The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-03-24
Louisiana. Items.

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Williamson & Co, Of Trenton, on the Saturday nigh
previous of ten thousand dollars in gold. There wal
another safe in the store containing a much large
amount of money which the burglars failed to open
No clue to the rogues From the manner of doing thu
job it is evident the burglars adopts at the bust
ness.
JEnGE OF THE 18th DIsTRfCT.-John i. Lewis, o
Minden has arrived home from New Orleans with hi:
commission in his pocket Judge OF the 18th Hdicia
district.
TRIAL FOR MuaDFR-Last week Mr. Thos II. Jones
Radica was tried before the District Court of Bien
vile parish, for the murder Of B. F. Murphy, and ac
quilted. All the jurors white, the blacks having
been excused by consent of counsel on both sides.
BLACKBURN AND HIS ILIAD.-The Washington spe
cial of the New Orleans Republican, under date of the
18th, says President Grant told Hon. w jasper Black
burn to day that he could and continue the
publication of his paper (thc Homer Iad) without mo-
lestaton if there was power enough in his admnisra
ton, with Gen sheridans help, to protect him.
MURDER AND SUICIDE IN OvAcH1rA PAE1sH-The
Monroe Telegraph Of the It'll gives the following ac
count of murder and suicide, committed in the cas-
about day:
Mr.. james W. Wood, deputy sheriff, was sent on
Friday morning with warrant to arrest two brothers,
Jack and franklin Rogers charged upon the affidavit
of Huey Dckerson with attempting to shoot and kill
said Dickerson, Franklin Rogers being implicated as
accessory. Mr.. Wood proceeded to the house Of
Franklin Rogers, and the latter to The gate to
ascertain his business having his gun in his hands ut
the time. While reading the warrant, both barrels Of
the gun suddenly discharged by Franklin Rogers
at Mr.. Wood the charges mutilating the left and
hand and penetrating the breast. Immediately after
discharsng the gnn Rogers proceeded along the road
about one hundred and fifty yards, and cut his own
throat with his pocket knife. neigtbor along
shortly after and found Rogers lying dead hr the road
side with the knife firmly cutched i'll his hand. Wood
after receiving the wound proceeded Rngers house.
lay down upon the bed and calling FOR water and
sistance, expired in about half an hour.
Rogers las heretofore borne the character of quiet
peaceable citizen. But after the difficulty which
the cause of his arrest, he seemed greatly excited and
his wife reports, threatened to poison himself. She
became alarmed, at lis threats Of selfdestruction
and particularly after his asking her to give him some
stryclnne that she hid that poison his ammunition and
other means OF injury but entirely forgot the loaded
gun with which he perpetrated the deed. The victim
and the slayer lay side by side in the dead
Those best acquainted with Rogers believe that the
act was prompted by insanity. The body Of Mr.. Wood
was buried at Monroe on Sunday last.
Boss1ER PARIsi1-This from the Bossier Banner of
the Goth:
Tn our issue of the 9th, ultimo we stated that the
freeze at that time had killed the fruit We were
mistaken. The prospect for average fruit crop
never better than at present. Notwithstanding winter
still "lingers in the lap Of spring"
HOMICIDE IN CLAIBORNE PAR1sl.-We copy as fol-
lows from the Minden Democrat of the 10th:
NJ, r l;v;n ,b, g.
dcn SHOT and instantly killed, Tuesday evening
last, by DIR. w. D. Nixon, WHO las recently located
Mr.. Fred, Grounds to engage in the practice of his
profession The matter is undergoing invcstga-
ton before Judge J. L Lewis. We shall endeavor to
give particulars of this sad affair in our next
issue.
GEORGE D. PEESTIcE.-Some writer of the Southern
press has had an interview with George D. Prentice,
and says he is not the man he ten years ago. He
says his genius is gonc and biz person is wreck
His family is broken up--wfe dead, one son killed on
the Confederate side, another settled on farm dow,
the rivcrana the old man, vefgng threes and
ten cooks his breakfast and dinner in his little room
Oh the third floor of the Courier building, and lives
only in conversations about the past. This
welded al imperial power with his wit and his music.
Now the world has whirled past him, and he lies
the shore mere stranded wreck.
nFisHEs IN OIL."-The New Orleans Crescent says
the most remarkable thing in the history of the Sec
rotary of State, is the bon mot which somebody made
his daughters, who distinguished in
New York and Washington society very beautiful
and accomplished young ladies. When they were
children their portraits painted ard placed in Mr..
Fish 0ne I.v two were
examining them, when one of them said to the other,
g what do you think of those pictures?" i" I think
they look like sardines" Sardncs! how can that
Beg "Whv don't you see that they are little Fishes
in OIL"
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CurA.-The New Orleans Bee of the 18th, says the
revelation in Cuba is still in progress-the insurgents
are destroying the property of all loyal people. The
Captain General has not been able to gain many ad-
vantagcs over them. There is great excitement
the whole island, even in Havana. The families arc
fleeing from the country to the cities tax on
sugar of 81 % per hogshead aud soc per case per
bale of tobacco SOC per thousand of cigars, has been
laid on Ill expectation Of those articles. Five per
cent additional tax has been laid on imported mer-
chandiSe.
DEATH OF A PROMINENT Nj EEcIIANT OF TYLER, TEXAS.
We copy as follows from the Tyler Reporter of the
18th: "Cur saddess paragraph this week chronicles
the death of our esteemed friend and fellow citizen
Mr.. J. NJ Mcfarland, vino departed this life suddenly
1t the residence of W. S. Walker, Of this place, on
he evening of the Stl inst. The obituary in another
column is truthful expression of the feelings of this
community, who knew his worth and dep!ore his loss
Peace to his sacred dust"
OK THE RoADs "A gentleman just from Texas by
he overland route, handed US the following scrap
written by Robert Burns and says it is applicable to
lie roads leading into the interior from this city
I'm here at length, thanks to the gods.
Thro roads both Geep an muddy
a plain proof this, that maxim roads
Is not the public study.
''And tho I'm not wi gospel Grand,
The Bible plainly says
That people surely shall be id
Who do not mend their arGys.''
TIE DAWSON FAMILY SoME-The ClnrRsyille (Kyl
Standard says few nights ago, Mr. Samuel Dawson
found himself the happy father ola bouncing boy and
upon going into his woodland pasture next morning.
'ound to his inexpressibe delight, his favorite SOW
With 6 pigs, a COW with 2 calves, and eve with
ambs-making % w-comers in one tight. 1t was
very cold night, Mr.. Dawson thinks matters would
laye turned out better.
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