Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-08-30
STATE NEWS GLEANINGS.

MONROE bulletin MONDAY night DC
, tween eleven and twelve O'Clock
mob broke into the Sheriff's OF
flee, possessed themselves of the iai
keys and carried off the bodies of Alex
Wilson and Perry Muson, colored, boil
confined under charges Of murder;the for
mer for killing Reuben Leonard. color
ed o month ago, aud the latter for killing
Anderson Mitchell, also colored, on thu
the 18th instant. Wilson had a prelim
mary examination and had been com
mitted without bail. Munson's exami
nation was fixed for yesterday Tn,
prisoners were hung between town ant
the Bayou Desiard. DR.. Cage is the on
ly person who saw the mob, and has
no idea of its complexion. Some Of
them were evidently well acquainted
with the Sherff's Office rs they knew
just where to find the keys and what
implements were necessary to force the
locks Such proceedings are tindefensi.
bic and have and are doing the country
infinite harm and injury.
Clinton Patriot Democrat /: On the
18th inst, Mt about II o'clock, a. m, the
alarm of fire was given and it was soon
ascertained that the trouble was at the
premises of Mrs. NJ. Harris, in this town
Our citizens made all possible haste to
reach the scene of the confagration, and
succeeded after much work, in arresting
the flames. The fire originated on the
kitchen root, and was owing to the stove
pipe, which had thoughtlessly been run
through the roof and left without any
thing to prevent its setting fire to the
shingles The damage was fortunately
slight.
Shreveport Standard Yesterday,
Deputy Sheriff W. II. Wemsey, of Red
River parish brought up to this city one
Ben Adley, horse thief, and turned him
over to Sheriff Lake for safe keeping,
the Jail ut Coushatta being considered
insecure. Sheriff Lake put him behind
the bars and we warrant he will be for
Incoming when called for.
Shreveport Standard Yesterday q
colored man named Tilman Allison made
an affidavit before Justice l.. f., Carter
charging one Ward Porter with making
an assault upon Aleck Kendall with
intent to kill hun, 1t seems that both
parties (colored) were employed on Mr..
Robertson's place across the bayou, and
became involved in n quarrel about Some
cotton baskets, which caused Porter to
pick up q piece of scantling and beat
Kendall with it, At first it was supposed
the wounds were not of o serious nature,
and the charge was made as stated
above. Late yesterday evening, how
ever, we learned from DR.. A. A. Lyon
the wounded man had died from the
effects of the wounds he had received.
We failed to learn whether the guilty
party was arrested orr not.
Terrebonne Times: Mr.. Francois
Niguerie has been having a "dr.ve
welI' put down on his Point Farm plan
tation on lower Terrebonne, and instead
OF water has struck gas, which issues
from the pipe with considerable force
aud when lighted burns with a bright
tight, the flame reaching nearly two
feet high. If Mr. Viguerie can utilize
the gas to light his sugar-honse, which
stands near by, it will be more valuable
than well of water
lberville South: A shooting affair
took place in this town on Saturday
night last between two colored men
named Clark and Jesse Conway. in
which the former was shot in the Thigh |
with pistol ball. Both parties were
arrested aud locked up in the parish
Jail.