Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-03-10
STATE NEWS.

Shreveport Standard: When the fatal
accident occurred OH Wednesday night,
IN which Mr. Michel Bon,pet lost his life
by the crushing in Of Leman 4 Coo
store by falling wall, . stranger APP !,
pearcd in front Of the building, and
learning there was u man beneath tho
rims, at once volunteered, ut tho peril
Of his own life, to enter, and did so. !
through the debris Cropping his way
on hands and knees through tho fallen
timbers, in some places the openings
being hardly wide enough to squeeze
through, hc reached tho point where
Michel Bo,npet lay dead, entirely COW
cred with tho debris. Finding " Inn
possible to remove tho body, he return
cd and with the assistance Of others
succeeded IN digging the body Out, after
several hours work. The stranger we
| refer to was Mr.. u. 3. Carpenter, an
employee on tho New Orleans Pacific
Railway, and brother Of DR.. Carpenter,
OF tho firm Of Carpenter Il Mallory,
| bridge contractors. He was assisted In
recovering tho remains by Chief Anstin,
Commissioner Grim, Mr.. Frank Denhain,
| Mr.. John Wahl and another gentleman
whose name we did not learn. Such
deeds OF bravery Nv displayed by Mr..
Carpenter should not be allowed to pass
nnreconled. Nor, indeed, should tho
names ofeither Of the gentlemen named,
I for the duty they performed was Off
/ most perilous character, and wbilo tbs
i whole was going on the crowd on the
/ outside waited with breathloss anxiety
0 fearing the precarious wills still stand
: ing would fall and bury tho noble
i workers beneath them.
u Ouacl,ito Telegraph: Mrs. Mary X.
d Richardson, the wife Of our esteemed
Il fellow citizen, Col. Robt. Richardson,
y departed this life on last Friday, the
ID 18th inst, after a long md painful III.
Of ness. An illness which she had borne
ID viii, that patient forti tudc which con-
p s,itutes one OF the most beautiful traits
~ IN true womanly character. But
at scarcely thirty-fve years old, Mrs. Rich
I'd ardson leaves % devoted husband ana y
I'D large family Of children to mourn their
pn irrcparablc loss. Besides this, she has
mp left n blank IN our community which it
la will be difficult to fill. She had, for
he years, occupied leading position IN tho
he social circles Of our city and but few
ar public works Of charity or bcneyolence
sc, were commenced or achieved without
by Ter aid, countenance and support. Tru
oc- " may We say, a lovely woman hal
5hc gone to her rest--gonc, securely trusting
in tho blessed promise Of u cruciticd 10
: OF .leemcr.
se, North Louisiana "a difficulty
cod growing ont Ola game Of cards occurred
leu last Sunday on Mrs. Stacy's Botany Ba,
op' plantation, between two colored mer
ass Bill Smith and Richard Blue, in whic
thc ,he latter was stabbed in the back
the Smith made his escape, and at this wri
TO ;np It is believed that Blue is mortal
''o' wounded.
''' Point Coupee Banner; On last MOI
;, " day, an old negress, who lives on IL
Wy Olivia plantation, on False River, au
I" who is fully one hundred years oil
ae' died suddenly. Immediately prepar'
YIN tions were made, the corpse was la
run ont, the negroes Of the neighborhos
'oN' congregated, prayed, sang and mourn'
"' several hours around the late lamente
" just as preparations were made to bu
'""' ber. when tho mourners were well MT
'"a exhausted, to their horror, the old "
'"' man came to life, not beng dead, but
''"' q state oflethargy. 1t would DO a ma
NV matter, however to convince tho negro
of the neighborhood that the old won
was not really dead; that she did
~ visit tho other world, obtain a NJ
;. no lease Of life, besides being clothed W
.a,y super natural powers; that she will
aror n long number of years, that she can
veal the secrets of the future, can Il
"a % the sick and perform any and all mi
gu. cles. IL the old woman will only u
,,t;sh advantage Of this state fittings, ane
s.;a about the sick, performing all kinds
.r,,,r incantation, there is no telling J
:, tho many miracles she will perform
ri 10 The DeSoto Democrat says the pee
Keeil,~t Of Mansfield have displayed more en-
y the prise, in trying to further the inter
'oss 10 of the place, than any other town Oh
close limo of the New Orleans Pacific road,