The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-04
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMoORA AT, FRIDAY, JULY 4. 1879

and chewing the cud OF sweet and bitter fan
Giles. In q spirit OF mischief they mounted
the wagon, and one of them picked up the
drivers whip and applied the lash to the AMI
mails They thereupon ran away, and the
young ladies' were thrown from the wagon.
M iss Joyce, daughter Of Mr.. nj. W Joyce, OF
New Orleans, was seriously II not fatally 10,
iured. Both wheels of the wagon passed
las, had her arm broken In two places, while
the other three were slightly bruised. Miss
Joyce and her mother were transferred from
the Danube to the Yazoo Valley, and taken
back to New Orleans, Miss Brewers arm
was reset here by DR.. Clay, and she was taken
home on the train yesterday shreveport
Times, June %.
A shocking tragedy is reported to have oe-
Cured near the Forrest place, In St Mary
parish on Tuesday evening last. little be-
fore dark on thatday, 1t seems, q colored man
and woman started to visit neighbor some
distance off, and a small boy of ten years de-
sired to accompany them. On being pro-
hibited from SO doing the little fellow waited
until they had started, when he followed them
from afar off" The rond he had to traverse
thick canebrtak. When in the road opposite
this wood the boyWas heard to utter an agoniz-
Ing cry for help, and on the man returning q
part OF his clothing was found in the road and
The man was too frightened to enter the for
est, but Immediately secured assistance, and,
upon entering the woods portion OF the
skeleton of the unfortunate child WAS found,
bearing unmistakable signs Of having been
mangled by the jaws OF some powerful carni-
vorous animal 1t was supposed that O pam
ther had done this horrible work, and num-
Der OF the best dogs were put In the woods to
hunt it, but no intelligence OF the chase has
reached us. AS is natural to suppose great
excitement prevails in the neighborhood.
On Sunday evening, June %, the schooner
Piper arrived at the steamboat landing, hav-
ing on board the first locomotive ever seen In
this parish This engine is from the Baldwin
Iron Works, weighs about thlrty-sx. tons,
and Is named the ''Calcasieu.' Several days
were spent in taking this engine from the
schooner, but it Is now on the track, and we
understand that steam will be raised to-day,
50 that those OF our fellow-citiYens who have
never seen locomotive In motion will have
an opportunity OF witnessing 1t for the first
time In their own parish. During the past
week about one hundred hands, heretofore
employed on the road west of the Sabine,
came over, ard were sent out beyond Pine
island. Mr.. Adams informs us that he is con-
fident of being able to finish the road, and
have the same In running order, by the first
OF November, provided the iron bridges con-
tracted for are delivered by the time specified.
The depot, located just beyond the corpora
tion line, Is now completed, and is a large and
com modious building, A workshop has been
established near the Mount Hope mills, and
number of mechanics are kept constantly
employed building fiat cars for the railroad
We are informed that another locomotive has
been shipped for this point, but as the vessel
Is now forty days out, and nothing heard
from her, it Is thought she has been LOST
Lake Charles Gazette.