising, and
VI the outlook for q plentiful yield was seldom
I'll better. New iberia Sugar Bowl.
Last Sunday, while at the fair On Lower
Terrebonne, We were called aside and shows
curious freak Of nature-a bearded glM
the little grl - about eight years old. rop w
w U matron Her face ID covered with hair,
# resembling full beard Of exquisite fineness.
There ID nothing very effeminate about her,
excepting her dress. Her voice - coarse ana
firm. but her manners are courteous and
nrniable. Taken all Id oil, she II one Of those
unaccountable creatures which puzzle scien-
tihc heads and always remain mystery IN
solved 4 Houma Courier.
On Sunday night. the twenty-second instant,
the store and dwelllng-house Of Mt Law
this parish was totally destroyed BY fire
Mr. Carriere was In New Orleans ct The time
and his family came very near being burned
In their beds, barely escaping tn their nigh,
N clothing. "A negro man, whose name we have
not been able to learn, lost his life 10 the
Burning building, ia his heroic attempt IS
A save the books and papers belonging TO the
store. No one can form any idea 80 tt
the work Of an incendlary.
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