St. Landry democrat., 1884-07-05
STATE NEWS.
St. Martinsville has a cotton seed oil

Lead has been reported to be discoT-
cred in Benville parish.
Rev. H. F. Miller, Baptist divine,
late of Winn parish, died on the 18th
ult., of heart disease.
The shingle factory Of A. Wilbert &
Sons; at Plaquemine, having capacity
of 10000 shingles per day, and consider
ed one of the best in the State, was de-
stroyed by fire on the nth pit. Loss
$4,000; insurance $1,000.
Saysithe Lake Charles Echo: ut will
cost the State of Louisiana 100000 If
Mr.. Hunter, of Rapides, succeeds in
getting his reform" bill through the
Legislature to have the Louisiana State
University removed back to Alexandra.
This is not the kind of reform Loulsl-
ana wants."
Last Saturday after we had gone to
press another shooting affair occurred
on the st. Louis plantation. 1t appears
that VIM. A. Stevens, sub-overseer, got
into an alteration with one Edmond
Doakes, colored, about some wood,
which resulted in the shooting OF the
latter. The preliminary examination
Of Stevens will take place next Monday.
-Iberville South.
Two colored men, Lindsey Griffin and
Walter Mitchell, engaged in shooting
affray, at Aliens wood choppers camp,
about two miles west Of Lake Charles,
on the evening of the 22d ult., in which
the former shot the latter through the
laws with pistol. After the shooting,
Griffin set out for Texas, but was ar
rested by Sheriff Reid at Edgerly sta
ton, eighteen miles west Of Lake
Charles, and returned to that place and
lodged in jail.
To those who contend that the white
man unaided cannot work in the field,
or that he is unable to accomplish as
much as the negro, we would cite the
case of Mr.. Laneaux, white resident of
this parish. With only the assistance
of his two young sons, he has this spring
made 70 barrels of potatoes, and has
now 80 acres of ground in fine and for
ward state of cultivation. IL we had
our parish we'll filled with such compe-
tent and thorough farmers the desert
places around would soon bloom like
the rose.-St. FrancisVille Sentinel.
We have just been informed of the
existence of lead mine in the southern
portion Of Ward one, and which ex-
tends into the northern portion of
Ward six. Ore of great richness has
been discovered. 1t is said that the
mine was discovered many years ago,
and old hunters were in the habit of
getting their lead from this mine. Mr..
Sam Hudson, our informant, says that
he has seen bullets nodded from the ore
picked up from the surface of the
ground and melted in common ladle.
The mine is partly on public land.
There may be millions in it,"-whO
knows ?-Arcadia Advance.
DEATH By DROWNING. - An awful
catastrophe occurred last Sunday about
1890, A. M. Two young girls, daugh-
ters of Mesdames Barrett and Koerner,
residents of the village, conceived the
girlish freak of taking pirogue ride
upon the waters in the rear of our viii
lage. In their glee they must have un-
steadied the fraIl barque, which capsiz-
ed and thereby became dispossessed of
its precious freight. The depth of the
water at the scene Of the disaster was
about seven feet. Alice Koerner was
rescued by two little colored lads; the
other, Christiana Barrett met the fate
Of three Of her family, father and
brothers.
The young girl was very much liked
by her associates and friends, who la
ment her untimely death. We sympa-
thize with the bereaved family.-Gret-
ma Courier.
A SAD CASE OF DRowNING.-On the
10th inst, Mr.. T. B. Blake, who came
from Manadosia, ILL.,, three months ago,
was drowned in the Bayou Nez Pique,
| while attempting to cross the stream III
small boat, in company with another
man, who it seems was in another boat,
and whose name we have not learned.
The beat in which he was crossing was
old and leaky, and in his efforts to keep
the waterflbailed out, she was upset.
His compaAhon in the other boat came
70 hin-.assistkAca at this innctnra. ann