St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-04-28
LOUISIANA NEWS.

Elder A. P. Schofield is now a mis-
| slOnary in tue Calcasieu Baptist Asso-
! citation.
The establishment of a canning fac
tory at Lake Charles is spoken Of by the
Echo.
A telephone llue has recently been
completed between Rayne and Crow
ley.
Mr.. Carroll Jones, a Cane River farm
Ell, has already chopped out four hun
dred acres Of cotton which is said to
be in "a healthy condition.
The Democrtic Review is to be en-
larged to eight pages soon. j. II. Cos.
grove, tits said, will edit the literary and
local departments.
In eight weeks time the Donaldson
vile ice factory made over two hun
dred tons of ice.
The parish of Iberia gave Nichols
thirteen hundred and sixty majority.
Mr.. J. j. Glover and his two sons, of
| Homer, rose early on the morning OF the
| 7th inst. preparatory for turkey hunt.
Finding that it was 100 early to start,
Mr.. G. retired. A few minutes later
he was found by his wife in a dying
| condition.
| Near Athens the other day Miss Flor
| ence Peterson, aged thIrteel years. was
| burned to death. She was burning
grass when her clothing caught fire, and
sustained injuries which caused her
! death in few hours. .....
We learn that paper will soon be
started by Mr.. A. J. Bell of Roane, La,
| in The interest of the experiment farm
and immigration.
| Ia 1884 Concordia parish warrants
were held at si2ty-five cents on the dol
| lar and there was large outstanding
debt. Her debts have all been paid, her
warrants are cashed dollar for dollar
and there are 1894 in the treasury.
On Monday Of last week, Mr.. G. P.
Dauherty, merchant of Lake Charles,
| shot and killed a negro named Edgar
Granger while attempting to rob bis
| store. s..
The Woodville District Conference of
| the nj. E. Church, met at Clinton on the
| 10Th inst, Bishop j. c. keener presid
| ing.
A special to the Times-Democrat
| from Crowley dated April 10, says
| District Court ia in session here now,
Judge Z. L. Lewis on the bench. This
is the first term held in the new and
! beautiful courthouse. I
The trial of the Perkins brothers for
| the murder of Tom Fuller, and w. R.
at Alexandria on Friday Of last week.
Last Thursday being the sixty ninth
anniversary of the l. @. O. IF. in the
United States, it was celebrated by De
| Soto Lodge No. of that order in Baton
by,l or;pr bn or Of
| their new building. The officers of the
+, Grand Lodge Of Louisiana and repre-
sentatives from various lodges and or
ders were present.
| DR.. Gallaudet, rector of st. AIMS
Episcopal Church, New York, lee
| tured on the 26th inst at Baton Rouge,
On the education of the deaf and diulb.
On the leyenins of the 18th inst. Mr..
| Demonrelie, who not long since killed
| +. H. Provost at Jeanerette, had pre-
| liminary trial in which the killing was
shown to have been lii self defense.
| At Boyce Station on the 18th inst. an
engine on the New Orleans line tnrned
| over killing the engineer and fireman.
Tie accident. is is said, was due to a
misplaced s"iteh,
4he new Catholic Church at New The
| ria will be a grand structure as its enu
structiVn is from plans drawn by Mr..
Frerets the distinguished architect of
New Orleans.
The president Of the louisiana Press
Association has secured passes over all
! of the railroads for members who will
attend the meeting at 0pelousas May
1st. The attendance promises to be
large.
At Floyd on the Goth inst. George
Mckee shot and instantly killed Chas
NJ. Coyle. Mckee made his escape.
At Shreveport on Tuesday of last
week, q butcher named JAS. F. Patter
son, while running race, was thrown
from his horse, receiving injuries which
proved fatal
It is rumored that at Doyle, Webster
parish, the ballotbo was forcibly TAX
! ea from the election commissioners and
spirited away.
1T is said that a fresh batch of poll
ticians have been requested to take up
| their beds and walk out of Tbibodauy
We don't know how true it is, but think
/ such requests very apprGpas in many
| places after Warmoth campaign.
The trial Of James and Tip Perkins
anu 4oUU IsaSgeG TOT tfih AnufGer OF
Thos. PulleF, on Hemphil creek, in
Rapides parish, was concluded on the
sist and resulted In their acquittal.
Last Saturday the moss factory at
Houma was totally destroyed by fire.
/ Chas. Parker who killed CONNER
| sial Traveller named W, C. Farmer in
| Shreveport last February surrendered
/ TO the sheritfof eadda on Friday of last
week.
Senator Eustis's health is still bad,
butt is believed he will soon be able to
take his seat in Congress. Senator Glib
son reached Washington last Monday.
At Alexandria last Monday, j. L. Me-
/ Mc6ihnls was tried aud acquitted for