The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-16
SNUTHERN STATE NEWS.
LOUISIANA.


LOUISIANA.
winnsboro, Franklin. has organized &C.
batting society.
Rust has seriously damaged the co.oo r1shea
In various parts Of North Louisiana PARISHES
There are II, East Carroll 274S educapie cni.-
dren, according to the assessor eliloii :,
The St. Tammanv Farmer wants q raiiroau
built from this city to Mandeviiie.
Tha lonlrout station and wharf az smell lS!-
ana no riah ri At Mary, built by Y. A. WHIT
ney Il Co., were destroyed by Inc recent
storm.
Rice cutting is at an end here BUT little rice
yras harvested this year, owing TO the failure
~ tha river and Of too much salt water from
III II, w hack bayous. Plaauemines Observer.
An The bridges between this place and
clinton have been rebuilt since the recent
storm and travel between these two points is
good. West Feliciana Sentinel.
The heavy rains that have fallen since the
storm have done additional damage to the
cotton and corn crops. Dry weather Is
needed to give the cane chance to mature
its saccharine.- Il Baton Rouge Advocate.
The damages. by the storm on Bayou
L'Ours, parish Of st. Mary, were quite heavy.
No lees than thirteen houses were blown
down on the right bank q the river and 2, sx
i
from fallen trees.
There Is one thing connected with the late
storm which has been OF real benefit There
were O. number of neglected, unsightly, rlckety
fences In our town and suburbs, most all OF
which were blown down, and are now repaired
In superior Style hibodaux Sentinel.
"A wind storm with rain came up about dark
ON Thursday evening and continued until
some time into the night, stopping the cotton
picking business on Friday. With this excep-
tion, the weather has been favorable this
week, and the cotton Is panning out July Up
to expectations-lCa Carroll Conservative.
Following the furious storm, the weather
was dry arIdintolerably warm, which had the
effect Of causing great deal OF slckness-blli-
GUS fevers coughs and mumpS-among our
children. For the past few days the weather
has become stormy, with occasional al rain,
causing a favorable change ID the tempera-
ture.-ISt. Bernard Eagle.
The Sugar Planter thinks that the damages
to the cane from the storm In West Baton
Rouge have Been exaggerated. Nearly all
the cane blown down has righted itself, pre-
senting none OF the effects OF the storm other
damage done to the cotton is estimated at
from one-fourth to one-third the crop; corn
ct about the same.
Caldwell has q snake story OF its own. A
short time az Mr.. w. Blanks discovered a
large rattlesnake, and, levelling his gun,
informed, he found to his establishment that
the body contained twenty-five young rattle
snakes. which had evidently been swallowed
by the old one on the approach q danger
caldwell Herald.
Latest advicps from Deer Island conveys
the information that all the cattle, hogs and
one Of the finest orange orchards in the coun-
try, were totally destroyed Houses Of all
character were completely demolished. At
Mrs. Jacobs's, on Shell Island, all the chickens,
hogs trees fences boats ana several out
Blue, as stated last week, also suffered
heavily. An orange orchard, which he had
tenderly nursed for many years, was des-
troyed beyond hope In the short time the
storm continued. Morgan City Review
ish wishing to "set'' q hen went into the field
adjoining her residence where some OF her
chickens had been laying" and produced
some seventeen eggs and placed them under
the hen When In the course Of thurman
ne b Ts or
tors. It is supposed that alligators from an
adjoining marsh had deposited their eggs In
the field and she not knowing the difference
placed them under the hen. And what Is
mother hen around the premises as happy as
b Colorado beetle In potato patch Abbe-
Vile MeridiOnal.
It happened on Blind river. Shon, a Ger
man. having become Disguised with the world
generally, and his family and location in par
ticular, resolved to make the best he could Of
q bad bargain; and 80 he interviewed coun-
tryman relative to the disposal OF his world
" possessions. His friend, Fritzsbeing Of a
sympathiziDg and generous turn OF mind. Of
Tered Shon sthirty turtles" for his entire prop
erty, including the wife and four children The
bargain was Immediately closed, and the last
seen OF Shon was In skiff, floating down the
river In quest of q market for his turtles.
These are facts, although the circumstances
occurred Ia Ascension. Ltvingstonian
The crop reports are less favorable than
few weeks ago. IN several wards OF the parish
the rust has appeared and materially dam
AGED the cotton. From ward l, L. A. Glass.
ESQ. Of Waverly, who paid US welcome
visit on Monday, reports considerable rust
and q lighter crop than was anticipated from
WaverIy to the parish line. Corn is very
Iight. III the hill wards cotton will be short
much less than an average crop-whlle corn
Is unusually light. No damage will pc done,
but rust has made havoc In many fields. Cot
ton is opening rapidly, and the fields are
white, but some scarcity p. pickers Is observ-
able. Should the present favorable weather
continue, however, q large part Of the crop
will be safely secured within few weeks
caldwell Herald.