The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-02-21
STATE NEWS AND VIEWS.

reports the seed cane throughout the
sugar district III turning out hne.
The Morgan company will run !
excursion trains to carry the crowd
to Mardi 0rsS, ct two and half
cents q mile.-LaS. Adv.
The Morgan City Press has been
enlarged. 1t is now q seven column
paper printed from new types and
has most croditable appearance.
We have been told that large fOcks
of wild pigeons have been seen pass.
ing over some portions Of the parish.
A scarcity of mast,Owing 10 general
falls of snow in other sections, has
forced them far South.-Iberia Ent.
The cane shredder increases the
sugar product twelve per cent. and
that is the reason planters have
visited Gov. Warmotli's plantation.
They wanted to see howit was done
in. y Chronicle.
The City Item says: The divi.
dends paid the past year by the
Fall River mills, which have . cap.
ital stock Of 919,916,O0O, did not
average two per cent. The owners
should move their establishments
TO the South.
There was shipped from the Avery
salt mines, in this parish, during
the yesr 1884, by the American Salt
Company, 33,SO13 tons, equal to
about five thousand carloads. Of salt,
most of which went TO thr West for
pork pAcking.-lIberia Enterprise.
| The case of the mnrderers of Cap
Murphy, which has been watched 80
closely from the beginning, has
resulted in a miAtrial. Too much
praise cannot be- conferred ON the
colOred .jurymanEd wards for having
stood by hir oath TO the end.
II Pioneer of Assumption.
A nice lot of bats have been laid
on Main street, near the corner OF
Third, ia front of the store of Mr.
Andrew Jackson. 1t is gratifying
to see such improvements going on
as, in short while, if kept mp, they
would produce good solid streets
-TCapitolian Advocate.
The revenue derived by thePariSl
of DeSOto from the sale of liquor
licenses during 1884, was 81, 1855, anC
the expense of the trial and cOnvic
ton of prisoners, who committed
, crimes while intoxicated, WAS N
least S50O0,and still the police jurors
say that they can't run the parish
without the whisky revenue. Th'
> assertion is silly DeSoto Dem.
The Sugar Bowl and Farm Jour
nal has changed back again from
quarto torn to folio. The edito
says:
CATER all, it matters less wha
s form the paper appears in than wha
d it contains. We shall strive have t
maintain that standard of excellrnc
which we have eSta blishOd for til
paper"
Register Darrell, in accordanc
0 with the law passed by the LOgiSls
ture at itS Last session, is havin
complications of the entries Of til
public lands by railroad aud othe
companies and individuals perfectp
j for the use of parish Sssessori
e This will add to the tax lists frOl
I two to three million acres = Item
y The Murphy murder case, whic
has been engaging the attention {
the criminal court of the city of Me-
= Orleans tor the past two weeks, ha
ended in q miStrial; the Judge dil
charging the jury on she ground
that it had been tempered with b
the defense. Indeed this ia ia
y commentary ON our present jur
' system, AMI only goes to show thu
il is sadly in need of somr immetliat
u legislation. flake Charles Echo.
" The Morgan Railroad should hay
:. = an occasional Excursion train at 10
. rates from Thibodaux to New .
= leans. 1t should leave her" in til
!, morning and return in the rvenin
Ia Va oAO SVOOIN vi ItilIu Nihys vi y.
y cursiOniStS might DO allowed
Is return on any regular train. TIL
!, would enable many people to Wis
z She Exposition, who will otherwis
:; 10 unable to do SO.
- The Morgan Railroad now sci
. Round trip tickets, to New Orleal
!. aud back, for three dollars. This
= : only 30 cents less than cOmmunt
: tiOn tickets allow, bu5 is quite
y saving to many people who do III
\ travel enO0gh tOjustify the purcha1
Z Of Communication tickets. --iThib
. daux Sentinel.
10 Monday eveaing 18th inst, Il
OAiNese students at the Missio
School, No. 90 Liberty street, ga,
their New Year reception. A
.. though being educated BY Mi
AZ Lena Saunders to Christian idea
n they still celebrate the Chinese N.
d, Year ~ In recollection Of their natl,
or land. The Chinese received q
up many lady aud gentlemen caller
OF hid them 4 hannv New Year M