The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-21
LOUISIANA A,

begin already To talk of cotton worms up
aa1wa.
Now that half of the town Of Mansfield has
Exsn destroyed by fire, they talk about or
gnaizing o fire company there.
Mr. Carver informs us that he has discov-
kars C,l his cotton Natchitoches Vindioator.
III Red River parish tho corn crop liz almost
]. e0tyal failure. while the cotton is very prom
ksazg
d faw days ago about thirty Cinnamon
Eegseh through Houma OH their way to Grand
asaillou.
Gotten, as q general thing, Throughout our
parish has been "Iaid by and rains are .anx-
shyusly awaited East Feliciana Sentinel.
We were were shown yesterday morning by
Dam Jacobs peneh grown In his yard which
weighed between fourteen and fifteen ounces
shreveport Times.
Tho postofIiee at Bethel Spring, beyond
EhEnia Bluff, In Claiborne parish has been
sah0iishad and a new Office created under the
mAne Of Wards Mills.
With an almost empty treasury the direc-
nrrs q Pointe Coupee have kept the schools
assa for Ave months, and, what is better still,
hnyH paid their teachers punctually.
MI. III. "a. White III East Feleiana has pre-
axptsfi tho editor uf the Patriot Democrat with
"A gnnaine cotton worm 1t 10 too late, how
GsrE, to do much harm.
The railroad Ia progressing rapidly, The
tv1rk has now reached TO Within about four
Hniaes OF New Iberia, and the work Y pro
Nnasiinr at the rate OF something more than q
mnarter OF q mile each day.
Jim Davis. q chicken thief and escaped con
Wilt from the Texas penltentiary was captured
II Shreveport last week. He reports that
fAHre are eight other escaped Texas peniten-
tsaTy ccnvicts in Shreveport.
a fight between q goose and pig, this
scanning, near the City Railroad Depot,
1snased the bystanders very much. Ihe
Rn0ae got him by the ear and made 1t pretty
MFnly.-I Shreveport Standard
Mr j. Il. Mechanism brought TO town yes
neaaay evening q stalk Of cotton that had
Il.NaA almost entirely eaten up by cotton
prurms. He says that they are very plentiful
On his plantation. They are the genuine cat
sEpAliar and no mistake Whether they will
o. any serious damage or not, we are unable
tcstate
While the late rains have seemingly been
mennral over the parish, we are informed that
nanny farmers either did not receive suf1i-
sadnt quantity or that their crops were ruined
ksssprs the showers fell. The result Is that
No corn crop will be short with many and
UNIT few will make but little COTTON Clai-
HnHne Guardian.
ur. James r. Giffen, the secretary Of the
Louisiana Sugar Planters Association, has
haan engaged In making tour OF the par
Fsases OF ut. Martin and Iberia during the past
wpak In the interest Of the association, and
nm enrolled most Of the prominent sugar
PLANTERS Of those parishes as members. Mr..
essFen ii now engaged In the same work In
&c parish Of st. Mary.
TAe sheriff OF Richland attempted last
rsHrk To capture j.. Ii. Nettles, who was In
Mading In Morehouse, and event after him
wAsf d posse. The dogs awoke Nettles, when
he fired on The posse, fatally woundlng W.
M Hester. just as he was opening fire again
an the sheriff, one OF the posse blew out his
inn tiaGl an ri
Knliy last summer.
1t ID about fifteen days since rain fell III
livingston, and the crops are suffering
greatly for want of moisture. The Amite
Hsser has been at very low stage but is now
aHanewhat rising. The "oldest inhabitant'
mMys he never saw the waters 50 low before
nar the last thirty years. From Low New
Easar comes the news that the corn crop will
H. d total failure. and that cotton has suf-
Hs1ei terribly.
writing from Raceland, says: Bibo Lombas,
aEe parish renOwned snake charmer died a
saost horrible death this morning from the
hste OF a rattlesnake, inflicted Sunday, June
I'M His old father was bitten at the same
Rsms, but hopes are entertained for his recOv-
dry He leaves wife and seven or eight
GAAldFen.
IA eaa accident happened on the Theriot u
champagne plantation, Bayou Dularge, on
Nnsstiay, July is. Jacques Celestin was
W@EklHE OIL ID SuSHE-uOH5S Ctlltuu5yY hUDuG
awenty. five feet above ground; suddenly the
naafolding gave way and the unfortunate
aaan precipitated below, large number Of
assaaehed bricks following his fall. When
uselked up Celestin was found almost dead,
Issst hopes of his recovery are entertained.
The extraordinary dry weather that has
EyAnn had here has proved OF serious injury to
sNaKrpwing crops. The late corn will fall short
ENpbably one-third, while the sugar cane has
nsa made the progress that would have been
fall
Haea mas also suffered from the drouth. .Vege
aables aud fruits have also felt the influence
sx The bot and dry season. Thibodaux SEN
4tAaL
An OK belonging to o Mr.. Robert Williams,
ag Darlington, was taken several days since
with hydrophobia. The animal, which was
perfectly frantic, was killed by its owner:
IN few days thereafter, a valuable COW owned
hy MIR. Heap was also seized BY the dread
NAL malady and soon became perfectly IN
traced to a mad dog, which was killed In that
onetion several weeks SINCE
wi, had little shower Wednesday and since
EhaE time the weather is cloudy and promises
saeyre rain. The rice planters are anxiously
awaiting an abundant supply OF the precious
drops rice Is now bursting out into ears and
IN ks the critical moment when 1t needs fre
rgzsent showers. 1t has been Sc dry all the |
ssaas1a and the river 50 low that many fields
an.ah not be weeded and the crop had to be
5aEsaNt1Dneu. Bub Wltt HIS UEtA StLlSu Ipi dilA
Nsass h,en irrigated by pumps Is in splendid
eunaition -[St. John Meschacebe.
MIR. Jacob A. Taylor, for the last two Or
sagpa years resident of New Iberia, com
Raitted suicide on Sunday night, while labor
Fng under a temporary fit Of insanity. This
subordinate victim Of his own rash act has
asaa suffering for long time from great de-
preston Of spirits. When his remains We're
saken from the bayou into which he had cast
hianHelF, 1t was found that before committing.
AA i. u
ess o great part Of his clothing and firmly tied
sngesher his left hand and both feet, thus
haanglng his body into d bent position.
AT the late fair at Velenznel, Lafourche,
fourteen horses were stolen. AS soon as 1t
vsas discovered that fourteen horses, the
property OF gay young beaux, had mysteri-
sslsly disappeared, general rush was made
by the patrons OF the fair In the direction OF
their horses, buggias, vehicles, gohichet, etc.
But 10 and behold! Buggies were stripped
oil cushions horses OF harness, saddles, bri-
Giles, etc, and the only consolation was found
lin a general outburst of snrre cardmbas, and
and other ornamental expletives.