The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-04-26
BEDROOM SCENE IN LOUISIANA.

The Franklin Sun of the 18th records
the following:
A negro man, or rather boy, for he
appears to be scarcely out of his teens,
named Edward Toliver, was up before
Judge ID. Bt!ic on Wednesday under Il
grave charge, that of being in the house
and chamber of Mrs. a. w. Eddins in
the night time. The house is pretty
higE. off the ground, and from the fact
that Il hogshcad was found under the
window of Il small room adjoining the
bedroom, and an AK embedded pretty
deep in the ground, rs if it had been
thrown from Il hight, it is inferred that
he used the AK to prise up the window
and threw it down and entered, and
then it seems, shut down the window.
Mrs. IIddins heard an unaccOlntablc
noise that somewhat alarmed her, but
remained quiet, and presently saw COM
ing through the room that connected
the two rooms, Il man crawling on all
four5! Her feelings at this time can be
pretty we'll imagined, especially when
it is considered that there WAS no body
in the room or indeed in the house, OK
ccpt her two children and a lad, John
Armstrong, OF twelve years of age. All
We're soon aroused and otcoursc terribly
alarmed, but Johnny was the coolest OF
the lo:. lie lit the lamp and then i'm
mcIintciN seized the double Darrc!Cu
shot gun. by this time the negro had
advanced to the middle of the room,
but rrtrcittcI backwards, whoa he saw
the gun pointed ut him, and got under
the bed in the little room, from which
position the most determined threats
alone brought him out and finally re-
visitor. Whether his object WAS rob-
berry OF u more hciiish purpose infiu-
cnccd him, is not known.
Tl,c death Of Gcncrat Candy reduces
the number of Brigadicr Generals in
the regular army to six. tudcr the
law there can be no promotions to this
grade until the number is reduced
below sin, which is to be the nlnNirnUnn
hereafter. There is talk of retiring
Genera! Philip st. George Cook, the
oldest officer in the sprSicc-;t graduate
OF lS21. This would mako I vacancy
to be filled by promotion, with It great
number Of cNprctautS and candidates,
to fill if.
The CJmucn (.\rl<.) journal of the
10th instant informs us that steps are be-
manageable to that tOWu. throughout
the entire year, by constructing locks
and uambS between Monroe and Cam
den, and that the work has already
begun unurr government auSpicrs
The Journal thinks Camden i to I've
the railroad and COMMERCIAL rNntr,' OF
Southwest Arkansas.
We are Just informed that in the
wake OF the storm that lately passed
through this country, y great quantity
of pine tops were found all over the
ground, especially IN the nrighhorhood
of CarSon& DiXon's. These must have
been borne by the wind nearly <wo
hundred miles, from lIC'upStCad couu-
ty, Arkansas, as that is the nearest
point, in the track Of the W hirtd-wiud,
to any pine growth iu-0O Banner.
Last Friday Capt. NJ. \. Knight, OF
Bouiratu, y member OF the firm of
Nancy, Knight Il thCuowcth, who had
been drinking hard for two weeks, blew |
his brains out in the presence of his /
wife, saying, ''l<ntc, you shall no loigcr |
live the wife Ola drun(<ard.' The tragic /
AFFAIR has caused Il profound sensation /
IN bonhnM, and cast Il gloom over 4 |
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