The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-08-15
STATE NEWS AND VIEWS.


Cotton oranges and cropsin gener.
al, in Cameron parish are better this
year than has been seen for years.
w. Fl. Nix killed last week in
Rapides parish a ratile-Snake five
feet long which had twenty four
rattles.
A man from the country yesterday
had fourteen bushels OF fine cooking
apples that he was Offering for fifty
cents per buslfel with 10 bidders
Alexandria Tot0R Tall,
Hi, fruit crop of Calcasieu was
ney,r so good ls this year. Our
town is flooded with different kinds
of fine fruit, particularly peaches,
which as general thing excel the
fruit Of previous years.-Echo.
The honey crop in Pointe Coupee
as we stated once before, will hardly
be more than one-half. The drouth
in May and June seems to have been
the cause. Mr.. Lewis Lindsey has,
we understand, shipped fifty barrels
to date.-Bamer.
A correspondent Of the Farmers
vile Gazette says: "Iron ore, richer
than any yet found in northern
Louisiana, was taken from ledge
of rocks near townsville, 10y Rev.O.
w. Hedge. | know nothing of the
extent of this find, butt specimens
l saw looked almost like solid iron"
Peaches were offered to us this
week at 81 so barrel, Our devil
invested in a barrel which he has had
put in jar, t, treat delinquent sub
scriberS when th ycall o cancel their
Indebtedness. A good idea, we
believe, if the subscribers will only
call around and partake of the fruit.
l-Mdrkscille Bulletin.
Extensive advertising has been
done for Florida in late years with
the result of making it popular
resort for people stunning the rigid
winters of the north, but if the same
enterprise were manifested for south
west Louisiana, we would hear OF
more of them in our midst Lafa
Xerte Advertiser.
MIL. Hawkins sent to this office
a sunhower that Is large enough to
shelter an entire tamily--ift the family
are not too numerous. 1t measures
30 inches across, from tip to tip,and
u is rs inches in circumference. Mr.
NJ. L. Hamilton raised it on the
: Fairview plantation, and feeds tbs
/ seeds of them to his chiGkens.-ISt
p Mary Review.
Besides being a irst-class railroad in every
9 respect, and being managed very well, tn
Mississippi Valley Railroad Company make
, u speciality of its excursion business and leave
no means untried of making their weekly sun
day excursions Il success, As q consequence
! those that go to Baton Roug- on their return
invariably conclude 10 go again, and tell thei
, friends what fine time they had The resul
is an increase of patronage, and any one
dounting this can see for themselves the trutl
1 of the assertion by looking at the crowded
train which will be at the depot on Poydral
E stree this morning Picayune.
New Orleans. continues phenOmtnalll
L healthy this summer and shows gratifyingly
low death rate. The number Of deaths Tor tn,
} past week were l0S; the smallest lOr quite
; time 1t will be noticed that Of thes ujne.ol
; one-twelfth, did not die natural deaths. b nj
IL
suffered from other injuries, which are zap
parently more dangerous in New Orleans than
disease. The other deaths were from til,
nsual maladies that make up an average NOR
a tuary report. There have been us yet n,
y victims of sunstroke and very few deaths from
e cholera infantum and sim lar summer com
plants. New Orleans has nothing to complain
e of in the matter of health, and makes a yer,
favorable showing in this respect as compare
/ with other cities. Il Times-Demoerat,
n The BLUE AND GRAY EN- tn commit
tee of the Grand Army of tho Republic cal I
upon Col. John B. Richardson, OF thu " ash
ington Artillery, ahnut the renting OF tn
,, W ashington Artillery tiat COR tho mem aria
Sc vices in respect o the late Gen, U S, G AMI
& Co. Richardson answered, TO tile member,
as enlistment. that the hall could not b
a rented ior such ii purpose >
u "But we will pay for it" said the COMMITTEES
n aoi. Richardson's You can't pay for tn
~ hall Tor the purpose you want it, but can hay
. 1t free of charge and do with it what you like.
The committee understood the patliotisr
q conveyed in Col. Richardson's remarks an
: accepted the generous gift in the same spiri
Z in which it was offered.-[Item.
Il The editor of the Monroe BalIeti
visited the convict camp at Grey
n Lake to gain information about til
!, alleged cruel treatment of convicts
It In the account of his trip he state
/ that those in charge assisted him i
5 every possible manner toObtain tn
|. miRutest information. He made til
i closest investigation, and was cor
!, vfnced that the charges of bad an
5 cruel treatment OF the couviCts HAY
no foundation in fact.
|. The IberSille Sout say $, Mr.. Bur
k of Crosse Tete, in that parish, ha
+. made, during the last season, on
It OF an acre of land, ~ bbls., ,niont
:. which he sold for $500 per b1 ne
II also 20 poupds onion seed, wo, til 3
i alb; 3 bis Irish pc atoes aud no
e growing ON same land corn Gro
@ which he thinks viii iell 20 bushl
Therefore the i OF an acre q. Ian
lie vii ne, Ala IKE handsome Suta
= Sl12. TINS is the kind of larmin
n we need 10 make our country plospt
r; There is quite a rivalry in til
y village between the followers of til
Al wo Lager Beer BttN eties OF n
e Orleans, and IN 6lde o. e,lde i
+ qdeNuoH taS d When bteWes