St. Landry democrat., 1883-05-26
State News.


ras, was married to Abbie f. Wright OF
New York, at La Teche Seminary Chap
ell, st. Mary parish, on the 9th inst.
One of the amnsements Of some of
the bad people about New Iberia, is cut
ting off horses ears at night when. they
are turned out to Craze.
Mrs. Talisma Clements wife of S. III.
Clements Of Lake Charles, and daugh-
ter Of Crawford Lyons Of this parish,
died May 10th, aged So years. @
Mrs. Judith Carter of ST. Helena par
ish, died May I'd, aged 80 years. s.
Capitolian-Advocate : While D. C.
| Hutchins, who killed Will H Lyon, at
the ferry landing in Bossier parish, last
| Tuesday, was being conveyed under
guard from Shreveport to Bellevue, on
the morning of the 18th inst, at a point
four miles from the first named place,
about 100 masked men made their ap-
pearance, whereupon Hutchins asked
one of the posse to lend him his pistol,
that he might defend himself. His re-
quest being unheeded, Hutchins drew a
spring knife and stabbed himself three
times about the heart. He was then
seized by the mob and hung, and the
following placards pinned to his body
"There is point when f0rbearance
ceases to be virtue.D Citizens. "Tet-
termans-both of you-never return
if you do, you will follow the desperate
and thief" The Tettermans are store
keepers and it is believed instigated the
killing of Lyon.
| Edgar Graugnard, aged 25 years, a
native of Pointe Coupee, died in New
Orleans, on May 10th.
1t is said that work will soon begin Oh
the Louisiana Central Railroad, from
lVermilionville to Baton Rouge.
| Mr.. Adolph Albert, jr, and Miss Eliza
Newton Hetherwick, Of Alexandria,
we're married May 10th. =
Dr..J Dickson Bruins of New Orleans,
died last Sunday OF congestion or the
brain, aged so years.
The graduating class at Centenary
College in this State, for this session,
are C. C. Miller, w. P. Overbey, D.. W.
Faulk and Ell. G. Mounger.
Mr.. Andy Anderson, depot master of
the Morgan railroad at New Orleans,
picked up there. last week, a pocket
book containing $500. In trying to
find the owuer for it, he saw lady ap-
parently in much distress, Mrs. Whit
ing just arrived from Texas, and the
pocket book was hers. .s
Anew town in Natchitoches parish,
named Marthaville, situated on the
railroad, has been incorporated.
/ Wednesday last week on Hickory
Branch, about twenty-five miles above
Lake Charles, Charles F. Poole shot
and killed Arnold Smith, colored, and
! surrendered himself.
| The Lafayette Advertiser reported
Hast week case of smallpox at Gov.
| Mouton's near Vermilionville.
Cotton worms are reported by the
| Herald, in Caldwell parish.
Beef is very scarce in West Baton
Rouge parish.
Two Baton Rouge preachers recently
got involved in the mazes of the puzzle
walk at West End, New Orleans, and
could not get out, till a little girl
guided them.
The new Cotton Exchange, in New
Orleans, is said to he ''the most elabo-
rately designed aud highly decorated
I public building in the city )" it cost
/ $345, 1875.
/ Louis Guise, the colored cook of some
railroad hands in Ascension parish, was
| shot and killed last week by one Bill.
colored, and stranger, because he
would not give the latter something to-
eat.
/ There is vendetta in Livingston
parish. Sometime ago Capt. Pierce La
nier, ST., was killed and shortly after
i wards one of the Kirbys was killed
near the same spot. Last Sunday morn
ing while Pierce, Guy and Sam Lanier,.
and RATE Ballard were crossing creek.
/ they were shot at by parties in ambush.
1 Ballard escaped, two of the Laniers
. were killed on the spot, and Sam Lanier
is missing. Such is the report to the
observation-disclosures.
4 Incomes are not subject to taxation in
this State, according to a recent decis-
inn of the Supreme Court.
VI ~, n,l,cnr Mascot nf Apr;l