St. Landry democrat., 1888-04-21
LOUISIANA NEWS.

AT Polnt-a- la -Hache, Mr.. o. Marti
set trap in his hen house and caugIi
huge wild cat.
While attempting to cross Bayo1
Black In pirogue, near Tigerville
on Tuesday of last week, two Turkisl
peddlers were drowned.
The Insane Asylum at Jackson i
so full OF colored people that applicant
have been refused.
A loan of one thousand dollars re
Gently made by the Homestead All:
Loan Association of Lake Charlie
brought premium of 36 per cent.
| Last week work was commenced or
Lake Charles College building. 1t is tt
be completed in time for the fall ses
sion.
A Miss Hayes, an octoroon, daughter
of Malakai Hayes, living near Avery's
Island, committed suicide a few days
ago by shooting herself. The cause i;
said to have been opposition to hel
marriage.
The Shreveport and Arkansas rail
road was completed on the 9th inst.
the last spike being driven on that day
j. w. Hyams, of the Sugar Planter
has received the unanimous nomina-
tinn Of the Democratic party of West
Baton Rouge for the House of Repre-
sentatives.
Plans are being prepared for new
and large building for the Whitney
National Bank soon to be erected in
New Orleans.
The orange crop at Pointe- ala
| Hache is said to be the largest for many
years.
It is said that thirty-four public
| schools will be closed at the end of this
month in the parish of Plaquemine for
want of funds.
A ditchine machine operated by S. A.
Pickett at Crowley, cuts ditch three
and a half feet wide and two and half
feet deep.
TIE new town Hall at New Iberia
will be christened by grand ball TO he
given by Fire Company America No. 2.
Senators Gibson and Eustis have been
endorsed by the parish convention
of West Baton Rouge.
The St. Tammany Land and Lum-
ber Company was recently organized
with capital of Sa50000.
Hon. Warren Easton, State Superin-
tenden Public Education, has compile
ted his biennial report showinga larger
amount of money applied to school pur-
poses and a greater number of children
in attendance than for many years.
The totol registration of New Orleans
during this year was 52450. of which
there ar Al 900 whites and 1 $50 colered
The police jury of Ascension at a re-
cent meeting subscribed 5000 to the
State ImmiortiOn AssOciatiOn
On the 18th inst, at Baton Rouge, Mr..
John Sanchez, dropped dead as he was
going to market.
At Shreveport on the 18th inst. the
stockholders of the North Louisiana
Fair Association held meeting at
which $1,000 was raised by subscrip-
tion to aid in building and repairing
preparatory for the coming fair.
The machinery for the consolidated
ice works at Shreveport has been put in
place and the works will commence
a few DAYS.
Hon. J. r G.. Pitkin. of New orleans,
has agreed to deliver the commence
ment address at Whitworth Female
College, at Bookhaven, Miss, June 10Th.
A new industry has been started at
Lake Charles hv Messrs. Charles
Thompson and Edward Pagel. They
are furnishing dried smoked fish to the
groceries on a small scale.
Miss Julia Flanagan, of New Orleans,
committed suicide in that city by
swallowing carbolic acid. The cause Of
the act is said to have been due to the
fact that she did not know who her
parents were.
From the receiver Of the land office
at NachitOches it has been ascertained |
that there are on file applications in
that district for one hundred thousand |
acres of land.
A cotton compress is spoken of at |
Natchitoches.
Last week the opera house at
New Iberia was sold under the
sheriff's hammer 1t was bid in by
a number of creditors for $10,160. |
The new company is GeoI ges IL Co., and |
they intend having the building COM
pleted at once.
On April 14tl1 the courthouse at Grow
ley was dedicated by grand ball given |
under the auspices of the j. j. Harmon
base ball club.
1t PinevilIe the other day a seven
vear@oid son &c Mrs. Matilda Labat was
dangerously bitten by hSas while att
tempting to dive them away from the
house. Had it not been for the timely
Of the mother he would /
have been killed.
Louisiana Farmer: From the Pioneer
of Assumption we learn that q man by T
the name of Achille Francois. an old
resident of Bayou Sec, in the parish of
while plowing recently
had the good fortune to uDearth four
lars Of Spanish coins, called pistoles.
wi,iel, amounted in money to $4,000
and also lot of jewelry Of gold and
silver. It is supposed to be portion of
the riches of Lafitte, captain OF q gang |
Of pirates. that once inhabited the re-
r,orls of Bayou Lafourche. Mr., Fran
eois nroposes to give SEQ, ,OGo Of his find
to the advancement Of education.
A gardener near Holman. Ind. says
the Picayune, was lately digging up |
ground at his residence when he came |
across a pot of money Of $4,000.
we wish we would have such pot |
luck. Ditto for us. We believe. it. but |
make reserve, as the said finds came |