St. Landry democrat., 1885-09-12
STATE ITEMS.

An assumption parish correspondent
of the Times-Democrat Graves a similar
crusade against the liquor traffic in
South Louisiana to that which is going
on in the northern part of the State.
He says the parish prison of Assump-
ton is filled with prisoners whose
crimes are directly traceable to whiskey,
there being about thirty persons in Jail.
He counts the cost of feeding these
criminals and of prosecuting them and
suggests that much might be saved IN
the way of parish expense by stopping
the trafflc.-Ruston Caligraph-
Caterpillars have made their appear
ance in some portions of our parish, but
as yet have done no great damage
Abbeville Meridional.
SIN st. Mary, on the rear of Mr..
Thos. ]. Shaffer's plantation, below
Franklin, recently a tenant on the
place, on Sunday morning, found two
men busily digging near ditch, and
third keeping guard with a gun. He
took fright and slipped away unseen
and did not report what he saw until
next day. The Overseer then went
back, and to his surprise found a hole
was left, five or six feet long and two
or three feet wide, from which box
bad evidently been removed, as the
bottom was we'll bricked. 1t is supposed
to have been buried treasure. No clue
has been found to the persons or box
Sugar-BoWl and FarmJournal.
Mrs. J. A. Acomb, New Orleans
lady, lately presented her husband with
three bouncing baby boys, the united
weight of which was nineteen pounds
and two ounces. Such contributions to
the population of her country would
have made the mother in the days of
the great Napoleon the first of herOines,
the greatest of women, but to poor
man in private life, such a rush of res
possibilities are rather calculated to
dampen his ardOr than urge him on to
renewed exertions. If the State or
general government paid premium for
such births il would alter the case.
Twins and triplets deserve the protect
ing hand Of the government quite as
much as many others OF less claim to
general usefulness.-New Iberia En-
teTprise.
Last Sunday night an old negro man
was assaulted in his cabin on Mr.. j. B..
McHugh's place in this parish by an I'M
known party, whose intentions were
either to commit murder or robbery.
The unknown party, supposed to be a
colOred man, went to tire cabin in the
middle of the night, and, falling upon
the old darkie with freshly cut thorn
stick beat him nearly to death before
any one could get to his assistance.
Mr.. McHugh, hearing the cries of the
assaulted party, seized his shot gun and
AN Immediately to the cabin, where he
got shot at the would be murderer as
he hurried away. Mr.. McHugh followed
him some distance but could not sue
coed in overtaking him. The case is
being worked up by the officers of the
law and it is thought, that though the
assailant of the old man could not be
identified at the time, sufficient evil
dence may yet be obtained to find the
guilty party and punish him according
to his just deserts. Baton Rouge Truth.
The school law forbids employing
the school fund for building or repair
ing school houses. The Maurepas Ga
zette cites an evasion of the law:
THE money expended in the pur-
chase of bran new two hoop water
bucket 25c !; a light weight broom, 25c
a dipper not fully grown, for 10 cents.
The neiglbors gathered and put up a
chimney without making any charge,
but which appeared in the vouchers to
have cost 81. The Hon. Secretary of
the School Board had the teacher to
sign vouchers for the expenditure of
81. There's where some of the little
children's money went that time.h
While Mr.. Emile Lirette, residing
on Little Gallon, about twenty-five
miles below Houma, was engaged in
moulding balls for his gun, preparatory
to joining a number of friends in target
shooting, he asked his wife to fill his
powder horn for him. She was some
ten or twelve feet from the fire place,
where a 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 igniting, a terri
fc explosion followed. The roof of the
dwelling was torn off Three children
were instantly killed, the mother re-
ceived such injuries that before many
hours she too was dead, while the hus-
band and father and two children were
badly wounded. The noise of the ex-
plosion brought number of neighbors
to the scene where the bruised and
blackened bodies of a whole family
told the sad story of the fearful havoc
wrought by spark. Courier.
While travelling in Terrebonne, re-
Gently, we saw, on Grand Gallon, a
babe three days old, which then weighed
but one pound and u half, appearing to
be healthy and promising to grow to