The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-04-30
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work has commenced here on the
Louisiana Western Railroad, yet oul
streets are lively With vehicles, and
the sidewalks with pedestrians, and
business Of all kinds is reyiving
Il Lake Charles Echo.
--The steamer Bastrop burned
aud sank last Friday night, near the
Spykcr plantation, Oh Bayou Bar.
thplomew. She left the Point on
Friday .evening with a small load OF
cotton and very few passengers, No
lives LOST Bastrop Clarion. II
I've learn that a serious cutting
affray happened last Saturday in Shi
loh, sixteen miles moth Of here. Mr..
John Duty, an old and'respected cit
izen Of that Town, was cut by MFR.
Tom Covington. Mr!iDuty was cut
twice in the back and once nj THE
breast, and is pronounced to 'be'm d
dangerous condition bv his, physi.
l.cian.- Vienna Sentinel. '@a 3ir 1sf
We have seen anil convefrsca
with planters from several sections
Of the Parish, all ofwl,om give glow
| ing reports of the crops. The corn
Us looking we'll and growing fast.
Most of the cotton il, up, though
some planters are found who could
not SOW theirr seed on account ofthe
ilfoatli' Witch lasted . three weeks.
The late general ifEains nave permit
tea them t to do 50, and nov an looks
Welt and q hopeful future / Il upon ,o US.
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At ,hpt a., concluded ll Le Wod|d, :, save
money BY doing bis own, own printing.
Il. Therefore z he. contributed foAr dol
lars, for an an amateur an ;I. printing, estab-
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stamp" lie mas since learned tha,
We, we would ,! furnish tie paper and print
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tYo years ai, for that sum of M money
an1 says he won't 80 50 any any, more
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tllyks o AIl29ne CapdI15qaldlaHns ai,t4w III
|ir far las7Ye,I ca ssllsssa learn, LAescrer
pqrpoSpeetsl.ina vi this his, Parish are good:
Co,YY4 aal cotton suffered, ta, SONS, Az,
tent from edlfought, but the recent
copiops rains s. relieve sieIyee All VI alpprehea1
sion on on that score coorree.es.E; s4efg sd !tiw
b.The price of cotton has not tended
ito increase its acreage. Planters are
beginning to see that corn is of more
importance to them than cotton. =
q AS to labor, it is not greatly chan
ged, and but few have any reason to
complain of its scarcity. A good IN
derstanding seems to have been
reached between employer, and en-
ployee,r and things are moving with
out jar or scratch SO far as; we know.
The Kansas, fever does not seem to
take with the .colored people,
and we, hope for their own good that
it never Will Ouachita Telegraph.
The lailstorm, which passed
over this city and vicinity Tuesday,
doing great damage, seems to have
been misunderstanding from Illi-
nois to Texas, and thence to this
place. In Illinois, the tornado car
ried death and destruction In it's
path, and the Town of Collinsville,
the population of whichtis estimated
at from 1900 to 5000, ten buildings
were torn toprices by the winds fury
In ALL some seventyfive orr eighty
dwellings Ianl business houses were
ruined sand damaged, and q large
number oflpersohs severely injured.
saAt Terrell, Texas, the hail stones
were as large as goose eggs A Dali
las special Of The 18th says hail
stones fell as large as ! mans fist.
oGreenish wind clouds formed in the
nortliweststan southeast of Eisba,,
on Ftivse!Slile creek, seven. miles
south of Dallas. When first OBJ.
served, they were not much larger in
appearance than barrel.head.a The
.lightfihg became binding. when
tie Two bodies met With q thuader
crash, md ii three mindtestlie fasst
section Of the county was dissolatsd.'
Mrs. Sidney vaugh1 was killed, ana
her husband and d number Of other
persons wers' tdangerBasly wounded.
The track of the cyclone on FiSe
mile creek is seven. miles in length