The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1873-11-19


for food, and shipments have already CON
meneed tomeet the demand.
Attomey-Gensr Williams has received
report from United States Marahal 0chil
tree, Of the Eastern District Of Texas. givin
detailed account Of serious hostile feelinl
between patty Of desperadoes led BIZ on
Sam Roam and the colored people on the lin,
of the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antoni,
railroad
The Louisyille; New Albany ana Chicago
RAILROAD company are Considering the building
Of branches to the coal fields Of Martin. Oyey
and Green counties, Indiana, and to the iror
deposits in Martin, Monroe, Putnam and Greer
counties. In this connection they propose tc
establish blast furnaces at New ALBANY and
extensive coal yards at New Albany and Louis.
vile, to supply Indiana coal at low prices.
"A special from Cave City, KY. states that
difficulty occurred between D. L. Graves.
the proprietor of the Mammoth Cave hotel,
and E. Wilcoxen, an agent for the cave, in
which pistols were used and several shots fred
! by both parties. Graves received wound lin
the bowels which is thought will prove fatal.
Wilcoxen is unhuTt. The cave guides and 9TH
ers witnessed the shooting but were unable to
prevent it.
The bale of cotton which was donated by
Col. Greed Taylor, of Arkansas, for the bene-
fit Of the orphans of Memphis, and sold in
that city for $1,000, and subsequently shipped
to st. Louis and sold there for ninety dollars
was forwarded to Cincinnati, and sold on
change and purchased by the members of the
Chamber Of Commerce for two Thousand and
thirty dollars and cents. It will be shipped
to some other cities to be cold for the same
purpose.
The war department has received dis
patch from Fort Jefferson, Florida, giving an
account Of a severe hurricane there on the 9Th
inst. Nineteen beef cattle were washed to sea
and drowned, the cattle yard damaged and the
slaughter house stable undermined, roofs were
carried away end windows broken, and many
rooms were flooded, doing great damage to
clothing and stores, and making necessary the
removal Of sick. One hundred Thousand dol
lars will be erequired to put quarters, barracks
and storehouses in good repair and make the
fort habitable for troops.
"A dispatch from Greensboro, N. O., gives
the names Of the counterfeiters brought there
by deputy Besher and shavender, and ar
raigned before United States Commissioner
Harden, as follows William R. Blackwelder
Flynn Bradshaw, Daniel Lipe, Edmund Lpe,
William A. Houcke, and G. f. Louder Five |
were bailed in the sum Of S5, 900 each to ap-
pear on next Thursday before Commissioner
Ball. G. f. Louder, in default Of $40, 900 bail, !
was committed. David Earnhardt and J. A. |
Louder escaped On their route hither. Sixty
eight arrests have been made in addition to
the names given above, all of whom have ar
rived at Asheville in charge Of the officers.
These offenders belong to the band whose
leader (tho notorious McFee) was arrested
a year Cince.
The Southern Claims commission, having
spent the summer months writing up some
hing like 1900 reports on claims prepared for
heir decision, have resumed their sessions
md have taken oral testimony in proof of the
following cases From Little Rock, Ark,
claims of James D. Keats, S107,S75; H.
Keats, deosasod, s6A, 200; Mario =. Thibault,
deceased, s46,T00; from Fort Smith, Ark,
claim Of Joseph BrogNr,, @4S,Fae; Dalton, Ga,
Nathan P. Harden, $57, ,49s; DR.. Benz. Hamil-
ton, $44,S ,S14; Lake Providence, La, Julia H.
Morgan, $139, ,297; T, o. Van Tassen, $65, 900;
Natchez, Miss, Andy Brown, deceased, $751;
700; James Bontura S31, IT'S; Charlotte l..
Brandon, SIT ,2O5; Yicksburg, Miss, Zebalon
VI. Lawrence, $4,926; Raleigh, N. c., United
States Marshal T. T. Carron, 81 ,8T2- Alexan-
lria, Va, Allan Pierce, 1852; Nelson Pierce,
%, ,966; Norfolk, Va, J. i. Fines, deceased,
I'D, ,41O; Allegheny county, Va, John Kelly,
20, ,407; Farquhar county, Richard Stone $5,-
,s2; Nelson county, Daniel W. Kennedy, Sill
"a. They will continue to take testimony un-
Il the middle of November, when they will
uspend until after their report is made up
nd in possession of Congress.