Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-03-16

PELICAN FEATHERS z
2 The Shreveport Southwestern of the
25th. saws q Considerable excitement
was created on Texas street on Satur-
day evening. occasipned by the waB-
ton shooting of Mr.. William Ashmore,
on the part of a negro policeman. For
a time serious disturbance was anticl-
pated, but finally everything settled
down..
We make the following extract from
the Shreveport Times of the 25th:l
THAT lumbermen of Attakapas will
soon have a lively time in the dense
cypress swamps of the Atchafalaya,
and those Of the Grand Lake and the
bayous .of ST. Mary Iberia and st.
Martin PARISHES, telling trees, getting
out RAILROAD cross ties, and other lum-
her for the road which will soon be-
censtructed in thar county, passing
through or near Center~iHe, Franklin,
Jeannerette, New Iberia and Veriisit
| lionville." Y "a e.. ~
The, Sparta, Times, of r. date date.
says: !" a, letter has been, receiyed By
our Sheriff stating that. Mr.. Claiborne
Watkins-nowi IN ouf Parish Prison
under sentence for the ciifneof murder
has been pardoned.'
The Farmersille Record, Of the oath,
says: LibertylKs Thomas, an old, laiti-
zen. OF this parish, died on Monday,
the 10th inst, yoi, disease of the heart.
Mr.. Thomas leaves wife and MINER
Gus friends to mourn hisloSs.S 3,
From the Monroe Intelligeneer. OF
the 18th, We clip: s. The little town
of Minden has subscribed $4,000 for
the purpose OF getting up meehanical
and agricultural fair, is'to he IL
permanent institutions9 l3~wg.
The Thi5edaux Sentinel, ofthe2d,
says: 1--WE regret to- learn that Trasi
mond 0. Gautreau, died a short time
! since, at his residence ia isie Piquant,
4 in Iberia parish. The deceased was a
native OF Assumptions and until the
present year has always resided ihstht
Lafoarche parishes.nass 1'f.o QUO
The iilejiAdvertiser, Oh
the I'd inst, says: I'VE ieetoME Ed
ward Reilly, one,of the'shb contractors
of the New Orleans, Mobile and Texas
| Railroad, I'M this place on Monday last.
Mr.. Reilly inforlned us that he would
commence work an the road near Yer
millionville next week, and push it ON
towards the Sabine, as fast as possible
Mr., Reilly, who has the contract on
Morgan's Texas Railroad, from Yer
4 millionvilIe towards the Texas end OF
4 the road, has left New Iberia for the
field of his labors. Z He assupes tht
people of.Eew Iberia, that ina few
months they will have the cars running
as far as that place. al f9isIr. re- 4
The planters think much oft seed
cane was destroyed in that parish by
the freeze in Jaisuary. y
The Planters Banner notes as lost
or rather as strayed off in a buggy, {
man taking with him a lady, not biz
wife. -
New iberia has had a pleasant little
snow storm.
Wesley Conner has sold his planta
J ton about twenty-five miles below
Vidalia, known as Roseland, to L. Il
, Fiela, ESQ.,, for the sum of 100000
Mr.. j. ID. King has charge of the place
and proposed to put in 600 acres o
cotton.
Messrs. Meyer, Permenter & Co. ar
putting up a fine building at Vidalia
to be occupied by them as store AM
warehouse, thus showing that Vidal
! is picking mp" again.
i Quite an interesting and, for thi
section, novel ceremony of the Cath
Ollie religion was performed in, thi
town last Sunday. It.iconsisted in
procession of,several hundred persons
Z both mounted and on. foot, saboutstol
ty, of the latter carrying a large eros
some thirty feet long, The processio
was headed by priests, and torme
! quite All IMPOSING appearaiice as
traversed the different streets OF tow
We are informed that though this is
9 common ceremony in France, 1t lha
! not be performed in this copltry bt
] fore. After the PROCESSION returned
the church, from where it started, th
G large, cross was placed in All. uprigh
position in the graveyard, where it !
I. intended to remain for a period
. twenty years--I Doaaldsoapitie, Che
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4 peoa,osaI ,It.And RefuSaIs.