Louisiana capitolian., 1880-08-17

sii.::ssr"'' h,a s%hyl morning ming,

| Henry Anderson Smith, ANtcl'.brotl'cr o'
Johnson's, last January in Millrrco''nty,
Arkansas. Johnson arrived in town Sun.
duy afternoon and turned his prisoner
Iossrtvslsdifl'n Lake, s1lcyestrr|"y morn
las t.lysripbvl Sheriff Roberts, of Miller
county, of AlcNan,lct's arrest, and re-
cciycd IN answer ~ayiug he would leave
by the first train. -lle will arrive tins
Inttrrn0pn fr0u Toxarknna and leave with
tlm prisoner. johnson hns been on the
track ,of.liis blotl,cr's murderer for some
| time and deserves great credit for having
captured him.
y kl,ostoiMts h0sN Efsn established ut
I7ramd Ecoiw, with NJ, II, Mannheim ~
postmastcr. svsF
Ndclrtochs iNndirMdr': We deeply
regret to record that the worms have
appeared in large numbers and in every
IyMiqty, on several plantations i'm o''r
hcighbdr,,ooil, and approximations arc
entertained that many crops will be Sc
rionsly damaged before tho l5tl, of Sep
ttnbcr.
The Patriot Democrat Is informed that
u MIR. Stone, II the vicinity Of llarrrlIS
! Mill, IN st. Helena parish, went into the
woods one day lnss8wcck in company
viii, his nephew, u lat Of twelve or
iourtscn years, for tho purpose of get
ilng out basket timber. After Mr.. ),
had. gone hut II short distance in the
forest, l,c heard the report Of u gun, and
rcpairh,s to tho spot, !almo upon the
carcass Of u hog! aaelll bad Just been
killed. Recognizing the dead animal rs
ono of his own, and looking around, Mr..
Stone discovered - negro near by, and
said: "Ihat ~ my hog, AMI yon killed
| it, The negro Immediately raised lls
gun and fired ut Mr. stone, the. shot
/ out,i,e away some Of IT, lupir tfom tI'c
head Of this gentleman. The negro then
tried the second barrel, which snapped.
lie then ran IN the direction Of the hoy
1 who hal th6 nx, e,lndf who, seeing linn
coming, started of in tho direction OF
the house. Apprchcmlng th" purpose
Of tho negro, Mr.. Stone overlook the
boy, and secured the IN, wl,cu the ne
gro fed and has. not yet bccn heard irop'
fly pcopk pf thc parish should nr'
| out on ,,assc and do all in their power
to secure the would be murderer.
The Fclciana Sentinel says that An.
thony Wallace, Il colorc,l man Tor years
past in the employ of j. Frcyhan n Co.,
was drowned il, Che ford of Bayou Sara
creek ON Sunday last. L. seems that
Anthony waw returning from Bayou Tu
Mica in company with his wife, and
upon reaching tho ford found tho stream
very much swollen, but being himself I;
good swimmer, hc left his wife on tll'
bank and proceeded to attempt the
crossing. When near thc center of the
strcsn, and too f;,, advanced to return
he found the quick sand too heavy iol
his mule to pass through. Tho buggy
a WAS overturned and in u tVN minutes
,IAmhony wclt un,lor ndver t,'rise again
When found he was grasping the buggy
FcIciana Sentinel: Tho march Of i'm
provcmonts in our village goes steadily
onward In addition to those enter
priscs which we have recently men
Z toned il that Of sMr. Joe Meyer, who i
: about to begin tllc erection Of % NAM
moth business establishment and resi-
: dcnco adjoining MEsJ. Michel, ncar th'
forks of tho road. The building vii
measure 60 by 10 feet. In this spac,
: will be contained the store proper, 30 b,
60, the storage room, 20 By 90, aud til,
| dwelling, Tho rooms Of which will be q
| by 10 feet. This structure will be com
mcnccd immediately Q and will be Tin
isl,cd for occupation on the 18th of Sop
u tcmbcr.
|. Asyct, says the Pointr Coupcc Banner
Y the cotton worm has not appeared il
our vicinity, though we hear of it in th
Z, ncighborhood of West Baton Rouge.
!. Claiborne Guardian: The wcatllc
+ continues wet, showers falling almos
Q every day. Cotton crops have not bee
{ seriously injured as yet, Tho weed
unus,allyf large and isf frniting fast
Some cotton is opening, but i'll conS
!! Qucncc of the wet weather this earl,
Z opening wiz he ofgbut little be.,ciit
c We need dry weather intcrpcrscd witt
light showers from this date ON to in
v sure largo yield of cotton.
81 The cditor Of the Clintoll Patriot Dom
. osrst calle u md cxamineJ !. noted gfal,
: vine upon thc premises Of Mr.. I. L. Ilcy
c man, of this town. The vine is thrice
q wears of are. covers an DrbOr thjrt