Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1871-12-30
Pelican Feathers.

The Mar sfield Times printing offiee
is to be sold at. Sherifl's sale on the
LIST. Saturday in january.
The Mansfield Reporter says parish |
scrip in DeSoto is now about par.
The Reporter represents the cotton
crop of DeSoto about gathered Little,
if any, more than halt crop of both
cotton and corn, as compared with
last year has been made this year.
The Iberia Bonner. says: The Flirt'
has come and. gone She. brought
quite load of -four, apples, bacon,
onions, lard, etc. The only bargains
we heard of were in the way of lard
and bacon. Apples were higher, if
the figures we learned of were correct,
than they could be bought in the city
and brought here. If st. Louis wants
our trade she must offer substantial
| inducements. So far We must confess
ourselves somewhat disappointed with
the Inauguration of the new line. AS
to the future, nous re,Yons.
The Bossier Banner understands
that the corps which lately made the
survey of Red River surveyed route
for cutoff from the LATTER "dirt-
house" to just below Scopinis cutoff.
This accomplished, the river is mater
| ially shortened, Tones Bayou avoided,
{. and navigation much improved. This
| survey of Old Red we hope to see fruit
j full IN practical results. AS the FEEDER
al Government ordered it, we hope oul
con gressional representation will sec
to it that the needed appropriation bt
made to carry out the improvements
urged in the report.
FIRE.-The residence of DIR. Henry
Perkins, five miles from town. was con
sumed by fire on the 18th inst, a
, about eight O'clock A. NJ. The house
hold goods were nearly all, saved
Several out houses, we understand
were also burnt. The fire was occa
; stoned by defect in the chimney, be
} tween the roof and ceiling; the chin
j ney having caught fire, the, fame
pierced through crevice, and 500
the garnet wars burning. DR.. Perkin
! was absent at the time Feliciah
Republicans. ifs gefe 9ft
$ The grand jury of st. James paris
l have indicted Gov. Warmoth for II
/ leasing from custody the brothers OIL
: yer, who were committed to jail upO
a second Indictment for the allege
= murders perpetrated in the Donald
|. sonyille riot. The explanation of til
b affair given at the time appeared sati
( factory to the public. The Oliver
f were Indicted and tried for the HON
' cides and acquitted. Subsequent
1 one of them was elected sheriff of til
e parish. After this they were rearres
! ed and second time indicted for tn
e same offence. The Governor took til
i ground that this last proceeding of III
. grand jury was illegal, inasmuch as.
!. man cannot twice be put in leopard
n of life and limb for the same offenc
r Their second incarceration was Of
IS structing the ordinary course of in
r tice and ccmplicating the judicial b.
!. siness of the parish. Under these CT
{ cumstances. re felt justified in exer
/ idg the powers Of the executive an
a restoring the men to their liberty. r
s. A soldier, while at his post, in b
d ton Rouge, on the night of the II
d inst, was stabbed. "A man nam,
e. Tom Vigne, from Livingston paris
n was identified by the soldier as his a
le sailant. They had been quarreling ;
le hour before.
N James Hackett, of the same cit
re has been committed for trial OH T.
4 charge of wife murder. The testim
a ny showed that Hackett and his wi
0, had had Misunderstanding that t
g wife left the house and was follow
70 and .overtaken by her husband, VIII
It in his anger, struck at and kncck
Y her down; that he dragged her ba
D. to his house in apparently lifele
ar condition; that few minutes att
ID the house was. entered and the de-
y body of the woman found on a satul
q ted with coal oil. and that the boz
" was burnt in several places.
u The Mansfield Reporter is for sa
: the editor desiring to change his pla
- of residence. +
70 Movers pass almost daily throul
70 Arcardia, Bienviile parish, on TIN
mr. way to Texas. -
G. The Planters Banner has int
or gence of an affray which occurred
Sc st Mary recently between two ]
In groes weapons cane knives. The
We suits were that one of the combatal
MS lost his life, the other having the I
ed of his head cut off and the leaders
q. his arm severed. -
n The branch railroad from Ter
es bonnie Station is now within t
ld miles of Houma.
=, VI The planters on Bayou Black, in
Ia. vicinity of the new railroad, are n
~ ~ enabled to ship their sugar and
VI lasses as fast as manufactured, the
~ by saving several hundred dollars.
Most of our planters, says the 4
- rebonne Patriot, have finished roll