Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-22
STATE NEWS.

Opelousas Democrat says: Tho great
sheriff case Of Duson vs.. Thompson was
dccicd by the supreme ConrS last night,
i'll favor of Duson, Justice Poohe deliver
ing the opinion Of tho Court, which was
lengthy and elaborate, Justices Fcnner
and Todd dissenting
From the Mcschacebc, of St John, wo
learn that OH Monday morning, at about
six o'clock, six prisoners detained in the
parish Jail availed themselves of tho
molncntary absence Of the jailor to break
open tho railing Of tho jail's alley, where
they had been placed while tho cells were
being cleaned, and escaped before thoy
could be arrested. The escaped prisoners
were Joseph Turner, Sam Mason and
Victor Corsey, charged with petty
larceny; Steve Hoffman, for breach Of
tho peace, Norbert North, charged with
assault, oil five being incarceratcd for
want Of bonds to appear at tho next term
Of tho court, and Jules Sylvan, s,nten-
ced at the last te..n of court to eight
months il the parish prison. This last
ono was taken back ITO jail tho next
day and securely lodged. Tho others
are still ut large, but the she. A is conf
dent of getting them back.
The Plaquemine South saystl,o public
schools il -bcrvi,lo pa;.ish aro well or
sanizcd and aourishing.
Everything, says tho Plaquomine
South,is booming here. No idle artisans,
no idle mechanics, no idlo boys about
the streets, everything fines employment
at one thing or another.
Tho CArrroLlAN ihoasts Of common
field weeds growing .o,n fly to sixty
feet III height in the rich SO, of Baton
Rouge; but down horo !, lboly;..,o the
harvesting of tho corn crop will bring
into rcquistion step ladders so higllpcrcll-
ed is it upon it's stalks. -Ibcrvil.c South,
Sam lIa,!, y colord lad, was drowned
i'll tho Mississippi river in front of T.. J.
Gays plantation, y short distance below
town, last Sunday week. Another col
orcd boy was L-'owncd in front of Col.
Rivers plantation Monday last. Every
year tho Mississippi claims its victims
and parents should therefore be on the
look out for their chic 't2cn.-lbcrvi!lo
South.
Tho St. Charles Herald says that tho
rice crop of that parish tbs ycar prom
ises to exceed any previous crop of the
kind b:own.' ttgt
Mr.. Jesse Aycock, who's place is west
of Lisbon Two or u co miles, has the
most remarkable field of colA that we
have ever seen. On lrnd of q seeming
ordinary hGcactor, that il Usually re-
lied Oh for about ten or twelve bushels
OF corn to tho acre, ho will gather
no lcGs than .hir, give bushcls.
Competent judges estimate. There arc
ethers who thirk it will yield forty or
forty-iivo bushels lhit unusual crop
is due to the fact that the SOL has been
skilllclly cultivated, and the rain, have
fallen i'll sufficient quantities ut the right
time. In the Lisbon cighborl,ood there
will be oceans of corn. 1t is thought
that the absence of demand will bring
the price to twenty-five cents a bushcl.
I-Claiborne Guardian.
The Grctna Courier s,.lns I, improve
with each issue.
An extensive soap f. tory VII soon be
established in Grc,la. r..s..
| Tic population Of Livingston parish
is 5255; of st. Helena, 1900 Of l,cr.
vile, 1889.
The sth Of Jc'y picnic at Crew Lake
for the amusement Of the colorel Sunda,
school children, had u termination that
Il" good people must dcplorc. There
was u large crowd end the best Of feel
ings prevailed rYti. the al, ,rnoon, when
Jim Field and his wife had al alterca
! tiou that soou developed into row