The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1879-12-11
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1t is stated that Ben. Butler, In
the two last elections for the Gov
ernorship of Massachusetts, has
expended over S275, 900.
Denis K%earney, the sand -loS
agitator, was convicted in a San
Francisco police court on the 22d
uIt., OF carrying q concealed
weapon.
The Presidents message was
offered for sale tor $1,000. Three
newspapers combined aud divided
the cost. The secret po'ica are
trying to discover the thief.
An Eastern paper asks what
has become of al! the Southern
outrages since the elections. The
sudden neglect of the black man
by the Republicans is painful.
Last week a stable took fire,
containing 500 horses, belonging
to a New York street railroad
company. 100 horses we're burnt
to death, one fireman killed and
several wounded.
A reduction of Is per cent. in
their rates, has been consented to
by the New York pilots, but the
shipping merchants demand that
they shall be reduced 335 per
cent.
The benefit which has been ofS
fered at the Baldwin Theatre, San
francisco, Cal, has had a grand
success. The proceeds of the re-,
presentation reached nearly a
$1,000.
The representatives of the diff
terent Irish organizations In New
York are occupied in making pre-.
perations for the reception of @.
s. ParneIl, NJ. p, on his arrival
III this country.
Chief Oaray proposes to deliy-
er Douglas and the other Indians
who took part in the massacre of
Meeker and his employees, pro.
ylded that they shaIl be tried At
Washington.
A dispatch from Los Pinos,
states that Chief CoIorow has tes
tilted under oath, that the Nor
mons had promised to assist the
Indians in any war against the
United States.
On the Sd inst, 600 employees
IN the workshops of the Delaware.
Lackawanna and Western Com.
pany, were notified that their
wages would be raised from 5 to
10 per cent.
The fair of the 7th Regiment
New York State militia was q
grand affair, and an immense sue.
cess on the very first day. $13,.
900 were gathered for the benefit
of the armory.
Jay Gould controls 5000 miles
of railway, west of the Mississippi
river. He and his associates re>
Gently purchased also 25O,O 900
shares in the New York Central.
a. a cost of $50, 900, 600.
Edison promises to illuminate
MenIo Park, N. j., with the cleo
trio light, on Christmas Eve. He
claims 10 have solved the difi3ult
problem of dividing the light Geo.
nomlcaIIy.
The efforts made to identify
the Indians engaged in the mur-
der OF Meeker and the attack on
Ihombargh, is likely to fail, in
consequences of the feigned igno.
rance of the Ute chiefs.
1t is stated that Sherman's re-.
port was sold to three newspaper
correspondents for $500 each. It
was telegraphed in foil to New
Chicago and Cincinnati.
and embraced about %, 600 words.
w. Fl. Vanderbilt is said to have
an income Of $4,000, 600 a wear.
At present, he is building a house
IN Fifth Avenue, which is to be
he finest residence in America.
9e has ten children.
General Toombs, of Georgia.
bought many years ago 100, 600
lcres of land in Texas, when it
vas a republic. 1t cost him a bout
8 cents an acre. He is now able
Q sell it at from So to $40 Der
ere.
Anthony Comstock, it is whis-
'cTed, is aboGt to AK The Post.
master General to prohibit The
irculation through the mails of
everal newspapers, on the ground
hat they publish lottery advers
Three mel we're killed on the
b inst, in a -four mill at Brooks
%, Mass. The floor upon which
600 bushels Of grain was stored {
ave way, and the men we're suf> |
'cated to death, before they !
0uld be extricated.
A vast fire has lax n place at !
roy, N. Y. It has DESTROYED
Iany factories, one church, a
umbeF Of dwellings, and thrown i
ut of employment 1900 woIkmen r
nd 1000 young girls. The loss IL '
3timated at $3.50, 900. Z
Last Tuesday week, the same J
~ that the State election was 4
cid in Louisiana, Congress went s
to session. Nothing Of impor- Il
nee marked its opening, not
'en the Presidential message. {
hich is almost colorless. g
A dispatch from Nashville. 0
Inounces that the Governor of .
,nnessee has issued a proclama5 II
N, convoking an extra session p
the Legislature for the purpose s.
voting q tax for the drainage of p