St. Landry democrat., 1884-03-15
State News.

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gar Planter and iona G. White of tht
Gretna Courier, being the others.
MarksviIle Bulletin: Auditor June
is running for State Senator as an indie.
pendent.
Judge Snider, of Bossier, is also Out
as an independent candidate for District
Judge.
AVoyelles has three local tickets in
the field: one Democratic, one Repub-
lican, and one mixed.
The district Democratic convention,
of which district Grant parish is part,
nominated candidate Tor the State
Senate, and the Democrats Of Grant
parish have nominated an opposition
candidate.
Democratic State Auditor, Allen Ju-
mel, is not only an independent candi-
date for the State senate, against the
regular Democratic nominee, but the
Republicans of IberVille parish have
endorsed him. When the members of
the present administration" will not
keep in the party traces, what can be
expected of others9
Public school teachers salaries, in
Catahoula parish, are for first class,
per month: $40; second class, $50, and
third class $40.
The license Of $500 required of retail
liquor dealers in Rapides parish, is to
be contested by the anti-liquor license
association of that parish.
The fire that occurred at Vienna,
Lincoln parish, the latter part of Feb
ruary, destroyed about ten business
houses.
Judge t. c. Manning and Hon. j. B.
Eustis are aspirants for the seat now
held by Senator B. F. Jonas.
A ten months old hog recently killed
in Caldwell parish, weighed 300 pounds.
High water has stopped the trains on
the railroad between Monroe and Vicks-
burg.
Ii. u. y. Brown, the inventor of |
Browns Fertilizer Distributor, resi-
dent of Ouachita parish, was apparent
y III good health on the morning of the
3D. instant, and found dead in his yard
about noon.
The Monroe Bulletin says lively
var seems to be in progress ''inside"
he Democratic party Of Madison par
sh.
John Rogers and wife an old couple
living in Ouaclita parish, were shot
trough their heads, where they sat by
he fire, Thursday night last week.
The house was robbed of several hum
red dollars, and the two best horses
tolen.
On the 9th inst, the Democracy of
'ointe Coupee parish, met in conven-
ion and split. and each wing nominated I
ticket. J
At the Republican State convention
] New Orleans last week, the following
tate ticket was nominated: John A.
tevenson for Governor, William M.
urwell for Lieutenant Governor, John : !
|. Stone for Attorney General, C. Mayo /
II Auditor of Public Accounts, A. Du- c
aclet for Treasurer, A. Dejoie for Sec Il
,tary of State, and 3. +. Flanders for 7
lperintendent of Public Education. !;
4. Stone has declined the nomination.
City Item: The Shreveport Demo- '
at is shocked at the Democratic Ex-
;utiye Committee Of Bossier parish.
hich permitted voters, without re-
4rd to race, color, previous condition
politics. to vote at the primary cleo
IN. Evidently our contemporary yet
lieves that Negro votes should be
rmitted only for the purpose of rati-
ing candidates selected by their fell II
of the superior race. 3
Clinton Waterman: The two polit
4 factions Of the democratic party in in
3 parish of East Baton Rouge, are NJ
as the Bob Tails and Soop =
us. be
The backwater is OVERLOOKING the tt
,ntations in Tensas and Madison par ga ga
es.
last Saturday morning a fire occurred
La, on the Shreveport and
.ksbarg railroad.
.ast Sunday in New Orleans DR..
rver, the wonderful shooter, killed o.,
8 bats on the wing, one at a time. in a
hty minutes, with nine minutes to
no