St. Landry democrat., 1882-04-29

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goods under false pretences;, naI
next? Louis Tieman, a well-knoM,n
cigar merchant doing business on 5he
corner Of Canal and Exchange Alley
has disappeared and his relatives ana
friends are very much alarmed, the
more so because Mr. Tieman's business
is in a t1ourishing condition and there
is good amount in the bank III MS L. Ia
vor. Mr.. Tieman is member OF Cne
Associat tion of the Army OF Northern
Virginia.
ny's house in Algiers is no doubt guilty
Of gross negligence in not sounding the
alarm of fire at the proper time, lhere
is no doubt that if she had sounded tue
alarm or had permitted the officer VINO
insisted upon performing that lndlspene
sable act, to do so, the large amount OF
property consumed by the relentless
flames might have been saved from
destruction.
An other attempt, if not murder IN
the Crescent City, and by Crescent
City hoodlum. Another stigma OF dls-
grace on the fair name OF the Cresceht
City. The scene OF the dastardly act
was ball room-in the midst OF gay |
party of young folks Melia sent a bullet |
into the body of a young man named
McMahon. The feud was of long stand
ing and eliminated in a victory Tor the
assassin and may be an untlmely deatil
for the victim. How long the law ablu-
ING people of New Orleans will tolerate
| the present disgraceful condition OF al
| fairs is problem which time alone can
solve, but when solved the solution Will
demonstrate itself in tones OF roaring
thunder and blood. G. p. S.
The special message of President
| Arthur upon the subject OF levees ana
the improvement Of navigation ON the
Mississippi river must strike all citizens
irrespective of politics as emlnently
wise, patriotic and timely, and to the
planters in particular, it must De re-
ceived with unbounded JOY because IT.
heralds the approach OF the time when,
through the aid of the National Gov
ernment the levees will be rendered as
lasting and secure and their estates pro-
tected for all time to come from the re-
lentless ravages of the Father OF Wa
ters, Emanating as it does from Re-
publican President, the levee message
must sound strange in the ears OF the
! Democracy as its beneficial effects Will
be felt almost solely by a people who
abhor Republicanism and worship the
shrine OF Democracy, and we may say
that the anthor of that patriotic. mes
sage must indeed be statesman In eV-
ery sense of the word, noble in his i'm
pulses, broad in his views, and Presl-
dent of the United States indeed.
There are some politicians who nave
established regulations as prophets ID
their own country" who contend that
President Arthur has entered a fine bid
3 for the Southern vote and that he may
not reckon without his host when the
! time comes for a grateful people to eX-
press their gratitude for their beDefac-
tors. In this city the cotton and other
> exchanges have already expressed their
hearty recognition of the Presidents
, noble act in calling the particular atten-
> tion of Congress to our direful situation,
= and no doubt, as time rolls on, the great
mass of the people will rally to the sup,
port of the National President and
. make the welkin ring with patllotlc
: huzzahs in honor OF so great man
= The melo,lions sound of the bugle has
= already been heard in the Crescent City
let it resound throughout the Misslsslp-
. ri Valley and the day OF victory IS moi
. far off.
C. C. Cain and George Ferris, the for:
a mer ex-captain of the Parish Prison ane
= the latter a prisoner in the Parish Prls-
4 on, have at last received their just due'
+ for for the the outrages they committed in thi
= CITY a short while ago. The Wlntz
' Cain affair must still be fresh in th'
:, minds of the reading public. Whit
+ and Cain had been paying deuoar to tn
# same lady who it seems, expressed ne
+ preference for WintZ and OF course he
# disdain for Cain. Cain thereupon. re
n solved to avenge himself upon W1ntz
q and taking prisoner with him as com
TN of
"a Fortunately for Wintz he was absen
f from his house and escaped bodil,
y harm from the avengers. The depre
. dators hywever, spent their fury upo7
4 Wintzs property, destroying ever
= household article they could find, an
to can the climax shot at and Wounde'
Is AN innocent passer-by who had the te
~ merity to gaze at them as they. Wer
T. leaving the scene of the depreciation
Is For the last offense they were tried be
- - fore the Criminal Court and the Jur
k convicted both of the crime OF wound
~ ing less than mayhem. Cain ls oroth
) er-in-law of Criminal Sheriff, Brewster
~ who no doubt must feel Dad at III
z denouenent Of his relative ana pohtlcs
!, Dr. G. B. White ex-President OF tn
~ Roard Of Health and Sanitary Dlrectt
~ Of the Sanitary Association, died la'
a Saturday. His remains were embalme
and taken to Vermont, his native Stat
Re for interment. DR.. White stood hlg
!, in his profession.
X The Carondelet street brokers as we
a as holders Of city securities are vel
r. much exercised over the recent declslo
" Of the United States Supreme Court de
N claring the consolidated bonds, COZ
n tract between the city and the holdel
o. of the bonds and decreelng That the IL
A. terest thereon shall be pald DH Thn prele PC,