The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-03-04
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
hingle making is getting to be an
extensive business in Bayou Sara.
There are several yards on the river
and bayou banks. Good Judges say,
too, that the quality is the very best
-Tyiciu,ss Sentinel.
At the time of the breaking of the
river into the Lake, the latter was
ahout five feet lower than the former,
and the rush of water consequent thier
was sufficienuy loud to be heard n
half mile distant thercfrom-C oncOr-
S1ix flstt92e.s Il ~
| y The weather this week has been
quite favorable to all classes of our
citizens. No rain, much sunshine and
a pleasant temperature. The ground
has dried rapidly, and the roads are
getting good again; but how long will
they remain So JJebste7. Tribune.
There is so much water going through
Grand I4evee Crevasse now that it can
only be crossed in skiff or fiatboat
and as this is expensive, travel is seri-
sously impeaded. Unless the river
should soon begin to fall, our swamps
will be rapidly filled with crcavasse
water.-E Point COu2oee Banner.
Great mortality still continues
among the stock in this parish, num-
bcrs of cattle and sheep dying every
loss will not be less than one third.
MFR. j. NJ. Abney informs us that he
marked 800 lambs last spring, but will
be surprised if gets more than 100 this
year.-G ref3,N Courier.
| n A sly Philadelphia girl, having II
lover she was afraid would not sticks,
covered her lips with glue and invited
him to kiss her. Owing to the fact
that she had previously posted her
father when to bounce into the parlor,
the plan worked adm irably.-Z,hHt,.
dekphiu Chronicle.
L 1t is with more than ordinary salts
faction we note that the orange trees,
contrary to the ofe expressed opinions
of many knowing ones, have COM
menced showing signs of life, and are
now putting on their beautiful robes of
green, and we do not dispair of partak-
ing of the golden fruit when the time
comes next fall Gret,'o Courier.
Every boat which passes down now
appears to be laden with mules for the
sugar and cotton fields Of this State and
Mississippi. 1t takes about one-half
these crops to supply stock to make
the crop, and il will be ever thus until
our people realize the Importance of
raising everything Mt home that is
\ needed, instead Of so much cotton.
How long, oh Lord, how lons:-Ltke
Esorit1e,1ce He3u1d.
| Seven colored cXOdusters left tho
Crosse Tete neighbnrhood for Kansas,
carrying with them some 1000, the
savings from their earnings as field
laborers. The question is how long
Would it take the same number OF
i farm hands to- put aside that amount
in kansas. This is about the only
batch of exolusters that has thus far
| abandoned tho fertile Crosse Tete
region. Louisiana GloUtO}ia,e
Or last Sunday two colOred men
named Henry Travis and John Har-
ris' were engaged in gambling in Free
\ town, a village about ak miles above
iIahnvilte, when dispute arose and
some angry words We're exchanged
] between them. Travis claimed that
Harris owed him ten cents, and Har-
ris. paid the demand. This repeated
| when Harris gave him another dime.
Again the same demand was made
when Harris refused to comply. Then
after an exchange OF abusive language
/ aud curses Travis drew q pistol and
I pointed it at Harris n crowd had
I gathered in the mc,ntiine and Harris
pushing his way to rough it followed
Travis, who had retreated across the
road to the levee, and drawing II re-
,volver fired three shots two of whicl,
took effect in the body OF Travis, who
died on Monday morning from the
effects ofthe wounds. Amid the excite
ment created Harris escaped and has
thus, Ear cludcu the officers. 1t was
i afterward asccrtained that tho pistol
used by Travis, was uni0at!ed ami was
out of repair aud the cylinder could not
be made to rcVoivc.-S. thu,ic.
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