The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-13
LOUISIANA.

Friday morning.
There was heavy frost In Rapides on
Thursday night, the eighth instant.
Friday night the rain came down In torrents |
and the country for miles Was all afioat.-
IVermiion Meridional
The levee In front of Bayou Sara has been
good deal wasted In consequences OF the
heavy south winds prevailing at this season.
The Dancy place, In st. Mary. which has
not been cultivated since the war, has been
fenced In, and will be placed under cultlva-
tlOn.
The following officials were elected In Alb
neville last Monday: A. ID. Martin, mayor
Solomon Wise, ). j. Abadie, Jacob Isaacs and
J. D. Lege, aldermen.
A heavy rain fell In West Baton Rouge
Thursday morning, which the Sugar Planter
fears must have Inflicted some damage In the
neighboriDg districts.
The weather, since our last issue has been
quite unfavOrabie to the planting interest
Very little field work was done In this section
this week.-IIberville South.
heavy rain In Tensas Tuesday stopped
plantation work for the remainder OF the
week, and retarded planting considerably. 1t
played havoc with the gardens about st. Jo-
seph.
The Richland Beacon denies that it favors
q. j. Boatner for Congress. There are few
men, 1t says, that 1t would take greater pleas
ure in honoring, but its choice for Congress is
j. Floyd King.
Cattle and horses In this section are be-
ginning to die. There Is no more pasturagee
some OF the stock Is dying from sheer starya
ton Pointe Coupee Pelican.
The buffalo gnats have made their appear
ance In this parish and have killed great
many mules and horses on Bayou B9uf Mr..
SnOwden lost eight mules in q very short
time.-[ Rapldes We the People
1br IIrr
dpred his father-in-law, Ed. Willis, in April,
1877, for which he was sentenced to i'm prison
ment In the Penitentiary for life, died In that
institution last week OF consumption.
There came near being q crevasse In the
SHOPS bayou levee few days sine, owing
succeeded In putting up run-around and
averting the threatened danger Tensas
Journal.
Wednesday night last Harry Glover, col
ored, was killed by Mr.. J. w. Simms, at the
residence of the latter In Rayvile. Glover
was drunk ut the time and endeavoring to
force his way into Simms's house, where his
wife worked as cook.
We have had another spell OF bad weather,
that will seriously incommode our planters.
The water In the real, of this section is still
rising, and unless there is q change in the
elements very soon, serious damage will
ensue.- Pointe Coupee Pelican.
The Adams who led the crowd that fired
into the steamer Era No. 10, at Red Mouth
Landing, the other day, was not the Adams
| Harris, as stated by the Associated Press.
SO, al least, the Rchland Beacon declares.
On Thursday morning last, about o'clock,
break Of the levee about seven feet In width
occurred opposite the Fleitas plantation but
| the exertons OF the laborers upon the place
quickly repaired the damage before the pas
sage Of any considerable body OF water had
happened.-ISt. Bernard Eagle.
There is hardly any doubt but that fine
crops will be made In Rapides parish this
season. There has been considerable rain the
| last month, but now every indication points
to large yield of cotton and cane. Our
planters will send to Ohio or illinois next
spring for their corn and meat; but other
crops are very promtsing-I Rapldes We the
| People.
Last Wednesday evening stiff north wind
sprung up, which continued until the follow
| ing evening, changing the atmosphere from
warm to cold. Yesterday 1t Is thought by
some that there was g. slight frost, Pear
| trees were about the only fruit trees In danger,
| as the others were pretty effectually nipped In
the bud some time ago. Baton Rouge Capt.
| tolian.
The wrecked steamboat E. w. Fuller, Of the
Pharr Line, which was blown ebotit th6a-
sand yards inland In the great storm OF the
first OF September last, was towed into this
port last Tuesday morning by the steamboat
Matte, and mOored at Drewss wharf, where
Mr.. Gus Drews will repair her. canal had
to be dug to float her into Bayou Sale bay.
All things considered, she Is In much better
condition than one would expect. Mr.. Drews
intends to have her fitted up In less than a
MONTH Morgan City Review.
At the last meeting Of the police jury, the
fourth ward was divided at the lower line OF
Messrs. Foos d Barnett's Shady Side place
| The boundary line runs east OF Bayou Sale SO
as to include that section In the upper ward
| tn ha from
wly-established line to the lower line OF the
old fourth ward shall be known as the fifth
the old fifth ward Is now the sixth This
change was desired by many on account, OF
the heretofore large size OF the fourth ward
Morgan City Review.
Under the administration OF ex-Sheriff
Caneza, Horace Dickerson, colored man,
was appointed jailer. On the ninth of March,
this year, Horace most wantonly and brutally
beat a prisoner named Henry Wilson, con-
fined IN the Jail on charge Of horse-ste4 IL
ing. The prisoner Is yet suffering from the
effects of the beating, which was done with a
brOom-stick. The prisoner could not inform
any one of the dagellation, for he was threat
ened with more OF the same business Ii he did
so. Horace has been arrested and put under
bond for future rial.-[Iberville South.
Last Wednesday, about half-past 2 In the
afternoon, Robert Rodd, lad OF ten years
and five months, was run over by engine No
5 at Berwick. Mr. Aleck Rodd, the father Of
the unfortunate boy, 1S yardmaSter OF the
road at Berwick. He being unwell during
the day, and expecting some medicine over
on the Porter, sent hts little son to get it.
While upon this errand the boy got upon the
brake OF the tender of the engine that was
making up the train, and when Its speed
slackened endeavored to jump, but in doing
so he fell across the rail, and the tender, the
engine and four freight cars passed over him
mangling his body terribly and killing him
instantly Morgan City Review.
Financially speaking. the French are franc
people while Italians are lires.-l Exchange