The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-27
LOUISIANA.

Irated there In n snort tlme
ytdalia. ConcordIa parish. just now Ii a
lively place. The Natchcz Democrat says Hat
fights and politics seem "a bo III order
A fine rain on Tuesday and u white frost on
Wsdndeetiay morning. Rapldes Wa-thc-
people.
We have received from Dr Willard, Of Grand
Goteau, mammoth orange grown on his
place, which weighed enc pound thTN ounces
and eight drams with n circumference OF
thlrteen and One hnlf inches. IT, Landry
Courier.
After rain on Monday Inst tho W"athar
became clear and cool, with heavy wh'te
frnsta on Wednesday and Thursday morn
ings. On Friday morning We found "" on n
bucket Of water IN orr yard July ID elgLth
OF Al inch In thickness. Tensas Jonrhml.
Port-aux- I4oups took tie banner ~ tho
solid Democratic precinct III tho laAt election.
And now Mr.. Navier CART residing there
sends uB huge Democratic potato, winch
takes the starch out III anything we nave
seen this season III tho "hier llno, lOpo-
Iouaas Courier.
The weather IA cool the sun shines and tho
moon la bright; all this accompanied with u
frost each morning. A change has como. and
every body is as happy rs mortals ever got
to be when everything looks lovely. The
sugar planters arc grinding away. and we
don't hear Thorn complain lately. We con
elutie that well enough" III the general stu
alton OF affairs Baton Rouge Captolian.
A wagon containing five bales ofcotton was
rob nod III one of tho number on its way from
BrooISss store. In East Felciana 70 Port
Hickey ON tho night Of the fifteenth. lhN
driver OF the wagon WINS In tho conspiracy to
rob, and when mn attempt was made to arrest
MIN he ran, whcroupon gun loaded with
small shot WIS discharged mt him. The shot
took serious but not dangerous effect nnulhe
negro was captured. me cotton WIS 1oulii
hid In some bushes, and the negro lodged IN
the Clinton jail.
MIR. Robert Worrcl mentluns to ma II sin
uular fact about tho cotton worm. He states
that a few Of those posts made their appear
ance In his field In September. and after u
short time Disappeared ~ ho supposed, for
Che aeason What was hts surprise In riding
through piece Of cotton few days since to
find the young leaves eaton by cotton worms,
and THE. too withstaning the fact that
we have had several heavy white froats. Iho
cotton In question being IN 4 sheltarod posi-
uon had not been affected by tho frost and
the leaves were quito green Iensas jour
nal.
Erom tho fifth to tho sixteenth Of this
month we noted tho thermometers daily and
often found the mercury az high 'ts 50 NJ
. 100 y. H., and up To S5 lhN grapes, tho
iIowers are fresh and blooming as III May.
We have Il second growth of apples almost
matured. ono of our n5,ighlors has white
iaponica iii full bloom and tho flowers as
large Ms an ordinary saucer. We doubt III tho
trha birds welcome this beautiful spring like
weather with their songs Ot graduation, and
the sheep. calves and colts fairly rcvol oh tho
Dast1rea which resemble wheat and oai
feds.y pointe Goupne Pelican.
A number of the leading planters Of Caddo
have adopted resolutions In reference to
lamps. sneak-thievea and other peripatett
muisnnraa .lhaan people, they say, Con
finually tramp through and raid over our
plantations day and night on foot On horse
back In carts, wagons. etc, with their tlimsy
yrewraws and tiMmprry. teaching their su-
perstitions. demoralizlng labor. sowing po
fitieal discord, feeding their stock from our
corn fields, cheating hero and sWindling there
whamsoever they can, dafamtnG Gyaryplanter
and business man they think stands In the
way of their greedy and selfish ends picking
up poultry, hides, seed cotton and whatever
else they onn get for song, or induce the
weak to steal for thom. In Wow al thes"
facts the planters who subscribe to this pro-
sest announce that they Will place ting follow
Ing notices over their places, mo peddlers or
Gipsies allowed on these lands, and Will take
steps to enforce this prohibition
They have got things terribly mixed In
Livingston parish. primary election was
held in that parish Novcmho. IA for tho pHr-
tatsve, clerk and sheriff. The vote tor Repre-
sentative resulted as follows Tom Green
Davidson 3l3 John Is. Dunn 179. $. N. CASTOR
%, il. u. Covers Az, Sntder 1. Total vote cast
$40 The result OF this election was submit
ted to the board or commissioners appointed
to supervise the election. Seven out of nino
OF these threw out all the votes cast for Tom
Green Davidson and declared John Is. Dunn
the nominee Of the party for Representatives.
The other two com missioners protested
against this and issued u minority report de-
clarinR Davidson the nominee for Represen-
Gative.
The Lirngstonidn prints both Ut these
names on Its parish ticket. Dunn as majority
tests against the manner In which the latter
was counted out. There IL no dispute over
che question OF the other offices. Louis Har-
ris having received d large majority Tor clerk
and L. w. Miscar for sheriff.
Last Sunday morning Sheriff g: w.
Michael OF Orange, Texas, assisted by q
deputy and two Of our citizens. arrested two
young men. whose names we could not learn
ON q charge of murder committed recently
In Fort Bend county, Texas. 1t Is reported
that the Fort Bend county affair was reg
ular battle between the Taylor and Sutton
families, In which six were engaged on one
side and three Oh the other. the latter includ-
ing the young men arrested here, who lost In
the fight one OF their party and killed three
OF the six men on the other side. The young
men arrested here were both wounded In that
Eight, one of them by Il shot IN the hip and
the other by a knife In the neck. These two
young men camptd in town here Saturday
night, and tha same night. at midnight,
Sheriff Michael arrived here III pursuit or
them. Finding their camp at daylight next
morning, Sheriff Michael sent two VI our
citizens out on the public road going east, to
a point about two miles from town, and then
with his deputy followed slowly behind the
young men till they reached the advance
guard, when those In advance and In the rear
closed up on the young men, who surrendered
without resistance. as their horses were too
fati gued for a race. Sheriff Michael started
for Texas the same day with the prisoners
liza Ike Charles Echo.
Lady Dufrerin's Mistake.
LONDON Nov IA queer story, which the
Italians would have characterized as being
awell founded II not true" comes from St.