The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-31

of some food that he died OF 1t. A post
norton examination showed that the child
was actually starving to death when he COM
mitted the theft.
an embankment in Bayou Plaquemine for the
New Orleans Pacific Railroad. II Is not the
intention of the company to close or obstruct
the navigation of the Bayou Plaquemine to
this point from the interior parishes-llber-
vile South.
Unusually pleasant has been the weather
for the past week. The season opens bril-
liantly for all departments OF agriculture.
Everything promises we'll, with no com plants
from any quarter. With good results at the
close of the cropping season, there Will not De
a happier community In the State.-lW
Baton Rouge Sugar Planter.
The surveying party has located the road
bed from Orange, Texas, to near the eastern
boundary of Calcasleu parish and is working
eastward to Vermilionviile, setting section
stakes one hundred feet apart. Twenty car
loads Of iron material for the construction OF
the road are at Orange, and such material Is
arriving there from Houston daily-Lake
Charles Echo.
Mr.. George Foster, of our parish, called on
US Wednesday last, and brought with him ma
stalk of corn containing six well matureGl
ears. Mr.. Foster is one OF those practlcal
| kind of men who try to make their existence
on our planet as useful as possible. Ills
plantation Is q model institution In the way
|
products for the use and benefit OF our peo-
ple-ICarroll Conservative.
| We are glad to learn that a gang OF work.
| men are now employed erecting buildings ana
repairing the tramway on Petite Anse SAT-
Island, preparatory to the com mencement OF
| the work of mining salt. We have no doubt
that as soon as the Morgan Railroad is com,
pleted to this point that o. branch track Will
| be laid down to the salt island, distance 0f
ten miles, when salt will be- shipped IN DUH
to all portions of the United States.-lSugar'
Bowl.
The election passed off very quietly In this
parish. as 1t was well understood that there
would be no opposition to our parish candt
dates, and as the candidates for the district
were not generally recognized as the noml-
nees of the Democratic party, but little or nc
interest was manifested in the election, The
result was that only three hundred and
twenty-one votes were cast, all OF which
however, were Democratic DeSoto Demo
cratic.
At a colored ball, on Hard Times place, OF
last Saturday night William Crenshaw ant
John Anderson, both colored, had @ ntsnnder
standing about the purchase OF drink
liquor on credit, which was refused Cren
shaw, on the strength of which he became
belligerent and struck Anderson. Anderson
returned the blow, knocking Crenshaw down
who rising, drew five-shoOter and dis
charged the contents Of one barrel into An
derson's abdomen, from the effects of which
he died in few hours. Crenshaw was ar
rested early Monday morning aud has beei
lodged in iail.-[Madison Journal.
There was some trouble at ward tColfax)
In Grant parish, on election day. The pol
and registration books We're found to b
stolen, thus interfering with the election. 1
was proposed to draw up affidavits, and le
all voters, black and wife, vote on them. Tn
, proprietor Of the Chronicle commenced tn
publication of these affidavits, but beins
J charged with having hidden the poll books Il
, order to get this work he declined to proceet
further. This left the negro voters in
dilemma as few of them were able to writ
out the affidavit in proper FORM They lin
} gered around the poll, however, until late II
the evening. A pistol which went off In TIN
pocket of q small boy caused a panic, an
soon everybody present had drawn and wa
fourishhs his revolver. Peace, however
was easily restored and the accident was ex
planned. 1t was then concluded, as sort Q
compromise, that nobody at all should vote
and the poll accordingly was closed.