The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-01-12
Qtoteeoings Of tBe QoIite gnrg.

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1sh OF Caddo, begun and holden in The town q
Shreveport the following members were present viz
u. B Sims, president; w. A. Lacy, w. w. Harper
and NJ Bickham. There being a quorum pre.
sent the meeting was called to order by the
and proceeded to business.
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and
approved. The oath of R. G. Bagley. member elect
for ward No. 5, was received, and he took his seat
he board then proceeded to the election of clerk
for the ensuing year. A. H. Leonard was unanimous
| y elected.
On motion, the petition Of Harris, Groom and 9th
ers for change Of road, laid over until the next
meeting.
On motion, the petition of Brickley Bridges was
On motion, the board adjourned until 215 O'Clock
] JANUARY 3, I859-215 o'clock
The Police Jury met pursuant to oadiournment. The
following members were present, viz: ] B Sims
president; W M Biekham " A. Lacy b. e. Bag
ley Joseph Beard, W. w. Harper There being =
quorum present, the board was called to order and
proceeded to business.
On notion the following accounts were allowed
Account OF John Sullivan for hold election at Bios
som Hill, November, 1851 Sl5 10
Account of A. Bauman, for corener's fees & OA
Account Of Stewart&Jewel, for work on iaiI 1852 06
Account OF James Bray, for keeping paupers Sc 90
Account of W. B. Sturgess for guarding iail, 81 so
Aeoount ot r. n Woodruff for guarding Jail, 147 so
Account OF +. d. Taber, for guarding Jail, l62 50
BE 1t ordained, dc That Robert Cain be and he is
hereby, appointed captain ofthe patrol in Ward No
A. and that he be authorised to summon as many ,er
sons to assist him as may be necessary
Be 1t ordained, &c, That James Robinson be- and
IS hereby, appointed captain of the patrol in Ward
NO g. and that he be authorised to summon as many
persons to assist him as may be necessary.
be 1t ordained. &C. that W ". Harper be autho-
used to make arrangements for keeping paupers for
the next twelve months after June 1859
BE it ordained &c, That u TAX of one per cent be
levied on real estate of the parish of Caddo for the
purpose of paying the fifth instalnent of the rail
road tax and that rs per ton the State tax pro-
per be levied for the Parish tax and that one third
OF the Parish tax be collected in par funds
Belt ordained, &c, That H. j. G. Battle be elected
collector to collect the Parish for 1855 license tax
for 1899, and that he be allowed for collecting the
same per cent. on the railroad tax and Parish tax
and lO per cent. on the license tax
DC It ordained, &C., That H. ], H. Battle be autho-
rsed to employ two suitable persons to guard the ai
until the next regular meeting of this body
be 1t ordained &c, That Alfred Warnocl Jas
Wildly, ". Gates, =, Ivy E. j. s. Gates and Y. ". H.
Gates, appointed commissioners to examine whether
or not the change pettioned for by Walter Gates in
the road leading from Shreveport to Texas and the
Lakes advisable, aud that they report on the same at
the next meeting Of this body
BE it ordained, &C., That the appointment Of road
commissioners made at the two previous meetings be
continued and that the clerk be required to send com
missions to all of them.
Be it ordained DC, That the petition of Diekerson
billiard and others, for change in school district No
10, be granted and that said district be divided as
follows BY line beginning on bayou Pierre be.
tween sections Is and n, in township l6 range I3,
thence west to Cany creek, and down Sand creek to
Boggy bayou The new district to be numbered =
BE 1t ordained, &c. That the report of the commits.
sioners appointed to review and mark out road lead
ing from Marshall street, in the town Of Shreveport
along the township line, past Smith spring. TO inter
sect the Norris ferry road at Piekens plantation be
received and that said road be out in accordance
with their report
Belt ordained, &c That the report Of N, T. Wright,
w. Jenkins, and others, appointed commissioners to
run out road from the north west corner of n E.
