The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1880-07-28
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L ne CBDSuS lnhH uiooo'OtOo !" 10 "
woman in West Baton Rouge ia years
old.
The population of Livingston parish
is 5255; of st. Helena $500; of 1berville
1863.
On Tuesday last boiler exploded
at Toomer's saw mill, on Bay Lac
ombe. Three men were badly scalded.
The population of Ouachlta Parish
is 14,7l7, of which 4505 are whites and
1922 are blacks; increase since 1870,
3l35, or a little over q per cent.
We have met several of our friends
this week from the bayou, all of whom
speak in glowing terms abont the
crops in their neighborhood.-- Marks
vile Bulletin.
The following is the population Of
Donaldsonville: Number Of whites,
1i29; number of colored persons, l45l,
number of Chinese, 3; total, 1858. The
population of the town in 1870 was
ISIS.
At the municipal election held in
Mansfield on Wednesday last, we learn
from the DeSoto Democrat, the follow
ing gentlemen were elected: Mayor, R.
#. Carr; Aldermen, E. W. Sutherlin,
B. F. Jenkins, Jr., c. P. Hopgood and
w. T. jackson.
The census of West Baton Rouge is
a. follows; Inhabitants 1858, farms
4lO, sugar houses and cotton gins Ga;
deaths during the past year l07; idiots
4, deaf and dumb 3. Sugar houses and
cotton gins are classed as manufocto-
ries.
Our clever young friend Emile Van
gnat dropped In OH Us this morning
and enlivened Us with stirring reports
of the fine crop prospects IN West Ba-
ton Rouge, and the splendid business
outlook at Port Allen. Emile is over
to spend few days in recreation.
--lBaton Rouge Advocate
In this parish last year 1884 hogs
heads of sugar were made. Not less
than $4,000, will be the crop of the
present year, Nearly all the rice plan
tiers have plenty of water-their
fields are flooded and the crops are
very promising = Iberville South.
We learn from the mail rider that q
difficulty occurred In Vernon, Jackson
parish, Sunday. between s. F. NJ Bar
nard and Tom johnson, resulting in
the wounding of the latter by shot in
the arm from pistol in the hands of
the latter. No arrests were made.
- Vienna Sentinel.
We have Ind an abundance Of rain
during the latter part of last week.
From every quarter of the parish the
report of "good rains" is brought to
us. The corn crop now made is one
of the largest we have ever seen in
Union, and the cotton is all that the
farmer could ask Farmersville Ca
Zette.
Deputy Sheriff John G.. Eltsner and
Policeman W. Fl. Busby yesterday ar
rested Wade Fields, alias Ben Horton,
charged by indictment in DeSoto Par
ish, October, 1877, with murder. The
arrest was made at daylight as the fu-
gitise from justice was in the act of
crossing the river just below the city.
Shreveport Standard.
The Baptist Conference which was
recently held in keacli was very large
ly attended, and the proceedings gen.
orally were highly satisfactory to all
the friends of the church. On Sunday
at the close of the conference, the town
was literally alive with people and
the church crowded almost to suffoca-
tion.- Shreveport Standard.
We have received reliable and graf
flying information that work has pro-
crossed to such an extent on our line
Of railroad that a construction train
will be at Grand Cotean station to-
day. This being the case. we may con-
fidently rely on having train at Ope-
lousas early In August, by the 18th,
at any rate.-[St. Landry Democrat.
Mr.. c. Shaler Smith, of the Balti-
more Bridge Company, is the contrac-
tor and isexpected on this week. The
bridge will cost abont $l40, 900, and is
to be completed by the first of Janua-
~ next. 1t will be substantial and
handsome structure, and the longest
bridge of the kind ever built in the
State, If not the only one.
The superstructure will be of
wrought iron, aud like that of the
bridge across the Ohio at Louisville.
There will be two spans of 240 feet
each, and one of ninety feet on the
east shore. The draw Is to be 800 feet
in length, leaving clear opening of
126 feet for the passage of boats, mid
channel. The grade line on the bridge
will be eight feet above high water
mark of 1874, the highest water ever
known ct this point.-iOuachita Tele-
egraph.
Some forty days ago a rabid eur
passed through the yard of Mr.. Dun
can Stewart, and in Its course bit a fine
hound belonging to that gentleman.
A negro man caught the hound to ex
anime it, when he was bitten thereby.
A few days ago the poor man went in
to commissions, and although two of
the best physicians in the parish have
been in attendance almost constantly,
no hope of his recovery is anticipated.
Invest Feliciana Sentinel.
Sheriff Mcclure is 10 receipt of the
death warrant ofGreen Red, alias Red
ding, now confined in the parish Jail.
The day fixed for the execution by Ac-
ting Gov. McEnery is Friday, the first
OF October next. The condemned man
10 mulatto, about 80 years old, who
was tried by q jury and convicted for
the murder of his wife, Adeiine, on
Mr.. Lazalre's place, opposite this city,
on the second of November of last
year. His trial was in every respect
fair, and the finding of the jury just.
The circumstances of the murder were
too atrocious to justify even the rec
ommendation of mercy. Il Ouachita
Telegraph.