St. Landry democrat., 1880-11-13
Louisiana News.

calls il, opened here for the second time,
with Hons. Judges Moore and Irion on
the Bench.
Lafayette Advertiser, Nnv 9Th:
Judges Moore and irion will open th.
fail term OF the Circuit Court of Appeal
al this place OIL Monday the 9TH Inst.
There are several eases on the docket.
The Gitch of conyicts 6 in number
from the late term OF the District Court
wclc delivered by Sheriff Mouton on
I. last Sunday to agents of Major james,
near Opelous;.s. For the first time in
nearly two years the Jail has only one
has only one occupant.
1t is reported that several sugar ylln-
tcis have given orders for IL large num-
ber Of Cinnamon, 10000 of whom are
preparing, it is said, to come to this
country from Cuba.
NatchitocIles Register: Act No. 81
Of session acts of 1880, entitled
An act prescribing the manner of
changing parish lines and of ren,ov-
ing parish seats was declared uncou-
>titusionH| i,y the Supreme Court at
Shreveport il tie Bopscr case, invn-
wing change OF Tie parish site from
bellevue to CoEcviiIt. The Court held
that two objects distinct and separate
and not co@nate, are embraced by this
act and clearly indicated, even by the
title ITSELF" That it is i'll conflict with
article $50 Of the constitution and there
fore null aud void.
/ Iberia star: Oh Hone plantation. a
cOloreG man named Ned acci,leutnlly
1T nf hi
rollers Of the sugar mill crushing if so
! badly that the medical department of
/ our town pronounced amputation ne
! cesSary
\. .. Christian Advocate: Rev. SAM
! mel 5. Keener. of the Louisiana Confer
encc. and Miss Anna N. Bnatncr. of
! Catahnula parish, La, were married De-
tober u. Rev. Christian ktencr of1ica-
fling. The ceremony took place at the
residence Of the brides parents. Nav
peace, happiness and usefulness attend
our young friends through the journey
of life.
Capitolian On Tuesday night. some
reckless and wilfu! individual passed
mp Boulevard street and took the gate
from Mr.. Lytle's front yard and pitched
it in the street. Mr.. j.. us is well
known, has the most beautiful flower
garden in this part Of the country, con-
tainin" shrubbery, which has been
carefully trimmed and trained for wears.
As might have been expected, cattle
came in and almost destroyed the love-
~ flowers, and so mntilateG the shrub
berry as to require four or five wears
growth to restore them to their former
beauty.
y. Q. City Item. Oct. % Coy. Wilt
received yesterday from r. r. Houson
president OF the pol ice jury of Ascension
parish, the particulars of an atrOcious
murder. Two citizens of the parish-p.
+. Alderman and Elphege Colsins-wert
deliberately shot and killed by a colored
man named Terence Babin, who fled
Immediately after the act.
Mr.. HoUson informed the G0vcruO,
that the parish had off;cr,t a reward OF
800 for the arrest of Babiu, and asked
that the State also offer all additional
reward. Gov. Wilt answered that the
appropriation OF $4,000 for this purpose
is nearly exhausted and that reward:
to the amount OF nearly $4,000 were out
standing. Therefore. although the
present case is one of unusual atrocity
JHC (,tH itti Dt gfHuIeu,
Marksville Bulletin: The registration
OF this parish Is now completed aud the
tered, 1884, Whites, 1917, colored, 1917
White majority 1870. There are in thi
parish % foreigners who are naturalized
OF the whites 632 cannot sign tbei1
names; OF the cOlOrea 1922 cannot do 50
\. Q. States: The Shreveport Stan
dard has been interviewing the enyin
Ger and contractors on the New Orleans
Pacific and gives this information TIL,
road will be completed from ShrevepOr
to Alexandria, a distance Of 1870 miles
and on the 4th of July an excusrsiol
may be made over the road from Shrcve
port to Alexandria. BY the first of Au
gust the line will be in running orde
to Lecompte q distance Of l4J miles. A
this latter point a junction will be mad,
: with Morgan's Louisiana aud Texa
line and through connection establish
ed between Shreveport and New Or
, leans. However. when the New Or
leans Pacific is completed the distanc,
from Shreveport to New Orleans will b,
, $50 miles as against 375 miles via lie
compile over the Morgan road.
City Item: The steam clubhouse an,
, grist mill OF Mrs. John Bishop, at Delhi
with thirty bales Of cotton, was totall
, destroyed by fire on Monday.
The gin on Capt. WEIGHS plantation
Rapides, was destroyed by fire on got
nit. 1t contained some eighteen bale
of cotton which were lost. No insur
:, ance.
a cO!ored man named Simon Cobb. q
Natchtoclles parish, produced the fol
lowing crop this season: Eight bales q
! cotton, 800; SO bushels of highland rice
! 500; 200 bushels of corn, $3.50; 200 bush
. els of sweet potatoes, &100; 500 gallon
y Of syrup, -1a0; % bushels of pindars
i S25; and OF tobacco, $50. Total, $945
Shreveport Standard: Shad for Re
River.-We are pleased to learn frol
: our friend, L. w. Thompson. Jr.. Esq
. of the Texas and Pacific Railroad, tina
:. if the people of Shreveport desire it tn
: agent OF the government Fish Commi:
J. mission will at once place 100000 Potc
:. mae shad in Red River. in front of tn
:, city. This is something our peopl
i, want very much and some of OF,
!. people have been exerting then
:. selves for several years to yet ii
h river stothtA viii snad. nut VIII
i only partial success. The numbs
u stated would, i'll a short time multi
f ply to such an extent us to Secure a
y abundance of fish in few years.
has been demonstrated that all tt
+ streams IN the Mississippi, could
: time be filled with shad, salmon al
;, :, other fish. We hope that our own riy,
Z will not be behind hand in getting
+ + supply, and hence note with plpasul
- every effort looking to such result