Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-04-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
LOUISIANA NOTES

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Mr.. Dlouin was thrown from q bug.
Nv near DonaldsonyiIle last week,
which resulted In the breaking of two
ribs aud tho serious lhxetaay OF W.
right arm. ! }Is f.s1.E III
There is~ movement. On foot amopg
the pbysiciais Of ponalds0nville to
organize 4 hoard Of health. q = 81
The wife N Mr.. J. 3. Hcbtrt, u
French Settlement, Ascensiea t,arisl',l
las l,ecome subject TO periodical at-
t,.cks Of insanity, which, the Donald
sonviiie Chief says, occasionally H.
sunes violent form. f.i'Ei9 'ieie ''ls
The Herald says the culture Of rice
IA increasing IN st. Charles parish. ''as
The Morgan City Review says the
crop prospects, throughout 81. Mary
parish are very 0attering. - ,t.,6,
The presence Of tho police ID rc4uir-.
cd at the NatclhttGhes market lloitse
10 look aftAr the fat and juicy beef
palmed on oD the public. ~
Two mad dogs were killed In Nut
cllitOcheH last week. "a u f,sas
The Natchitochcs vindicator says
tho fruit crop IN that parish will be the
finest md 1nrgest for many years, and
hints TINT the anxious mothers IRE
even now storing away paregOric for
the benefit Of young Americas IN
sides. "a h
Oliver Mack, coloret, living IN MT
cl,itocles, llad from time to time been
missing l,ia chickens. Many winter
nights, armed with " sbot.gun, had
he stood watch over his denr llenrpost,
but no thief came to receive the ben
eft Of his shotgun longings. At lust
he scta steel trap 1t tho point from
whence tl,e thief was wont TO bay l,is
game, and before many nights passed
ienitent llowls were heard 10 issue
from the ncighborllood Of the llennery,
lie approached the scene, md SURE
enough, "lar WINS dc dArkcy done
kotct,ed,' md with d stick lle forth
with administered y good ilog-
ging upon The plirloinefs tender Dido
and turned him looHc, whi,M shows
that oil darkies IRE not opposed tothc
whipping post. oa8 fa 81 peos
Twoconvicte,l thieves, Is,nael IIur-
vcy aud Jackson tfigginbotham, who
were confined III thG BieDvjlle parish
.tAil, attempted u escape by burning
The lock of the door Inst week. Tho
consequence was the fire got beyond
their control, md Ind to yell for de-
liycrancc. Al the prisoners were
rescued, hut The flames could rot IN
suppressed, aud the Jail burned. ds
| A small coiMed boy, na,ued John
son, wns drowned In the river near
Shreveport last week. Ills body wns
found next lny BY dragging. 81
Mr.. J.. A. Landry, Of Donaldson.
vile, has instituted suit IN III" pari4l
court against the negro Va. Smith
who attempted to assassinnte him
some time ago, for five hundred dol,
lars damages.
The Booster Banner says u session
Of The Legislature every two years
with MI state aud parish officers elec'
tod for four and ak years, would con.
stitntc reform IN the right direction.
The Morcl,ouac Clarion PERTINENT,
asks: Why did the New Orlcan'
Democrat wait until Mr.. Geo. NiclOl
son VIVA appointed State printerbeior'
II commenced its warfare against on,
gallant Governor Tor his failure Il
sign the bill repeating the charter o
tho Louisiana lottery company
There arc IN this State 155,slO vo
tcra, or were Mt last accounts. q
these 81 cannot sig,, their names
$500 Of the latter being colorcd.
We received this weed for the fra
time the Louisiana Capitolian, q
} Baton Rouge. It isa very handsome
paper and ably conducted. Morgan
City Review.
Tho Iointc Coupec Pelican says
We can assure the N. q. picayun
tint our delegates will 20 to the cit
: with well defined opinions Of tllei
own, and will not be easily swayc'
one way or the other by any elias
opinion. st 'Hf3 ,a CESS
Mr.. Andre Dcshotels, residing 4
st. Lnndry parish, killed u hoy u f.,
days ago, Of the Poland-Chester cross
which weighed S3S pounds net.
, The llichland Beacon says son,
, one has been misinforming the cit
papers. They have been infor,nc
that the planting interests Of this IN
M0reh0use parishes was ruined b
: colored emigration. We cannot spea
, for Morcho,se, but Richland paris
i. has been very little affected Wy II
movement.
=. Spoiford is said to bc perfectly M,
y guine that he will be successful In b
r contest with Kellogg for his seat.
f Webster parish was created In 1877
\ with the site at Mindcn. A fiji
+ brick urt.housc, costing &22,W|
has been built.
Buffalo gnats are very bad on stOt
!, in some portions Of Union paris
y Horses and cattle both suffer great
: and many have died. The wint
9 has been u hard one on stock ~
way, and cattle that have been rul
ming out on the range are too weak
: resist them.
d A good stand Of corn Is reported
l. West Carroll parish. va = ~
y The Morellouse Clarion says nc
/ withstanding the fact TINT farm han
II arc scarce in Morehouse, there a
enough idle colored hands in tn
- town to cultivate seven large pla
7; tati0ns. "
= The excessive cold weather Of Ia
/ winter failed to damage the oran
4 trees, and the prospect Of u lnr
- crop Of oranges is considered good.