St. Landry democrat., 1882-07-01
The orange crop in Florida will be

Total............ 81 60 1924 1896 1874. so
The orange crop in Florida will bt
light this season, Judging from the small
number Of blossoms. The cause can moi
but partially be accounted for. There is
found very dangerous insect in many
groves, which has effected much damage.
The Indian River oranges will fall! far short
of full crop. The present crop Of pineap-
Piles is very abundant and they are Of large
size and superior quality. Thousands are
being shipped northward. Watermelon>
are very plentiful and fine, and large ship
ments in carload lots are being made to the
North. Northern visitors, with few ex
ceptions, have taken their departure for
their homes, where they may indulge in a
cooler temperature. The State is nevcrthe-
less full Of land buyers and spectators, and
it is remarkable that almost every State in
the Union, besides Europe and other for
! eign countries, is found represented. Flor
idans are tlocking to the seashore and North
ern cooling off places for the summer
A man was recently charged with
| selling liquors without license at point OPP
posite Osceola, Ark, in the Mississippi
! River. There was no question as to where
the saloon was located, but the defendant
claimed that the Constitution of 1874 de-
clared the boundary of the State line on the
east to be the middle Of the main channel of
the Mississippi River and the channel was,
on the 30th of October, 1874, located west
of the sandbar, and that the State line
,s% bnrn
now the channel OF the river is east OF the
| bar. But the court decided that the east
| line of the State was shifting, and that it
| always followed the main channel Of the
river, and so instructed the jury. who
found the defendant guilty, and, being una
able to agree upon the amount of the fine.
the Court fixed it at 5000, and the defendant
appealed to the Supreme Court.
The Sheriff at FL Paso, Tex, attached
ting to let the postal-car proceed, and the
Federal authorities have arrested him for
obstructing the mails.
One of South Georgia's most popular
ladies, a resident of Lowndes County, has
cleared this season on an acre and half
truck farm over $3.50. She superintended
its cultivation in person.
In the seven counties around Griffin,
Ga, $50 distilleries will be running this sum-
mer. The peach crop in the same section
will be immense.
Cocoanut-growing is becoming an i'm
portant industry in Florida. They grow to
perfection, and promise to add greatly to
the wealth of the State.
TaIlahassee's vegetable shipments
amounted this season to sol crates and
barrels.
Railroad property in Georgia increas-
ed two and quarter million dollars in value
last year.
The loss of cane in Iberville Parish,
Louisiana, by the overflow amounts to 7, 456
acres, most of which was ''plant," and
would have yielded not less than $1,000 hogs
heads Of sugar, worth over 100000.
The Athens (Ga.) gas company re-
ceved an order from Pennsylvania the other
day for one thousand barrels of coal-tar.
St. Louis merchants receive from the
cotton region general prediction of the
failure of the crop in the northern belt line,
and whole sections are said to have been
planted to corn.
The parents of Henry Watterson eel
ebrated their golden wedding at Louisville,
KY, the other evening. Among the guests
were Murat Hastead and Stanley Matthews.
A lady in Lake City, Fla, has an or
ange grove, cork trees, tea plants, and black
pepper vines all in full bearing.
General Abe Buford recently lectured
in Louisville QKy.) theater on the relations
existing between the turf and the church.
The turtles have begun laying their
eggs along the Florida Atlantic coast, and
now the bears and the people will indulge in
their regular spring feed.
New Switzerland, on the Georgia Air
Line Railroad, is settled by Swiss colonists.
Each family brought with them from $1,000
10 S., 900.
Young alligators are offered for sale
bn the streets of Americas, Ga, at 10 cents
apiece.
James Mcconnell, attorney, has OBJ
tanned Judgment for $4,000 against the
City of New Orleans for professional SER
vices in the Gaines cases.
The United States Fish Commissioner
has recently placed in the rivers OF Arkan-
sas and Texas 1900, 600 young shad.
Jacob Testamen, an lnebrlate OF
Asheville, n. c., deliberately flogged his
Young daughter to death, few days ago,
for becoming intoxicated from his bottle in
the field.
Henry N. Jones, a Mount Pleasant,
Fla, schoolboy, was bitten by large rat
tlesnake recently, and although every rene
dy was promptly used he died in ten hours.
Murrain is killing cattle in Georgia.