The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-21
bank ID caying. and where, at one place, the
| caving Ia not more than thirty yards from

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caving In not more than thirty yards from
| the present levee.
| The rise In the Mississippi has sent thou
| sands Of logs and much smaller wood adtift,
which many Of our citizens who have skitf5
| are engaged In catching. One man can easily
make two cords in this way. AT the ruling
price Of iirewood this Is equivalent 10 six dol
lnrs--n good days wages, Gretna Courier
At n negro ball on tho Perkins place. near
Baton Rouge, Stephen Brown md Robert
Nelson qlarreled. John Royal, aged eighteen,
interfcr"i when Brown drew his revolver and
fired. killing him instantly. Tho murderer
was captured on Wednesday, dressed In
| female clothing. iust as he was about TIA en-
bark for Kansas
Negroes nre Hooking into Baton Rouge by
| hundreds from the neighbcrng plantations
| The 1dpocnte Ia very much troubled over THIS.
| declares that 1t would be n great deal better
| II these darkles started for Kansas ut once,
| as the number Of needy people In town is al
| ready too large These new arrivals, IL says,
will find no work to do, and will only loaf
about the street corners
| Work on the railroad has assumed no new
| form since our last Issue Grading OF the
roadbei between town and the bayou Ia near
| ~ completed. and pile driving on the bridge
| will very probably he finished to-day. 1t ~
| said that much diff ruty Is experienced In
sequence this part OF the work Is progressing
at great disadvantage Lafayette Adver-
| tiser.
The mall contract with the Bayou Sara
| packets expired on the tenth instant since
| which time our mails have been accommodating
| nj Donaldsonviie the terminus connecting
the new Red river mail line with New Orleans.
| The hoats that were to have made this con-
nection had not up TO Thursday put In nh ap-
psarance, and our people thereby deprived OF
| their postal conveniences altogsthery-t Baton
Rouge Captolian.
/ r a. pbo ttyo nff ha IL q
exodusters that tho negroes are being driven
| from their homes In some parts OF this par
| iah. IT any such unlawful demonstrations
are being made, 1t In nothing more nor loss
than the work of Radical smlssarles, sent
here from their political headquarters. II
there Is n colored man who Wishes To stay In
this parish, tho white people will protect him
In the privilege. Baton Rouge Oaptolian
A serious cutting ARRAY between two me-
groes occurred ON Friday last on the Black
water plantation, In the upper part OF Tensaf
parish. They fought with pocket knives, anc
both were severely cut. One died from his
injuries Sunday night, and the other was mol
expected to live many days. AS rs often ths
case thore was woman mixed up IN It, hnf
about whom the fight occurred. She wat
brought to town and put in jni as n partiei
pant In the fight, charged with being aces
sorry to the killing.
The cane seed In this parish has kept we'll
some OF IL Is sprouting, but not so much M
WAS eKppFItal. olT plallsIB hI6 Dhsy pttit
ing and IL this favorable weather continues
week longer, much Of IL will be planted. Thu
atubhle cane Is tho best we have known fol
years, and the prospect for good crop wal
never better. One Df our planting Friends
has told nB that he would fertilizs with cot
ton seed meal NIL his first year 8 stubble, nnt
this would insure II yield of ono aud n hal
hogshemds to the acre. With ferttliHsrs In
proved implements and sktlYul cultivation
the cane crop can bs doubled and we arc giat
to see that the sugar growers OF this parish
: nre keeping up with the spirit Of tho age.
:, Ponte Coupes Pelican
The Kansas move In certain portions OF st
Landry parish seems to be- raging. Tn
latest scnsaton In that limo comes from th'
town Of Washington. which seems to be TIN
, head centre OF this movement. One DR.
Hewitt, who was n Republican candidate 10
magistrate In tho Washington ward MT tn
, last election, and was defeated, appointe
4 himself AZ chief hgitator Of the movement
and after armng himself with credential
signed and sealed by Gov. st. John. Of kar
sas he commenced the lucrative business &
selling through tickets TO Kansas at $40
head. steamboat was to be chartered b
the Doctor as soon AS sufficient number q
tickets were sold. Quite number OF colore
churches and societies also deposited tho
? funds with him. Hewitt then left for Ne
= Orleans To obtain a boat for Kansas, but nor
has yet reached Washington. The eolore
, exoduBtcrs OF st. Landry have become impi
+ tient ut this long delay, and committee ha
been appointed TO 20 to New Orleans nm
find out what has become OF Hewitt an
THAR money.