The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-28
LOUISIANA.

The Sabine Soutltron, which had suspended
for three weeks, has revived.
A school census OF the educable children In
East Baton Rouge shows 1886, OF whom 2l22
are white and 1868 colored.
Heavy receipts OF cotton and q rushing
Trenton.-IOuachita Telegraph.
Rain Is badly needed by everything and
everybody, the cotton planters excepted
Ouachita Telegraph.
Planters are gathering the staple with a
hurrah. From One-third to One-halI OF the
crop has already been picked lOuachita
Telegraph.
The convict hands at work on the railroad
near Berwick City have be enremoyed on ac-
count OF the prevailing fever at that place.
They have been engaged for the time being on
plantation work In West Baton Rouge
ton Rouge Advocate.
More than one hundred bales OF cotton
passed through Homer last Monday and
Tuesday, going to Shreveport, and these were
only from the eastern and northern portions
Of our parish; hence we might reasonably
conclude that $50 bales will 20 into Shreve-
port this week from Claiborne.--lCl Claiborne
Guardian
The business OF picking cotton seems to be
the chief occupation OF the farmers In this
part OF the country, and there has been the
most favorable weather during this whole
season that could have possibly existed for
this purpose. A very fair yield OF the staple
will be realized, rs we predicted In the early
part OF the season, and with a. continuation OF
the present prices the farming interest OF this
section will be amply and abundantly re-.
mnnerated for their labor and expenbe the
present season. Sabine Southron.
The week has been quite favorable for &C.
curing the open cotton. Not drop Of rain
has fallen since Saturday evening last, and
good work has been done on the plantations
The nightly dews here been quite heavy. &C
cornpanied with dense fog at daybreak,
which makes the weeds quito wet In the cot
ton fields, and early picksrs have to endure
complete drsnching until the sun Is sonnet two
or three hours high, when things begin to
dry up q little. Everything IL working |
and the crop has not been gathered |
outlook is quite promising, and the laborers |
are eontented and cheerful Carroll Consery |
alive.
.nnsre occurred In the Shongaloo neighbor-
hood, Webster parish, on the seventeenth IN
slant, an Outrage BY negro named All.
Daniel, on the person OF j.. u. Harrison, ny |
stabbing him In five different places. Two OF |
the cuts penetrated the lungs, and his recov- |
cry la very doubtful. The negro was making |
q crop ON Mr. Harrison's plantation, and be- |
coming involved In debt, ran of, carrying
with him o horse belonging to his employer.
Mr.. Harrison followed him to get his horse, |
and when he spoke In regard to 1t the negro
jumped at him and dealt him five eevere
blows with dirk knife. 1t is thought by the
acts Of the negroes III the vicinity that they
will protect him and prevent his arrest II they
can.
A most unfortunate occurrence took place
near Black Bayou postof1ice In this parish
(Cnddol few days since Mr.. Will Harrison
had his two children, o little boy OF four years
and an infant, with him at his GIN where he
was at work and placed them Ia the cotton
house while he was engaged about the press.
The little boy, In playfulness, coversd the
baby up with seed cotton and left Ii, going
out to play. His father seeing him, asked'
where the baby was, when the little fellow
cotton. house he found his baby just rs the
boy had said, covered up In the cotton, and
apparently dead from suffocation. Tue im-
mediate application OF restoratiyes, how
ever, brought out signs OF life and # is pos.
sible that tbs Child will recover Shreveport
Times.
Last week Mr.. C. G. Martin, OF Benton, Bos-
sier parish, bronghtto Homer for sale 100 gal
Ions OF pure fresh honey. Nearly every fam
lily In town bought of him, and some bought
enough to last till the cold days Of next win
ter. Mr.. Martin states that he commenced
the business with seventy colonies and the old
box hive, that he immediately transferred the
bees into new hives, In which he used racks or
cases something like those used In the
used the Golden Hives" that he now has
about 125 colonies. and could have increased
the number to 200, but did not wish to
do SO, and consequently prevented them from
swarming as much as they would have done.
MIR. Martin states that he introduced the
Italian bee into his stock last year. having
commenced with the black bee; that he has
succeeded in Italianizing nearly all Of his col
ones up to date. His observation OF the inn
ported bee Is that 1t does well and makes fully
twice as much honey with the same chance
as the black bee; that he has taken about ten
gallons Of honey this season from each colony
ON an average Claiborne Guardian.