The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-16
SOUTHERN State news.
LOUISIANA.

There are eighteen prisoners, all colored,
I'll the East Carroll jail six Of wnom are muir
derers. The jail can hold no more.
The st. Landry Democrat says AVS 1nas al h more
frlclCsed and broken up III that parish tnall
has been known for years.
Tha Carroll Conservative declares that the
negroes OF that parish have r. solved to ADAM
1le,fl politics, and to cOnfine themselves Id ~
cure to agricultural pursuits.
In Jeannerette last Sunday, Oscar Hebert.
- rs,nstabla, was killed while IN the discharge
lSf bts duty In attempting TO arrest some ne
,9rOes for dis0rderly conduct.
Wa learn that there are several fellows Wis
Mimi the homes Of the darkies In this par
Iii Inducing farm hands TO violate their con-
txacta. New Iberia Sugar Bowl.
Owing to the bad condition Of the roads
4Ar1ughout this and adjoining parishes, cot
6on receipts have been light at this point for
the past week-lOoushatta Citizen.
The active steps recently taken BY the
PEOPLE OF our parish have not only stopped
dlsturbances and outlawry, but put an END To
che negro exodus. Baton Rouge Cepitolian
0warming among the colored people 81
voniH eectiOn has about subsidized, and about Oil
Who desired to pitch their tent In the prom
lndex.
The little cool snap has passed away and
num ner weather again prevails. Thus en-
e0urAEed an early spring 10 anticipated. 49,
1.dlcanSYns ems. point .a.t that gay-lwest Baton
IN large number 81 oases that We know Of
che seed cane put down last year has spoiled,
sNhils the majority of our planters have no
xo0mpdaint Whatever concerning the sound
nees of the cane Iberville South.
Grand preparations are being made by the
r,re department for the celebration OF Wash
jnton's birthday, on February %. instead Of
H tho twenty seCUnd--it being Sunday. 1t will
- magnificent affair." Baton Rouge Capt.
3OAlAn.
pl1wlng and other plantation work was
4 J90nn1what interfered with last week In East
Carroll parish by the cold weather. The tenn
Uorature however, has changed and the Car
1Oilians are now enjoying balmiy spring Ike
weather.
The Thibodaux Sentinel denies the charge,
made BY q local paper, that white labor can
s@ro," and cites Instances 10 Lafourche par. :.
Tn which proves the infinite superiority OF
tho white man as laborer.
Mad dogs are becoming numerous In every
parrish Of the State. We can not be too much
On our guard, and think IL would be good
E1A. Last week q child WAS severely bitten
BY q dog said to be mad.-[New Iberia Sugar
At Prairie Oarlin, about seven miles from
town n ooored 1l, hall On q. Mardi dras, one
with q Deringer. Both the deceased and the
fnurderer are colored men. Benoit surrender
ID himself and was lodged In jail-tIberia
Journal.
The Brulard plantation, on the left bank In
this parish, was sold by the sheriff on Satur
day last, under q writ OF seizure and sale H.
sued Mt the Instance OF the Citizens Bank
The property was bid In for the bank
IS two-thirds Of the appraisement, TO wit
splA $50. ISL Charles Herald.
On Tuesday, about p. m. five prisoners
confined In one Of the cells inside OF the East
Carroll parish jail got out, and ran for dear
! life across the fields back OF town. Their de-
parture Was soon discovered, the alarm given
and chase made. They were finally captured
BY 4. /. Galbreth, deputy clerk.
n meeting of citizens was held on Friday OF
LIST week In the upper part OF the parish to
eAk0 Into consideration certain outraXes which
y0re committed there by irresponsible par
tho sense OF those who participated In the
meeting. West Baton Rouge Sugar Planter.
Fifteen thousand people, 80 the Shreveport
papers declare, Viewed the Rex procession Ia
that city The King arrived Mardi Gras at
Galley Slaves Corps d'AfriQue, Knights Of
&ho Round Table and Knights OF st. George
md marched through the principal streets Of
the town. A similar procession took place at
ni9ht ball was given ut night ut Cump-
aton's Hotel
On last Saturday morning 1t was discovered
that the exodus had broken out In the parish
prison and three Of the colored inmates had
\ He'd. One Of them was caught In the morn |
na1 az w ssse esd p.oe
dwell In than Kansas. They obtained q pas
soA80 by burning an opening which led them
% the ROOF, out Of which they made their way.
and descended by means Of blanket ropes
fThibodAux Sentinel.
The prisoners In the Minden jail escaped
Monday night by burning down the jail door.
Anderson Amee is under sentence Of death, |
and q petition Ii now before the Governor ask
Ing for a communication TO life Imprisonment;
Lewis Afford was charged with . criminal as
1Ault on c0lOred woman. and Lewis Jones. |
who Was recently pardnned out Of the pent
N0ntiAry, WAS awaiting trial for highway rob- |
berry. It IL supposed the prisoners received
attempt TO burn that jail within the past six
months. Two Of the prisoners refused to leave. |
There Ia great deal OF complaint about |
the mall service between Donaldsonville and
the mouth Of Red river. and Special Agent
Eaton, Of the Pu6tofltCe Department., has ar |
rived fn New Orleans for the purpose Of inves-
agatlng the facts concerning the Brott mail
Contr act ON said route. which covers distance
Of l27 miles. 1t IL stated that the two steam |
boats used by Brott In carrying the mails are |
on the opposite side OF the river with their |
machinery out OF them, and the Hoetetter |
md Kitty Nye have been put on the route In |
their stead, which boats are represented to |
make not more than six miles al hour.-lSt. |
John Meschacebe.
/. We learn from Capt. John Hanson, Of Ber-
wick, that the Louisiana Land Reclamation
Company are doing great and extensive work
Ia the region OF Lake Penchant, between here
and the 4ulf coast. Their present work is on
the main bayou leading to that lake, and the
dredging averages from 100 to las feet o day
" navigable canal, twenty-teet wide and
ak deep. From the ground they are now
working the company expects to have ready, |
BY the coming spring, 10000 acres OF rice
land. Capt. Hanson has been engaged to put
sfiood gates In two small bayous there to
keep the bay water from backing on the
land. From what we have heard, we Judge
are feeling sure OF success. Their labor is
most ably and energetically managed by G.
=. Alien, ESQ. The progress Of this enter
prise will be watched with much interest by |
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