Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-10-23
MA TIERS.
Iuesdap's edition.
District Court opened yesterday.

slightly damaged, at one half their val
tie, at Rosentields.
The steamer Jessie X. Belle took o,
500 bales OF cotton ut Bayou Sara on lie
last trip. large shipment for so small
town.
The shipment of cotton from this place
on Sunday last amounted TO 400 bales
n steady increase OF few bales eacl
week
The collection Of back taxes promises
to he exceedingly large tl,isIycar, though
it was predicted that the people gencr-
ally would he slow to take advantage
Of the constitutional provision on this
subject.
The steamer K. +. Lee passed Baton
Rouge on it's last trip down with 47OO
bales OF cotton, which was the boss
trip Of the season. The river packets
will now reap u rich harvest, rs the
season is fairly opened.
Gov, John McEnery and Major Rich
ardson, were in our city on Sunday, hay
ing avaiIed themselves of the Whites
Lightning run to visit Baton Rouge. We
regret very much that we failed to see
them before their departure to New Or
leans.
There are now 1851 postoiliccs in
the United States, an increase of ls3S
i'll the past year, The number of offices
paying more than Que thousand dollars
zach, and therefore called presidential
poStoilices, is 1854. New York heads
the list with $50: Illinois comes next
with l62, then Pennsylvania with l32
and Ohio with l12.
The Capitol begins to look like thing
Of life. Already the frame work foy the
roof over the Senate aud House of Rep
rcscntativcS has been completed, and ere
long there will be- work Tor the slater. |
Tho Architect, Mr.. Frcrct was here on
tour Of inspection last week and he en-
pressed himself rs fully satisfied with
the progress of the work.
The Culinary Department, at the Uni
vcrsity, under the systematic manage
mcnt of the able CommiSsary, Mr.. l..
Jadoi, would do credit to many first
class hotels. The cookery is kept in the
ncatcst and highest order Of cleanliness
Everything looks bright thegeabonts
Mr.. Jadot selects the best of meats, veg
ctab1cs and groceries and sees that the
cooking is perfect. On Sunday evening
in company with some Of the Professors
we partook of the dinner and found it A
|. The Cadets seem to he perfectly sat
istcd with the new boarding arrange
mcnt.
An UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT. - On
d. 'iday evening last, while Mrs. Dough- I
erty and daughter and little child of ,
Mr.. Garig's, were riding out on North
street, they met with serious accident {
which came near resulting fatally. 1t
happened that the blind horse owned $
by Mr.. Nicholas Wax, was following q !
mule team, and losing it's direction, de Il
spite the efforts Of Mrs. Doughcrty to q
ward it oft, ran into her vehicle, turned v
it over and dragged her out upon the G
ground. The buggy was considerably b
damaged, Mrs. d. painfully bruised, so |,
as to need medical attention, and Mr.. 4
Garig's little girl so frightened as to be Il
thrown into u high fever. while, fortu- @
nately, Miss Donghcrty escaped unin is
inred. Had not the horse attached to e.
the vehicle been an old and trusty ami &;
nal, the probability is that the result h
would have been even more serious q,
The nnkindeSt cuts always come from o
friends, but friends too avail themselves "A
If certain privileges that others cannot "a
'lnim. In the topsy turvy in which we u
we're thrown by the Press Convention
nst week, We omitted 10 mention the
presence IN oar city of Col. X, A. Cross.
md Senator Parlangc, who had come