St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1881-08-06

messed The assassination testified that between
! ;o,+ avid nine o'clock as he was passing
tbrourh Exchange alley to Customhouse he
| ho,rd :, shot fired and as he reached tho cor
uer of Bieuville lie saw little man III stoop-
ing nosition firing around the corner with what
he thought was carbine. He fired III the ol-
,ectiop of zimmerman's house, from the up
town side of the street. After firing he sprang to
his feet, threw his gun away, dropped MS I'D
| and ran AWAY. He afterwards identified him III
| the prison. He was Ardltto. There WAS ii piS
man with the little man. The Dig man oroppe"
a pistol and also ran. He recognized the piS
man as Vasso.
Other witnesses will be produced on the trial
| in the criminal Court, and it is said that Afdlt-
to and Vasso will have hard road to traVei.
! The excursion of the army OF tennessee 10
| Baton Rouge over the New Orleans racine
| Railway promises to be a grand a1talf. Inc
tickets have been placed at such small sum
| that they are selling like hot cakes so that IL
| looks as if the entire population is gong 10
. Baton Rouge. The excursion train will leave
New Orleans at A. NJ. and is expected to reach
Baton Rouge by one p. NJ. There is no doubt
that Baton Rouge will be equal to the task as
signed to her for the seventh. 1t will be re-
membered that sometime ago two poys,
Joseph and Henry Klcinkemper were drowned
| in Bayou st. John opposite the Spanish Fort
and that the heroic action OF two walters at
the Spanish Fort Hotel, and George Cogan a
brave little fellow from Algicrs, was pro
claimed and appauded far and wide. These
heroes by their heroic conduct saved three
boys from drowning. George CoSan is about
fourteen years of age. The walters have been
presented each with a gold medal on which is
engraved with their names the following
90 Pour lie Sauvelase dc G. Kelley N. O. lie JUN,
1881, )" and upon the reverse: g Medaille offertc
| gar les habtants du Fort Espagnol." mas
sive gold medal will be presented to Master
George Cogan for his daring and noble act
| Hillsdale Doyle Granite company of New York
| have been awarded the contract for the con
structon Of the New Cotton Exchange, which
will be erected on the corner of Carondelct and
Gravier. The amount agreed upon is, S203, 00C
and the building is to be completed i'll January
| 1883. The lower floor is to be ready for the use
by October !, 1882. The Hilldale company Will
subct contracts for minor works. There were
only four bidders for the whole contract
A strange case or 1 may say one of those
cases which one hears now and then, " came tc
light i'll the crescent city this week and was
very much spoken about. 1t seems that about
eight months ago a certain Hoffman who al
the time had his domicile i'll the city of Pensa
cola became infatuated with a certain damse
of the crescent city, greatly to the dctriment
of his family, his home and his friends. Mrs
Hoffman loved her husband and it may be SAID
that the love amounted nigh to an infatuatOl
so that many OF Hotfman's sins OF omission as
how,
However Hoffman belonged to that tribe whc
when they are given IL half take a whole and
hence when he realized the fact that his better
half was blinded in her affections for him be
haved i'll a manner altogether unwarrantablt
by the circumstances of the case. III fact ht
was lulled into fanced security, and one fine
morning Mrs Hoffman realized the fact tina
she was minus her husband, and that llnles:
she eXerted herself and got over her dreams
her truant spouse would be lost to her for al
time to come. She therefore overcame hel
lethargy and took the situation in tiSurativel,
at a glance. Hoffman and his solled dove were
tracked to the Crescent city where it seems the
pair had already enscOnced themselves aui
were earnestly making " love in cottage" ant
had in fact settled down with the intention " t.
stay" In order to frighten Hoffman into
realization of his crime against the laws o
good society and OF crime the aid OF two OLE
and experienced detectives were invoked
Hoffman was taken unawares and met his wifi
face to face. He was for a while dumfounded
but it did not require much shuttling on lii
part to regain his equilibrium. He expressed
repentance for his villainOus conduct an,
promised to make the proper amends. o
| course there is no law to cover HofPman's case
but nevertheless the majesty of its representa-
tives was invoked and as is seen with beneficial
effects. But Hoffman was only feigning. n
promenaded the streets for six hours AM
realizing the fact that his wife and child would
not tire created disturbance for which he wa
duly locked up.
His representations next morning to ii.
Recorder were of such a nature as to Undue
that benign judge to grant him an nncond
tional release. Six hours after the release Mrs
Hoffman and her child were picked up on tn
streets deserted, forsaken and alone. Hoffna
returned to his soied dove and his faitlfu
spouse retraced her steps to her Pensic oil
home.
Hoffman who at the time was an en-
ployee in L'Hote's factory lost his place and j
now tramp without friends and without
, | nOule. 1uS ucicSdllOu VI uitutH ltOlu tul
city who visited Chicago seems to have cas-
odium on the department and the consequence
is that a movement to organize pal
department which though at first was but idl
talk, has since the recent Chicago episode, be
| come crystalized into formidable shape TIL
fixed fact judging from Chicago papers is tina
the Chicago excursionists from n. 0. behaves
most disgraeefully in the former city wher
they made the houses of prostitution, etc
their headquarters. The Chicago papers sa,
that the gamblers and prostitutes of Chicag
, constituted the hosts of the New Orleans fire
men. This chicago affair has done more t.
!, ! shape public opinion in favor of paid fire dc
partment than all the newspaper argument
ever published.
Au revoir, EPSILON MI.