Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-04-26
NEWS OF. THE WEEK.
LOUISIANA NOTES.

kVUISlANA NVlESs
Shreveport enforces the dog tax on
md after May first.
A young man named Chevallier
was drowned in Red River last week,
while fishing.
Red river is very low. Only the
boats are now able to make |
the trip from. New Orleans to Shreve-
port.
A little boy four years old, son Of
James Leach, was drowned in his
fathers mill-pond in Sabine parish
last week.
A colored lad living in Natchitoches
parish, cut his foot with . broken bot
tic one day last week, and during the
night bled to death. .
Mr.. Godfrey, manager Of the Dey-
noodt plantation in st, Charles parish,
near Red Church, has planted seven
hundred acres in rice.
The Herald says the death Of Gen.
Dick Taylor will lead to much ltiga
ton concerning the title to the Farion
plantation in st. Charles.
The Gladney saw-mill, in Avoyelles
parish, was burned to the ground last
Saturday about noon. The origin Of
tho fire is wrapped in mystery.
Union parish was visited by ter
rife tornado on Wednesday Of last
week, which prostracted houses, fem
ces and timber, and killed stock.
The house of an old colored man
named Gabriel, living near Lake
Charles, was destroyed by fire last
week, and the old man Ost everyth
he possessed.
The Marksville Bulletin says Bishop
Wingfeld Of North Carolina has not
yet determined to accept the diocese
Of Louisiana, to which he was eleva-
ted few months ago.
The skeleton of q man has been
found in the woods near Marksville,
and as nobody has disappeared or
been murdered, the citizens do not
know how to account for it.
Whenever q member of tho Natchi-
toches police jury feels dry, he makes
motion to adjourn, thusly: "Let's
20 out and smuggle little," and is
carried without . dissenting voice.
The hail storm in Jefferson parish
last Wednesday did considerable dam
age. Tho Gretna Courier says it
would be no exaggeration to state
that some of the hail stones were as
large as q hens egg.
Mr.. jeff Wells, son of Mad. Wells,
has also been burned out at his place
near Alexandria. He had just the
night before received o years supply
of the plantation goods, and lost all
even to the poultry on his place,
Lincoln and Claiborne parishes are
apprehensive of an organized band Of
horse thieves in their section. It is a
well-known fact that Texas hangs
horse thieves, and we think Lincoln
and Claiborne just as good as any
country.
Marksville Bulletin The residence
of Mr.. Dow, on Red river, was burnt
while he was on q visit to his relatives
1t appears that he had left some fire
in the chimney, and by some unac-
cOuntable means the house took fire.
Nothing was saved.
The St. Charles Herald shows some
malignity in the following: "Wha,
a blessing! The dirty and abomina
bic sheet, the New Orleans Democrat
is in the hands of its creditors. W.
now have indications of never more
being compelled to pernse the sour
rilous thing"
The Colfax Chronicle says Mr.. A.A
Goodwin, of Alexandria, and Mr.. r
Grant, of Natchitoches, are fitting W
a boat to run in Cane river. The,
have o barge on which they intend II
put machinery. The work on it is t.
be done at the mouth of Cane rive
opposite Colfax.
A colored girl who had been carry
rying on quite freely and flirtinl
around in st. Landry parish, was ar
rested and turned out to be man il
woman's attire. He declares he ha
worn petticoats for years, and has act
ed as lady's maid for several familie
in adjoining parishes.
The St. Charles Herald says few
days ago, tornado swept the Sabin
swamp, in old Mr.. Fosters neighbor
hood, blowing down his dwelling
house and destroying other buildings
and prostrating trees, fences, and ev
erytlling else in its path. Mr.. Foste
received severe and perhaps mOrta
bodily injuries.
The rain fell in torrents yesterday
followed by hail storm that has new
or been equalled in fury and dreadful
effects upon fruit and shrubbery. Ev
en- the forest trees were stripped.
is generally reported that the frui
crop is almost destroyed in toto
many instances. Almost every busi
ness house in the city is damaged
, either in the building or in the good
,, on stock.--Shreveport Standard.
The Clinton Waterman says: w
! noticed this week the arrival of a trai
of six or eight wagons, all drawn b
good teams, and well loaded with col
,, ton, from Liberty, Miss. The cotto
was shipped over the G. e. P. H. raj
road, and the wagons took back fror
!, the depot full loads Of merchandise
for the Liberty merchants. This trad
: usually seeks New Orleans throug
the medium Of the great jackson rout
but has been driven to Clinton by IL
q hight freight tariff of that road.
J, On or about the 9Th inst, a fat
0 accident occurred in the parish
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