Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-11-19
III CRDEE WILL OFT

serving as pendant t. ti"t # tie
famous Dog Of 1Ioptargi>
a worthy tanner nanel + I1'':'&,
residing in the nejghborAood III
S;nz. in the Archdlchy o. .tr:- .j.:,
was in the habit Of making JOUR
ueys several times q year t. >::':
his goods and enter now contracts
for supplies Of different kinds -
These rounds generally occupied
him ten days Or q fortnight. On
the morning Of the 12tE Of O"ro',cr
last he started as usual, but Oh the
same night lis wife and son Were
surprised at hearing the cabriolet
come up to the dor, and their sur
prise was changed TO horror on
finding in the vehicle the )ifcless
body Of the tanner, we]tcring in his
blood. The horse finding himself
at liberty, had returned home ---
The autho] tiles made Inquiries, but
without leading to the djscovery Of
the murderer. The tanner had
with him a large and powerful dog,
but as the animal was fastened un-
der the cabriolet. he could not
render any assistance to lis mas
ter. After the death Of the tanner,
his son, & young man about twenty
five years Of age, took on himself
the management Of the business,
and, like his father, made the usual
Journeys.
Abouta q fortnight ago, in passing
near a roadside public house, at the
door Of which the landlord was Sit
ting smoking his pipe, tile same.
dog which had been in the habit Of
accompanying the f;lther, and which
was running along quietly By the
side Of the vehicle, began to bark
in the most frantic manner, and
rushed towards the house. The
man, seeing IFS approach, ran in
aud closed the door, while the doc
kept bowling and barking most vi
olently. 4 suspicion Immediately
entered the mind Of the young man,
bat instead Of showing what he felt
by any movement which might
have been observed by the inmates
ot tie house, he fastened the dog
beneath the cabrjo1et, and driving
10 the nearest town gave Informal
ton to the authorities. Some police
officers We're immediately sent to
the hot1se. and in it were found the
empty money bag Of tile tanner,
his watch and his pocket book
The landlord and his wife were i'm
arrested, and will he ,
tried for the crirne.--,Go!1iynaa5. F.!
M1LL1NERs' LAw IN FEANcE.-A
|ady.aatned Charnet,. in lJovem-
berlast, ordered Il velvet cloak,
trimmed with lace, of Madame
Dreue. .Bue, a@Clealer In such arti-
lies in Paris, brt~it was not dcliv-
sred until the 9Th Of January, and
vas not, in the lady's opinion, we'll
nade. She therefore, after q while,
entit back: But the tradeswoman
insisted on being paid, and brought
III action before the civil tribunal
0 obtain $50 francs, <he< sum which
lad been agreed upon, The tribu-
)a1, on Madame Charmet's appli-
:ation, ordered u lie Bon, a we'll
snovn dressn}aker, to examine the
:ioak, and soy whether it ought to
&c received, and what it was worth. |;
Vile Bon reported that certain al
eratlons were perhaps necessary
n the cloak, but that the lady
'ugbt to receive it: she, however,
the opinion that 600
rancs would be q sufficient sum
or it. On Saturday the case came. i
n for q hearing, and Nine. Breue-
>ueeaid that she would bescontent
With the payment Of 300 francs
5ut Madame Clarinet objected .
trongIy to being forced to take the
loak, and the tribunal decided that
s she had not received it until part
f the season during which it could
e worn had passed away, and as
he alterations needed in it proued
hat it was not such a garment as
he bad ordered, she was justified
4 refusing it. It therefore dis
1issed the action with costs.-TG
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