The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-16
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMooRAT TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1880

stolen : fnuls In Grant parish. The posse
divided. one party 9oinR % armstrong;
met By Inc other party Ind iired on, Kemp emp
being fatally shot,
The polfco jury held meeting On the sixth
Instant and, among other things. pnAeati 4
resolution prohibiting hereafter the sale 81
Intoxicating liquors on Sunday, under. penalty
that thls is intended for the benefit Of certain
places Ia tho parish, where great quantity
* liquor IL sold On that day, and which not
being Incorporated. are unprotected by police
oiiioera from drunken brawle, etc. Lafayette
Advertiser.
Last Sunday Bill johnson, alias Duffy, and
Joe Thomas. two eolored men employed on
the Drouet plantation, on Barntarla quar-
relied over game Of dice and Thomas. with
out any provocatlon drew pistol and shot
johnson, who died few hours after recelv-
rested and brought up to the head Of the
canal on Monday ln the same skiff which con-
tanned the corpse Of his victim.
An endeavor will be made to annex to the
parish of ~ bernard that portion of Orleans,
opposite. extending from VIZ d uis the United
pis q vie Terre-A Bnufs Landing. We are
told that excessive corporate taxation Inn
posed by the parish Of Orleans, which IL Of no
benefit TO the complainRnts, has had the effect
of arousing them Into action to seek q more
genial Administration.-l6t.B Bernard Eagle.
vermillonvllle. ,Alignlng and .sariaeing. h
now going on between this place and New
iberia, and II IL said that regular trains for
the mail and passengers will begin TO run
about the hrSt of April. The Louisiana
Western Company hes contracted for large
quantity pf ues, and ~ soon ~ they can be
had and the rails brought from New Orleans
which will be Ia the course Of = week track
laying will be commenced going VEST La
fayette Advertiser.
We went over the river last Saturday even
inR. the sixth instant, and W. met the enc.
part In our section Of the country. In our ad-
vance OF n mile we met myrieds Of ilies-
commonly called gnats here. but this IL n
mistake. They are newcomer, never
known here before. They have poisoned and
killed oyer 400 horses an, mules within = re-
diua of fifteen miles from Columbia Column
bla Herald.
On Wednesday morning break occurred In
the levee opposite Messrs. Thiel h Thomp-
sons rico plantation. about ak miles below
the barracks. which, for = moment, threat
part of our parish. But, under the lmmedi.
ate directions of Mr.. Baldwin. son-in-law of
MIR. Thiel, the Invading water was quickly
suddued, and the damage 40 repaired M to
relieve further apprehension from that spot
lSt. Bernard Eagle.
There has been no work done on the Craig
head levee for four days of this week. The
Old levee Ia front has been completely under
mined and there IL large zap In the new
levee TO be filled up. The alarm exhibited by
the planters In the vicinity IL not without the
this large levee. would be most disastrous
one indeed. A large number Of planters are
Interested In this levHe and something should
be done Immediately FOR their protection
tlberville South.
A few nights ago the family OF Judge VIM.
In the yard demanding to know Il Mr.. jimmy aYyy
(the Judges sony was At home. The Judge,
with his son, went 70 the door Of their dwell
Ink and asked what was wanting. In reply
the voice said: 7 give MI; Jimmy fair warn.
then hnshed. Such language was not exactly
suited to the temper OF the two gentlemen.
aud SELLING their shotguns they started Ia
hot pursuit 81 the mysterious intruder, but
we're not successful, owing to the heavy dark
recognized. Next day an affidavit was made
before q. W. Pope, Esq. third Justice, charg-
Ing one Leon Renne, colortti. with being the
offender and who was promptly arrested. On
being brought before the magistrate. suf-
iicient evidence was elected 70 send the ac-
oused before the pnrish court. Other threats
against MIR. James u. Robertson. more vio-
lent than that Of leaving the parish, were
proven up against the aangtlinAry Mr.. Renne.
West Baton Rouge Sugar Planter.
On last Friday Meesrs. II. L. Garland, b. A.
Martel and Thos. H. Lewis went to the town
81 Lafayette TOR the purpose of securing the
right Of way for Mor0an's Railroad extension
to this place over the lands Of DIR. Hopkins
The intersection Of the Morgan road with the
Texas roRd is upon DIR. Hopkins's tract,
which Is just north OF the town and border
Ing on the town limits. The only serious OBJ
stacle In the parish Of Lafayette was the op-
position Of this proprietor, and II was
necessary to overcome this difficulty without
delay. as IL stood at the threshold Of the ex-
tension. and as the contractors were ready to
begin work ut once at that point. The COM
pany needed more than the usual quantity Of
land at this intersection, for side tracks, turn
outs. etc. These considerations, together
with fear that delay now Ia the beginning
might possibly defeat the contamination Of
the enterprise or defer 1t indefinitely. induced
the committee to settle the question by pur-
chase, which they did by the payment Of
$1000-Sb00 less than tho sum originally de-
manded by Or. Hopkins. These gentlemen
met MIR. Pandely, who assured them that
work on the road would be commenced at
once and prosecuted vigorously until the
completion Of the road. There are few pro-
prletors on the line In our parish who have
not yet accorded the right of way; It is ex-
pected, however. that no serious difficulty
will DO Opolousas Courier.
TEXAS.