The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-08-17


land goods and passengers from New Or
| leans at Trenton, and some fellow cut down
| trees on road leading to Monroe from the
West~EOuachita Telegraph.
We learn from Quarantine Officer DeLes-
denler that there are eleven persons detained
at the Texas quarantine station near Waskom
station, viz: three ladies', seven gentlemen
and one child. They are all In excellent
nsattn, and are enjoying themselves as well
as circumstances will admit. They will have
to remain at the station until about the first
OF Shreveport Times.
One OF the railroad hands recently found on
the old Dr: DUNCAN plantation, six miles be-
low New iberia, What he supposed to be
rl5y Old root OF tree, and attempted to chop
It in two for fuel, when, to his surprise, he
found it to be a hone. It was the rif bone oY
some extinct race OF animals, probably mas
0don, and measured seven feet In length.
The most singular feature is that such bone
should for perhaps century lie exposed In
an open field, and its real character only lust
now be d1soovered.-lNew iberia Sugar Bowl.
This is watermelon story that almost
equals the celebrated California pumpkin
story, nevertheless yot5ehh Ter Ter tske truth
Of 1t. Our old friend and subscriber, John q.
Lane, ESQ, one Of the most reliable citizens
| Of Webster parish, raised a watermelon on his
place that ne cut hole in large enough to
crawl through, which ne did. Mr.. Lane is
| broad-shouldered and weighs about one hum
dred and eighty pounds. DIR. Dan McFar-
land, one OF our oldest town physicians, Is
witness TO the truth Of this story. but wit
| nesses are not needed, as Mr.. LIZ word is
sufficient.-[ Minden Democrat.
| As might be expected, recent rains have con-
| siderably retarded work On both divisions of
our railroad. 4 full supply Of ties and iron
being received by the Morgan company, they
half below New Iberia, to which point track
laying had been completed; but the rain Of
Tuesday and Wednesday put q temporary
stop to operations. However, we believe the
tfon, reaching New Iberia By the close OF next
week and FermiIionviIe by NoveGnb Der 1, as
| at fir5t proposed BY the companys-{Ne1
Iberia Sugar Bowl.
Strange to say, while most sections of the
country, during the last month, have had an
abundance of rain, occasionally we hear Of
some plantations that almost entirely es~
capped. Such IS the case with Mr.. B. A. Worm
AIDS Laurel Valley plantation, q few miles
below ThibodaUg. We learn from Mr. J. G.
Wilkins. the manager CT the place, that they
have not since June had enough rain at any
one time To cause water to run In the cross
drains, while the neighoors all around had
plenty. However, the crop was good, and as
showers had set in there he believed the final
result would De satiafaetOFye-fNew Iberia
Sugar Bowl.
a coIorsd man last Saturday brought to
our office two stalks OF cane, grown on Messrs.
Walker & Ihompson'5 Hope" plantation In
this parish, end we were astounded at their
measuring, as II cut for the mill. five feet In
length, and weighed three pounds and seven
ounces The following day an overseer from
Cyprernoft rode up and handed us cane
size, but while OF the same length and had
the same number OF red joints, it fell three
ounces behind the other In weight For once
the Tsche comes of ahead OF Cyprenaort~
New Iberia Sugar Bowl.
The little son OF Col. J. VI. Waskono, named
Zach, died at the family residence Bear Waa-
kon Station, on the Texas and Pacific Rail-
road, not far from Shreveport, from the effects
Of d bite which he received some two months
ago from rabid dog. Very shortly after he
was bitten the Colonel took the unfortunate
boy to the farm OF q gentleman near Terrell,
Tex, who was knaVn to possess mad stone.
The mad stone vas applied TO the wound and
adhered to the flesh during the space Of four
and half minutes longer than it had ever adj
hered at any other application, and much
longer than is usual In even the severest
cases. The boy was seven years old. the dog
"biack- and-tan.'
weather noW. The late ''copious showers
have cooled the atmosphere laid the dust as
we'll as settled things generally. Corn Is Of
course past all surgery-an estimate OF the
loss can only De "a aade.s oWeTer we hear tt told
that corn Ia not as bad as it has been reported.
Capt. Sam Hayes tells US he will make his
usual crop-forty bushels to the acre-and ne
had no more rain than his neighbors. Cotton
10
Certainly the staple is very spotted indeed,
and We believe the yield will fall far short OF
last year, as an average. Some picking has
been in progress, but no report OF results
has reached us. Z ne caterpillar Is reported
in various sections and we would not be sur
prfsed II serious damage were not done by
them y atchftoehes FIndicator.
Last year the cotton worms had made their
appearance in large numbers, and were being
dosed with Par.s green on the third OF Au~
a n1 yt0<
as yet, put IN appearance, OF II 90, very little
harm has been done. Last year the first boil
Of open cotton was handed in July 10. this
year the first boil was handed In July rs.
Last year cotton picking ccInnenced on or
about the first OF August. Yet we have heard
dozens make the assertion that the present
crop OF cotton IS six weeks later than that OF
last year. It is mistake. We speak By tine
ful prediction that this years crop will pan
out equally as well, Il not ten per cent better,
than the last crop raised In Grant parish,
barring destruction by worms. which ls very
improbable at this late hour-E Coifax Chroni-
Gle.
Such a rainy August we do not remember
seeing for many years past. Rain nas fallen
nearly every day this month, and at times
most copiously, While sugar planters are
delighted 70 see their cane growing 80 rapid
ly, yet some Of them are troubled TO get from
the swamp their wood for the grinding sea-
sop. One consolation, which promises to
more than raake amends for the Inconvenience
Of bad roads, Is that a vet August Is almost
always followed BY dry September and Oe-
tober, which will cause the cane TO mature
quite thoroughly. The plant is now gaining
an extraordinary size, and with q dry fall, the
prospects are that we will have another large
yield this year. Cotton planters are very IN
easy about the caterpillar, fearing the wet
weather will produce that pest, but as yet We
have not heard OF any being seen this year.
with fair corn CROP and an abundance os
other provender for stock, our country is Ger
tain TO have an abundance for both man and
beast during the next year.-fNew IBERIA
Sugar Bowl
Bayard's New York Friends.
brooklyn Eagle, Demi
There is no doubt OF the position Mr. Dor
sheimer occupies as candidate for guberna-
tortal honors. His position on the Presiden-