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morialize the Legislature to change the word- 

 ing of the local- option act so as to make it the 

 duty of the police juries of the several parishes, 

 whenever requested by petition of citizens, to 

 submit the question of license to the votes of 

 any parish, either by wards or by the parish 

 as a whole, and if at an election by wards 

 the majority of the total vote cast be in fa- 

 vor of prohibition, the same shall be in force 

 in all the wards of the parish for twelve 

 mouths. 



The convention declared in favor of temper- 

 ance education in the public schools, and in- 

 structed the Executive Committee to memori- 

 alize the State Legislature to pass an act pro- 

 hibiting the traffic in intoxicants within two 

 miles of any school-house or church, except in 

 the case of incorporated cities or towns. 



Crops* We present a summary of the sugar- 

 crop of Louisiana by years, from Bouchereau's 

 statement. The years are not calendar, but 

 close with the final disposal of the crop : 



The cotton-crop of 1885 is placed at 511,350 

 bales, raised on 1,022,700 acres. The rice-crop 

 of the year much exceeded in quantity any 

 previous one, but, owing to bad weather and 

 lack of labor in harvest, the quality was infe- 

 rior. The following were the receipts at New 

 Orleans to the close of the year: 



About 173,800 barrels of cleaned rice in ex- 

 cess of last year at the same date. Estimating 

 what remains in the country yet to arrive at 

 155,000 sacks rough, we shall have a total 

 crop of 392,360 barrels of cleaned rice, com- 

 pared with previous years as follows : 



Estimated 

 CROP. barrels, clean. 



ISSS-'Se , 392,360 



l34-'85 202,000 



lS88-'84 227,500 



Salt and Iron. Petite Anse, or Salt Island, is 

 135 miles by rail west of New Orleans, and 

 about ten miles from New Iberia. More than 

 100 hands are employed in the salt-works on 

 this island. The daily shipments are from 100 

 to 250 tons. The American Salt Company 

 claim that in Petite Island a there is in sight, 

 tn the level of our present floor, one hundred 

 feet, a solid body of salt 45,738,000,000 cubic 

 feet, which, at 125 pounds per cubic foot, is 

 equal to 2,858,625,000 net tons; and through 



its entire mass wherever tested it has been 

 found identical in character and purity." 



Iron has recently been discovered in north- 

 western Louisiana. The iron country is an ex- 

 tensive district running in a northeasterly and 

 southwesterly direction from Arkansas into 

 Texas. At the upper and lower ends of the 

 district the iron is being worked profitably. 



New Orleans Committee of One Hundred.' In 

 May a Citizens' Committee of One Hundred 

 was organized in New Orleans, representing 

 both political parties and all classes of citizens. 

 The preamble to the constitution declares that, 

 in view of the condition of municipal affairs in 

 New Orleans, the persons who have subscribed 

 the paper have formed themselves into an as- 

 sociation for the following objects: 



To maintain the purity of the ballot. 



To secure the nomination and election of proper 

 candidates for office. 



To bring to punishment those who have been guilty 

 of election frauds, maladministration in office, or mis- 

 appropriation of the public funds. 



To oppose objectionable legislation, and to aid in 

 procuring such as may promote the public welfare. 



To advocate and promote a public service based upon 

 character and capability only, and with a proper ten- 

 ure of office. 



To advocate and promote an improved and non- 

 partisan administration of the public schools. 



To obtain a fair, honest, and equal assessment of 

 property. j 



Tnlane University. Classes in drawing and a 

 manual training-school have been established 

 by this institution. The total number of stu- 

 dents is 519, distributed among the schools 

 as follows: High-school 210, college 50, law- 

 school 26, medical school 230, university 3. 



Expositions. The World's Industrial and Cot- 

 ton Centennial Exposition was formally closed 

 on June 1. On Nov. 10 the North, Central, 

 and South American Exposition was opened. 

 This is practically a continuation of the Expo- 

 sition of last year. 



Cotton-Trade. The cotton-trade of New Or- 

 leans for the past two years is shown below : 



LUTHERANS. The statistics of the Evangeli- 

 cal Lutheran Church in America for 1885 show 

 an increase of 250 pastors, 280 congregations, 

 and 60,000 communicant members; or a net 

 increase, according to the German Almanac, 

 of 126 pastors, 234 congregations, and 40,806 

 communicant members. The figures of the 

 various statisticians still differ, owing partly to 

 the diversified methods employed, but chiefly 

 to the sources of information. The following 

 are the figures of a few of the best authorities : 



