The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1873-09-10
LOCAL
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year.
II Abbevillc wants o Money Order
Office.
~ Parish Court is in session-Judge
Moss presiding.
rg7 The cllills have almost shaken the
| ~toe-nails off of some Of our citizens
w D~ischarging firearms on onr Prln'
cipal directs is q dangerous operation.
~ Dog DAYS are over, and the days
are over with most of the dogs in this
place. "
e Thanks to a young gentleman Of
this community for o pocket-lull Of
onions. Small favors thankfully received
~ We owe our readers an apology
this week, for q lack of interest in the
local column. We will try and do better
in future.
Veathcr.-Thc weather for the past two
weeks has been "perfectly splendid
The nights are cool, exceedingly cool, and
for sleeping were never better
APIank Missing.-A plank is reported
missing in the Bayou Vermilion Bridge
| The authorities should examine into this
matter. Scarcely a day passes that we
do not heal complaints about this mIsera-
BILE old trap.
Sanitary Measarcs.-The town council
has passed a resolution, ordering all
persons within the limits Of the corpora
ton, to cleanse their premises of all
filth and where persons fail to comply
with the resolution, or neglect this M
portant dirty, the Constable is authorized
to faase the work done at their expense.
We are pleased to see the Council thus
looking to the health Of our community,
and hope that our citizens will look upon
cleaning the filth from their premises as a
duty
4 No4or10ua Eact-H we don't have an
clopement; or a show; or If some enc
don't commit suicide ; sGr fall into Il of
the holes on some of our principal streets;
or if we don't have an earthquake or a
political revolution; or if we daHHt have q
prize-fght, or if some child doR't get lost
in tho aI-nns u8ssah- bn-An-"- -L'
or if SEINE pedestrian don't Sprain his
ankle while trying to dance = jig On the
narrow banquettes; or if sOme of our
young folks don't get hung on a picket
while talking love across the gate, or if
some other terrible calamity don't beGall
this community, OF if something good
don't happen, the "local" of this paper
will run short of items in the course of a
week or two.
about a Hearse.-Why is town of Yer
miliOnville vYGthgLt o hearsef True,
deaths in this community are Of rare Oc-
currence, but a way should be provided
to carry departed friends to their last
resting place, notwithstanding. Our at
tentiOn has been called to this matter,
and we would recommend that some one
of our enterprising livery stable prOprie-
tors procure q hearse, which would al
ways be in readiness A fair but not
extravagant charge might be shade when
used, and we are quite sure that it would
return good interest on the money in
vested besides it would look ncater and
be much mere convenient than q hack,
which necessity DOW forces our citizens
to use.
Ytrmilioa Parish Vigilance Cbmmittoe.-
During the past four days the Vigilance
Committee of EermiliOD parish has been
hard at work. Various reports reach us,
but most of them cannot be credited.
Que gentleman, just from the scene Of
action, bNWg&S the news that sixteen
thieves had been hung and five shot, and
that the Vigilancers were in hot pursuit
of others. Last night, however, We had
the pleasure of meeting a gentleman on
our streets, whom we strongly suspect Of
knowing something of the affair, who tells
us that up to Monday night only seven
men had been killed-six hung and C,ne
shOt-aad two of those we're neg eoes.
The nagzaes of the killed are Demostin
LtgG, Neville Castro, Alex. Lege Lr., Oreal
Lego - Meaux, EdTore (c], Polite (cJ.
The Vigilance Committee is still at
work, and has about 125 men enrolled.
These men ore divided into companies
and scattered over the entire parish, and
are securing every nook and corner, de-
terInined to rid the parish of the band Of
thieves who, tor 8 10 many years, have
robbed the citizens and kept out mini
grafton.
The parish that has to resort to lynch
law to protect the property Of its citizens
is to be pittied, but if the worst must
come let every man do his duty. How
ever, we do not believe in showing o man
off into eternity without giving him at
least q chance for his life, and think it
would be nothing more than honorable
and right for the citizens to give notice
to such characters as they wish to get
rid Of that unless they leave the country
within q given number Of days, their
necks will be in danger. 4
B Shreveport is rejoicing over the
prospect of the establishment of a line of
steamers between that cikv and Ciucin-