The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-19
LOUISIANA.

+ have to Dc replanJeu, owing to the coli
weather.
Landry parish world Of good, and planters
are very much encouraged.
For the first time in two years there Ia no
n simple inmate In our parish isfl-fDe Sot,
Democrat.
There are three full tickets In the field If
Mansfield, DeSoto parish, for the coming
town election.
q Cotton and corn are both looking well, bav
ing recovered from attacks of chills.-t Frank
lin Sun.
The Florida Parishes Bee Keepers Associa-
ton will meet Clinton on Tuesday next the
twentieth instant.
The Claiborne Guardian IL In favor OF d law
State. -=S s7s- M e=eS mann
upon the prairies TO spring UP very rapidly.
The cattle feed was never better at this season
Of the year. Bossier Banner.
The town of Floyd. the parish seat of West
Carroll, Is unincorpOrated. The West Carroll
Courier is DESTROYS to see 1t Incorporated for
the protection Of It's citizens.
| Last Wednesday morning wood chopper.
t. nj. Collins, while at work on Mr.. Joachim
Gueno's plantation, six miles below Houma,
Terrebonne parish, asinstantly killed by the
fall Of a tree.
Mr.. James Gwn killed large wolf several
days ago. near his house, six or seven miles
south Of this place. He says he could kill a
great many If the parish would pay him for
his trouble Richland Eeacon.
We are informed that the laborers on the
Weecama place, on Lake Concordia, have re-
| covered from their attack Of Kansas fever
| and returned to work and are now apparent
| ~ happy Natchez Democrat.
The Piaauemine Dramatic Association will
perform at a grand entertainment In Baton
Rouge. on the twentieth instant, to raise funds
for a monument to those fallen In the lost
| cause.
| in front Of Mr.. Theodule Bourgeois plaDta-
! ton In st. James, one OF the engineers, who
| stood near the whael, was struck, fell over
board and was drowned.
Last Friday. in difficulty, growing out of
the seizure of some cotton. between the sher-
if of Franklin parish and Mr.. Landaur,
MERCHANT OF Winnsborough, the latter was
cut and dangerously wounded by the former
Il Richland Beacon.
Work has fairly begun on the new levee or
dered upon the John u. Lobdell plantation In
the upper part of the parish. A large force
is at hand and its completion will be but the
work OF short time West Baton Rouge
Sugar Bowl.
We understand that there Is being cireu-
lated In this parish large number Of circu-
lars, inviting and urging the negroes to emf
CRATE, setting forth In fabulous language the
thousands OF advantages of Kansas over any
other country Pointe Coupee Pelican.
We see by an article In the last Bulletin that
the migratory fever has reached the blacks of
Avoyelles. We are informed from another
source that nine families have left the Star
plantation, in that parish. for the promised
land" Washington News.
We learn that quite heavy hail storm pre-
vailed Thursday evening in the neighborhood
of Germantown, twelve miles north OF Min
den. A slight shower Of rain fell In Shreve-
port. which, We are informed. was accompa-
MED la some localities by small hailstones-
shreveport Times.
Lafourche is financially the model parish |
OF Louisiana She Is out Of debt, has money
in her treasury, lately purchased large, |
handsome safe for her records. and will soon |
enclose the court house with an iron fence and |
put new roof on the building.
On last Sunday a small excursion party |
came from Morgan City as far as Bellocq's |
store, some six miles below Jeanarette, where |
they were met by some friends, and after |
mutual congratulations upon the near ap- |
proach OF the iron horse to our Teche homes !
the train returned. The work is being pushed |
vigorously forward and the road will prob |
ably be completed TO Jeanerette by the first |
OF June.
About two or three weeks since dog be-
longing to Mr.. J. ID. Hagarty. was, from ali
indications, supposed to be rabd, and before |
being killed, BIT snoat in the yard. The |
discovered raving mad, biting at everything |
he came across, finally escaping into the |
street. where he was followed and killed be-
fore he did any damage Washington News. |
death from the explosion OF coal oil |
can occurred at the residence of Mr.. Morris |
b. Davis. in Port Hudson, on Sunday last. A |
little negro girl of some eight or nine years, |
who had several times previously seen her
mother kindle a fire with coal oil, initiated !
her example BY pouring some from can |
~ ha CT A n nxrflf, nm.
followed, from which the child was SO severely |
burned as to cause its death only few hours |
thereafter - East Feliciana Patriot Demo- /!
crat.
From general information We infer that /
crops OF sugar cane are doing we'll since the |
late rains. Potatoes and onions brought to |
the daily market indicate that those edibies
are reaching large size. Rice planters are
considerably alarmed about the fall In the |
bayou. which has stopped irrigation, and
where there are no pumps or elevators to
flood thu fields will cause great injury, If not
a total loss to that crop Ihibodauz Sentinel.
The crop prospects are only fair and an
average yield Is all that can be expected.
Corn may BE- the exception, as upon the coast
the general failure OF stuhbe has induced an
unusual planting Of this grain Spring plant
cane makes a favorable appearance, but the
fall plant Is gappy and thin. The weather has
been favorable for the cultivation Of cotton,
but the light frostS earlier in the season gave
II decided baGkset.-t Baton Rouge Capt.
tolian.
Recent showers, although insufficient In
some places, have done vast deal OF good to
the crops Most localities have had sufficient
rain, and In consequence the long dormant
stubbe cane Il coming out pretty well, ex-
cepting the second year rattoons, which are
almost universally bad. Plant cane is grow
ing rapidly, with good stand ID a majority
OF cases; but unless the planting Of the State
was considerably more than last year, the
crop Of 1870 is likely b be less than that Of
last season, owing to partial failure Of the
stubhle. The corn crop thus far is very good
and the cotton growing beautifully, but the
nights have been too cold for the season. La
fayette Cotton Boil.