The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-09-18
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/ q Louisiana ~ eSte.G tram In Sal-
casieu parrish by four whrte men,
anc three oolGrcd men, armed with
carbines agI knives. The train
was stopped by placing dummy
on the track, and the conductors
and engineer were seized. The
latter, however, managed to cut
his ergine from the train and star-s
ted tor Suiphar City 10 get ASSIST
ancc. This cansed the robberst0
take to thei. hs1ls, having Nccom-
| pilsiled no damage beyond break
ing the seals of some Of the freight
cars.
The papers are still full of the
Waikup poisoning ease; from
present indications Mrs. Walkup's
innocence may be established, as
viii be seen from the following
statement. +.
| Kansas City, Mo, Sept. "A
prominent physician here states
that Walkup called on him last
December. He was taking an ar
l'senica! preparation for syphilis.
The physician to-day selected
Walkrp's photograph from sixteen
shown him by lawyer. In con-
versation Walkup told the doctor
he had taken the medicine for
year, and it caused cramp and
symptoms the same as noticed be-
fore leath. The proof is consld-
cred positive Of Mrs. Walkup's
innocence.
Natchltoches Review: A young
friend came to rs the other day
and asked, edo you want an TEMP
OF course we did and told him So
He said he had the best snake sto-
ry of the season, and then proceed
cd to tell of Il rattle snake that he
had seen killed the day before,
which measured 10 feet long and
"a inches in circumference. Its
stomach contained one full grown
rabbit, and three large rats. Our
informant was young man and
we did not like 10 discourage him,
so we told him that the STORY would
do very well for Sunday school
paper, but, for live journal like
the Review, it was Too tame, that
we did not care to publish anything
[about snakes, but il he knew of
one that was over twenty feet long
and that swallowed Il sow and ten
pigs, we would like to make the
matter public provided he would
swear to the story.
The Picayune, of the 18th con-
| tains the following on the mineral
wealth of Louisiana:
Hon. Will A. Strong, late Sec
retary of State. has sent to Col.
Boyd, the Louis ana Commissioner
a fine specimen of crystalline gyps
sum from his home in Winn parish
with the following remarks:
"ive have quantities of IRON ore,
gypsum, Ignite or brown coal,
limestone or marble, salt in abun-
dance, and various specimens of
rock, besides a stratum Of mari
running through the entire parish.
We want your mineralogist, Prof.
Brown, and yourself to visit our
parish. We shall meet you at the
station, and carry you through 1t.
| All We ask is that Winn be given a
! far chance.
| Col. Boyd says Winn shall shave
a fair chance. /" 1t is, perhaps the
richest parish in the State in min
erals, building and ornamental
stones, etc.
| The Shreveport Times says,
"Some individuals, chronic kick
ers,' who imagine or presume to
know all about running newspa-
per, should consider that no news
1 papcris printed especially to please
any one person any more than q
hotel is built especially to please
any one guest. People who become
greatly displeased with something
they find in a newspaper, should
remember that the very thing that
| displeases them is exactly the thing
that will please somebody who has
just as much interest IN the paper
as they have.
The Robeline Reporter, says:
That 5-point buck was chased
| by pack Of hounds, into the town
Of Robe.ine, and captured by =
| gentleman there, while the deer
was making an attempt to jump .
picket fence
i Ruston Galigraph: Two negro
boys, one ten years old and the
other six, we're playing rap jack
ct" in Farmeryiiie last Thursday
i. n,rht -.,,at. the oldest ONE hif tho