The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-09-05
STATE NEWS AND VIEWS.

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Exposition grounds Free Press.
Murders and mist rails ale fire.
quent in New Orleans, and still the
Governor allows the Ford death
sentence to hang tire.-[St. Mary
Review.
Miller Brady & CO., during last
few days have sold two dozen patent
pumps to be used i'll sprinkling
poison on the cotton plant Town
Talk.
The colored people of this place
(MarkSville), gave All entertainment
in Voinche's biiIding last week.
The proceeds will be applied to
repairing their public school-hOuse.
Il Marksyille Bulletin.
The track and road bed of the
Texas & Pacific railroad in the
parish Of Jefferson is in a terrible
condition; the expenditure of a few
hundred dollars at the present time
may save the company thousands
III IhO uCoA Auoui O'-I ClOlAU OoulNA'
There are several boys incarcera.
ted in the House of Refuge whose
parents are waiting the arrival of
the United States men-of war, Yam.
tic and Swatard, when they will ask
for their release and then have them
enlisted on board of the ship.
in. D. CrOnicle.
Roger Bros. of Arnaudville have
sent us two very lal &c sugar canes
one with twelve, the other with
seventeen matured joints the best
we have seen this season. The cane
was grown on the plantation OF
Mpssrs. Wilkins Il Simpson, near
Arnaudvilie.-ISt. Landry Demo
crat.
Let the State press speak out
against the false position in which
our fair land has been placed by
Ignorant and evil disposed persons,
and let our citizens embrace every
opportunity to correctly inform
every stranger they meet of the
true condition of the territory within
the State limits [COlfax Chronicle.
Our reporter has been informed
that the Louisville, New Orleans
aud Texas Railway Company CON
template putting on another pas
senger train ON the Valley route
from Memphis to New Orleans.
This will give them a morning and
an evening train from Memphis.
This fact speaks well for the bust
ness of the road and shows a rapid
increase in its passenger business.
i Oapitolian-AdvOcate.
Some of our small planters in this neighbor-
hood have planted small patches Of he sorg-
hum cane. Their idea was not to convert it
into strip but to feed it to their stock, and the
result has been so hlttering and cheering that
they are induced to plant more largely Of it
the coming year. 1t is reished by all kinds of
stock and with COWS it creates au abundant
tOW Of rich wholesome milk. We are glad
that our people are so pleased with these first
experiments In these small industries lies
the wealth OF this country, and we are only
beginning to realize he lnCXhaustible treasure S
Of our soil and climate Marksville Bulletin
while Mr. Emile Lirette, residing on Lit
| II6 CdHlOu, ABOUT twenty HNe mics DelOW
HOuma, was engaged III moulding balls for his
gun, preparatory TO joining number oftrends
IN target shooting, he asked his wife to fill his
powder horn for him. She was some ten oil
twelve feet from the fire place, where u few
GOALS were smouldering The task was but
half completed when gust of wind suddenly
blowing through the door sent spark straight
at the explosive, which ignting, terrific ex-
, plosion followed. The roof Of the dwelling
was torn off Three children were instantly
killed, the mother received such njuries that
before many hours she too was dead, while
the husband and father and two children we're
badly wounded The noise of the explosion
brought number of neighbors to the scene
where the bruised and blackened bodies of a
whole family told the Rad story of the fearful
havoc wrought by spark Houma Courier
Stonewall Jackson once urged
, upon a Jew the superior claims OF
f Christianity, to which the Jew re-
piled: "Sir, as long as see that
my religion produces superior re-
suits TO yours, have no desire to
change it. A religion which keeps
its men out of Jail, and its women
out of houses OF ill-repute is not to
9 be lightly forSakrn." In connection
with this quotation a strong appeal
is made in the New York Sun, that
Christians should learn to protect
their women as do the Jews Item.
While the Government has Sc
many millions of dollars SUI plus in
| the treasury, why not put twenty OF
thirty millions of it in circulation
among the people by calling in that
amount of bonds, redeelning them
: and stopping the enormous interest
which tue people have to pay. BY
this course the surplus fund would
he reduced, the public debt would
be reduced, and the AK upon the
people would be reduced. Could
either so many OF such substantial
): benefits to the country follow any
other plan! We believe not
E = States,
$ How is il, that since the adoption
l. OF the constitution of 1879, there is
e now as there was previously re