New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-12-17
STATE NEWS.
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From the Mansfield Reporter December

| Captain Dabney and the corps of en-.
| gineers for the New Orleans Pacific arrived
at Mansfield yesterday, and having driven
their last stake for the present inside the
| corporation limits started back imme
| diately on their return to Twenty-four Mile
Ferry, on Old river, on the ridge route by
or near Pleasant Hill. They only remained
| an hour or so, and having laid in a supply
OF rations departed as suddenly and silent
ly as they came. Every movement on the
part of the officers and directors of this
company looks like business.
The railroad is coming and you needn't
| to doubt it.
Like our neighbor at Coushatta, we have
to say that if there is a town on the face of
Gods green earth that needs mayor and
efficient town marshal, it is Mansfield
Fights are of almost daily occurrence. and
the nights made hideous by yells, curses
and reckless discharge of firearms. Peace
able citizens have of late been almost
forced to go to their homes and retire upon
| their reserved rights. Will nobody induce
| the Governor to commission our officers
| elected or appoint some. He may as we'll
| know. however, that neither one of the po-
| sitiUns mentioned above are sinecures-not
| sought and not desired. The emolument s
are small potatoes ana few to the hill, and
the situation sometimes trying. He will &C.
cOmmodate this community very much,
however. if he will find somebody for these
offices who will try and discharge their
duty.
CADDo.
From the Shreveport Times, December | (;
Many OF our citizens deem it matter OF
very great Importance that representative
should be sent to Washn gton to look after
the interests of Shreveport in regard to the
railroad bill and other matters. The cues
ton OF expense seems to be vexatious one
and, too, some think nothing could be ac-
complished by such representation. Again,
others think it would be well for the city
council to empower Hon. George L. Smith
who Is now, or soon will be, in Washing.
tonic act in the premises. We will only
say, what, indeed, everybody knows, that
this is a matter of vital importance to
Shreveport, and if there is even remote
chance of representative accomplishing
anything by his presence in Washington,
the expense would be comparatively baga-
telle. No action was taken in the matter
by the board yesterday, though it will be
discussed at the regular meeting next Satur-
day.
RIcHLAND.
From the Rayville Beacon, December H.
Mack Collins, youth of only about
eighteen years of age, made about ten bales
of cotton by his own labor, on a BTuf river
farm, few miles north of Rsyvlle, this
year. He deserves great credit for his in
dustry, and, while we commend his action |
as worthy of emulation, we are pleased to
know that he has been SO handsomely re- |
warded for his industry.
TANGIPAHoA.
From the Amite independent, December
IL:
We regret to learn the death of MIR.
Watts, brakeman on the jackson road
youngest son of the late Judge Watts, of
Tickfaw He missed his toothold and fell
hat urAan tytn Ha%T h.A l,.n1
over his body.
ST. MARY.
sFrom the AHakapas Register, Deem
Der IL:
Deputy Sheriff Fusilier, of st. Martin.
passed through last Saturday with Jack
Adams, colOred, sentenced to two wears
Penitentary. He was charged with being
accessory to the murder of a white man at
Fausse Point. and narrow ~ escaped Wig
lance committee at New Iberia some
months ago, when two others were killed. |
We learn that Mr.. Miller, of Toronto,
Canada, has purchased the Alice planta-
ton, near Jeannerette, on the Teche. The |
amount paid to Messrs. Walker Il Thomp-
ION for 1t was 100000 cash. 1t is beauti-
Jul place. in good working order, and we
ire satisfied it has been purchased by
gentlemen who will cultivate the land to
Ia fullest extent.
|
From the Progress, December II:
In the past two months Mr.. Waggoner
las purchased and paid cash for S160, 900
worth of beeves, the same being bought in
his, Nerinilion and Lafayette parishes.
Tow we have also Messrs. Pascal and Salo-
aon, who have purchased and paid for t
ully as much, if not more, besides our local | .
hippers, Messrs Clere, Dslcambre and |
thers, and it is only fair to presume that
he yearly sales of our section amount to :
ully 100000.
+ the before mentioned parishes, which
to at least one million more as
early income, and who will presume to
all us p0or9 Most any of our country
took raisers can, if so disposed, shake you
ut several thousand dollars, and still COM
lain about exceedingly hard times at
resent.
A body of men who raid around in Fausse
'oint, of our parish, styling themselves | n
igilant, did, between the sixth and seventh @
lstants hang colored man at that place, Q
y name Harris, for purported stealing u
hog. We understand the sheriff of our
arish has warrants in his possession for
ne arrest of these murderers-but what
hen! =
On last Thursday evening Euzebe Leleu,
of the fourth ward, arrived in
,wn in charge of Arcade Badeau, whom =
3 captured at the junction, St. Martin
arish, and who is charged with committing
lpe on Q Misc Badeau, aged fourteen
Bars, during the latter part of the week.