St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-14
LOUISIANA NEWS.

| There are only three persons in the
parish of Lafourche who are liable to
delinquent taxes this year
On Wednesday of last week the La
! fayette Building and Loan Association
disposed OF two loans, one on -four
shares and one on three aud hall
| chares at 30 per cent premium.
The salaries of postmasters has re-
Gently been adjusted. Those of Pla-
quemine and Shreveport have been
raised one hundrsd dollars each and
those of Lake Charles and Monroe re-
duced like amount.
New Iberia Enterprise Col. Geo
Norman has originated the idea OF
| holding a convention, between the 1st
and 10th of August, to consist entirely
| of former Northern citizens now resi-
dents of this State, to give them an op-
! pOrtunity of expressing themselves re-
| gardiug the health and climatic condi-
| tons of the State, for the benefit of
those Northern people who are slow
| coming South because OF their appre-
hensIon on this account.
! Pointe Coupee is suffering from
| whooping cough.
On Monday of last week a negro,
| Charles Jackson, shot and dangerously
! wounded Alice jackson, colored, in the
! town of Plaquemine.
| Cotton is dying out in DeSoto parish.
| The city council of Alexandria has
appropriated five hundred dollars for
! the purpose of aiding the boring of an
artesian well in the corporate limits for
| fire and other purposes.
4 short time since negro supposed
| to be from Louisiana entered store in
Greenville, Miss. called in a crowd of
| negroes, and auctioned off the entire
stock, pocketing the proceeds and leav-
| ing undisturbed.
At Many, Sabine parish, no liquor can
be sold.
On the Natchitodles tap railroad re-
Gently, Amos Williams colored was be-
headed by the train.
Provincial, Natchitoches parish, re-
Gently, A. Hardin killed w. T. Mont
gomery.
The new license bill before the Leg
! islature proposes to make the lowest
license for the sale of liquor one hun
dred and fifty dollars.
Near bayou GGula a short time since,
a small child was killed by load Of
lumber being turned over on him.
Near Greensburg, St. Helena parish,
a Mr.. Browning, of East Baton Rouge.
was killed by lightning.
Hon. r. B. Todd. ex-Justice of the
Supreme Court, will locate at and rrac-
tice the profession of law in Lake
Charles.
A buglar in trying to enter honse in
DeSot0 parish, had three OF his fingers
chopped off by Ratchet in the hands
of Mrs. Hall who had stationed her
self at the window.
At Mansfield Junction, DeSota parish,
short time since, Charlie Mathews,
aged eighteen years. was found dead
with pistol ball in his brain.
C.. X. Jones, editor of the Winfield
Sentinel, and the youngest editor in the
State, is minnie clerk of the Senate.
Near Shreveport. Tom Ford, son of
T. G. Ford. accidently shot himself
while out hunting and sustained tie
amputation OF the left arm above the
elbow.
In Bnssier Parish short time since.
Joe King. enlored. shot and killed Hez-
ekiah Rohilo, also eolored.
Capifnlian- Advocate The bureau of
education at Washington has in hand
the preparation of a series of histories
Of education i'm the varions States. Mr..
Edwin W. Fav. Fellow for Sanskrit in
the John Hopkins University. has been
selected to prepare the Louisiana vol
nme in the series. Col. VIM. Preston
Johnston has consented to write the
chapter on the Tulane University. The
previous work of the bureau of educa-
ton in this line has been directed to-
ward the common schools, but in the
present series higher education will be
the topic. with only incidental refer
erence to the earlier stages. It is ear
nestly recommended that the various
school authorities pnt themselves in
communication with Mr.. Fay at once
in order that the history may be as COM
plete as possible. Mr.. Fay's summer
address will be at Baton Rouge.
One Jesse Rogers has been arrested
and locked in Caddo parish jail by
Deputy United States Marshal Weaks.
United States District Attorney Nj. S.
Jones has accumulated strnnge violence,
which may lead to the conviction of the
accused.
Captain j. g. P. Hooe. sergeant-at-
arms of the Senate, died at Baton
Rouge at $50 a. m. on July 9th and he
was buried the next day near his resi-
dence at Rapides Station. Captain
Hooe was about fifty two years old, and
came to the parish of Rapides during
the war az staff officer. In 1854 he
married Miss Adelia. daughter of the
late Or. Luekett, who, with SON, L.
L. Hoee, constitute his immediate FAM
iIy, who are Ieftto mourn dis loss. His
son has just been admitted to the bar as
an attorney at law. Captain Hoee went
TO Nicaragua with the Walker expedi-
ton. He was register of voters in 1872
and was elected to the Legislature in
that year. Init was of course not seated
as we'll as the rest of the Democrats.
He was always lard worker for the
Democratic eause.
The first barrel of rice cleaned by the
new rice mill at Rayne was sold for n
cents per pound, and the grade was
prime.
The commencement exercises of the