Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-08-28
STATE NEWS.

Tho editor of tho Peoples Vindicator ,
says that tho licenses due parish and
State are nearly oil collected, amounting
to $23l4 for the State, eli5t, for the par
ish. The fees of the sheriff for collecting
these lioenses amounted to $57,e5 for the
State and $2o, 80 for the parish. Time
consumed in collecting, three months;
May, juno and July. Expenses for col
Letting tax-clerks salary (per month,
$s3, 49, during collections $4,000. Dead
loss to sheriff, $l63,22. Reform has truly
become demagogne's humbug in this
State. The total fees for collections of
taxes due parish and State will not, In
this parish, pay the expenses of the sher-
if in their collection.
The parish prison of Nachitoches. says
the Vindicator, contains the following |
| inmates: Morile Boyo, colored, larceny
Jordan Hatcher, colored, larceny; Henry
Mccarthy, colored, perjury; John Jack
son, colored, larceny; WIN. Mccoy, white,
Ia ceny; WIN. Coil, white, larceny
Ben. j. Hance, white, larceny; Benz
colored, shooting; WIN. Smith, colored,
ARRAY Leon RACIAL, colored, serving
sentence; Henry Davis, colored, serving
sentence; Pegram Piaisance, colored,
serving sentence; Joseph Joiner, colored,
murder WIN Payne, colored, larceny.
The b. K. Capitolian, says: At o.
clock a. M, on last Saturday, Mr.. Jules
Bonnecaze breathed his last, after pain
full illness of several months. Nj. Bon
pccazc was the son of tho hon"red Vice
, Consul of France, who died snHe years
ago after reaching tho age of over seven-
ty winters, surrounded with the esteem
> and the love of our entire population
His deceased son was a man of culture
and education, possessing thoses4uaH"ef
Of heart which captivate the friendship
of all with whom they are thrown II
contact. The deceased leaves many rela
, tiyes and friends to mourn his Loss.
Marksville Bulletin: Tho pistol, TIL
knife and the razor have been freely US
id by some of our colored people dur'nI
the past week. At Holmesville it was
% stabbipg offair; at or near Cottonport
IL was a shooting scrape and in Big Ben
r. the razor was used with horrible ehec
We cannot give the particulars as
/, were uraLle to obtain detailed inform'
). ton. We presume that by the time II
N belligerent characters in his parish ha'
tested the nerve and decision OF Judt
VI Barbiu, and the zeal Of Dist. Attornt
Hunter, their wariike dispositions ;"
10 auieted to considerable extent.
On last Sunday Henry Anderson VI
OF known in this pari b as an active Al
II. leading colored politician was shot IN
, abdomen by young colored man nam
Masters. The shooting was tho result
y, q misunderstanding between the part
as about growing crop on the farm vt
,o derson. At last accounts his wonnd
w not considered dangerous. "A coio'
a woman perambulating our streets IN :,
h, nnde condition is about tho news'
;,sm We can chronicle this week.
,ros ;ncarcerated in tho calaboose p
a uaratory to q trip to Jackson, La. Il
ell nlauters of this parish have made eno'
corn for home consumption Many
ny o,r oldest farmers tell US that the p'
ce. eut crop is the heaviest in their fe"'
me hranee The population OF Avoye
,o,, has increased 81 per cent since inc
census.