The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-11-19
rRo,l THE PARISHES.
W ether, crop. and other news. sa'
Glcaaa fromlOnr State Exchanges.

" sather, Cropsia other News, sa- :
@Glca.a romtOnr State Exchanges
PoINrE CoUPEE.
Sugar planters are pushing on grinu- I
ipg las fast e. possible fearing ga an carry
-. Tho. public roads and those OF inc
suuar plantations are now in horrlp'y
! bad condition, and consequently oper-
ations Of all kinds are very much oe-
layed. --S .1
This parish was visited on tne
night of Saturday, thes6tl, bya very
some instances proved to DC "ouo
| Killer To cane. ,r5 s-4ie.t .s.,5 %
s., .s.1'te.s.s,f, \ isoREHoUsE.
r District Court, Judge Brigham on
| the bench, has been in session during |
lthe,presente week. Civil business is
all shat comes before this term.
b! The gin house on the Jesse b. Chap
man place was struck by lightning
Tuesday night and destroyed.-More-l
house Clarion. tb Il
| Te so letfafsS RAPIDEs.
The Morgan's Railroad will be ex-
Itendcd to Alexandria as rapidly as cir
cumstances will permit. Tho right of
way is all that is asked. We hear
u that some of the landholders on the
Bayou BoueH decline 10 make that
cession, unless literally compensated.
1--we are not prepared to state whether
such is the fact, but sincerely hope
? that no obstacle of that or any other
kind will be permitted to retard the
earliest completion of this line. We
have taken steps to ascertain the exact
situation as regards this matter, and
l;cI, fr,,. hn nf
{ readers whatever Information we can
p obtain.
The first ice Of the season formed on
: the night Of the sixth. The freeze,
however, was not severe enough to do
8 any harm to the cane.-Aiero'atl''it
Democrat.
WEST FELICIANA.
v The weather, which had for many
days previous been exceedingly disa-
: preeable, cleared up on Tuesday night
last, after grand demonstration by
3 rain, wind and lightning.
!, The recent severe spell of bad
weather, we understand, was utilized
by many of our planters to gin cotton
= already picked and we expect to See u
9 large amount of the staple in the mar
! ket next week Vest Fsliciana Sentinel.
# -a .f1ne LAFAYETTE. ~
: Since our last issue most of the plan
), tiers have made fair start at grinding
:. cane, and the result to them is as salts
g factory as it's announcement is to us
q Along the Cote Gelee hills and the
J. lovely banks of the Vermilion Bayou
is the clouds Of steam from the kettles
= and the columns of black smoke from
furnaces and engines tell of the bustl'
III and activity prevailing within tn
lsugar factories; while in the fields tn
crackle of the crisp canes, as the tw'
n def strokes of the cutter decapitate
Mt and fells the sturdy plant, reminds tn
= old rebel of the rattle of musketry. Tn
song of the laborer resounds through
CT the Wales, telling of anticipated pleas
IL ures for his dear ones after pay day
ne while the jolly bourgeois, already will
8. 1.-THE cookies of his heart warmed by tn
\. prospect, counts his gains and project
: improvements for next year.
10 Nature has contributed her quota t
ID the general prosperity. by furnishin
oe most appropriate weather for the matu,
Mt ing and gathering of the crops. Th
;; white frost of last Saturday night check
ed vegetation and caused the saccharln
D. matter to form with wonderful raplt
1g ity.
81 BY actual tests of the juice at tn
of sugar houses Of Norbert Landry, job
r.. Creighton, T.. H. Levy an
Z" Sosthcne Mouton we find that it pol
81 rizes from 8 TO 10 degrees, while tn
nd yield is fully IL hhds. to the arpen
ne With clear and cooler weather, and
Is, few more frosts, eve will prefer
,re postpone that long threatened f,ees
we feel satisfied that our friends wi
'e' obtain two hhtls. to the arpcnt, an
's- cause our little parish, to become Pt
y" excellence the "Sugar Bowl of Louis
oh Fans. "--Lt,ft,yctte lIdcertiser.
lis -. RED XIV EN-.
- The roads throughout the parish a
Ids ,re ia nrincinallv due to rains ar
ed poorly worked roads in many neig
re borhoods. Good roads never took
On dollar from a town, and our n,crchan
" should see that our public roads a