The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-04-03
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tuesday evening, at Old Landing,
Mr.. Justus III. Webber fell from
the from the freight wagon, and
was picked up insensible. Resto-
ratives were applied and he was
conveyed to his residence, and DR.
Geo. Tebault was summoned, when
it was found that Mr.. Webber had
sustained serious internal injuries.
,, from the effects of which he died
Thursday afternoon He was a
native Of New York State, but had
resided in this parish for the last
forty years. His funeral took
place last Friday, and waa largely
attended by our citizens. he leaves
. wife and three children to mourn
his loss.
Natchitoches Review: A special
to the Picayune from Washington
states that there is = vacancy in the
u. S. Land Office ut this place,
owing to the expiration of the term
for which Mr. Duplex was ap-
pointed, and that Major W. +.
Russell of this parish would be Sc
lected to gil the vacancy, as there
was no opposition whatever to his
appointment. This will no doubt
give the friends of Major Russell
much pleasure.
Through all the long years of our
struggle in this parish against rad
icalism and carpet-bag goveroment
he has been one of the most eff
cient, as well as one of the most
unselfish workers in the democrat
ic party. His appointment under
such circumstances, coupled with
the fact that no more efficient man
could be found, will be a graceful
and well deserved reward to agood
man.
Donaldsonville Chief: 1t has
been ascertained that the miscreant
who assassinated Levy Jones on
the Clark plantation on the night
of the 10th inst, as reported in the
Chief last week, was one William
Miller or Milliken, a colored man
who has been employed as asection
hand on the Mississippi Valley
railroad for seven or eight months
past. The supposition il that the
woman Florence kelson, whose
rame was incorrectly gwen to the
Coroner as Florence Robertson,
had been receiving attentions from
Millken and had promised to ac-
cept him as an escort the evening
of the killing, but went off with
Jones instead. Milllken left for
parts unknown on Thursday, the
day following the death of the vic
tim, leaving an order with friend
for wages due him by the railroad
company. Before leaving he con-
fessed that he had killed Jones, but
claimed that he was shooting at
Florence Kclson and had no inten-
tion of hurting her companion.
MiIliken Is said to be from st. He
lena, where he has wife and chill
dren, and it is thought he commit
ted some crime in that parish and
fed to escape punishment. Steps
have been taken to trace and cap
ture him, and the railroad authori-
tics have promised their co-opera-
ti0n in pursuit of the murderer.
Natchitoches Review: Last Sat-
urday morning Mr.. Alfred Mayeur,
the well-known whcelwright, was
the victim Of most painful and
serious accident. Being a dcyout
Catholic, he MAS filed with enthu-
siasm over the arrival Of the Bish-
op, and determined to FIRE q salute
in honor Of the occasion. He
brought out the anvils, and soon
the loud reports were heard far and
near. After firing several times.
he took q notion that the reports
were not loud euoush, and prOcur-
red Z very large cast iron tap, some
three inches In diameter, and pla-
cling this on one Of the anvils. fill-
Cd Il with powder, and placed the
other anvil over it. Then with an
iron rod about eight feet long, one
end of which was heated red hot,
be prepared TO touch of the pow
der. Several Of the bystAndefs re-
nonstrated with hlm, telling him
there was great danger of the tap
being broken by the force of the
explosion and the pieces blown out
With great force. He was ander
the influence Of liquor at the time.
and too reckless to heed the advice.
With the iron rod above mentioned
he touched the powder, there was
a fearful explosion, pieces of the
iron whixxcd through the air with
the velocity of grape shot. When
the smoke cleared away Maycur
was seen lying on the ground. A
piece of iron larger than > mans
thumb had struck him on the thigh
lrcernting the flesh in q fearful
n,annef and producing q acompoEnd
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