The Louisiana Democrat., 1883-02-21
STATE NEWS,

ionable at Morgan City.
The young men of Covington have
organized a literary society.
| Work is progressing finely on the
broken levees in Tensas Parish.
There are $50 cadets in attendance
at the La. State University at Baton
Rouge.
The Court officials of the Highland
City are to be provided with teie-
phone.
Over 100000 people witnessed
and took part in the last Mardi Gras
celebration.
In week or two about 500 men
will be at work, on the railroad a,
Baton Rouge.
George Taylor and George Grip
pings broke Jail in Many, Sabine
Parish, last week.
VIM. D. Hyde and Miss Cecile A.
Tourmy were married at Franklin
La, on the 15Lh inst.
There are ten cases of small pox
In St. Mary Parish-nins in Berwick,
the other at Franklin. 81.
About fifty persons were presen,
at the Jumped up" dance in Colfax,
on Thursday night last. ~
The prohibition of the sale of H.
quor in Thibodaux Parish is said to
give general satisfaction.
Philip Barnes WAS killed in St..
Tammany Parish one day last week
by the explosion OF boiler.
The recently elected officers OF
Opelousas Hope H. & L. Co., are to BE-
installed into Office to morrow.
The price for an or dinary four
year old beef in Lake Charles is
twenty dollars-Rather steep.
J. R. Dore succeeds his father,
Adrien Dore, deceased, in the man
agement of the Iberia Journal.
The Police Jury of Baton Rouge
have appropriated $50 for repairs on
each street leading into that place.
Eliza NJ. Bailio, wife of Judge j.
B. A. Foutenot, aged 46 years and 8
days, died at OpeIousas on the l1tb
inst.
d. U. Broussard, Esq, has resign
ed the Presidency of the Police Jury
Of New Iberia, La, on account Of bad
health.
The papers throughout the Sixth
Congressional district are highly ella
ted over the election of General Ed
T. Lewis. :,.x
Dr.. V. o. King, Of San Antonio
Texas, formerly of Avoyelles, has
fallen heir to $4,000 worth of prop
erty lately.
The Methodist Church at Opelou
sas is sadly ip need Of new organ
the one now used being worn ou1
and unfit for use.
Mr.. E. Phelps, Of Shreveport, il
going to- convert. the second story o.
his store building into a boot and
shoe manufactory.
Elk Governor Warmoth has pur
chased in Maine machinery for {
beet root sugar factory on his plan
tation in this State. "
Blind Tim has been TO Donald
sonville. The Ascension Democrat
thinks "his parallel is not to b
found the world over"
An ice factory is shortly to 81
built at Jeannerette, in this State
The gentleman undertaking the en-
terprise is Mr.. Morisi.
Both Fire Companies Of Opelou
sas are going to take part in thu
Firemen's procession, at New Or
leans on the 4th Of March.
N. W. Pope, of West Baton Rouge
has been appointed Judge of the go
Judicial District, to I'll the unex
pired term Of the late Judge J. L
Cole, deceased.
Mrs. Eliza Gaddis, formerly o
Monroe, La, died last week in Texa
of consumption. She was q vel
known contributor to the press o
Louisiana.
VIM. Heard, young man living
in Claiborne Parish, suicided las
week. No cause is known for th
rash act; other members Of his fam
lily died by their own hands.
The Morgan Railroad Co., hav
had a nice plank walk CONSTRUCTED
from their depot grounds at Wash
iugton to connect with the one bull
by the Town on Levee street.
During the late spell Of bad wealth
er in Shreveport, passengers wadin'
) out from the depot in quest Of luucl
were charged 35 cents for cup o
coffee and Is cents for loaf of bread
Sister Mary Austin Mddd, Mothe
!. Superior Of St. Vincent's Academy
at Donaldsonville, died in that insti
tuition on Sunday, Februrry 4th, age
u years. She was born at Opelou
The people Of Pointe Coupee ar
veryhuneasy concerning the presen
condition of the levees in. that Par
ish. AS the Mississippi is risin
rapidly things DO not look very en-
couraging.
The annual parade of the Fire De
partment of Baton Rouge comes o.
on Thursday, February 22d, Wash
ington's birthday H. F. Bruno
has been selected as the orator 70
the occasion.
The Sheriff of West Carroll Pal
ish has been suspended by Governo
McEnery from the offiae of Paris
and State Tax Collector. 1t
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