Louisiana capitolian., 1880-08-14
STATE NEWS.

at two dollars per barrel.
| Mr.. +. Picu has shown the editor OF
the Houma Courier stalk ofsugar cane
with fourteen red joints.
Last Friday evening, on Bayou Du.
large, in Terrcbonnc parish, Mr.. L. +.
Doivin, Of Canada, died suddenly, as he
was closing his school. Mr.. Is. was well
known in that parish, and was muck
esteemed
Mr.. Viening will soon commence the
erection Of D wharf between LayoisicI
and Newton streets in Grctna.
An escaped convict was captured neal
Vermillionvillc last week by an cx-con.
vict and turned over to the authorities.
The ST. Landry Democrat reports con-
siderable sickness among the convicts
ut work on the Opc1ousas extension Of
tho railroad, owing to their having been
Except constantly at work during the
heavy rains we have had the past
thirty or forty days.
Opel0usas Democrat: We are in the
midst Of the dullcst season of the year.
Scarcely any business whatevcrgoin on.
Merchants are comparatively idle from
one weeks endto the other, and q general
cnnni seems to perva,lc our entire CON-
munity. In fact times are SO wrctchcdly
dull that news items are about ~ scarce
as grccnbacks, and the Lord knows they
are scarce enough.
The Lake Charles Echo will wager q
saw log that Calcasicu will give Hancock
more votes on tho I'd of November, in
proportion to her voting population, than
any other parish in the State.
KILLED WHILE STEALING WATER
MELoNs.-Rcccntly, colorcd man
named Eph Favors, a laborcr on the Anna
plantation, Of Mr.. Thomas l.. Shahcr,
in the parish Of st. Mary, was killed by
u load Of buckshot, while stealing
waterInclons in the night from the field
Of Mr.. V. Simoncand, on the Dcllcvicw
plantation. After being shot he ran
away through ten rows of corn, but was
found after about three days, from the
flock Of buzzards that had gathered
around.-Sugar Bowl.
MarksvilIc Bulletin: Sickness prcva-
lis to considerable extent in this parish,
and especially among the children.
Sudden changes Of the weather may DC
tho cause. They arc light fcvcrs, how.
ever, and easily checked and destroyed
by q timely nsc ofmcdicinc.
Cropsin the parishes Of Livingston an'l
Tangipahoa are better than they have
been for twenty years.
Webster Tribune: We heartily join
our contemporaries in the call for
Press convention. There are Organiza-
tions of this kind in some Of the Eastern
States. They seem to be well attended
and arc accomplishing much good We
have no particular choice Of time or
place. Either Shreveport, Monroe,
Baton Rouge or New Orleans will suit
US. by all means let us have the con-
vcntion.
Covington Farmer: We see by our
city exchanges that somewhat promin~
ent Republican politician has been
rusticating in st. Tam1nany. If this
thing continues We advise our citizens to
see that their poultry roosts as far above
the ground as possible.
st. Bernard Eagle: Hon. John Dol
hondc left on Wednesday for the Capital
City, 10 attend q meeting Of tho Board Of
Directors Of the Louisiana State Univcr-
sity and Agricultural and Mechanical
College. Mr. D0lhondc IL one Of the
Spartan baud who voted for rc-organiza-
tion, and, after the recent expose Of tho
management of the institution published
in the Capitolian, We feel confident that
despite the dissatisfaction ola few Of the
old alumni the vast body Of future gra-
duates will owe an impcrishab]c debt of
gratitude to Mr.. y. and his honorable
associates.
Covington Farmer: The CArrroLlAN
wants us to give the Press Convention
"a more accessible point" than Coving-
ington. We do not like to appear stub.
born in this matter, but, really, this is
the most accessible point" we know of.
The fare from New Orleans is so cents
on one boat and twenty-five cents OH
another, with a certain reduction to the