The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-02
SOUTHERN STATE NEWS.
LOUISIANA.

Nlt6pt -shuutrt1 are dptnH great apas VI
damage 10 the windows and the birds ~ 81,
Joseph.
vprnlilonv,lle beasts Of many imeteve-
Shetite 9nihg on, houses being erected, rebuilt,
lfapfUvpd, etu.
rjaptlnu Ia prontessinu very satisfactorily.
indeed. our plattlna friends are. hopeful Ut
eApplluft results. ltaton Rouge Adsonate.
The school board OF Ht. John the. baptist
has resolved Oh opening elevei, schools Il,
thKt tsat,ab, e.s III, white and i've for cplored
chlldfeh,
The peanta U,a,pee Istiedt favutp sheep
fNlelba lnt Louisiana and declares u good
Industry Tot thvse sections VI the btate
Troubled by the exodus,
Mr.. Iohn VI n, Taylot's aln-house was
t1afhpd III Gum swami. Morphpu4e parish,
IA Manday night. The fire IL supposed b
jya the WORT Ut All lnnendlary.
The river continues lte buomips prupenai.
tlee, and from the present outloek would In
dictate that we are to have. more water that,
y desifable.4@tO eacet1la Eagle.
n. gIse s ss osss i ~ .ess a II de.s
d srptbef member, Rey. 9, Y. q ile,neeourt.
81 Ht, fattirh's Church, In this city,
our uafiah appears tn be very juliet NOW,
snuet III the dai hieH, satisfied With the
promises Of protection, having settled down
ana HUhe ~ work. baton Howge OapstoliAn
1gptst. al, old polclpd wot,,an, claiming to be
no Yaafs old, died al the Residence Of VIM
hpvnnlia, In Al, Juspph, laet eun,lav Abe
alAlHph that her sen was y dy.HetvAnt u
a ultieer during The war Of 1aip
The river At thia point n r,eing A. the rate
u ABOUT Ten lnchea every twsnty,to,ir hours
INV days viii pass before aeat Will be se-
cured lheivllle no,,tb.
Iaat Wednesday night our section wan vlH-
Tied by a heavy rain, We trust That these
showers viii not be ~ frequent occurrence,
Tor ID Wnuld greatly pn,bairasa our farmers.
4stpolntp uouree Pelican
the bar ei West Feliuana met last week
and passed resolutions Of regret at the In
tended resignation ~ Judge T. Nee. Laura
etyn, present Judge. Judge Lauraaun. waa
we'll known III this city and ptactieed law
here.
Mr, ppwal., III the Atehafalaya, informs Wa
that II the r,ver risen two feet more at least
MlDg)n eyttpaa loNn will be noated out Of the
A}rhAfalaya nwntnp. nne Individual alone
Will Heat AZ least 10000 loaa- felnte Goupee
Pelican.
All Llatpr. IN ancapaH neGru convict from
the Tesaa pnhitentlary, wac arrested WadneH-
slAy evening by Deputy Rhetifr John q, lSlst-
nsf, VA ", IL pelehera plantation, about
Four miles below town. Oh the noaa,ef e,de,-
tBhtpveport Times.
Jepenh t,a,pr If bayou Rara, was murdered
M 1upntlay evening AZ HE own residence by
Ills strp.father. aea Moll. who wac under The
influence " liquor The weapon usel was
NluhU dagger, which penetrated Baieta heart,
killing him Instantly.
Mpeafe, Jacob Mewlliama, 9, N Roth aud
Ts ID, Robertson have lately purchased two
thirds Of the Myrtle atvve plantation. ait-
,inttd on uAyau Iaeuh. Tor 100000. Before
the war thie wAH productive plantation, And
Will no doubt he made 81 aHath Under the
present arrangement llherville South.
The npoplp III tho town of Vihalla, taxpay-
eip aud othefa. are 1oing 10 petition the Gen.
eral Assembly VI Louisiana FOR law to it-
crease the revenue III the corporation Ny pet
mitttpG The amount VT the licenses paid ny
vidalla Into the paf'eh treasure 10 be paid
into the municipal treasury for The use Of the
corporation.
The Western Union Telegraph Company.
fulloWluR In the wake nF the railread, are
erecting \ line " telegram from Naw Iberia
10 this place, which. We auppYae, Will euhst-
Charles. Az the AttaAapaa line has already
An Office here we are sure to know the events
of the outaide world.A[ Lafayette Advertiser.
Ata meeting IT the ctisana Ut vldalaa. hala
last Monday Tor the purpose OF taking etern
leektna 10 the erection Of aehnruh In Vldalla.
Aen, Il, York and y, Il, Hunt, Eau, were ap-
puipt.Ai Il committee ID solicit subscriptions
ter the building OF a church., DR. IL Garter
and wife, according 70 the hllte, have cons
tributed a lot suitable for alto Tor tile pro-
posed church.
There died IN thia paflah. years aGo.. 9
Tlpnchn,an. who lett piincely legaeue 70,
Charitable nurppees IN to,nte toupee parieh,
the city pf New Qrleann and the parieh 81
Wet Baton hsM LIN " r Traas le n nS,ee. II
thls pafsab, Ia Il not . ahame that the re-
nnAitta ~ Julien povurae ahould he 10 neglect
nis-@lpetnte Ooupee Pelican.
The City Council held a meeting On the
twenty.icurth Instant and By reenlutiu,,.
lpnvilla 10 Lafayette. We believe tbiu change
b, meet with general appreciation, and no
trouble Ia anticipated Ia obtaining from the
Legislature the passage Of bill to that
effect, Az well ae anehdatory 81 our charter
lii other reepecta. Lafayette Advertiser.
Mr.. Jack Taunton, one OF the gentlemen
wounded IN the unfortunate ARRAY that took
place az nafriaonhur9 laat Monday week. haa
since died. He waa nhot twice. ono ball enter
Inv his face near biz mouth aud lodging 70
the back of hin head, the other entering hia
aide jstet below the atcmach. The wounds ol
the other two gentlemen were only ellaht aud
both arr ahle ID be out upon The atreeta.--
lConcordia Eagle.
Officer Swearenxer OF shreveport waa ma
aAulted the ether day by one Wright. y ntwru
deeperado and thief, whom he waa trying IL
arrest al ANAL atprehenae two mites from
Shreveport on the Mansfield road awearen.
Ecr had q gun In hta hand AT the time. but
Wright managed to wrench 1t from him and
dealt him several fearful hlowa over the head,
cutting three or four ugly 1aahaa. Wright
escaped with the gun.
On Sunday night. the twenty-neeonh ia
atAnL Edward Carter. euloreti was killed At
the atora ot Felix Olivier. Ia thia partah. By
Pierre Deouir and Nicter, both colored. We
learned none af the particulars. except that
death resulted from u knife wound III the
head. The parties charged with the killing
were incarcerAted an Monday, to await a pre-
liminary examination. Lafayette Adver-
Nser.
Some time ago "kansas shrlekar" called
on Squire Woodaon. across the river, and de-
sired 10 gee him on particular business. His
business was coon found out BY the Squire,
who allowed him 10 yet AZ far a. EXODUS" In
his conversation, when he ordered him away
and informed him that his race were aAtlatied
here and would huilduse any fellow that
would come 10 entice them from their good
homes.~-llhervilleS South.
We learn that a considerable portion 81 tho
Mississippi river bank and part OF the
lnNnc had naxad In ut Hog PNint few DAYS