Louisiana capitolian., 1880-07-03
closed the doors, filling the air with
screams and prayers.

closed the doors, filling the air with
screams and prayers.
The proposed canal between tho Bay
Of, Biscay and tho Mediterranean will pro.
badly DO taken up. Or ct least be assist.
cd by tho French government. Tho CO.
nal will start at Bordeaux, and, after =
course, Of about $50 miles, will enter
the Mediterranean at Narbonne. It will
be Of sufficient size to allow the pas.
tags Of ships Of over 400 feet in length,
and will have = width Of 164 feet 1t tho
surface level in the narrowest parts. 1t
is calculated that II will saye four days
steaming and, as it will enable vessel.
TO avoid dangers of the bay, there is no
doubt that it would be we'll patronixed.
The steamer Lsswauoboka burned
to the waters edge, of College Point, l..
l., at five o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The steamer Ossso saved q majority OF
her passengers, but abont forty were lost
The Leawanohoka piled between New
York, Sands Point and Roslyn.
A News special from Dallas: West
Pollagd, colored man, arrested for the
murder of On old man named Shumaker
six miles west Of Dallas, together with,
Adam Thompson, died in jail yesterday.
Thompson hos been convicted Of murder
in the first degree and sentenced to DO
hanged
The steamer George NJ. Clyde arrived
at New York Oh Saturday from Charles
ton, 8. c.. aud took fire ia the hold at
nine o'clock yesterday morning. The fire
was extinguished in an hour. The cargo
cotton, had been almost en-
tirely unloaded. The damage will not
be very heavy.
The Republic Of San Dimingo has sent
q small part ofthe ashes Of Christopher
Columbus to Genoa, where the great
navigator was born, and to Pavia, where
he was educated. The precious vase
will arrive in Italy soon, and monn-
ment to Columbus will be erected in tho
University of Pavla.
Tho King Of Bulgaria has married
Mlle. Ynnsoh. Their united income il
about $3,0oO,000.
An sight-year.oId girl Of Rochelle, ILL.,,
who has been making savings bank Of
her interior, recently had a stomach
upheaval which caused her to disgorgo
81 in silver ten-cent tieces, two glass
beads and q glovo.button.
A dispatch from Houston, Texas, Of
June 30th, says: Yesterday morning u
young man named Barksdalc was killed
ut Danman, about twenty miles from
here, by Frank Pierce. II was the re-
suit of an old fcud between them: About
eight o'clock in the morning, Pierce rode
up to the house Of Fayette Markham,
where Barksdale was stopping. He had
a shotgun with him. Barksdalc went to
the gate and asked Pierce to let him SEQ
the gun on the pretepce Of trading for
it. Pierce refused to comply, when
Barksdale said he would make him, and
drew his pistol and shot Pierce while he
was on bis horse, the ball taking effect
in the arm. Pierce Immediately fired
both barrels OF his gun, killing Barks-
dale on the spot. He made no attempt
to escape. The officers went from here
after him to-day.
O'Connor, an itinerant school teacher
at Harrisburg, Texas, was recently AZ
rested for attempting to rape two little
girls, pupils of his. There is much in
,lignation over his intended crime.
A special from Bucna Vista to Den
yer, Col, says: Saturday night al
inccndiary attempted to burn the Lako
House, but was caught in the act and
mob, who fired several shots,
fatally wounding an unknown man and
severely wounding Calvin Moon and S.
A. Matthews. The crowd also attacked
Judge Casey, but he escaped. Their
intention was to murder him. A short
time ago a petition signed by citizens,
caused the dismissal by Judge Casey of
some members of the police force. This
was the cause of the attack on him.
More violence is likely to ensue.
It has been decided in Chicago that
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