Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-24

of the fugitive, who took his departure
Immediately after the killing. The
weapon used was o shot-gun.--Natchi-
tochcs Register.
DROPPED DEAp.--On Monday evening
| last, n colorcd woman by the name Of
Amanda Brown, left her home to visit q
neirhbor in the rear of town and did
not return homc that night. Next morn
ing, upon search being made for her,
her body was found about three hundred
yards back Of the Catholic cemetery.
She had evidently died the evening be-
fore. When found she was lying on
her face with her feet ~ little drawn
under her, as if she had fallen forward
and had died while making an effort to
rise. Or, Hamln viewed the body and
arrived at the conclusion that she had
died of heart disease. She was about
middh-aged, and apparently in good
health the day before. She was the
wife of Frederick Brown. .--Natchitoehes
Register.
Opclonsas Democrat says: The great
sheriff case Of Duson VS.. Thompson was
drcied by the supreme Court last night,
in favor of Dnson, Justice Pochc deliver.
ing the opinion Of the Court, which was
lengthy and elaborate, Justices Fcnner
| and Todd dissenting
From the Meschaccbc, Of st John, We
learn that on Monday morning, at about
six o'clock, six prisoners detained in the
parish Jail availed themselves Of the
momcntary absence Of the .ailor TO break
open the railing Of the jail's alley, where
they had been placed while the cells were
being cleaned, and escaped before they
could be arrested. The escaped prisoners
were Joseph Turner, Sam Mason and
Victor Corscy, charged with petty
larceny; Steve Hoffman, for breach of
the peace, Norbert North, charged with
assault, all five being incarccratcd for
want of bonds to appear at tho next term
of tho court, and Jules Sylvan, scntcn-
ccd at the last term of court to eight
months in the parish prison. This last
one was taken back into Jail the next
day and securely lodged. The others
arc still ut large, but the sheriff is conf
dent Of getting them back.
The Plaqucmine South says the public
schools in Ibcrvillc parish are well or
ganized and tlourishing.
Everything says the Plaqucminc
South,is booming here. No idle artisans,
no idle mechanics, no idle boys about
the streets, everything finds employment
at enc thing or another.
The CArIToLIAN boasts of common
field weeds growing from fifty to sixty
feet in height in tho rich soil Of Baton
Rougc; but down here in Ibcrvillo tho
harvesting of tho corn crop will bring
into requstion step ladders ohighperch-
cd is it upon its stalks.-Ibcrvillc South.
Sam Hall, colored lad, was drowned
in tho Mississippi river in front of T.. J.
Gays plantation, short distance below
town, last Sunday week. Another col.
orcd boy was drowned in front of Col.
Rivers plantation Monday last. Every
year tho Mississippi claims its victims
and parents should therefore be on tho
look out for their children. -lbcrville
South.
The St. Charles Herald says that tho
rice crop Of that parish this year prom
iscs to exceed any previous crop Of the
kind grown.
Mr.. Jesse Aycock, whose place is west
Of Lisbon two or three miles, has the
most remarkable field of corn that We
have ever seen. On land of q seeming
ordinary character, that is usually re-
lied on for about ten or twelve bushels
Of corn to the acre, he will gather
no less than ,thirty-hvc bushels.
Competent judges estimate. There are
cthcrs who think it will yield forty or
forty-fvc bushels. Thit unusual crop
is due to the fact that the soil has 9bccn
skiiliully cultivated, and the rains have
fallen in sufficient quantities at the right
time. In the Lisbon ncighborhood there
will be oceans of corn. 1t is thought
that the absence Of demand will bring
tic price to twenty-five cents bushel
claiborne Guardian.
The Grctna Courier seems to improve
with each issue.
An extensive soap factory viii soon be
established in Glctna.
The population of Livingston parish
is $3.50; of st. Helena, $500; of her
vile, 1869.
The cth of July picnic at Crew Lake,
for tlp amusement of the colorcd Sunday
school children, had termination that