The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-04-01
SOUTHERN State news.
LOUISIANA.


st Martinsvile holds Its town election
Monday, April 8.
Lake Charles Fire Company No has re-
celved new engine.
The Baton Rouge Herald, Ind, lndorses
m ancocl for President,
The Claiborne Guardian wants ). Floyd
King returned to Congress.
The Republicaps Of Baton Rouge have In
eiorsed VIM. Hubbs for mayor.
The telegraph line between Covipgton ana
Poncha toula La soon TO be iaiu'
st Tammapv elects Its delegates to the
State convention on Saturday, April y.
willis lesser, of Natchitoches, is under
arraet for robbing the United States MAIL.
The Rlchland Beacon favors q. j. Boatner,
of Ouachita, for Congress from the fii'h Db'-
trct.
Tha claiborne Ga,ardian is opposed to In
structing our delegates to the Oincihnau ooh-
vention.
Over n hundred horses and mules died IN
ptrhiand parish from the disease produced by
the gnats.
shooting fish In the overlooked portion OF
the parish Ia now tavorite amusement III
Ricbland.
The weather In East Baton Rouge has been
very uufavorable for the planters for the past
two weeks.
xyalcasieu will elect its delegates to the
tsstofa convention by q mass meeting TO be
held April 7.
rbere was very exciting election In Far
vuerspile last Monday. w. A. Darpy was
eleGtsd mayor
Tbs ST. Martinsyille Sentinel is opposed to.
while the Lake Charles hcho lhuoises 'he
proposed Sunday law.
Work has begun on the railroad between
ynr.,,ilion Vile and Opelousas. 1t is thought
ft,at 1t will be completed by September.
0relousas has grand land lottery on hand
TOR MavI. The price consist OF a town res
4 sYaasce, $1,000 In cash, horses, buggies, eVc'
The Morehouse Clarion wants the delega-
zion 10 Cincinnati instructed TO vote III favor
Of a continuance of the two-thirds rule,
Two little boys living on Black river were
ttiiiad last Saturday by the falling OF bee tree
which they had been NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
News.
IS The Claiborne Guardian, the Morehouse
CLARION, indeed all the country press. lhuoIse
Gov. Witz's nominations Tor the supreme
Bench.
sohooners are bringing large amount OF
yno,r aalt from Avery's island to Lake
Charles, whence IL is shipped by rail- TO dai-
weston
Tstave Brown, recently convicted of the
a,satNier of John Royl on the Perkins place,
I'm East Baton Rouge goes TO the Fenlten-
tiary for fifteen years.
A negro woman on the Buckingham place,
In Morehousp, left her child at home, and
when she returned found that 1t had crawled
in the fire and been fatally burned.
A little negro boy, living below the Oatho-
Il fIc church, on Friday morning accidentally
shot q little colored girl whlie Playing WIN
pistol. Alexandria We the People.
We wish the Posto1ice Department would.
look after the carrying of the mails In North
T,otYisiana We hear many complaints OF The
irreruIarity of the mails Lincoln Sentinel.
The water is still rising. We are informed
shat the break In the Opossum levee is now
over one half mile wide. we are afraid or q
high water equal TO Ghat oi loi4'-frahhilH
sun.
In consequence of the overflow In Richland,
5t Is a very expensive matter to convey pris-
t,y,ers to the parish jail, and 1t is proposed to
make no more arrests until the water goes
down.
Alfred Turner, colored, has appeared In the
pofitical field In Baton Rouge as Republl-
can candidate for administrator OF improve
snents The Republicans have Endorsed can
tiidates for every municipal position.
It is argued that Messrs; Cherotte and
.Tastremski, Democrats, candidates for Mayor
la Baton Rouge. will divide the Democratic
vote of Baton Rouge and enable Hubbs, In
fogsad by the Republicans, to step i'll.
.Naw that passenger trains are running be-
tween New Orleans and Vermitionvtlle. trav-
efers can take the the United States stage at
Opelousas any evening except Snndaysl at :
O'Clock and reach the crescent Oi1y the next
evening at half-past a.
The Opelousas Courier is not pleased with
the manner in which the delegates from St
Landry to the State Convention were elected.
OF the Dine members OF the parish committee
only three were present, one 81 wnom neld
three proxies and thus controlled the meet
lng, The Courier does not complain OF the
delegation, but think thnt a majority OF the
com Inittee should have been brought together.
A train of thirty-six cars loaded with ties
and rails. for the Louisiana Western Com
nauy, arrived here this week, ana announcer
trait, will be In to- morrow. force OF severn
ty-five convicts will be bfousht mere irom
Take Charles In few days, and track- laying
viii Immediately commence. The work has
s,tsan retarded somewhat by bad weather and
the difficulty in getting material on the
ground, but everything is now ready ana the
work will be pushed forward without further
DELAY. Work on the round-house was COM
guenced this week, and the contractor has
everything in readiness to push tne work
ranidlv to completion. The turn-table is also
being put down and VIII soon On oe ha,snea.
teriaI for the Opelousas extension OF the Nor
ran road are being brought to this point
T,afayette Advertiser, March u.
Yesterday at 10 a. ~. the gap between Lake
Charles and Orange was closed. The same
xtay at s a, M, q locomotive, having on board
Charles r. Adams, assistant manager OF the
H.. w, Railroad Company, lett our depot 1or
Orange, arriving there at 1p. no., having been
DELAYED little at the gap. waiting for 1t to
be closed. Lake Charles Is now connected by
rail-, via Houston, Texas, with all parts OF
che United States. The roadbed between this
Mace and Orange will be thoroughly surfaced
before passenger trains will run from Hous.-
dom to Lake Charles. This will require about
ten or twelve days Of clear weather The
fret passenger train between Houston and
Tase Charles will be an excursion train.
Work on the eastern portion of the line Is
yrogressing steadily, and 1t is hoped that the
fourth of July will be celebrated by an excur-
sion from Houston to New Orleans.-lLake
, Charles Echo, March n.
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