The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-12
SOUTHERN State NEWS.
LOUISIANA.

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| time.
| Our fishermen are shooting fish In the over
| flow Union Gazette.
| Gen. DeClouet will erect a vacuum pan In
his sugar-hous In st. Martins
| There is still considerable alarm felt in the
parish OF st. Mary regarding overflow
| Oats. upon several plantations In East Fell
| ctana parish, are showing decided signs OF
| rust.
| The loss by the burning OF Broussard d
Decuir's saw mill In Iberia parish is not less
| than $4,000.
| A correspondent OF the Alexandria Demo
crn protests vigorously against the proposd
dam aiming up of Bayou Lamourie
| Hands 1--WE have not heard how many are
| working on the railroad about eight miles
from here, at Bayou Bourbeux.-tSt. Landry
! Democrat.
| We had quite frost here yesterday morn
| ing; but the ground being wet little or no
damage was done to vegetatlon.-IS st. Landry
Democrat.
The following city government was elected
| In st. Martinsville last Monday: N. Bien-
venu. Q. Harrison, u Olivier, D. Gagni and
L. Ashford
Scott Ross who killed colored man on the
| Berger place In Terrebonne and escaped, has
been arrested In Franklin and carried to the
Houma jail.
| On Sunday, twenty-eighth ultimo the gin
house OF L. j. Freeman, Near Marion, Union
| parish, was totally consumed by fire, together
| with the gin stand and running gear con-
| tained In the building.
Last Tuesday negro man named Shad
Washington, on the plantation OF Mr.. j. b.
| Pickett, in Bossier parish was killed while
| picking cotton. He was In the box when the
| follower-block fell, crushing his brains out.
On the night of the first instant, during the
severe rain and wind storm with which we
Gi tnH
sheep were killed by lightning on Mr.. I'll.
Jameison's place, near town. Lafayette Ad-
vertiser.
The rain fall last Friday In the northwes-
tern part OF our parish, Is said TO have been
one of the heaviest ever known In that viein-
ity. Newly plowed ground was badly washed
and fencing considerably damaged Union
Gazette.
The following are the delegates from La
fayetts parish to the Democratic State Con
vention: Ernest Potter W. III. Cunningham,
ID. A. COehrane Overton Cade Alex. Mearx
and John Clegg. They are authorized to vote
for Congressman from the Third District.
On account of high water there was no mail
connection between Port Vincent and Iude-
pendenCe this week. Last week, for won
der, the mail went through and returned, and
we were the happy recipients of New Orleans
literature OF March Ia month old ~ Port
Vincent Livingstonian.
At an election for seven members of the
board OF police of Opelousas, last Monday,
two tickets were In the field and 29l votes
were cast. The following were elected: Sim
con Birotte James Ray, A. Lacombe, George
Pulford, Joseph Bloch, E. Pefferkom and J.
Claude.
Last Thursday we had deluge of rain,
accompanied by thunder lightning and very
high winds. During the storm the waters of
the Ieehe rose some four feet. LoggerS and
lumbermen expect that 1t has increased the
water in The swamps sufficiently to enable
them TO tloat out all the timber they DESIRE
New Tberia Sugar Bowl
The weather for several days past has been
all that planters could desire-warm, dry and
well suited toplantation work. The cane crop
is In a forward state OF cultivation, the early
corn has in some places been worked, and In
the cotton regions much OF that crop has been
planted. A more promising season we have
not had for many years.-IN Iberia Sugar
Bowl.
The following are the delegates elected from
Rapides to the State convention: M. Ryan,
James Jeffries, r. l.. Luckett, James G. Wise,
j. T. Hathaway, j. G.. White, L. O. Manning,
@. I'll. Blanchard, e. w. Bolton. j. s. Connella,
j. w. Prescott, j. A. Crukshank, X. NJ. Clark,
G. B. Marshall and W. W. Wilmington, Jr.
These delegates are instructed to take no &C.
tion relative to nomination for Congress
from the fourth district.
On Sunday night last two negro girls, the
eldest about eighteen years of age living
upon the place of E. FL. Ward in this parish,
left the cabin OF Solomon Ratnes, their grand
father, with torch to go to the house In the
yard in which they had been usually sleeping,
and but short distance from the cabin OF
their grandfather. Sometime after they had
left, supposed to be about two hours, the
grandfather was awakened by the roar Of the
flames, which had then nearly enveloped the
cabin In which his granddaughters were
sleeping. Rushing to the door of the burning
building the old man broke 1t open and dis
covered the fear stricken girls on the opposite
side OF the building paralyzed with terror
and unable to move. AS the door was broken
open the flames were forced through the
opening and rendered 1t impossible for the
grandfather to enter and save the girls from
from their horrible fate. The old man and
others who were aroused by the shrieks of
the poor girls were compelled to remain idle
spectators to their terrible death. After the
building had fallen In their bodies were re-
covered, burned to crisp. How the fire orig
mated Is a matter of conjecture, but supposed
to have started through the negligence or
carelessness OF the two unfortunate girls
Union Gazette.