The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-03
SOUTHERN STATE NEWS,
LOUISIANA.

tieoype Bright was shot and killed In Area
ala n tlay or Two since by Shade Sutton.
The clubhouse a Capt. II. Y. Graves, near
fyolliuaburg. Buasinr parish, was burned re-
Gently Also about thirty bales Of cotton
The weather for the fret part Of this week
was mild and pleasant, but on the evening OF
the twenty-fourth instant the wlnd shifted 20
Hntly cold. On The twenty instant we had
SNOW The weather II now clear, but ex-
fg0mely cold Avoyelles Farmer.
Anderson Ames \ negro who assasslnated
Young Franks In Webster parish some tne
arrn, was ntenepd TO be hanged on the
fwant y.spvpnth OF December. The hanging.
however, did not take place, as the sherlt re-
,naiypd no death warrant from the Governor.
A petition was sent to Gov. Nichols asking
him to commute Amess sentence 70 lmpri-
comment for lie, but n0thinR mas yet peeh
beard FROM IL.
Rut one Or two more weeks Intervene be-
tween now and the assembling Of the begis-
lat,,ra and as vet orr committee 10 suggest
n plan to Teise the S35, 900 have not been heard
from. It is very necessary that this Import
ant matter should assume some positive
shape before the Legislature meets, In order
that there may not be an excuse for delay 10
making the appropriation necessary W com
plpta the repairs on the State House Baton
Rouge Advocate.
From n gentleman who interviewed the
magistrate tiaalHA DHiihiul WIZ hci, o'C III
Quest on the body OF young Kelly, shot last
Wednesday on the lnnisfail plantation, 10
Concordia paris we learn the folio wing par
fio,llnra. which are aaid to he true, and which
ariva the affair an entirely different phase
from the one given IL by rumOr. IL seems
fhat on Christmas eve. Mr.. Alex Smart. after
taking the cash out Of his store money
drawer, preparatory to going to the house.
was examining his pistol (eooking 1T and re-
volvipg tho cylinder to see whether 1t
worked welIl, when the pistol accidentally
exploded. Just az the pistol was discharged,
Young Kelly. an employee 81 Mr.. Smart step
ned into the store door and received the con
tents In his right breast. from which he died
soon aiter-ENate Democrat.
At the recent election the ballot-box ut Gum
Springs. ward three. was destroyed. Copse-
uuently no official returns were made. Un-
official returns place the vote for clerk at :
Warren. lOl, Mcdonald, 81 The destruction
ef that box changes the result only ia this
particular: Counting thosa unofficial returns,
Warren ia elected by 3D.. not counting them.
Mcdonald liz elected by nine majority. Mr.
Warren filed suit oontesting the claims OF
Mr. Mcdonald. His honor. Judge Turner,
convened tho District Court In session last
Monday, and fifty jurors we're summoned.
Gan. John Young, Of Claiborne. and i. M
Fort ESQ. appeared for Warren. and Chas
F. Mcdonald, Lao. ~ counsel for w. II. Me
Donald. Owing to the infurmality OF one OF
che Jury commissioners not being sworn, the
drawing was not strictly legal, and the case
could not be tried. Fifty jurors. at 81 Is o
day, mileage aud officers fees, will foot up
about 5000 The case has been set for Mon
day. January s.: fifty jurors will again he
drawn, and the costs will foot up about 5000
more. making the nice little sum of about
$500 for the parish to pay Webster Demo
er.nt