St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-07-14
state News.

The sugar cane crop in this State is
reported to be excellent.
A fire which broke out in No. "a
Tchoupitonlas street, New Orleans, be-
fore noon, last Sunday, destroyed about
$4,000 worth of property, including
said building and damaged several
others.
Andy Downes, a New Orleans hood
lum, was shot and killed, by David
Noyes, last Sunday morning.
At Plaquemine, Iberville parish, last
Sunday, Tim Benton, colored, fugi-
tive from justice shot and killed Robert
Duggan, who was assisting the officers
to arrest him-Benton escaped.
James L. Lobdell Of West Baton
Rouge, has been appointed register OF
the State Land Office, in place OF }. u.
Richardson, resigned.
The Press newspaper, published at
Baton Rouge, has suspended there are
too many newspapers for the amount OF
patronage, in this State.
The West Baton Rouge Sugar-Plant-
er reports that as soon as the water
subsidies sufficiently, work will begin
on the railroad between there and Yer
milionville.
Sugar Planter How is it that with
$4,000 to the credit of the School Fund,
as shown by the report OF the State
Treasurer, our teachers are so poorly
paid and the schools throughout most
parts Of the country looked upon as of
no material advantage
A New York firm has established a
saw-mill at Alexandria.
Jack Williams and j. O. Shrieyes
quarrelled over game of poker at Ar
cadia, the other day, and Williams shot
Shrieves through the head.
Henderson Lee, negro r-isoner, was
taken from his guards and hung by a
mob, about six miles from Bastrop, re-
Gently.
A new Courthouse is being built at
Monroe.
Herbert, an engineer on the Morgan
railroad, was arrested at Vermilionville
on Friday of last week, for having run
over and killed in June, J. B. Richon, a
deaf and dumb colored man.
Louis Venable, employed at a single
mill, Lake Charles, accidentally walked
against a large circular saw, which cut
one arm off near the body, and cut both
feet nearly off. causing his death in a
few minutes.
Out of 116 deaths in New Orleans last
week, II we're from smallpox.
j. A. Kingsley charged with the MUIR
der of r. P. Beene, in St. Tammany
parish, on June 10Th, was discharged by
District Judge Thompson, on the
ground of self-defense.
John E. Sanchez, Of Natchitoches
parish, but native of Baton Rouge was
thrown from his horse and killed, on
June 2Sth.
| Ten cases of smallpox are reported
in Donaldsonville.
The Governor has signed the death
warrant of Esau Smith convicted of the
murder of Carey Mccoy in Tensas par
ish. The execution is to be August Sd.
At the recent term of the District
court in Washington parish, the grand
jury failed to find any true bills.
Clinton Waterman Lists are circu-
lating in the parishes contiguous to
DeSoto for subscriptions to relief fund
for the widow and five little orphans
caused by the killing of the late Rev
j. Lane Borden. The Shreveport Times
has collected $1S5. Mr.. Borden was a
prominent member of the Masonic fra
ternity, and was Grand Prelate of the
knights of Pythias.
There have been ten deaths Of colored
people from smallpox on the McCnl-
lom plantation in Terrebonne parish
the Thibodaux Sentinel says Mr.. Nc
Cullom is firm believer that no white
person who uses ordinary precaution
will take smallpox from a colored
person. II 53s
Meridional Hon. Joshua Baker the
Oldest graduate of West Point is now
living in louisiana, is "a years old and
hale and hearty. He was on Gen. Jack.
sons staff at the battle Of New Orleans
He graduated in 1918.
On the 90 ult., A. L. Provost of Jean.
erette died from an overdose of NOR.
phine, and on the same day Eloi Brous
sard of.Loreauville, aged over 80 years