Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-23
STATE NEWS.

IOlIl UlIluS auNt ViVCO " o''"N''S S''NN
house on the ground, before the cxPra-
ton of 1880. The frnds collected from
licenses were set aside by mutual agree
mcnt between the village authorities
but nothing resulted except the building
of - small Jail. Since the funds have
not increased sufficiently to warrant the
laying of the foundations. If tho matter
is not shortly taken in hand and vlgor-
ously pushed tho land will revert to its
original owner, and the citizens will
lose the benefit of the donation.
Opelousas Democrat: At the lower
end of Facquetaiqne prairie, ut what is
usually called the "Gcrman settlement"
the land has always been considered
| worthless. But this year about 4,6OO
barrels of rice will be produced in that
| neighborhood, and within u very small
compass, not extending up the pralre--
which is quite narrow thcre-not mere
than three or four miles. This rice in the
CROUCH" will net about four dollars pcr
barrel. SO we have here in small neigh
borhood, where they used to produce
absolutely nothing for sale, revenue OF
Sl6,O 900. The rice lands in this neigh
borhood, the marshes, which were once
considered not only worthless but Il
nuisance, are now the most valuable ;
and it will not be long before they can
not be bought for any reasonable price.
Morgan City Review: On Monday,
Acting Marshal DcnnisShannon arrested
Gustavc Alexander, u mulatto, who was
about to take the steamship for Texas.
| Alexander is wanted in Lafayette par
ish for horse stealing committed several
years ago. Constable B. +. Harris came
down from Franklin the next day, and
took the prisoner to Vcrmillonvillc.
Columbia Herald: On Monday even
ing last y stabb;ng atfray occurred on
Mr.. d. Wade's plantation, on the river,
& miles below town. The pal Ties co''-
corncd in the difficulty were John Coates
and Elijah Berry, both colorcd men,
Between noon and srndOwn Coates en-,
tered Bcrry's house and charged him
with trying to take his wife away from
him, and then and there deliberately
walked up to where Berry was sitting
on the floor and stabbed him in the
shoulder with q pocket knife. Berry
Jumped and took the knife from Coates
and cut him twice in the abdomen
Coates then took to his scrapers and rul
as far as Mr.. Wadc's house and looka
round for Mr.. Wado's gun, which hap
pencd not to be in its regular place
followed by Berry with gun. BY thi'
time parties arrived and intcrfcrcd ant
prevented further bloodshcd. They
both became so weak from loss of blOOt
that they had to be carried home. Boil
men are in very critical condition
though there is some hope for their re
covery. A woman or hog is at tn,
bottom of half the cases in court
st. Bernard Eagle: On Thursday las
an old colorcd woman was found in a,
apparently dying condition on the lcvcc
near the brickyard of Frederic Roy \
Son. The unfortunate wcman was un
able to speak or partakc of food, and, al
though large crowd of darkics wcr
soon congregatcd around, no one volun
tcerc4 her: any assistance until, Il
length, Syndic George Aguilad hn
namely acted tho part Of the Good Sa
maritan and conveyed the poor creatur
to the city; Il charitable deed, but on
which, ike tho majority of virtnous ac
tiOns, VIC fear is destined to be its owl
reward. All this in % parish boasting
) pauper fund and parish physician.
:, Godey's Lady's Book