The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1879-12-04
State 9Ews.

Last week a man named Mar,
tin fell out of a boat into the CAL
CasieU river and was drowned.
We learn that the fair held in
Washington for the benefit of the
convent was a complete success
There is said to be an immense
crop of mast in BienVille. The
soil in some localities being COWS
cred whit.
The Governor has appointed
Aristide Babin and W. NJ. EWell
School Directors of AVoyelles
parish.
ARgattempt was made on the
14th ult., to break into and rob
the Office Of the Tax Collector, at
st. Francisville.
The Thibodaux Sentinel says
that "plenty of fine lucious oru
anges are now selling about that
town for one dollar per hundred.D
The 10Th anniversary of the
New Orleans ScreWmen's Benevof
lent Association, was celebrated
bya grand procession in that city
on the 25th ult.
The Day Dream steam yacht
that United States Marshal Whar-
ton sold in New Orleans, on the
Goth ult., for $4,000, cost eight
years ago, $4,000.
In the estimates, contained in
the United States Engineers re~
port, is included the sum of
$500, 900 for the improvement of
the harbor of New Orleans.
At Petit Gallon, on Mr.. Du.
plants place, two boilers explod-
ed on Tuesday last, and demoI~
ished part of his buildings, but
no person was hurt.
A colored woman died in Thib-
odaux, last week, who was form.
erly servant and slave to Bishop
LeOnidas Polk. She was noted
for her kindness to the sick.
The Raven Camp colored church,
In Livingston parish, which was
burned down recently, is supposed
to have been set or fire by some
members of a rival negro place of
worship.
The Temperance Alliance NOM
lnee for Representative from the
Tenth District, Mr.. James Nc
OOnnell, has declined that honor.
being unwilling to divide the
Democratic vote on the State
ticket.
The members OF the Mississippi
River Commission, started for
New Orleans on tho Oath nit. in
the United States steamer Gener>
al Barnard. They are to make q
general inspection of the river on
their trip.
We received q dispatch from e.
"a. Burke, Esq, on the 28th ult.,
cOntradicting the report circulat"
ed by the Radicals, that Gov.
Wiltz was dead. Major Burke
had left him sitting up in his bed
eating breakfast.
B. Frank Moore, agent for the
Louisiana Lottery Company, has
been brought up before y. s
Commissioner Shields, of New
York, for violation of the post
Office law, in sending prohibited
matters through the mail.
Some u~neasiness is felt regard
ing the whereabouts of the steam, |
boat Exchange. The Hattiesloop |
with MIR. Wise on board, has gcna
in search of her. The MISSING
vessel left Vermilion Bayr,n obon9
ten days ago for New Qrleans.
Week before last ?. bale of cot.
ton was stolen iroyn d wagon Oh
itB way to Pitt Hickey. The
Of the wagon, a negro man,
was Ioageo IN jail for his share in
the tnetS and the stolen cotton was
lQ0n0 hidden under some bushes.
Judge Beattie,in addressing his
negro constituents, is sometimes
very candid in his remarks; be
has told them that they must re-
conCile themselves to the condi4
ton OF hewers Of wood and draw
ers Of water, for their white fell
loW-Citizens.
AN Irish laborer named OlNeil,
was murdered, it is supposed, by
negroes near MIR. Barr0wls place,
IN Tberyille parish, about ten days
ago. Several knife wounds were
indicted on his body, and his
scnll was fractured, with some
whiskey bottles which he carried,
AL P0inte Ooupee, recently, d
Mr.. Knaps purchased . quantity
Of powder which, with the assist
ance of his mother-inalaw, he was
putting Ia q flask, when d spark
from the pipe which she was
smoking at the tine, produced an
explosion that caused the death
Of three persons, aud the injury
Of two others.