St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-05-12
LOUISIANA NEWS.

make substantial change In its orr
nal programme.
Mrs. Mary A. Bond has been ap-
pointed postmistress at Tilden, Avoy-
Giles Parish, vice Jas. X. Bond, resigned.
The terms Of all the Supervisors of
the Louisiana University and Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College expires
June 18th.
At Shreveport the other day an old
cOlOred woman who is said to have been
a laul eled shouter, fell dead while Civ
ing vent to her feelings, at one of their
meetings. Heart disease is supposed to
be the cause OF her death.
The Ruston Compress Company have
closed the contract for Il Boomer"
compress soon TO be erected.
MI. Eustis' is in Congress aud made
powerful speech on the list of May
in defense OF the people and Sta of
Louisiana.
The Democratic State Committee
met last Satul day and appoi 1ted dele
gates to the National Convention to
meet in st. Louis to nominate II Presl-
dent and Vice-President.
The Alexandria Democrat speaks Of
Hon. Robert P. Hunter as a possible
candidate for Congress from that Dis
tlict
A bill has been favorablv reported on
in Congress for the erection OF public
building in every town whele the gross
postal receipts Tor three years past have
exceeded 5000 per year. the cost OF the
building noS to exceed S25,00J, or the
site $1,000.
On Thursday OF last week Albert
knegg, a car reDairer in the employ OF
the Texas aud Pacific aill DAD at Boyce,
was ran over by the front wheels of q
locomotive, necessitating the amputa-
ton Of both legs.
The bid Of Mr.. II. X. Robinson, Of
Abbeyille, for building the courthouse
at that place beinS the lowest, (S19,5S5)
it was accepted.
MI. George Campbell, of New Or
leans, has succeeded in bringing four
RATS all the way "som the Indian Ma
ton to Alexandria. They contain
10000 feet OF black walnut and $780,
0C0 of white ash, which will he t.aus
ported to New Orleans for shipment to
England.
Steps have been taken toward start
ing a private bank in Alexandria. 1t
is to have a capital sock G. $685. }.
The State Treasurer is paving war
rants of the judicial expense fund of
1856.
The incandescent Eiectli c Il ht Com
pany have commenced putting in their
wires at Shreveport, aud will be res dy
for business in a week or ten dcys. The
COMPANY is aegotia, ng with the Water
Works Company. the Consolidated Ice
Company ADD the Caddn Saw Millmill
Company, with view to having them
furnish the necessary steam to run tilelr
mach merry. by this means the COM
paDy will be able to furnish light at a
very low cost.
VIII johnson, who was indicted for
the killing Of Fred Courtlev at Sh.eve-
port last December had trial on Thurs
day of last week and was acaaiied.
A meeting of the Attakapas Medical
Society was held at New Iberia On We'd
nesday Of las5 week. ......
The Republican candidate for cle' k
of the court at New Iberia will contest
the election, -.
Red liver parish endorses Senators
Blanchard and Gibson.
A few nights ago The post Office at
Gibsland was ente, ed and fifty or sixty
dollars taken tkerefrom also thee or
four registered packages.
A c.agassa occurred on the west bank
of bayou f4af0aie ila, 2 eEo, ! distance be-
low the LaFourche crossing or Tie
Southern Pacific Railroad on the ST.
ult,, but rs the Mississippi is falling
lapid'y, no great danger is antc .pated.
Yils colo ed peonle. saws Hon. T. T.
Allan, pay taass On s3O,f"1(0) proper
fy ia this State, aed feauesl sie Le-ls-
latI1te to furnish additional educational
facilities.
4 fair association has been o".an-
lied and officers elected at Taugipa'loa.
A shooting scrapc took place in New
Iberia the other day between Claude
Lacoste and P. Pessau, respectively
aged sixteen years, in which tie latter
was slightly Waunded.
On Monday OF iasb week The Senate
bin to increase the endowment OF tie
Louisiana State University aud A. d
NJ. College was favorablv reported Con.
On the Loweg Chene1 of False RIVER
on Monday night OF last week, a nero
named Evans struck his wife With an
AK. lie then went off, and procuring q
shot gun paiu, ned and shot and killed
her instantly. He is still at large.
Atthe Pandeilv plantation, below Ii
gergiile last SATURDAY., q white man WHO
was going iPoni The fed to the house
was killed by Lightning
At P,acuemine on Friday of last
week, Bishop Durier, OF Natcilitoclies,
confirmed three hundred and fofty-iwo
PEOPLE.
The half-witted negro who was col-
Rned IN tie VIM parish jail for having
SHOT aud Killed steEa i,s.le son or Wlil
A. Strong, ex-secIes.ly OF State,
when tie deputy sheriff went
his ce 1 that it was some one WHO was
going 10 lynch him became verv
: 'oleot, compelling the said .denuSy
to shoot him tw'ce, te.ore be became
au ;et. One OF his AIMS were broken
and fiesli wound made 10 the otner.
Sheriff w. j. Sewers, Of VIM pa isb,
it is said, has le{o for bats uns.nSwn,
he beiag defaaller ia the sum Of sse ".
! Miss Carrie Nichols, dap ghier o. Gen.
F. Z. Nichols and hi, fec, +. Brad
ford, editor apd ptoprieieE, Of the
Acadia Sentinel, were mariled 10 New
Orleans short time since.
Tie Episcopal Council Of the State
met in neg Orleans on Thu day OF