Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-18

| the Fifth District and run candidate
for Congress against Gen. King. These
| fellows do not expect, OF course, to carry
the district, but i'll the possible event OF
Garheld's election, they want to show
up as Radical patriots aiding to save
the Union that they may have q chance
at some Of the Customhouse pap.
A steam barrel factory is soon to be
established at JeanDerette.
Twenty-Five young men Of New iberia
left for Beaumont last week to work in
the saw-mills of that town. Every hand
employed at Bergerie's brick yard, with
one exception, was enticed to leave.
The wages offered were one dollar and q
half q day and board, expenses Of trans
portation advanced.
New Iberia Sugar-Bowl: Last Sunday
afternoon another of those disgraceful
female fights, in which negro women
figured prominently, took place near the
railroad depot, within the town limits
Impunity seems to make these amazons
more bold. 1t would be very desirable
if these wrctches could be most severely
punished. We learn that they were ar.
rested and fined IS each.
Natchtochcs Register: The colorqd
people are proverbal for their love OF
porcine flesh in any manner, shape or
form. This "hankering,' unlawtnlly,
after swine is constantly bringing them
under the iron hand of justice, and send
ing them to the State prison. There
are exceptions, however, to all general
rules, and this was verified by Sheriff
Lout, of Sabine parish, bringing to our
city $. c. Anderson, a youug white man,
charged with this peculiar "color blind
notwithstanding. He is now in the
parish prison for saie-keeping and to
await his trial.
Natchitoches Register: !, few days
ago. Amos Preston, one of the Fifteenth
Amendments, made affidavit before JUS
tice Levy, charging Tom johnson with
shooting at him with intent to kill. He
was arrested bv Constable King, and
subsequently hid an Investigation be-
fore Judge Picssor;,, rieston proved by
two eye-witnesses that Johnson shot ut
him, and Johnson also proved by two.
eye witnesses that lie did not fire shot,
but that Preston fired three shots at
him. The Judge was unable to tell
which was the guilty party, so he order
ed Preston's arrest and bound them both
over in the sum of one hundred ana fifty
dollars each, to await the action of the
Grand Jury. The evidence that convicts
either will also convict the witnesses of
the other OF perjury.
Monroe Bulletin: The wharf-boat
Mary Houston sunk at her moorngs Oh
Thursday night. She lies in seven feet
Of water and touches ground from bow
to, stern. She has been floating light
for month or two and her seams have
opened from exposure to the sun. The
rapid fall OF the river lodged her on
the ground and crecned so as to ship
water enough to sink her. She was
brought here last spring by Capt. Cryer
and had every appearance Of being well
fitted for the purposes intended. 1t is
impossible to make any estimate Of DAM
ages. Preparations are being made to
raise her, and if sun cracks are the only
canse, the loss will be trlfling rs COM
pared to the valnc of the boat.
st. Joseph Journal: There is not
much change to report in the cotton
crop prospects. In conversiny with an
intelligent planter from the western part
of the parish last Saturday, he stated
that the prospect was not encouragin.
in his section, and on Sunday we learn
ed that the worms were cutting rapidly
in places on Lake st. Joseph. The rail
and present cold snap will probably
check, if it does not altogether kill til,
worm, so we do not apprchend mucl
danger from them, and while the cro)
has been materially shortened from wha,
early prospects promised, we think tha,
some of our planters allow their imagin
atons to run away with their judg
ments and cry "wolf' just "leetlc' toe
loud for their own and others good
With fine Fall weather, they "may b.
happy yet"
Feliciana Sentinel: Mr.. Matt Gil
lnvc, the assessor for this parish, ha
completed his rolls, a~d thcrcfrom ",
learn that the assessed valuation Of al
the real estate in the parish is $7l3,6;
and the personal property is s444, ,l4s
: making total Of taxable p,opcrt,
amounting to $l,l53,7ll. At six mill
! ,,, ~, .lnIl,r <hn Sto%n %,r 80, III,