The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-20
I.0l' ISIANA.

The police jury Or Caldwell pariph refuse
Ia have their ordinances published.
Tho cotton roceipts AZ bellevue. Ronsl"r
patiah, aimee September I. 1917. have boon
l40n haleR.
A great deal or pneumonia Ia prevailing IN
Franklin. Caldwell and other uartHlo" IN
Northern Louisiana.
Planters in East fnlioiana parlah have
uanc vigorously 10 work preparatory for an
other croa. Labor u said 4" he araloe.
Considerable changing OF homes has hoon
and ia atill going on among the eolarad I,,npu-
Iation, but few are leaving the parrish luoh-
land Beacon.
HrTtr If NJ :. G4kn.a gin naar nelhi. laat Friday,
aud wae 40 terribly mntilated That dnath ro-
quilted INSTANTLY.
Cotton Rtill continues "a como in TO tho do
not rnr shipment. Tho road has got MI tho
nattan FROM this parish thia Year. he'aiae
there has been no boating water III Banlt or
tho Macon. Rtchiand Beacon.
Two Immigrant wagons paaatd through
Klyyilln, tran kanaaa, yesterday. 81 their
way 10 u place in thia ptriah that Ind boon
purchased 10y tho proprietor OF the small
train. Ikirhlnud Beacon. I'tnunry u.
Last Monday the outer edge of = norther
gave our village little brush. and tho Their
momrtcr went down from somewhere In I'LL"
nnirh hprhool of So 10 within u fow dcgrona
Of zero in a very short time. lichland
Beacon.
There il "a 10 Al election III 81. lIeIona par
tah. an February 2. In all the wards except
tho frat. on the question whether intoNicat-
ing liuuora shall hp sold or not. rho hrst
ward Niranshurgl has already voted III favor
ut prohibition.
A man by the name Of McDougald was
| brought To the parrish iatl Of kiohland last
sunday from Dpihi by Deputy Sheriff :. A..
owen. charged will carving his own son ~ =
dangerous and probably fatal manner. linis
a Scotohman. and had only been In tho DEM
neiEhhorho0d "A short time.
The iury In tho case OF Warren 0iroon-
backmi against Mcdonald democrat, Tor
clerk OF court Of Webster pRrtsh. decided III
favor of holding il new election tp dntermlne
who was elected to this otli 70. Warren has
taken an appeal IT, the Supreme Court. inc
election will Ia held iii thirty days.
negro ~ the name of Ben Moore, residing
unou the plantatianof Mr.. Merritt East, IN
Fast Feliciana parish. with the assistance ot
his wife alone. made fifteen bales of oNtoh
during the past year. Each OF these bhtes
weighed over four hundred pounds, Besides
this amount 81 cotton, lie made a good crop
of corn and potatoes.
Parties from the lower portion Of East
Baton Rouge parish We're IN Clinton tuesday
and Wednesday With six Large wagons, Tor
the purpose or obtaining ana 9 nveyinG
hands 10 work on n sugar plantation. Al
though some fifty promised To 20, only three
wagons started Thursday morning.
It was reported a few days ago that John
Wilson, foreman OF the ietty works at Delta.
was drowned while crossing the river III
a skin to Nirkshurg, and several persons were
willing to testify that they had seen wilson
drown. A fuller Investigation has shown this
Is ia false, and points to the prooanlilty OF
Wilson's having heen murdered. Ills hat
stained with blood has been found III Delta,
and It IS supposed that he was trapped into q
low negro den In that place and murdered 1oT
his money. of which he had a large amoun'
in his possession at the time OF his disap'
pearance.
A man calling himself Tobias Hutehes1Ir
appeared at the office Of the s.. Charles fffrate
nj Hahnyillp, some weeks ago ana reported
that he was tramping up the river from Nea
Orleans to Baton Rouge, where he expne'fi +
bv the printers of the Herald and cared Tor
GOV. Hahn became Interested 10 MN man a..
1ays the man seized his opportunity, col
lectrd about 500 due Gov. Hahn, ana Jaa dirs
4 disappeared during the night In the diIee
tion of New Orleans. He was about nlti
wears old and five feet ten inches In height.