The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-22
SOUTHERN STATE NEWS.
LOUISIANA.


Church. ,.,a,., IN
Moro attempts at arson arc ohroniolea III
Gretna. ~.
Lincoln parish has drug store 'or ''s
courthouse. ,,,
Houma Fire Company will parade on Thurs
day, April I. \, eoo. \. ,o
- tina late rains interfered greatly with farm
work In East Carroll
i. Tha aAll-Rioht' extension levee 10 EAST
Carroll Ii finished.
rho Rator Rouge Advocate ID earnestly tof
Hancock for President.
The streets of Monroe are hardly paseaple
IN account Of the mud.
The parish treasurer OF Ierrepohhe nus
now on hand $2l.l99 ef.
Mr.. Delaroderie's Ice factory ls IN tull
working order In Baton Rouge.
fnurrlar,es are frequent Ia Donaldsonville;
ukewise In Franklin, st. Mary parish.
The crop prospects arc the best we have
s,escn fpr many years past IsIT0bOnne COu-
Tier.
crazy negro woman in the fourth ward OF
Monroe fell In tho river last week ana Was
drowned
We have approximations about the .l1h lrIsh
potato crop this. year, In Madisoh pa''s"'-
Madison journal.
The rains of the past week have given q .
serious setback to farming operations In
Madison parish.
The tiremen or Morgan City will dispense
with their annual parade. Oh May Q, this
year from lack OF funds.
The Democracy of iberia will assemble IN
convention March 27, to choose delegates to
the New Orleans convention.
The water In the swamp will force stock TO
the ridges. while game will find IT. necessary
To seek the high lands Madison journal.
An attempt is being made to run the col
ored public school OF Ihibodaux which nss
heen closed for lack OF funds--Bs pay
school
The people OF Donaldsonville are talking
about building bridge lover Bayou La
fourche They have passed . resolution 70
that effect
The Morgan City Rerie,r declares that the
planters of that section OF the State are oop-
posed to Chinese immigration and greatly
prefer negro labor
The demand for mules In Providence has
been quite brisk of late, and larger area III
cotton will be planted this year. East Gar
roll Conservative.
An Engllshman who was working Tor ohas.
Chaae nc his railroad TIC camp, near Bayou
Bnuf. Ht Mary was killed on Tuesday by
the falling Of tree.
Rice planters are likely to have as much
water as they require for their crops, ana
possibly too much In tho rcar Of some planta-
UOUbs-Al ABhuuptl0A WACS1'
The sick mules III the Ouachlta country are
being cured with dose Of soft soap, turpen-
Tine. molasses and milk. After this, table,
spoonful of sulphur is given them.
The country press Is booming for Gen.
Hancock. The 1hibodaux Sentinel, Houma
@ MorSsn S' Ply thsr Rsrs, ,ayerits ana afetne
The Dabney surveying party, sent out by
Major Green, OF the Vicksburg. Shreveport
and Pacific Railroad, having completed the
work assigned 1t. returned to Monroe last
Saturday.
Yesterday the cars made their last through
trip. Until the water falls trains will run
daily from Monroe and Vicksburg and make
connection with skifs.-lMonroe buiietih'
March ".
Saturday evening Of last week the Morgan
Line ferried across the bay at Morgan CITY
ed with steel rails for the Louisiana Western
Railroad
We have had rain now almost daily Tor the
cSst ten days, with no immediate prospect
or q letting up. The swamps are full of wa
ter. cutting of trade. and business Reneraliy
impeded.- Madison journal.
Col. /. II. Boatner is trying the experiment
Of white labor on his plantation this year.
He has now number of German families on
his place, ana we learn that go far they have
given entire satisfaction.-lOa lOatahoula News.
Seventeen large ocean steamers and square
TIWKG0 VeH1QlH
lnQ during the present week. taking IN car
Roes Of the products Of cotton seed and grain
In bulk for European and coastwise ports
(0rctna Courier.
A young lady, 1s years old. residing near
Terrebonne Station, was accidentally poisoned
Last week She wanted to take little ia
maica ginger, but mistaktng the Vial she
drank laudanum. She died.-lHouma Oou-
rier.
A private note from W. Lorraine informs
VA that the crevasse near the Gut OH on lower
LafOurche was still running on the sixteenth.
The people are trying to stop 1t; some eight
or ten inhabitants are being Injured by It.
lThibodAux Sentinel.
A Kentucky horse dealer lately visited At
takapas and st. Landry, and bought up q
drove Of our native Creole ponies, shipped
them To New Orleans, In few days learned
them to eat corn. and reshipped them to Gin
cinnati, where he will doubtless secure good
prices for them.
The Shreveport Standard is willing for the
representation of the various parishes In the
based on the last convention, but insists that
the representation In the Fourth District
congressional convention be based upon the
vote cast for Wiltz for Governor.
The past week has not been favorable to
the planters, the heavy rains and cloudy
weather having seriously interfered with the
work In the fields and with the growth OF the
crops The spring planting cane is coming
No, and the rattoons and fall planting are all
that could be desired Assumption Pioneer:
Michael Egan, for the last fifteen years n
resident Of Farmerville, and apparently
gallery at Mrs. Doner's house, In Monroe, on
Friday, receiving serious wounds upon the
back Of his head and from the effects Of
which he died on Saturday. He has no known
relatives In Louisiana.
Two weeks ago brutal and bloody mur-
der WINS committed at Chncahoula Station, In
Terrebonne parish. Thos. Benton, colored,
cut the throat Of white man, Murphy, after
Knocking him down. 1t was the result of n
drinking game Of cards, In which about eight
men, composed Of both races, were engaged.
Murphy was SO drunk that he could hardly
walk. Benton is In jail In Houma.
In Assumption. on the Ingleside plantation,
formerly belonging to Wilson Grisnmore. a
marsras shot and instantly killed about ten
DAYS ago The deceased was a coal HEAVIER.