Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-22
STATE NEWS.

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the Mississippi river appropriation
which will probably be reduced to 81,
200, 900.
Keachi Female College has suffered
another sad blow. Professor Marley a
few months since committed suicide,
three weeks after assuming his duties.
His successor, Professor Rundells, was
killed two days after his arrival by a cy-
clone; and their immediate successor,
Professor Mcdonald, of Virginia, died
this week of measles.
At Shreveport negro driver for a
railroad team was thrown from a run.
away mule wagon, and his face literary
torn to pieces, and negro laborer in a
compress had his hand crushed SO that
it is thought he will not live.
Shreveport Times Wednesday even
ing Geo. Cook and John Lawler were
arrested for disturbing the peace and
confined in the city lookup. While i'll
prison Lawler assaulted Cook, knocking
him down and beating him in the most
brutal manner, kicking him in the face
and on the head with his boot. Yester-
day Cook went before Justice Carter
and made affidavit against Lawler,
charging him with assault and battery.
Lawler was arrested, and not being able
to furnish bail to the amount Of $3.50,
he was committed to jail, ,..
Monday night between and 9so'clock,
colored girl named Mary johnson,
while walking with male companion
on Commerce street, near jones' saw
mill, was assaulted by colored female
dressed in male attire, who struck her
over the head with bottle of water,
cutting a deep cash. The man who
was walking with Mary knows the
name Of the girl who struck the blow,
but he refuses to give her away. Jeal-
ousy was the cause. ... ~
Certainly the contractors on the New
Orleans Pacific road have had q hard
time of it. The weather has been SO
miserably bad that it was impossible
for them to make much progress, especi-
ally in grading. Nor has it been more
favorable for tying. No doubt the
company will make due allowance for
these drawbacks.
A daring attempt was made to rob
the store of Mr.. Abe Dreyfuss on the
levee Saturday night, and the attempt
was only frustrated by the boldness of
the rascals themselves. A dry goods
box was placed in the doorway and on
this one of the thieves stood, and reach
ing above the points Of the iron rods in
the door broke a large pane of glass, so
as to enable him to get hold of the
spring latch and thus open the doors
from the out side, but in breaking the
glass the rock slipped from the hand Of
the operator and fell to the floor making
a terrible crash, at which they took
fright and ran away. Officer Charles
Dewing, hearing the noise, went as
rapidly as possible, but arrived too late
to discover who the parties were. Mr..
Dreyfnss was notified and he and Mr..
Dewing set about mailing pieces of
plank over the broken glass, and while
engaged in mailing on plank a large
piece of glass fell from the upper side of
the door, striking Mr.. Dreyfuss on the
third finger of the left hand, cutting off
large piece Of the flesh.
Morgan City Review: The Land Re-
clamation Co., have tested the model
barges, which Capt. John Hanson built
for the steam drums, which work the
heavy plows, to be used on their land,
and pronounce them success. The re-
gular blowing will commence about the
Goth of this month, and the acme of sue
cess of this grand undertaking will have
been fairly begun. At present the
work Of the cabins, ETC., upon the barges
is being carried on, and we shall shortly
give our readers an account of the work
done, with q prospectus of the company,
on their immense rice field. A lively
scene in one of Perret's quarters out of
Franklin: two colored persons, Reason
Duga, ST., and Reason Duga, Jr. h., Thurs
day evening of last week, 1t was by
reason of the purchase of q new pair
of shoes that the souls of these two
Reasons became excited other reasons
not here stated. Reason Duga, Jr.,
reached for shotgun in the corner of
the room, and blazed away with both
barrels at his pater familias. p. +.
lodged, and the rusty loads went
through a widow and brought up in the
old family mare in the yard. For this
reason, Reason Duga, Jr., has got him