The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-08
SO IJIHERN STATE NEWS
LOUISIANA.

The rhfhoda,x sentinel concedaa tho eeo-
tIou If both Republican Senators ia the Ninth
Dletrlot4-Joidan Stewart and Mayer aah"n
Tho TnrreiunDe Ipu,ic, calls IN The Demo
rrata of that parish to enter protect aEninat
tha election n tho Republican ticket I'm that
parish.
We are inclined to believe that tho commit.
tee If twenty will entar solemn protect
arainaf thr election " tho regular nominees
ef the Republican party. Good, let'ebonne
Courier,
Notwithstanding the visit of the steamers
Ilrrfha and Fnnrhon ~ cur port. rotioh Non~
tjnuea 10 accumulate. There n,a now ~ less
THAN 1900 bales on atnrngn. awaiting hana
portation Washington Nowa,
In q quarrel on tho Alice plantation. In
Iberia between two negroes. Drew Ovens
and John T. Williams. on tho evening OF Tho
tweilty-Hfth uIilmo, the former was killed.
nc Ia alleged that Williams acted ~ aalf DC
Tense.
Several planters have finished grinding and
la q couple Of weeks there viii ~ but fow that
EhaIi have rnn left In tho field. The weather
has been fair during all tho aeaaon. md the
yield. generally. has hncn quite poor. lSt-
John Mesehaoehn.
Many of the planters arn now tinshna NJ
their rollnga. Tho crop OF sugar will moi bn
mere than n low average III l,nfournha lhr
up All their cane without amy lnaa'@ by
frcoges, Lalauroha Sentinel.
An altarrntion occurred Inst Saturday, he-
tween Mr.. Nllrne md Mr. 'Ietn M tn" plan
tatinn Of tho latter ncaI Fiat Town. ~ l,a',-
dry which reaulted III tho death W NJ WI
rinc, They were both quito young iiail nId
arc connected hy blood ~ marriage.
TN Sunday morning laat most hea't I"ud-
ing accident occurred I'm tho family ~ NJ.
Maze
lust laid her Infant down ~ sleep ~ 10 bod,
beside u doubled tuattreaa During Ter A.
Grnra Eoiao ono opened tho matttoaa "vnf tlin
sleeping bahn. Of course unconscious That thn
child wac beneath ", Tho consequences was.
TINT before tho dreadful mistake was dlaTav
cred the pooi hnln wac amothnrei 90 death
An insane man who escaped from the n#y
t,inl MI jackson passed through Clinton an
Saturday nurninR last Although "snIy oi-
fort has been madn by tho superintendent w.
recover the patient. ny 10 tho prenent ~" "
atilI Ill large When last aeon hn was eI'tseillg
Mr.. i. j. Tlanapnn'n field going III tho 'iiroos
lion IT the Liberty ruaa East lrlieiatla
Patriot. Democrat
Wn laarn TINT Judge Gates VIII shortly
leayn fer tho North. partly fur the pnrl,fRn 1T
learning some particulars regarding tho I'M
proved eplnninA machinery thai attracted 80
rauch attention In som" Other Vt tho cotton
craving Siaipa There Ia much probability
That II tho iuuuiriM that several pariira arc
now making prove satisfactory, net onnl,lt
several spinning mllla will no established In
This neighhorhuud. New Iberia Sugar Bowl.
Tho sugar Yield IN aaveral plaraa II thIa
parish IL very good. MI Fl#hnr last week
ground aevn nrtaa ~ came. and put M
from them twonty night hogahoada 81 very
good sugar Wcare told that tho turnout on
Sirant'a WaSia aud ltpagni'a SHcltot place arc
nearly 1T moi quite "a good, Tho folH nights
we had laat week. killed tho rnnn tos dnal na
Hector whore the atand was nrt heavy, bit
tho freeze was not severe enough VI affect
tho yield Or tho quality made. st. Landry
News.
Tho heavy rain VIZ had last wnnl RIM
Bayou Courtaboau up az high that we have
sinee had two nf cur regular New Or
leans packets Bertha and Fanchon at
che wharf In front Of town. We regret ~ Say.
however that this state of things will not
continue long unless We have another rain
soon, MS tho water III rapidly approaching
tho low stage. Tie ammo cause has opened
navigation In Bayou iitnnf. bit II. too. must
be very ahort-ived unloaa tho cause II ~
newell Washington News
For some weeks past u bad typo of fover
which some physle,ana, pronounce yellow
fever thut we learn Dr. Mcguire aaya It II
notl, haa prevailed on Gypremort Prairie, In
ST. Mary parish. Some weeks since Mr.
Frank IL. Rogers Lost two children OH the
same day with tho diseaac. and about ton
iRya nHo his wife and another child and his
brother Mitchell all died from IT, while at
last accounts he AMI tho only remaining child
were seriously ILL., Mrs John I. bumenai ~
the neighhorhood. alao died. and Mrs In
hauve was also reported dead. Now lborla
Sugar Bowl