The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-14
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LOUISIANA.
Shreveport will receive u Rex on Mardl-
| GrAs
CovlnRton has shipped 1926 bales OF cotton
| this year
A great deai of cotton Is still at Ooushatta.
| awaiting shipment.
| The river continues 10 rlse Mt Bayou Sara
and II big overflow is predicted
There Is considerable cotton remaining In
| the fields of CUpcordia parish,
| Bayou Sara has been enjoying PInarore,
| given by a travelling dramatic company.
Tho Bayou Lafourcbe Is still rising and nf-
| forda y suffIcIency Of water for the purposes
Of navigation.
The business Of New Iberia. since the Nor
gan Railroad hHs been running to that town,
has Increased over 80 per cent.
The tax collections Of West FeIlclann for
the pnst year amount to Sl4 49D 81 for tho
State md SOFAS 45 for the parish.
The OpeIousas independent Guards organ
lied january 6. with T.. Sumpter Taylor rs
! captain. and thlrty~seven members
At the last meeting Of the town council oF
Al xnndrh John H. Gibson was reelected
constable and Simon Gullen collector.
Tho exodus movement has been renewed In
East Baton Rouge, and large numbers Of
negroes are leaving the parish for Kansas
Tho business men In Pinnvile RapIdes
parish. say they have had n good fall trade,
and that the spring trade will be equally Gs
good.
DR.. y. l.. Reville. OF plnquemlnes, agrees
to put up one-hRlf ~ the $1,000 necessary TO
run telephone wire from PIaquemine to
Baton Rouge.
Old planters tell us that they expect had
crops this year. They nttrbute this To the
mildn"ss of the past fall aud winter Rap
ides We the People.
Dr. Wright was stabbe1 bva Mr. Davis
last week at Ghnfchville. st. Landry parish.
He was wounded In the left lung, and up to
last accounts WAS still dangerously Ill.
The financial condition Of the corporation
of Covngton will compare favorhbiy with
that of any other town In the State Covlng-
ton is FREQ from debt and has money Ia her
treAsury,
The parish Of West FeIelana owes about
S50oO on warrants and scrip Issued In 1867
1872. A conference Is soon to be held between
committee Of the police jury and the parish
creditors to arrange compromlse.
Mr. s. Paul Jones was unanimously elected
marshal by the mayor and board of alder
men OF Ihke Providence on Wednesday last.
IIa has qualified, given bond and entered
upon the discharge Of his duties.
meeting Of the police jury of Concordia
has been called for January Is. by the prop
erty holders of the parish. to take into CON
eiderhtion the condition Of the levees of the
pnir.
We have had flood OF rain this week. The
creeks are generally very high and swim
ming, which greatly impedes the convenience
OF travelling through the country, especially
IN secfInn9 destitute of brdgeB.- Sabine
Southron.
The skY Woodward In which the man
Brown escaped who murdered Marshal Nc
gure, In Luke Providence, was found In some
brush on the Mississippi side about ten miles
below Providence. But there Is no tldngs Of
the murderer.
In obedience to the expressed will Of the
people at the Iate election on the whisky
question, the drinking saloons Of this place
all closed on the thrty-frst ultimo. and our
town is now quiet as well regulated farm
Is on Sunday Greensburg Gazette.
There Is only ~ feet Of water In the Red
at Coushatta and the river is falling an inch
daily. The Kolegon managed to get up Cane
river far enough to get load Of cotton, but
the water was too low for her to get out Of it,
50 she is at a stand waiting for a rise.
Mr. David Hamilton, OF East Feliclana par
ish, son Of Mrs b. I. Hamilton, on the first
inst mt was loading his gun with the intention
OF going rabbit hunting, when IT was acci-
dpntally discharged, the contents entering
his right arm, right side and eye, killing him.
The police jury OF the parish Of Sabine have
been In session this week and have projected
. new AMI different plan for the building Gf
proposed. The time for receiving bids on the
building Of the courthouse is extended to the
first Monday In April next.
The exodus move In these parts has about
died out, and many of the negroes who went
to Kansas In the excitement last fall are re-
turning. Some have stopped In Texas, and
report hard times for those who are not able
to leave the plains Of Kansas.-[ Raptdes We
the People.
The river is now doing the decent thing. and
boats glide over the bars like they were
creased Shipments to and from this point
are very heavy, and we may expect from one
to four boats day In port. The river above
is still rising, and bosts can go through to
Shreveport without "heaving the lead" at
single crossing [Rapides We the People.
difficulty occurred in the New Hope neigh
borhood, Sabine parish. on Thursday last,
which resulted In the killing Of negro, Ed
ward Buckley, by Mr.. John Daniels. The
two men quarreled over a load OF cotton,
when Buckley drew a knife on Daniels and
advanced on him. Daniels ratreated, drew
his revolver and fired, killing Buckley.
On Friday January 2. a difficulty occurred
on DR.. BoagHi's place, In st Landry between
two colored men. Allen johnson and Abram
Roberts. The canse OF the difficulty was
woman. Abram Roberts took shot at Allen
johnson with pistol as he stepped from the
store gallery, without hitting his opponent,
whereupon Allen inserted butcher knife be-
tween Abram Roeerts's ribs, which effectually