The Louisiana Democrat., 1883-03-07
STATE NEWS.

New Iberia is to have . Town
clock. =
Monroe and Trenton are to be con-
uected by telephone.
Perrodin's Oper. Hall in Opelou'
s.s will soon bs finished.
St. Charles Parish has . steam
moss picksry in full blast.
Smallpox has appeared In tho
lower end Of Concordia parish.
Th. Female College At Mansfield
ia in q most flourishing condition.
The young men Of Morgan City
contemplate organizing q gymnasium
Mr.. Chas. Bleton one Of the edi-
tors Of the New Orleans Bee, Is dead.
The Amite City Hotel Company
has been organized into stock COM
psny.
The President has nominated ".
B. Merchant Postmaster At New Or-
lsans.
President Arthur has appointed
lW. D. Means Postmaster OF Lake
Charles. r,
Tn. public schools Of Veraillion
parish are kept open nine months OF
tho year.
Both Shreveport. t..papsrs are using
ready setmatter. This 10 blow on
the printers.
Complaints arc made Of shs impas,
sible condition of the roads in the
town OF Homer.
Over forty four persons have emf
D grated from Avoyelles Parish tc
t Orange, Texas.
. Twenty cases Of smallpox have
0 appeared ont Bayou Boued, in St
Landry Parish.
. A twenty column weekly paper
p called the St. Mary Herald has beer
}; started at Franklin, by colored men
+. The temperance people Of Vi'nn'
u have gained the no license Law TO
the sale Of liquor, by vote OK "A u
AZ.
Mary Milton, . colored girl abou
. Is years Of age, living in Ascension
= Parish, Was terribly burned ias
week.
The Gazette, Of Farmersville say
'e sboutsone- -fourth..of last year's cot
O. ton crop is still on hand in Unio
e Parish.
r. Il The Morgan City Review favor
)" tho nomination Of Major E. 4. Burl
-. for Governor Of Louisiana At tn
y next election.
The Lake Charles Echo has 6nis'
- ed it's fourteenth volume. This p
81 per to-day 10 ono Of the best couns'
an paper in Louisiana.
nd The Editor Of the DeSoto Dem
u. crat has been samnoned to work
nt. tho roads. This is rather rough
he the Fourth Estate.
to Tho planters Of Pointe Coup
IT. Parish feel comparatively safe -
to- gards the high water, and are bu
Tas working their crops.
An In consequence OF better wae
nt' largo number Of colorsd fami'1
cit are leaving Terrebonne Parish
nat the Attakapas country.
'p' An election held in Madison p
en' ish recently resulted in the selecti
'0. of Tallula 40 tho Parish seat.
~" ' present location is Delta.
The
h.. Serious and loud complaints
-. made against the Police Jurors q
Ia road overseers Of St. Landry by
in people living In that locality.
ap. Several farmers Of St. Lsnd
y" Parish say that they will red'
ws, their srea Of cotton this year q
''c' plant moro corn, cane and rice.
,n The Natchitoches Vindica
chronicles with seeming pleasure
new arrival in that Town Of sevs
! pa bouncing boys and pretty girls.
''s The Lake Charles Echo val
everybody living in that Town /
xoo ~ any surplus wealth to invest ia sp
WV ulating, to lay it ont in Town pr
s.' srty.
49,. Tho Chief, Of Donaldsonvi
~ wants the Fire Companies of &
~ place to bnild 4 bridge across
~. gutter at the lower end Of the put
* square.
,lv, The following Postmastsrs b.
lam been commissioned: Chas. D. T
tho ~, at Gloster. parish Of DeSoto, ,
!oes Isaac H. Wsnds, At Arcola, parish
-.sf fTan9ipshOs.