St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-07-28
LOUISIANA NEWS.

During this season, AZ S65 bales OF
cotton have been received NY the c0m-
press IL Monroe.
John A. O'Neill has been reelected
treasurer of the parish of ST. Mary.
In the case of Bass, who died su sud-
denly at IL hotel in Shrevepur the jury
did not find the evidence sufficiently
strong to charge any one with the death
Vt Bass, simply stating that he had
come To his death 10y AN overdose ut
morphine.
AT the late Baptist State Convention
at L vergreen the collection for nlssluus
amounted 10 $4,000.
Guy. Nichols has appointed the fol-
lowing named gentlemen the Stale
Board ut Engineers; Henry p. Richard
sou CHIEF engineer; Sydney +. Lewis
aud Ii. Bolivar Ih"mlp>uu, assistant
State engineers, under act 50 OF 1879,
and Frank NJ. Kerr an,i Ar,rne Pea
,lliiat, assistant State englneels, uuder
ACT 48 II 1884.
AT Clinton ON July 10. Sheriff Wood
ward arrested Geo. Coz, Piince Perkins
aud Alice Pertains, his wife, culort,i,
t'O are accused ut The murder ut oht
William SaGiler, vino was fuilnd III
Capt. L. s. Adams mil pond Oh Janu
aly last.
In Big Island settlement, Rapiles pat
ISL, nu HE 26th lust, lsalal, SuII.h, aged
III years, accidentally shot hnh Killed
his brother Benz ,mln. aged II 5ea,s.
The Teche District Conference con-
vtues at It's annual session August
9Th continuing one week.
AT Dunaisonvilr, on Friday Of last
tod kht
cuiured, charged WITH assault with III
tent in XIII. Foltrs has long been
| wanted in New OilOans to answer sew
eral serious chatges.
At Plaquemine on Friday OF last
week, Junn Gay, John Eidridge and
Fienchy, wanted for the murder ot AN
old negro named Patterson at Melville,
were lodged III jail.
! The Shreveport Railway and Laud
| Improvement comipnny with IL capital
of 800 Co., 900 has organized by eject
| ing T.. b. McCutchen, PRESIDENT, John
5. Young, VICE President and Ii. Sour
| treasurer.
| The bill to move the Courthouse of
| AvOyeies failed to pass, and naturally
the people of MalksvilIe are veiy judi
| liant.
The Bunkie Blade is weekly four
page paper, home print aud published
| in he interest Ut the Farmers Union at
| Bunkie Avoyelles parish, with Tanner
and Harvlll, editors.
| On July 10th the District Attorney al
| the Shreveport district csuled on all the
saltMn Keepers, soda water dealers and
druggists, who, 1t In known, have btrn
Violating the Sunday law, az there WAS
| IL n / f,,r
peal of the Sunday law, and it had
| tailed to pass, aud that he would from
the above date he compelled to eutorce
! the law, The parties agreed to CLOSE
| hereafter.
A reunion Of Confederate veterans
will lake place at Rubellne Oh the LIST
of August.
Town Talk Mr.. franklin, of Vernon
parish, was given $50 by the Lrgisla-
| ture for delivering II prayer before that
body. He was elected through, tile in
| fluence of the Farmers Unluli, aud "a
member of that body, IL Democrat of
tile old school, put the fOllouing query
tn MS the other day which We wer.
obliged, after ,leeI, Thought, 10 give NJ !:
"Ifa Farmers Union prayer cost $50,
| how much will IL good, old -tasiliOnesi
Andrew Jackson Democratic prayer
cost 2"
! Mr., Franklin had IA much right to
the $50 az the many others who only
pray ed once or twice.
Town Talk: There seems to he quite
a difference in the cost of travelling in
Louisiana, il one is to Judge Ivy the
members of the Legislature. The MEM
Der from Avnyelles said it cost them 500
! ~ go and come from Baton Rouge. The
member from Vernon pa in his bill for
$50 also. Il cost the ST. Landry mem,
hers $50 each. Mpssrs. Meek+r and
! Bolton charged the State only Sl2 each
4 for travelling expenses. just what 1t ac'
tually cost. The total expense to the
State for travelling expenses ut members
was $4,000 25. II really ought not have
been inure than $500. and it all the
members of The House of Representa-
iives had put in fair bills it would not
have been L,ore than the latter sum.
At the recent meeting OF the Demo
cratic Congressional Committee for the
Sixts, District the following basis of ep-
reseutatinn was fixed for each parish
! Acadia s. Avuyriles. u. East Baton
Rouge, 10, West Baton Rouge, 8. East
Felic,ana. II. West Feliciana, 70. p"ln'e
| C.,t,pee, 10, Livingston, A. ST. HELENA, 8
ST. Tausany 5, Washington. 4. st. Ian
dry 90, Tangipuliua 9. Total lib.
A cutting ARRAY occurred at Lake
/ Providence ON the Dist inst, IN which
Sam Pond. coloresl, was killed Ivy Duck
Ricinf..s also col0ied. VIM WAS himself
severely wounded. Dick Richards sue.
decided in making his escape.