Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-09-30
STATE NEWS,

| Morehouse Clarion: The jury in TIL
case of the estate w. viii Stevenson,
charged with murder, after rctiremcn
oftwenty minutes, brought in % verdicr
Of "Not guilty" last Monday night about
II o'clock.
As we stated three weeks ago, Mr.
Stevenson, after Guiding the officers OF
the parish for eighteen months, voluu.
tarily came back, surrendered himself,
| and demanded d trial The crime OF
which he was charged was very nnfor-
tunato one. Tho facts az ELECTED by the
testimony before tho Court were about
these: Will Stevenson and his cousin,
Sim Stevenson, between, whom ar,
aggravated fcud had existed for over q
year, met on tho night of tho 9th Of
December, 1879, at a party given ut tho
house ofMr. Humphrey, who lives in
ward 2. IL appears that each of the
boys had his mutual friends, some Of
whom made successful efforts to bring
about "a collision between the two COu-
sins. Some threats we're made by Sim,
and they wore conveyed to tho ears of
VIII, who prepared llimselfto meet the
worst, let it be what it might. The
issue finally came, when tho two boys
met face to face. will, being the more
expert in tho handling Of his pistol, shot
first, sending a ball through tho body of
Sim and into the wall behind him. Sim
died in half an hour. Will fled and
remained away as stated above.
Last Tuesday two colorcd men fought
1T Caddo over the possession OF dozen
eggs, and one was killed.
A child Of Henry Broussaru, of Lata-
ycite parish, was recently killed by
lightning.
Shreveport Standard: An invention, !
which bids fair to become of tho greatest
has come to our notice. 1t |
81 solar compass, and emanatcs from tho |
ingenuity ofCapt. Frank Moore, of our
;lty, who has been ut work on it, like |
edison on tho electric light, for many
ears. He has made many models, and
'asl them aside because Of their c0mpli-
cation, his object being to secure . sim
bic implement combined with accuracy,
which he has in the one VIC refer TO. #
an be made as q transit, or IN instrument
or surveying, or rs u quadrant or son
ant, and last Of all is u perfect clock.
he whole can he combined in ono. The
Instrument gives the true north FROM
'lnr'sc to sunset, consequently the
ariation Of the needle marks the noon
ccnratc'y; also the suns angle, and
he dccl'nation, giving tho latitude of
no place. 1t also gives tho hour and
'inutcs from sunset All of this is done
'i'hont calculation. The retraction |
! light is overcome and no instrument
III be moro accurate. On this principle
lc distance of any parallel of latule
ON the equator can be marked oven to
'lthn foot. Any ono of common
ltclllgcncc can, after few minutes
>plaHation, use the instrument with the |
rcatcst facility. Its cost Of CONSTRUCT ion
nominal compared with other instru-
tents in use.
Claiborne Guardian Some paper in this r.
lis State wants TO sec tho rules of the
rcss Association before taking any
ock IN it. This is absurd, as much 80
, clccting officers beforehand seems to
3. There can be no Association until
lc representatives Of tho various :
ur1'als or goodly number of them
Get, organize, prepare and adopt rules.
is expected that every paper in tho
ate will have a representative present,
ld that these shall by mutual inter
'ange Of views prepare - permanent
Sanization, with rules and regulations
T. its government. After this organiza-
III the Association will have its yearly =
ceilings. 1t is to be hoped that no ono !
i'll be so extra cautions as to hold back q
ID take no part in the organization. II
right that all should come together
ID take part in the preliminarics. {
DEATH or SYLVESTER Il. DAVS.-At !,
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