The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-13
SOUTHERN STATE NEWS.
LOUISIANA.

Tho Murehnuap Clarion wants rallroat
from BaRtrup to Monroe
The winter mnat las been unusually gopt
In tile awainpa III Lincoln parish this ) car.
The Fafmervllln fasefe snya That lands II
that pntlai, have advanced 100 per cent siuet
laat year.
The Sentinel wants vpnnn 10 " . ~ work NM
| raise aulllaieilt tnnunt toindueetbe Vipsst,itl
| aild Shreveport Rhllrond to build Through
| that place.
| Tho police Jury ~ St Maty last week raor
| nanl1pd with T.. Foster ma president aud !
/ b IIlns aa secretary. All the other old on
| eets we're reelected.
/ One man and two boys made last wear ~
| Il ~. Wnrh'a plantation, In this parish, iiH
| bounds Of lint euitnti tfi twelve acres of hand
| This Ia over sixteen baIes. Moretullse
| Clarion.
Hev. j. A. Hicks WINS elected president OF the
police Jury 1T Iilnrnln fui the ensuing year
Mr., !. !. Nelson, who haa been pafish treas.
/ irer many yeata, was unanimously ta-elpotei
| to TINT position. Mr.. II. II. Howard was
elected nlslk.
| During Tho yenr 1879 there passed Ehipa
ahoal light of Herwirka hay. 2ag vRasea
| OF these. / wps a ship. bafka, brig. iDi
sehuunels, alupp aud " steamers. or the
| yesapls, 4 ~ pnssel on tho north SIDE and tiJ
| OH The south aide ot the sbeal.
| The eplorad people ~ Tho parish afa N n
bap, since The war. Tho mnioflty Of them are
ont ~ debt nnd have plenty money 10 buy tho
little extras and deleaeies which everybody
Ell much llkes tu hnye. Mprahouse Clarion.
The police jury Of st Mary nj lts last mort
Ing created parrish hoard III health, tu he
presided over nv the coroner and punish ply
arial, md composed Of two members frun
paeh ward une Ut them n phi yslrlan Dna
Thousand dollars we're set aside fof the use III
the board.
We are Informed that very large portion
Of The meat killed IN tbla parish this winter
hns Spoiled On account Ut the very warm
weather we have had This n b. he fp-
gretted. as our FARMERS had begun to talee
their own meat. aud now most " them who
have killed will have to buy Lincoln Sen
tlnel
Planters competent to Judge aay that TulIy
one l,nlr tha seed enba IN mats IN this parish
Ia head caused by the warm weather. On
some Plantations The sepd cane was dug np
anti ground to Keep II from rnting. There
was good deat ~ planting done last fall
however. and fortunately II is In good cendi-
tinn up high enough To show we'll. aud Ia
growing finely Morgan City Review.
In tho last Issue Of tho Morgan CITY Reptem
Mr. Robert T.. Fleming. Of this city. aud
formerly Conneetetl with the DEMOCRAT. Ia
announced as business manager. Mr. flstn
Ing brings 10 the position M abifriauae ~
energy, business talents and n thorough
knnwiedga of printing. The Rrrifm is tu i,e
congratulated TN seuurlDg his services. If
business vim properly directed will win sun-
cess, tho Rrniefr will secure IL under the man
agatnnnt pt MT Fleming.
On Tho evening Of tho nineteenth oF Deeam-
Dor last, Tho IGfvin'a plantation. Inv 1T. bernard
parish, was tho seena NJ M alteration boz
tween two rulprei men which ended In tho
death Of ono IT tho Gbrnbatanta named !nn
Kennedy. The drephHad was thu npyrrssnr.
Kennedy frat attacked Hpdger followed him
40 md struck him In ths back with tho beam
eF u scale, with which he was armed. itodner
theft provided himself with n hickory pole,
and challenged Kennedy 10 confront him lie
picked NJ tho pleos ~ scale and was In the
act 81 approaching K,dgsr, when Rphnar
struck him over tho head with the pole. from
which injury no subsequently died.