Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-18
STATE NEWS.

Feiiciana Sentinel What came very
near being suicide on Saturday last,
was prevented by al unknown man in
Bayou Sara. A german woman, for
some time suffering on sick bed, went
down to the Bayou and jumped In, and
would have drowned but for the timely
assistance,
Ibervillc South: One Of the centrifu-
gals on the Forlorn Hope plantation
broke last Saturday, the fragments kill
Ing Mr.. Peter White and wounding one
other. We have not received full par
ticulars Of the occurrence as yet. Mf.
White was an industrious and valuable
citizen and his death will he a heavy
blow to his family. During the late
war he was q private in the Iberville
Greys, Sd Louisiana Regiment.
Postmaster Wilkinson of Donaldson
vile has received an official letter from
Second Assistant Postmaster General
Thos. J. Brady, dated December Z,
which says:
The Postmaster General has ordered
that contract be made with Is. II. Pc
terson Of New Orleans, La, for convey
ing the mail on route No, 3O,0s5, from
Donaldsonville to Baton Rouge and
back six times week, from jan. to
Dec. 81, 1881, IN safe and suitable
steamboats,. Report the date Of COM
mencement Of service.
We dedicate the following extract,
| from the East Felioiana Patriot Demo-
crat, to the Republican howlers who as
sert that the condition Of the poor negro
in the Solid South is truly pitiable, It
mnst'n not be forgotten, either, that East
Feliciana bears the reputation Of being
the bulldoozing parish, par excellence,
Of Louisiana: Gas an illustration Of
the fact that in East Feliciana on in
dustrions colored man can do well, we
mention that on Saturday last Alonzo.
George called at our Office, paid his sub
scription to our paper for the past year,
and renewed for the present. He also
paid to q sewing machine agent o bal
ance due Of $27 so, and on tho following
Monday, after paying his taxes, pur-
chased ITO acres Of ground On one,
two, three aud four years. He is hon
est, industrious and intelligent, and by
the end Of the four years, he will have
! paid for bis little farm"
! Natchitoches vindicator: Jack Co.
ings, quiet well to do colored man,
while returning to his home from this
city, last week, was met near his dwell
ing, in presence of u number Of persons,
and brutally assaulted by two colored
men, who were armed with razors and
hoes. G0ings was knocked down aud
badly beaten. The parties assaultipg
are well-known and will no doubt be
dealt with as their crime deserves. -.
The farmers will yet learn how mucl,
value these birds are to them, and when
they do, will join in suppressing their
slaughter As edible birds they are
worthless, but as destroyers Of insects
which prey upon our crops there Is no
bird equal to the Blackbird. Many
farmers attribute the gradual decline Of
the depreciation Of caterpillars of late
years upon the cotton crop to them.
Let US preserve them for trial of their
virtue in these respects, at least. Don't
| kill any more Blackbirds
| Ozeman Derbanne, colored, while
driving his OK team through the cross
ing on Bayou Julien, fell from the
tongue, on which he was setting at the
time, and the wheels passed over his
neck nearly severing his head from his
body. Death was instantaneous. 80. We
learn that the child Of colored parents
on Mr.. John Prudhomme's plantation
below this city, OH Cane river, was
burned to death last week. The mother
and father left the child at home in bed
and went visiting to neighbours and on
their return found the building destroy
cd and the child mass of charred
bones. When parents learn to be more
careful there will be less Of these heart
rending accidents to record.