The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-04
LOUISIANA.

Mr. " A. ON has assumed editorial con
trol of the vt. Helena GUsfHe.
Hon y s.. Gooie has received the nomIna-
ton Of both political parties for Judge Of the
nineteenth district,
Some Of tho planters III Terrehonne will
mako two and half hogsheads 81 sugar to
the aero.
Tho laaoa' FAIR for the benefit OF the con
Won't at Washington. st. Landry parish, net
toll over $500 thstandlng uufavDrhhle
weather.
Frank Gordon. mn industrious aud very or
tlprly Culorrd man OF Spring Creek neigh
borhOpd, had hls holaa with its entire CON
tonts destroyed hv fire on last Monday morn
ing. while he and his wife were picking cotton
III the iicld near by. st. Helena Gazette.
We are sorry to state that President T.. III.
Fay. or tho Nlilman Famale Collegiate lnsti-
tutn. and tho Democratic nominee Tor the
office of Superintendent " Public Education,
aud who has poem participating In tho state
rRnvAas has returned homo quite ILL., last
Feliciana Patriot Democrat
on Saturday last a negro man about TWEEN
ty-thrro ycnra 0f nEa was shot In tho arm,
lust above tho elbow, by tho accidental dis
charge Of a shot gun. Tho arm was ampu-
tatnd hy Doctors Reeves and Lane. but tho
negro died that night from exhaustion Ho
lived on tho Wagner place DeSoto Demo
Crat,
parish ls worry good Mr.. Fisher. last week.
ground eleven aeres Of cano and put IN from
them twenty eight hugaheads Of very good
sugar. We arc told that tho turn ont on
Gantta Waxia and Eoagni'a Sacket place are
nearly II not quito as good. Tho cold nights
we had Last week killed tho emo as doRd na
hector whore the stand was not very heavy ,
hut the freeze was not severe Cnoligh to Affect
tho Yield. or quality made, 1T. Landry
News.
Nancy Coleman. coored, died In 'Thohodaux
on laat Monday. She was IN her curly life n
slave of tho ate Bishop Lnonidaa Polk but
subsequently, became the property 81 /. II
Gary. Of ths place until freed by the general
emancipation proclamation Nancy was we'll
known by vlyhody in this vicinity. aud WAS
niways treated more hs n companion than u
slave or servant She was noted for her kind
ness toward every one. especially In times Of
sickness. and for friendship aud good will To-
ward all She was mnmhef OF vt, John =
Episcopal Church. and was hHtind IN the
cemetery adjacent thereto. I.Fhlbodaux Sem
tinel.
From Mr.. A. g. HooianlI we learn that the
gin. together with its contonta. on tho Frog
more place. In Goneordia ba.. was entirely
destroyed by fire Oh last Tuesday night. The
iiro Ia supposed to have boon thr work OF nm
noendiary. and started about o'clock Iuea-
day night. in the lint room. There was IN
tho gin large lot Of cotton. ginned and III
aeed, md II considerable quantity of cotton
seed. Some soventy-tlve bales were the prop
erty Of Meyer, Weis II 90, Of Now Orleans,
la. who were running the place, and there
was also cotton belonging to other parties
stored In the gin. Tho gin aud the ungnned
cotton was insured, hut tho haled cotton was
not The loss to Meyer. Woia Il Oo. Is placed
nj about S50Q0,- Nateheg Democrat.
We hear many complaints OF cattle steal
Ing from the people living between here and
.Inanerotte. Not farmer can put his stock
out 10 pasture without feeling u degree Of IN
easinoss regarding lts safety. Cattle are
daily mssing. and as III moRt cnses they cam
not he traced. this lends 10 the auppoation
that they are killed at once, and the meat
diaposed OF secretly, or that they are shipped
to other points and sold. Cattle owners AT
tribute their losses IN great measure to the
impunty with which thieves pnrsue thetr
avocatiop. A negro was recently convicted
hut re-Rppeared In u few weeks 10 recon
mence his nefarious operations. tho loss 81
five COWS followed his release. Tho people
tired Of looking for protection from tn" All
thoritiea now threaten to take Justice into
their own hands. Sugar Bowl.