The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-10
SOUTHERN STATE IgH
LOUISIANA.

govington has received 1774 bales Of cotton
this year.
Lake Providence has raised siab for the
irish relief fund.
The postofflee at Hickory Flat, In CalCasleti
parish, has been discontinued.
The town council at Marksvllle, La, have
advertised Tor bids for building new COURT
house.
A fire company has been organized In
Covingtun TO be known 90 O0vinRton Fire
Company No. 1.
Quite number Of field hands arrived here
on Tuesday morning from YAzDU county,
Miss East Carroll Conservative.
The past week has been very favorable for
plantation work, and everything IN that line
is In forward state Assumption Pioneer.
Last season The ORANGE crop Il this section
this year for full crop are hrstrate.-
[Plaqueminee Observer.
Madison parish has received more mules
from the West this year than ever before,
which shows that the "tillers OF the soil In
tend to cultivate larger area OF land than
exodus has rather stimulated labor than
diminished it, Madison Journal.
Last Thursday q German named August
Hansen. aged about thirty years, while paint
Ing the Calcasieu river iron railroad bridge,
fell from tile scafoIding Into tho river and
the he piilne underneath aid that be was killed
by the eoncussi0n. His body has not yet
tNen recovered. Il Ii singular that the day
before he accidentally dropped his pocket
book, containing S190, INTO the river from the
same part OF the bridge. The poeketbOok was
heavy With silver eoin and sunk TO the bot
tom Of the rivsr.-I Lake Charles Echo.
TracklHying westward from Vermilionville
will begin In about one week, under the per-
sonal supervision OF General Manager {.
Adams. TraeklayiDg eastward from Lake
fourths Of mile daily, and will reach Grand
Marais. thfrty-three miles east OF Lake
Charles nHxt Tuesday. The Calcasieu bridge
will be completed In about one week, and the
seven mile gap between Orange ana Lake
Borneo has arrived at Now Orlsens with one
Thousand tons Of steel rails and faBtsnings Tor
the road. Work along the entire line iS pro-
crossing rapidly and satisfactorily.
Mr.. Thomas Murray. who has the contract
for cutting down the willow and cotton wood
Che levee above the Ashton crevasse, called
on US yesterday aud stated that he has com
pleted the work. The width Of the fallen tim
Der ranges from 40 feet all the way. to 300
feet, and the length Of the routs is about three
miles and half. The trees are cut down
are thrown length wise the routes and made to
interlace each other In and between the
stumps left standing, thus forming per1na-
nent breakwater, behind which the muddy
sediment Of the river Ia rapidly precipitated.
and q huge embankment formed up to the
level OF the highest water. In the deep canal
formed by the rapid current Of the overflow
large logs have been fastened togsther 30 as
TO break the current to great aktent. Mr..
Murray is OF the opinion that t6eheretofore
dreaded Ashton break will In Q year or two
become small matter, and the Macon swamp
will be able to easily carry off all the water
It will pour out This is good news for the
land owners ON the south stde Of Lake Prpvi-
dence, and, In fact, for the whole parish.
I East Carroll Conservative.