St. Landry democrat., 1881-08-20

furled their black flag with scarcely warning
| the dire emergency for action did not arise but
in its stead followed an apparent aud we may
say marvellous and extraordinary quietness.
N1alefactors understood thatif the fray had be-
i, gun not one of them would have survived to
tell the tale and they, therefore settled down
! to peaceful ways But the Committee of Pub
> lie Safety considered their work but half fin
ished and in order to make assurances douby
. | sure issued a prOnunciamentO in which they
declared it to be their unalterable purpose to
see that order prevails and that the law is en-
forced against all who trample upon it without
distinction ofpersOn, race or politics. They de-
clared that they would hold to strict acconnta-
bility all officials who would i'll any manner
swerve from their public duty and display any
favOritism or lenency towards viOlatOrs of the
law. Placards containing their "declaraton of
principles were posted in conspicuous places
throughout the city so that hoodlunls who
prowl the city may read. or course there are
many people OF weak and easily excited tenn
pcraments who look upon the organization of u
committee of public safety with alarm and
predict dire results to the prosperity OF the
city. but fol- tunately such persons are moment
ties III the present crisis, and the work Will go
Oh until hoodlumism is buried forever About
seven months ago there resided i'll the down
town portion of the Crescent City pretty and
bewitching young girl of some sixteen summers,
loved by everybody and particularly worship
ped by the young men whose happy lot 1t was
to be acquainted with her, Possessed of Il com
Portable home and atfectOnate parents who
dotted her with that fondness which always
falls to the lot OF a favorlte ana only daughter
| Mary Fraser seemed to be the happiest crea-
ture living. OF course, as is always the case
with pretty girls she was sought by many love
stricken swains who bowed to her imperial will
and cOnfOrmed to her slightest wishes each i'll
hopes of winning her heart and hand But fol-
lowing the biblical legend the capriciOus young
lady called many but chose few. These few
narrowed down to a solitary and unpretentiOus
young man upon whom she lavlshed her love
| as only Il pretty girl knows how. For II time
Mary and her lover were as happy as the an
gels in heaven, but unfortunately not as pure
as those celestial birds. a fact which seems to
have lawned amazingly upon the mind of their
acGuaintances. Finally the curtain went down
them them in its lascivious skirts Mary fed her
home and broke the old folks hearts. Two
months ago she was arrested on the charge OF
violating a city ordinance relating to lewd and
abandoned women and OH account of her age
she was sent to the Convent OF Good Shepherd,
an institution for frail young women. Once i'll
that reformatory Mary evinred remorse for her
past life and expressed the wish to lead a pure
and virtuOus life. The good sisters who have
charge of the institution were 10th to believe
her and therefore refused to release her. The
change that had come over Mary's dreams was
too sudden to he believed. On Wednesday
night of last week Mary made a dash for liber-
ty by jumping out OF the second story window
of the institution, but the distance to the
ground was great that she fell upon the
pavement with great violence and was after
wards picked up in an ilisensible condition.
She is in the Charity Hospital and hopes are ell
tertained that she will recover
The Sanitary Association desire to inform
the people that the city is entirely free from
disease and that the streets, alleys and cutters
were never before i'll better condition of
cleanliness. During the month of July Doctor
J. T. Payne examined 621 hogs at the Slaugh-
terhouse and found two infected with trchnae.
The two infected pigs were shipped here from
st. Louis.
In regard to Gov. Wiltzs health the general
opinion is that it is very bad and that it is
doubtful whether the young Governor will
live the winter through. 1t will be great
lamity to Louisiana should her young Cover
nor reach premature grave:
| A verdant cOuntryman visited the Crescent
City q few days ago after a long absence.
and wishing to make up for lost
time INDUCED in big and prolonged spree.
Financially flush he took on board the best
corn Juice that was to be had and padding his
own came, started to buck the tiger and take
in the town. After visiting the keno halls and
variety halls of Royal street he went west
ward. and there ended his carOusals only to
realize that his wealth was gone and that he
was hundreds of miles from home in a great
| soiled doves named Mary Alice and Eliza Rid
dell OF having robbed him he yelled for a police
man to whom he related his SORROWS. When
| the time came to prosecute the prsOners-JuIcs
| Boucher verdant cOuntrynan-was not to
be found, and the suppOsition is that he backed
out and went home where he wept over his
better half and gulled her with story of hav-
ing lost his money on the street or had his
pockets picked, etc. Jules BOucher's name is
in the papers, however. The better class of
| Irishmen in New Orleans condemns in severe
| terms all plots to asSasSnate Englisllmen or
blow UP english vessels. Peter Herman, Sr.,
chief of the Hihelnians in the United States,
says that the Hibernians do not countenance
any such plan of warfare.
More than seventy five orphans and about
300 widows are snccOred by the volunteer fire
department of New Orleans.
ViolatOrs of city ordinances instead of re-
naming idle in the parish prison. now sent
to the workhbuse where they are made to
work.
chess tournament is in progress in the
| n,la.,
club. Valuable prizes will be awarded to the
! best player
As f0resladowed in previous letters, Captain
Leathcrs has instituted suit in the United
States circuit court against the wharf lessee
who, he alleges, is collecting excessive wharf
fees.
Doctor Jones the able president of the board
of health has compiled a valuable paper on
preyentable causes of diseases and death in
New Orleans. The learned physician holds
that the best preventives against disease are
the thorough protection OF the city from over
flow and a perfect surface and subsOi drain
age, the daily removal of garbage and the
thorough cleansing of the streets. alleys, and
cutters an abundant supply of river water for
public and private use; the protection of the
people of Louisiana from medical quacks such
as qrack doctors, quack midwives and Iuack
druggists; laws regulating the sale of drugs
and pOisOns; restrictive and regulatiye laws
upon the sale OF alcoholic and Intoxicating
stimulants; laws f0rbdding the adulteratiOn Of
food; the thorough ventilation Of public and
private dwellings: proper supply OF pure air
and pure water. Doctor Jones further recon-
mends the appointment of inspectors to in
spect drugs, milk, food, liquor, wines bitters
etc. water. He condemns the use of eaden
pipes and tanks to convey or store water, and
says that rain water acts most energetically
upon lead and produces symptoms of lead
poisoning. such as violent cramps (colca pic
torillm) and general paralysis. There were
| $40 eases OF cOlica pctOrium in the Charity
| Hospital from 1912 to 1880. 10 of which proved
fatal. During the same period 3s4 cases OF
collie and deaths occurred, and the cause is
attributed to lead poisoning. From 1864 to
Doctor Jones recommends the formation of
society for the prevention oi drowning, alleg
| ing and proving by statistics that 1902 inhabi-