St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-07-16
Clippings.

Lafayette Advertiser: Stop 'em!-
Those people about the Court House
what are they going to do? Can't some
body stop them before they ruin it with
that white stuff? 1t is to be plainly. seen
that some one has gone deliberately to
work to have the Court House painted.
Has the like of such ever been heard
of?
Lafayette Advertiser: William P.
Guldry, son of the late Edgar p. Guidry,
aged about 8 years, met with sad and
fatal accident on his uncle's &C. DOucet
farm in this parish on the End inst. The
little fellow was leading horse with a
rope from the field, when the horse be-
coming frightened ran off, entangling
the boy in the rope and dragging him
some distance, and SO injuring him that
he died few moments after being ia
ken home.
Lafayette Advertiser: More Shoot
ing.-Whether it be the comet, or the
conjunction OF the planets that causes
these things, we know not, but there
have been, on a small scale, "wars and
rumors of wars" in this locality such as
we are unaccustomed to. Last Friday
On the plantation of Mrs. Felix Olivier
in this parish, George johnson and a
party whose name we did not learn,
both colored, becoming involved in a
difficulty, resort was had to pistols
which strange to say they had with
them, at least so we were lnfOrmed-to
settle the matters at issue. Result
johnson severely wounded and the
shooter, non com attibus in swampo.
Next.
Abbeville Meridional: Quite many
cases civil and criminal have been
disposed of during the sitting OF the
District Court, which adjourned sine
die last Saturday.
Judge Clegg, notwithstanding the
delicate state of his health, displayed
energy, discretion, and tact in the per-
Torrance OF his arduOus duty.
There have been three convictions to
the State penitentiary for theft, two
white men and one negro, the Jail is full
to the utmost of such as are guilty of
minor offences, as assault and battery,
failure to perform work on public
roads, ETC., The pcaceable citizens of
Vermillion are elated at the turn affairs
have taken since the last decade, crimi-
nails OF all shades have no showing
when brought to the bar of justice, they
are dealt with numerically.
Lafayette Advertiser: On Sunday, Sd
inst in the public road not mile west
from town, Gustave Louviere, colored
| was shot to death by Francois Senegal,
also colored both of this parish. The
circumstances of the killing it seems
were as follows: The parties had quar-
relied a few days before, or at any rate
were not on friendly terms, and when
they came together on Sunday agreed
to settle their differences by a regular
"ist fight and were preparing to carry
the agreement into effect, when a third
party-Adam lillian placed in the
hands Of Louviere revolver, telling him
not to lose time in what he was about
to do, or something to that effect, think.
ing perhaps that Senegal was not pre-.
pared for this emergency. Louviere
went to work in good style with his
death dealing weapon, but he haC
reckoned without his host" He sue.
ceeded in getting in three shots before
Senegal could respond, but when he did
| it was most effectually. He too was
"heeled," and his first shot brought
Louviere to the ground, producing
death soon after, if not instantly. The
survivor, Senegal, received one or two
balls from the pistol of his antagonist
one inflicting wound quite serious
about the thigh. He subsequently sur
! rendered himself to the Sheriff and il
| now in Jail. He has had proper medi
| cal attendance and we learn that his
condition is satisfactory.
Adam Hillman, he who furnished
Louviere with the revolver, was alse
arrested, charged as accessory before
| the fact.