Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-03-05
STATE NEWS.


Vinion Brandon, colored, shot the
Ausky daughter Of Wesley Wilkins,
because she refused to many him,
hitting her in the face with one buck
shot and in the ribs with another.
Brandon isin Jail. The girl is not Sc
risusly hurt. - Last Sat-
urday Orange Benjamin shot .anoth-
er negro named George Peace in the
left breast, while engaged ina drum
ken row, at the store Of Mr.. "A. N.
TI,,st, eight miles below 'Colfax.
Peaos is badly hurt, but his wound is
not considered dangerous.
Monroe Bulletin There never was
in the history Of Monroe time when
money was SO scarce. Men who
have been flush for years now ask
indulgence. 1t is getting to be con-
sidered a big thing with everybody if
they can but make ends meet.
Opelousas Democrat: John Sonnier
| who was convicted at the last term OF
court. for the murder OF Andre Prud'-
homme some ten years ago, and sen
fenced to the penitentiary for life,
having failed to obtain a new trial
from the Supreme Court, was turned
over to the penitentiary convict camp
near Washington this week.
Shreveport Standard: We learn
from our friend Mr.. 7. g. Pegues, OF
DeSoto, who was in the city yes
terday, that a most distressing casu-
atty occurred on the plantation OF Mr..
John J. Marshall, Jr., in the northern
part of DeSato parish on last Thurs
day night, by which two little color
ed children we're burned to death. A
eolored man named Thomas Bray
boy, working on Mr.. Marshall's place,
went off to church in the neighbor-
hood. accompanied by his wife, on
the night in question, leaving at home
locked up in his house his two little
children, aged three and four years.
During the absence ofthe parents the
house caught fire and was totally con-
sumed with everything in it, the poor
little children perishing in the flames.
Opelousas Democrat: A few win
tiers in succession like the present one
has been, would make cattle raising
in this country, except where they
are fed, a losing business. The prai-
ries are dotted with dead carcasses, in
the fields the bitches are often COM
pletely stopped up with them. Buz-
yards, carrion-crows, cur dogs, hogs
and other consumers of carriOn, have
not been equal to the emergency, and
many carcasses are never touched
but the continuous cold weather pre-
; vented the whole country from being
pervaded with stencil.
Natchitoches Vindicator: One nigh
last week two colored men attempt
ed to burglarize the store of Mrs. G
FREEDMEN, at Montana on Cane river
about twenty miles below this city
In forcing open the store door the!
gave the alarm by ringing a bell at
tached thereto, for that purpose
This aroused Mr.. Friedman, who an
!, swered the summons with double
Y barreled shotgun. The robber
were so closely pushed that the,
Jumped into the river to escape. On
r named Melville BUou was drowned
o in the attempt to swim the river.
second attempt to rob that store j
not likely tn occur very soon.
e Monroe Bulletin: Last Thursda
,, night Jack Hunter and Peyton Hal
: both colored and both charged wit
l. larceny, took it into their heads to 6
IS forth and earn their bread. The
h mode of deliverance was an old OF
II and erdisappoints its undertaken
is Humanity prompted our Police Jul
l. to put a ventilator in the upstal
y rooms and various prisoners have e.
rs ercised their genius in displacing Il
II iron bars in the ceiling without iDj1
,e nv to the house and no considerab
h. expense to the parish. After gainil
v. the roof a rope blanket is made
t. shorten the leap. Heretofore the II
u. lo ln<n loft !.