The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-28
SOUTHERN STATE NEWS.
LOUISIANA.

LUUlSfANAs =@ms-
Cool weather has act In and tho first fros
OF the season made its appearance on MOI
day night last. caldwell Herald.
The Ouachita river Ia now lower than II Ia
ever been known to b. III the memory Of tn
present generation. caldwell Herald
Tho Richand Brncom thinks that paris
suitable for rice cultivation and advises III
farmers to 70 into that business.
The city weigher reports having weigho'
Tor the week ending at noon yesterday, 30
bales Ct cotton. Total bales to date this sea
son. 1922. Monroe Telegraph.
Steamboat munCation between this
place and New Orleans IL attended with d
good deal Of delay by the Little Devil hnr nnd
The one ut the mouth of Old riyeri Wash
tEgton News
The weather this week has been simply
splendid for the cotton pickera. and good use
has been made of 1t In this vicinity. Should
the weather remain good tho cotton will soon
be out St. Helena Gazette.
few citizens Of East Baton Rouge have
been raising q new variety of winter grass,
the nameof which Ii not known, hut 1t Ia said
to be nh excellent grass calculated to
supply o long felt want In Louisana
A subscriber writes from Gharlievllle that
crops turn out short there cotton threc-tuar-
tors to seven-eighths of CROP corn two
thirds, potatoes the Same, and turnps good
but suffering for rain. No sickness. Il Rich
land Beacon.
Some planters are digging up all their seed
cane by the roots instead Of cutting 1t or at
The top OF the ground. III Is claimed to be n
great saving OF seed, rs the cane dug out OF
tho earth has more and better eyes than those
which are above. Honma Courior.
II ~ reported that The first frost OF tho fall
was seen Monday morning. This was In the
country adjacent, where tender Who's we're
turned black; but there has been 40 frost Ia
Monroe. owing. we suppose. TO the rivers
negative influence. Monroe Telegraph
Monroe and Bastrop want Il railroad to
connect with the Iron Mountain and 81. Louis
road We hope they Will build 1t. and then
put u through TO Alexandria via Columbia
Columbia must not be left out. nor will tho
company leave us out. II they want the trade
OF the liveliest town la North Louisiana.
lCaldwell Herald.
MIR. Aaron Ryan. mn old resident of the par |
ish, informs US that not drop OF water Is 10
pc found In the swamp In his neghhorhood |
Tor distance Of ten miles, and that al tho |
country between B'nuf and Qaachita rivers
IS dry. In a residence Of thirty years he has |
never Known such a drOuth and scarcity of |
water. caldwell Herald
Notwithstanding old st. Landry has been
blessed for several weeks with ren,nrkahlv
good weather for cotton picking. the cotton
fields In the alluvial portion of ths parish nre
vet quite white. This is due partly to the
scarcity OF extra labor and partly to the
heavy yield Of the flsecy staple In these u,lnr-
tiers. Il Washington News.
Preparations are going brlskly on for the
grinding season. Next week a large number
Ot our planters will commence operations | :
Ihe cane Is yet quite green. but fearing de-
lay VIII he dangerous Ia case Of freeze. It Ia
deemed by many to be wise to commence ,
grinding at once. large acreage has already :
been planted and the good work ID still going !
on lberville South ,
Several sugar planters complain of the
scarcity OF field hands. We have no suspi- s
m pin hn,, ~.
our colored laborers to emiRrats to Kansas Il
However 1t is, something should be done to d
substitute the deficiency. And II our large {
planters cannot see the cause and pre- g
have to feel the effects. New Orleans IL over /
stocked with dIars, who are half starved and Ii
yet but a fev will tur,. their faces IN this Ill u
reotion. Bernard Eagl., v
Inc pody q J, II. Mctilnn,s, Of Monroe, / /
vn. ~ mat town September H. rs been a
ound d mileu. 'wo from the Cheniera ava, y. RI
Nothing was left OF the body but the scat
lothing and part of carpenters pencil were A.
ound. His vest lay folded up at the root OF a 81,
ree, but the main trunk of the body lny near VI
branch close BY, as II deceased had gone We
Tas some yards away carried there doubt pe
U.S. by animals The remains were gathered go
-, brought TO Monroe and decently inferred. =. ~
Gus Marshal coored. who has lately re- sol
irned from q private prospecting tour ri,
trough Kansas and Colorado, says Louisi- m m,
ma is good enough for him. Ben Williams, ~
olored, who was sent to the promised land 10
Y an emigratng society formed here, has u,
at vet returned. When he does get back he Al,
It'll, no doubt having listened to the "proph-
Is ober dar,' tale unfold that will make an
ach particular niggers mouth fairly water -
1 fond anticipation 81 the free rrntIn milk
nd honey that flows throughoutthe length
nd breadth Of the grasshopper state. There
lay be money In IT for Ben. shreveport
tandard. lnI
The woods have been are for tho past four ar
r five days. The cause is attributed to trav-
lers. who had allowed their camp fires to So g.
pread In the dry straw In the woods and u, LIS
rom which the fire has become general ~ ~
iany of our farmers have had serious diff ~
ulty In their efforts to keep the fires from Is
urning their fences down. and as the woods Ia la
re as dry as q Undertook there il no telling ~
'hen or where the fire Will stop. Near town, ~. -
Iessrs Carr, Pace, Steele, Thompson and y. ~
theirs had good many panels OF fencing de ~ ~.
troyed, and 1t was only With the greatest y. ~
fort that they were enabled to save any OF l l
heir fences at all. We also learn that fire Nv
keeping tho farmers busy across the Bayou IL
g rOatre in order to save their fences a. a.
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