The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-04
SOUTHERN State NEWS.
LOUISIANA.

At this pfSat the liver is riaing Mt tho rate
Ct ~ inch II twenty -four hours. Coneostiia
Eagle.
There are TO be twenty public schools In
6enGordia RS yenr, slS for white ana fDul-
saen Tor colGred children.
Mr., j, NJ Kennedy has filed his petition
9ontssling FIR tho iudgsehip Of the Eighth
judicial DISCREET with Capt, t. ]. DeIony.
The puhlia schools are In full bloom IN
West Baton Honge. and tho teachers are
promptly p,sid in cash foF their services.
Some OF the papers haxe been spea tlng OF
spening the Bayou Mauohac. We say down
with these outlet theorists thhervlIe South,
Accounts received from yaFious parts Of
she parish Indicate that tho !;sboring classes
are yerv generally contracting for the present
year Con3ordia Eagls
VIZ hear considerable complaint ii, REFER
ence to the seed cane throughout ths parish.
In many ,nstances II IS reported AS being
completely spelled. ~ SberviIs South.
| The president OF the school board of West
helieiana 10 very dessrous of securing the
services of sy or eight competent te sehars for
the cplures' schools of shat parish.
/ The swamp between Providence snd Bayou
Macon ttslls Ia full of water. SIX ifs and dug
outs are Iaasingat,d rapAastug hetwasn Floyd
and bake Providence
All Of our back malls, which had hesn lay
ing ut nonaldaonviaa, were brought np last
Thursday. Some OF the papers we received
were twe weeks Old Baton Rouge Capttoe
Nan.
The body of n white man was discovered
floating Ia the wHtars ot Guhhs Iiteh, aboat
one mile below the town OF Hsyou Sara. OH
Thursday morning. 1t Is Thought that the
man fell ia tn river and WAS drowned
Skis thieves are ali tho go now. Evsry
night Some planter has q sk,fS missing, We
vans a strong police force her8fr all mt ono
,nonbh tn try and capture Sle thieves
PlhEilsmine Observer
The impression In our section seeing to be
daily growing stronger that white labor can
be had In sufficient quantity to supply the
place of negroes who may he carried off by
tho Kansas fever New Iberia Sugar Bawi.
The ELECTION In Tensas parish. January 81
10 vote q tag Of ten mil.s for levee work. re-
| suited az follows. For the tax l4e; against
| the tax. 3. There we're no returns from the
fourth and seventh wards, and the first aud
| fifth wards together only pollbd twelve votes.
! The Donaltlsonville Chief came to ls three
| In a bunch ny the last mail Uncle Sans
postal arrangements down South arc getting
sadly deranged. We often gst Rel river ok.
| changes two and thsee weeks old by the down
| river mails Carroll Conservative,
We hear that there are several parties In
this parish. from other sections OF the State
engaged in the illegttimate work of trying to
induce farm hands to break the contracts
| they have made with our planters for the
present year. by Offering them higher wages
/ i hlIot Rouge tHplISitAH.
Contracts for the year are being made more
promptly and pleasantly than for several
| years. The ground Is being cleared Off pow-
| ing has commenced, and 1t looks like every
| thing would ne In advance Of last year. i Oar
| roll Cnnset vatlve.
! We learn that in tho last month n number
| of colored people have left the Crosse Iete
country, In this parish, for colder attitudes.
| They We're mostly transient people, "comers
| and goere. with no fixed intention to live
permanently where Iberville South.
The Henry Tete, the Laura l.. Davis, the
st. Mary and tho G. Il. Peck have withdrawn
from the I,afourehe trade leaving the As
sumption aud the Belle masters of the situa-
| tion. These two boats are now reaplng in a
rich harvest e Assumption Pioneer.
The river is on rise. to the great sntlsfso-
tion of our rice planters. Field work Ia going
on here hriskly-plovng. ditehing, etc. is the
order Of tho day. and the humble, honest rice
| planter II aaDguina Of n large and heavier
crop this year than ever before, IPaquemines
Observer.
No regular mails again this week by this
new tangled daily bobtai tug arrangement.
On Sunday last the mail. ono week old from
New Orleans. was carried up to the mouth of
Red river and returned to us on Monday
night. Another boat, the Florence Wether-
bee. ran aground on Monday night. and we
did not receive the New Orleans mn,I due
here Tuesday night until o'clock on Wednes-
day therville South.
The police jury Of Assumption parish have
passed an ordinance authorizing the parish
attorney TO make such reduction as he may
deem proper on the amount OF parish taxes
due by any and all poor taxpayers who may
present themselves at his Office to pay the
same before the seventeenth OF next April
This is intended to meetthe necessities OF that
class of people whom misfortune has render
ed unable to pay their taxes.
On Wednesday morning last Mr. l.. s. Gro
I'll ri vAH Al llyy,ii1 wit,
mulberry trees with which to inaugurate the
great work OF silk culture In our midst
Nearly all these trees have been disposed of.
u large portion near Shreveport and In Pointe
Conpee. Mr.. Cr0zler will mako his domicile
in this parish. and will push forward the en-
terprise which is destined to mark such an
important era In our prosperity w est Fell
Ciana Sentinel.
Two young men, Craig and Carpenter. &C
cused Of burning some negro cabins In the
tenth ward. last week, had y preliminary trial
before Judge IT, N. Sherburne Wednesday,
They were remanded to jail without the beue-
fit Of bail. to await the action of the grand
jury. next March. McNeal and Suffer.
citizens, were also given preliminary hear
ing. They were placed under bond of $500
each Baton Rouge Capitolian.
At last, we are happy to announce to our
readers, the mail boats have como to time
The Florence Wetherbee will hereafter run
connecting here with the Hustetter, which
will ply between Donaldsonvile and this city
With these arrangements. our citizens can
congratulate themselves upon the prospect oil
receiving their mails with some regularity
from this on-that is. II the boilers do not get
out Of repair, the boat get freed on a aand
bar or some other unlocked for calamity does
not Interfere Baton Rouge Captolian.
Tho track is laid east of LRIy Charles
eighteen miles and W. st fifteen miles, or
thirty three miles In all. Ten miles Of track
are to be laid between Houston and Lake
Charlea, and track laying Is going on daily.
One hundred men are employed on the Calca-
sieu river iron bridge and its construction Is
progressing rapidly. The brig Holden and
schooner Yellow Pine have arrived Mt Calves
ton with steel rails and fastenings for the ten
miles Of track to be laid between here and
Orange. Track laying was resumed yes err
day east of Pine Island and will be pushed
vigorously toward Vermilionvlle The
weather is splendid for work on tho road