Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-10-02
LOCAL MATTERS.
1uesdap's edition.


has been visiting on the i wer coast, IT
turned home yesterday.
The Ball managers will please relncM
Der that their committee meets to-nigh
at I o'clock ut the Mayors office. A t''l
attendance is desirable.
On Sunday last 300 bales of cottol
were shipped from the Baton Roug
wharf, and a steady Increase III tn
shipping continues notwi outstanding TIT
bad weather.
Orr District Judge, II On. II. N. Sher
burne, is holding court in East felici
ana. Judge Herman having recuset
himself in several cases, has borrowed
our Judge for few days,
A large drove of mallard dncks wcrt
seen passing Southwark, which indicates
that winter is approaching at no remote
distance, though the fields retain Their
carpet of green and the trees fail to re.
mind rs that fall is here.
The General Reception Committee ap.
pointed for the purpose of welcoming the
members of the press are to meet on TO.
MORROW NIGHT at o'clock, at the May
Or's office. 1t is highly important that
full attendance be on hand.
Mr.. Freret arrived on Saturday and
inspected the work as far as it had pro-
crossed on the State-H0u He ex-
pressed himself as surpris Jed and highly
pleased with what had been done. He
brought with him plans and designs for
its further completion.
Mr.. w. II. Magruder, son of Louis
iana's worthy educator, Prof. W. II. n.
MaSrudcr, left this city yesterday to
take charge of n school offered him in
San Antonio, Texas. Mr.. Magruder
graduated with hOnors at Oxford Uni
yersity, and is a young man Of rare
attainments, and we bcspeak success
for him and entire satisfa elton to those
whom he serves. s. -
HALF FARE on TIE LIZ J. AND FAGAN.
The Ouachita Tclegra phi publishes
letter from Capt. Blanks, of the Ouachi-
tn River Transportation Company, ten
dcring passage at half fare Oh the Pagan
to the editorial fraternity, on the occa-
sion Of the Baton Rouge convention.
Tickets to be good for two weeks. Col.
George Norman extends the same offer
for the steamer Lee.
We call the attention OF parties con
ccrned to the fact that the gas pipe, on
Pleasant Hill, between tho residences of
Mrs. Powers and our City Councilman,
Mr. Glnler, is exposed for a considerable
distance and leaks badly. BY this the
gas company sustains a serious loss,
parties passing by are al most sutfOcatcd
and the atmosphere is rendered very
nnhealthful for the whole neighborhood.
The public good, as well as private in
tcrest, demand that this should be
remedicd at once.
The beautiful rainbow which spanned
The heavens q few evenings ago was the
of all true lq yers Of beauty |
IL nature, and led the ''weather-wise"
70 suppose it sure sign Of coming dry
weather. BIT this prov ed not to be the
'ase, for since then heavy and damaging
aims have continued to fall. From all
PARTS Of the parish and State reports of
,reat losses 10 the crops are received,
md unless some abatement takes place
t will be difficult to estimate the dam
Igc which must result. Our farmers, an
general thing, are often too ready to
omplain of the weather. They are
ithcr drowned OUT or burned up.,
mt things now begin to pnt OH serious
ppearancc, as i'll places the rain has
ontinned to fall daily for weeks. How
yer, let us hope for TIE best.
On Saturday night last, some party
+ parties, rs yet unknown, entered the
ousc OF Mrs. Wiseman, on Front street,
nj relieved one OF her boardcrs, Capt.
lcLauShiin, OF an ovcrcoat, two suits
{ clothes, twenty-five dollars in cash. {
fine gold watch and chain and other ;
aiuables to the amount Of s215 or $500. ;
happened that Mr.. Mclaughlin had
cen spending the evening with some t
lends and returning at 1880, retired as t
sual, taking no precaution whatever, &
ut leaving door and windows open to I
itch the sea breeze. To his astonish-
ent, on awakening the next morning, c
found, as he expressed it, 'that some ,
lend had robbed him during the a
sht'' This was very heavy loss to G
+. Mclaughlin, and we hope that he r
III succeed IN recovering the lost prop t
ty and bringing the miscreant to
stice. n