The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-14
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LOUISIANA.
DonaIdsonville ts thinking OF raising two
compauies OF col0red militia.
I,afonrche rice planters are actively en-
| " ped gathering In their harvest,
| f,oara are furnishing abundance Of sport, it
| u renort4d to the hunters OF Iensas parish.
/ The weather continues lovely and most pro-
| nitions for the gathering " the crops W eb-
| ster Democrat.
Among the property destroyed by the re-
cent tornado WIS seven churches belonging
to colored people In the parish of lbsrvilie.
| The bodies Of the two colOred children who
were drowned at DR.. Duperiers place. we
learn, have been recovered. -I New Iberia
| Sugar Bowl.
! No Eastern mails for the last two days, ow-
| ing to the quarantine which Vicksburg has
established against Delta Madison Jour
nal. a5
| Cotton picking has commenced Ia earnest
| all over our parish, and we may now look Tor
| n great revival In all kinds of business within
the next few months. Madison Journal.
| The timber In the swamps Is 80 badly
| piled up or matted together 1t will be very
difficult to get out any at all this coming sea-
SON HUNTSVILLE South.
| The Greenbnck Dollar, from Haynesville,
| Claiborne parish, says the farmers have com
| menced cotton picking in good earnest, and
| soon will be moving the fieecy staple toward
Shreveport.
An experienced planter residing on the up
per side Of Bayou Plaguemne IN this parish,
has said that ne did not think the loss Of his
cane crop would bs over 10 per cent.-llber-
Vile South.
meeting Is to Dc held IN Concordia parish,
ut the town of Vidalia to organizes q farmers
| association, and adopt rules for the leasing
Of land. the meeting is called for the third
Saturday in September.
If it takes a letter nine days to come from
ClOutierville here. distance OF fGrtY-tive
miles. how long will 1t be before Some of our
delinquent subscribers pay up - Rapides
Democrat.
We stated In our last issue thai the cotton
crop was Being Injured by the rust. We now
learn that the crop has been but slightly
damaged by either rust OF worms, and that
the yield will be finer than ever before since
the war! Claiborne Guardian.
Plaquemines Is gradually recuperating from
the storm. great many buildings have
been repaired, fences put up, trees cut into
wood and debris cleared away. Yet there is
considerable 70 be done yet ere the effects of
the storm will disappear.
Yesterday the town council voted a Guaran-
tine against all persons and steamboatlnen
coming from Morgan City o. other Infected
points, to take effect September IL. Penalty
for ten days., No quarantine on freight.
New Iberia Sugar Bowl, September IL.
There were very few idle darkies to be seen
on the streets yesterday. Early in the morn
ing large numbers OF them, of all sizes and OF
both Sex, could be seen vending their way to
the cot ton fields. Up to 3 o'clock yesterday
morning over six hundred had crossed over
the ferry. 1t is estimated that upward Of one
Thousand negroes living in the city are en-
gagged this season in picking cotton Shreve-
port Times.
The board of health of Madison parish met
DunuprfipiH for
establishment Of an absolute quarantine
against New Orleans, which was lost. Or.
Brzo2owski moved that u convention ri the
parishes Of Ouachita, Richland and Madison
September. The motion was carried and the
meeting then adjourned Madison journal,
September IL.
Charles Dewing apprehended, yesterday
afternoon, one Charles Anderson, who recently
broke Jail at Mansfield or he at least appre-
hended ons who corresponds to the descrip-
ton Of said Anderson SO closely as to leave no
doubt Of his having captured the right party.
Mr.. Dewing made the arrest on q warrant
issued by Justice Carter. He kept Anderson
first stage for Mansfield shreveport Stand
ard September 10.
From gentlemen living on the Bayou
Crosse Tete we learn that the stream Is liter
ally covered with q mass of dead and dying
fish Of all kinds and sizes. AT the Indian viii
lage the bayou is covered with this putrid
mass, and the stencil Is represented as terri
fic This will be apt to prodsce q pestilence
In that section of the country, as all the small
streams and bayous are filled with dead fish,
The waters were poisoned by the leaves
thrown into streams by the storm, and Is now
q dark black In COLOR Iberville South.
OF late there has been considerable sickness
in Morgan City, and among the deaths one
case, that Of 4. Bourgeois was pronounced
yellow fever by Dr.. H. J. Sanders. Consider
able apprehension exists among all classes of
people, along the Teche especially, and Frank
lin last Tuesday established quarantine
against persons who have OF late been In
Morgan City over twenty-f0ur hours The
New Iberia town council yesterday held a
meeting and adopted similar precautionary
measures.-[NeW Iberia Sugar Bowl, SeDtem-
Der IL.
The board Of health, at their first meeting
On Tuesday last, commenced very properly
with precautionary quarantine, and forbade
the bringing from New Orleans OF wooden
goods and bagging They also have the boat
landed mile below town. where their health
officer DR. Casson will visit and thoroughly
inspect her, and II found TO be free OF disease,
she will be permitted to land here and attend
to customary business. From Information
derived from the board of health, and owing
to little or no fever in the city, the Silver City
will be permitted to 90 On as usual, under the
now established precautionary restrictions
[Rapides Democrat.
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