New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-25
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% Joaoe6oA L. MoRris' llAnsatiou, on the
Aschslalaya river, wore destroyed By fire.
The gin WAs not running as tho time;
seme6Aing - gotten 0ut Of order,
nd ~. saeine had been stopped to
AZ T. The are, II = opposed. origin.
atse IA he lst room. 1Eo% : stay
sss .,s 1900 Ss y. s: ss.s &. eI e
$1,000 O. el5, 600, and nothing insured.
TIE loes - seIfoes ono in eeveral respects.
Il y not simply fos Of 90 much property.
bat oloo . cdeDsivati0n Of the use Of the
hsuse aud GIN for the rcmainder Of the ses
sos; snd the cotton burned h dead loss
Of about $1,000: We deeply sympashiss
with or friend in his heavy misfostune.
RArDEA e.. :.
Feem the Alexandria Democrat, Octo-
Der IL:
Our people we're shocked ct the nevs
which reaahed town ON Wednesday night,
that Fraak A. Boissat. Jr., bed been muir.
named Henry Lightf0ot, who came to that
neighborhood from Texas year or % ego,
and v hen hi body was brought down
and intsrred On Friday, universsl
fesliass Of regret and Indignation took
possession of tho econmunity. The
circumstances of the hemicide show it
70 have been psemeditated in it, design,
lnprovoked q to cause and cold blooded
IN it, execution. They ase briefly - fol-
love: Henry 4 Bioasat. . brotAes Of the
deceased, bed made advances to LiRhtfoot
and found 1t necessary to make . seizure Of
the crop. F. A. Bioosat, Jr., and Henry
blanchard, - special officers, made the
ieisure, Observing ill the forms Of law in
doing %. For this cause and no other
IghtSoot and his crowd. swore ven
sssas o. w we as s,y tie e.: dss:s;sd
father, and sltusssd ct the old dam, and
found the Two Lfkhtfoots there, oee armed
vitA . do1blo-boREeled shotgun and the
Other With . sevolvee. They had been
visiting q the store all day, aad had
thrown his father OF bis guard BY pretend
ing to have been setis6ed - . the ssisure,
and they threw poor Frsak OF his
aHssd: no sxi ding. their bloody
lode Or. He Iad riddea up 70 lie rsek.
aboat tn PAGES FROM the etors door, and
1ss ulsAdaling his hofse, and had just
lifted The saddle from the horso's back
when Lighttoot renewed tho subject Of the
seizuee, aoa On Ffank's reply that the state
neot was false. James Lightfoot, assisted
BY his brother, Who was standing by his
side, raised his shotgun and fred, disabling
was trying to retreat into the store. Light
fe0t Afed tho other barrel and lodged every
buckshot In his back, killing him instantly.
He tell into the arms Of his father, and ex-
pired ct once. There can be NO doubt but
that It was foul and brutal murder. Sheriff
D. G. Paul, With . posse, 10 in pursuit of
tho murderers, but - yet has not been able
From the North Louisiana Journal, o.
tober 81:
We are informed that Mr.. G. Livingston
Thonpsos. lessee orthe Dorsey plantations
csught 10 the cylinder Of 4 gin stand In
motion. Il vas stated thds an arm was
nearly severed from the body by tho saws
1t aboat 1 p. n. Tuesday, and he died
Dbout nidnight from loss of blood and
nervous shock. Several phyMci6ns, We
Learn, Wore In atteadaaee, bat death speed
|ly resulted. Mr.. Thompson Wa . native
thirty seveu years OF ago.
WRIST BATON ROUGE.
From Tie Sugar PIanssv, October 81:
~ 10 were about closipg our psper yes-
teeday morning the melancholy intelligence
us Of tie death Of yordon Holt,
Esq., Of Baton Roags. Mr.. Holt hsd been
unwell for 5000 time, suffering severely
from .. :.cs e pea .aX e; fa,s s:th% R
lievo1 woslA Yield 10 the usual RENE.
dies, united With N excsJlsnt Constitution, /
but Heaven decreed Otherwise. Mr.. Holt
had been long identified with Baton Rouge
Aad her inteeests, and We one Of her most
energetic and onterpriaing citizens. He