Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-03-29

o QRfrOW SuSSU k~H1oess SAsSN' - -.
Longwood plantation on the Mississippi
river, to one Of his stores on old river, |
a distance Of three or four miles. This
will be done for the purpose Of facilita-
ting the shipment of . large quantity Of
cotton and seed that is annually Pre-
vented from going to market on &C.
count of bad roads. He thinks that be-
tween 5000 and 5000 bales Of cotton
will come over the road yearly, besides
q large quantity Of cotton seed. This
will make Longwood q shipping point
of importance, and may, possibly, be
the means ofbuilding q town there ofsome
magnitude. Providence, should there
fore, look to her laurals and lose no time
in building our road to tho hills. The
hills once reached the extension to Ham
burg is an assured fact. Let there be
full meeting OF the directory on the
first of April, to the end that work be
commenced on the road Immediately.
Natchitoches indicator: Last Thurs
day night we were presented with
spnr, sent to us through Mr.. w. n.
Brazil, by Mr.. VIM. Smith who lives
not far from Fort Jessup, in this parish.
Thespur was ploughed up in Mr.. Smiths
field. The rowel is composed Of six
long steel prongs measuring, each, four
inches from the centre, the shank is
FIVE inches long, with two fancy curled
pieces at each end, next to the axis OF
the spur and the heel plate has stee
pendants from which must have dangled
iingling bells. The whole weight, cor
roded and lessened by the rust of years,
a pound. We might conjure up a pic
ture of We olden time, when some Mex
lean in his gay attire and broad SOM
brero, with clang and jingle of these
| huge spurs, rode along the trails from
the far off land of the trails from the
far off land Of the Montezumas, leading
q mule laden with Mexican dollars. as
he sought the trading posts at TT. Jes-
SUD and Natchit0ches for supplies OF
pastime. Time and civilization have
t obliterated many of the strange belong
I ings of the past, and only as accident
brings to light some such relic as this
!, cumbrous and huge instrument, are we
reminded of its strange actors and Gus
toms.
, Coushatta Citizen: A difficulty OF
Kenilworth plantation, a few miles be
low town, last Saturday evening, be
tween Thornton Nicolls and Wilson
Willoughby, both colored men, resulted
{ in Nicolls fatally wounding Wilioughb.
8 with knife. Nicolls is in Jail, BON
: having been refused him by Judge Lo
s gan.
# Morehonse Clarion: In a1narrel owe
J. game of cards in the Sth Ward las
a Tuesday, Allen Jones was killed by a
Tippctt by having his jugular vein Gu
and bleeding to death. The murdere
= escaped. Henry Tippett was shot, i
70 the same quarrel, and five bucksht
lodged in his shoulder, but he is not 81
,e riously wounded. All the participant
are highly colored.
" Franklin Sun: On the night Of II
le 18th Mrs. Spaulding, who last YET
ne moved from this parish to Edwards St
n, ton, Miss, shot and killed a your
T. man named Joe Naples. The partic
IN lars as near as we can CLEAN, are as tt
lows: About 10 o'clock, P. NJ, the CT
lg, liens heard the report ola gun at Il
VI residence of Mrs. spaulding and, on
at tcring, found young Naples in dyil
on condition, having been shot near t
no heart with buck shot. Mrs. Spauldil
,nt has been arrested and we refrain frc
an giving any further details until we he
ue from the trial.
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On last Saturday night a negro ma
ted ed John Smith, recently from Alaban
ssh resides at Mr.. John O'Brien's, in
so Hurricane ncighborhood, while AISLE
md in his house, was assaulted, and Sc
hes ously, if not fatally wounded by an
l e known party, who struck him on
an head with al ak, fractnring the SKI
on The would he assassin succeeded
to making his escape. Suspicion points
ak No a negro living in the neighborhood W
tho whom Smith had had difficulty
we days previous. No arrest has yet b
lion made. Smiths condition is said to
,s,1 critical.
this New Orleans States: The Ba
aust Rouge CApIToLIAN has interviewed
IVA number of planters on the west ban'
" the river relative to granting the II
hree d way through their lands for bra