Wrghts lot to the Jenkins ferry road, opposite the
gate of VIM. Holmes be received, and that said road
be run out IN accordance with their report
Be ordained, &c, That Josiah Renfroe be appoin-
ted oyerseer the road from Marshall street to the
Norris ferry road, and that he have the hands of W
Baldwin, John Walpole, M'Call Peoples E. Walpoe,
Thomas Walpole, B. S. Rogers John w Speer, Saml
Bauman, Ben Stanton, W Jenkins, W Holmes, DR.
Griffin, A. j. Hitchcock, and his own, to work the
same until next June, and that he make returns of
the same according to law.
Be it ordained, DC, That w. Jenkins be appointed
ogeseer of the road from jenkins ferry to the inter
section of the road to Norris ferry, at W jenkins
house, and that he have the hands of E. G. Hart to
work the said road.
BE it ordained, de-, That L. D. Arnett be appoin-
ted overseer of the road leading from N. E. Wnghts
place to the Jenkins ferry road and that he have the
hands of George Williamson and his to work the
same.
Be it ordained &c, That Lafayette Cromwell be
and he is hereby appointed ogerseer the road lead
ing from Greenwood and intersecting the Shreveport
and Loganport road, beginning at the south end of
Jones and Dotys lane, and terminating at Providence
church. and that he have the hands of Jason AeXan-
der, Asa Alexander, Niece, j. Hartsfeld, Mrs. L.
Robinson, Lafayette Robinson, Vim. Ashlands, Mrs
Gill, NJ. Iyev, W. Davis, H. Davis G. Davis Wilson
Hendricks M'Cain, s. Ansey, ". Hudsons and all
others on that road not otherwise appooned to work
until June next, and make returns according to law
Be it ordained &c, That the hands of j. and H
George be apportioned to JAS Robinson, overseer on
the road from Spring Ridge to the State line
Be it ordained, dc. That John Hill be appointed
overseer on the Bethany road in place of j. c. JONES'
who refuses to act.
Be it ordained, &c, That O. Owen he appointed
overseer on the Bethany road, from w. Shaws black
smith shop, in place of T. S. Hi who refuses to act
and that he have the hands of T. Holt, Shock Owens
Vim. Bateman, John NJ. May, Sam JONES' and "
Birmingham, W. Stoddard, Leroy Bennett. Mrs Mar
tin, E. Grnger, aud all other hands not otherwise APP
portioned, to work until June 1859 and that he make
return thereof according to law,
Be it ordained, &C., That Jacob Hess be appointed
oyerseer over the road from Greenwood to the henicks
ferry road and that he have the hands of VIM Bayless
Jas. Anderson W H. G. Hudgins and all ether hands
not otherwise apportioned, to work the same until
June next and make return thereof according to law
Belt ordained, &c, That Henry Farmer be appoint I
Albert Dickerson, and have all the hands belonging to
said road to work the until June 1859 and that
he make return Of the same according to law.
On notion the board adjourned until the next regu
lar meeting JAS. B. SIMS, president. T
A. H. LEONARD, clerk
A TERRIBLE SEQUEL.-The Buffalo IN. y Com
mercial publishes series of letters detailing
rible sequel to life of crime and Illicit love- The
parties are a Mr. Harlow Case, well known in that
city, who, some twelve fourteen years ago, held
the position Of assistant postmaster under Mr.. Dor
sheimer He was member of one of our churches
married. and the father of family, and in all his
walks enjoyed the respect, esteem and confidence of
the whole community Removing to Sandusky Ohio,
he received the appointment of collector of that port
under Mr. Fillmore While holding that office, lie
was intimate in the family Of Mr.. F., Of the
assistants Mrs f. was young, beautiful mpas-
stoned and fatal attachment grew up between the
two, which remained unsuspected until the truth
was made known by the sudden elopement of Case
with Mrs F. and the simultaneous discovery that he
had absconded with government funds to the amount
of some S34 600 From that time forward nearly all
traces of the pair was lost The family of Case, be-
reayed and betrayed, remained hopeless in their
grief Mr. f engaged in long but fruitess chase
Of the fugitives And now from oft the sea come
idings-a broken, half told story oflonely wander
ngs in foreign lands full recital of never ceas-
ing rernorse with ptiful and solitary deaths in far
away islands, aud on the stormy waters of the IndI-
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