Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-04-19

House. Gen. King, Of Louisiana,
made his first speech upon the 1ubject,
which wae listened to with interest,
which is not the rule IT tho House
with first efforts Of congressman. II
was clear, well spa en! and convincing,
and aided greed Y n the passaga Of
the bill.
The wife ofsa pri6ter / in New
Haven has applied for = divorce, on
the ground that her husband had no
style about him; he wouldn't brace
in, had no dash, cut no figure, had no
point, lived to no rule, was Of bad
form and make up, wasn't q man Of
letters Or up to the period, wasapcor'
type Of the genus, was out Of Aauoin,
and couldn't impose on her any longer
Four masked burglars broke into
the store of Russell & Co., at Bulger,
Penn, on the morning Of tho 10Th
inst, and blew open the safe. Mr..
Laird, the telegraph operator, hearing
the explosion und coming out to as
certain the cause, was seised, gagged
and bound to a post in the store. The
burglars set fire to the store and de.
camped. Mr.. Laird succeeded in re-
moving the gag and arousing the
neighbors by his cries in time to be
rescued. al s,si 3 hiHa,
Rumors have been rife for some
days of a horrible murder near Bright
Star, Texas, but the facts have just
come tolight. Five miles from Bright
Star lived G. A. I. Patillo. He had
two SONS, William, aged eighteen, land
Wesley, older and married, who the
lived on an adjoining farm. Some
time ago the old man had . diff
Guilty with William, and ordered
him from home. After an absence
of some months he returned to
the neighborhood. The father said
he would kill him if ever he step
ped on his land. A few days ago
the body of the father was found dead,
pierced with a load Of buckshot and .
pistol wound, and the two boys
standing by it.
The largest infant at birth of which
there is any authenticated record was
born in Ohio on the 18th Of last jan
uary. The newborn was twenty
three and three-quarter pounds in
weight, and thirty inches in height.
The circumference Of the head was
| nineteen inches, and the foot was five
and half inches in length. The size
and weight Of the babe, though extra
ordinary, are proportionate to the
size Of the parents. The mother, Mrs.
M. V. Bates, of Nova Scotia, is seven
feet and nine inches high, and the
father, a Kentuckian, is seven feet
seven inches high. The London Hos
pital Museum can boast no longer Of
it's giant infant, which is only twenty
four inches high, with the head thir-
teen and a half inches in circumfer-
ence. il
A special dispatch to the New Or
leans Times from Dallas, Texas, says
The most terrific, destructive tor
nado ever known in this region, oc-
CURED on the evening Of the 18th.
Near Lisbon, six miles distant, ten OF
more farm house were destroyed.
Mrs. Vaughan was killed and Mrs.
Mary Belt fatally wounded on the
head. Lee Belt, q boy, was seriously
hurt on the head, Dave Belt slightly,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Simms badly,
Thomas Simms slightly a man, name
unknown, seriously Alice Crow dan
gerously; Thomas Clanton slightly,
and J. Winters slightly. OF the houses
destroyed, one was burned by light.
ming and the fencing completely torn
away. Much damage was done to the
stock. There was no insurance OF
the houses destroyed.
Mr.. Hodge Rabun, a farmer living
about fifteen miles from Waco, Texas
retired to his bed, recently, his little
son accompanying him-his daughter
occupying. room adjoining. Abou,
midnight they awakened to find tleil
father standing with his throat cut
He said he awoke, finding himself or
the floor with blood spouting from hi
wound; he saw no one 60 in or out Of
the room. The doors Of the room
were always left unlocked. Mr. Ra'
bun was under FIVE thousand dollars
bond for killing William Knucklel
about year ago. Vic. Wright, {
sister-in-law of Rabun, has been ar.
rested and is now in Jail. She lived
with Rabun. He states that twice il
the night he awoke and found his sis
ter-in-law sitting Oh his bed. HI
asked her why she was there. She
replied she could not sleep. There il
some strong evidence against her Al
the guilty party. Mr.. Rabun was al
old resident of Bienville parish, ant
at one time sheriff.