St. Landry democrat., 1888-07-07

Mrs. Z. Landry, OF st. James, and
two operations had to be performed,
the last being the amputatiun of the
thumb.
The rice mill at r iyne has been COM
pleted and will pay IL good price for all
the rice raised i'll that section.
The 3D. Congressional Convention
to nominate IL Congressman for that
district meets III New Iberia on lhe 4tl,
OF September.
Congress has appropriated $75 600 for
the erection Ut Il Federal building at
Mun.oe,
The DeSoto Democrat reports
rahlsh raised in that vicinity measur
ing two feet i'll length, aud another
eighteen il ches in circumference.
a few days ago the Abbeville Merid-
ional commenced its 31st volume.
At Jackson, on Saturday of last week,
While resisting arrest, Elias Gibson Sc
verely stabbed Mr.. Frank Noteworthy
III the neck.
The Town Talk recently received a
cabbage raised by Mr.. Joe Aerrker
which weighed seventeen pounds.
Since the death of Capt. Richard
Sinnott, in New Orleans, his pocket
book has been found floating in the Mis-
sisippi river, and it is now supposed
that he WAS the victim of foul play.
The Woman's Missionary o,r!+ty of
the Louisiana Annual Conference of
the Methodist Church Suuth convened
at Alexandria on the 21st uit.
Four hundred aud thirty immigrants
arrived at New Orleans during the
month OF May.
On the 25th ult. on the True Hope
jackson, colored, went to the house of
Alice jackson and demanded admit
lance. On being refused he bursted
open the door, and drawing revolv-
er, fired three shots at her. 1t is be-
lieved the woman is mortally wounded.
Jackson made his escape, and is yet at
large.
At Shreveport on 2Sth ult., we'll of
natural gas was struck.
Charlie Stoval, a ten year-old boy,
committed suicide at Pointe Coupee,
the other day by shooting himself
through the head with IL pistol ball.
The annual exercises of St. Mary's
Convent of Shreveport took place in
the Opera House OF that city on the 9th
ult
A Shreveport special to the n. O.
Picayune says: Less than one year ago
the skeleton of man was found ia the
woods near Spring Ridge in this parish.
Subsequent developments led to the
arrest of six negroes, who were charged
with robbery and murder. The accused
had preliminary examination to-day
before Judge Hicks. The substance of
the testimony indicates that a man, a
stranger. peddler Or agent, was
robbed aud murdered in August, 1886.
The negroes are implicated aud held
under bonds. The circunstantial links
ia the case are growing stronger, aud 1t
is probable the guilty may yet be ar
rested.
John Neill, recently tried at Frank
lin for the murder of James Whitehall,
at Patterson vile, on the 24th OF April
last has been convicted OF manslaughter
and sentenced to. one year in the peui-
Tertiary.
The Assumption Pioneer is in the
thirty. first year OF its existence.
On the 18th ult. twenty seven young
men OF the vicinity OF Plaquemlnes
organized themselves into a military
company.
A railroad route is being surveyed
from the Mississippi Valley road to
Bayou Sara beginning at q ,charie.
In Ibervile parish seven-eishths of
an acre produced one hundred and
twenty-seyen barrels of onions.
Governor Nichols has offered re-
ward of $3.50 for the arrest and conrlc--
ton of Louis Murray. who is charged
with murder of Thee. Melton 10 she par
ish OF East Carroll, on the 25th of May,
this year. Murray is black has scar
on tie right side of the nose, is abou
5 feet inches high and weighs 40
pounds.
Thomas Morse, colored, aged 16 years,
was murdered on the Keystone planta-
ton, ST. Martin parish, on Sunday OF
last week by a negro named ATTAIN DO
sepll.
On the ID inst. the Printing Board
met at Batoa Rouge and awarded the
State Printing. Captain john McGrath
Of the CapitnIian Advocate gets the
newspaper work, Ernest Marchand Of
New Orleans the contract for CERTAIN
lob work and stationery, and Messrs.
Dufour & bonnet the French printing.
Alta meeting Of the Board of Super
ylSUrS OF tue LtutSfaud oldtC " u CIsieS
held at Baton Rouge last Monday the
Louisiana State Fair Association was
granted the right to occupy sufficient
part OF the University grounds to hold
the State fair each year.
The governor has offered 2 reward
of $3.50 for the arrest and conviction OF
one Moody, muiato. who assassinated
another man named Haines about four
weeks ago, in Madison parish. Needy
is carpenter by trade. over medium
size, about thirty years old, full eyes
and has peculiar shaped foot.
The natural gas well at Shreveport
has been given q second test ny MT. I.
Chapman, president and Hydraulic en-
gineer of the American Well Works. of
Aurora, ILL.,. who gives it as his opinion
that the we'll will furnish gas 10 album
dance,
Mr.. w. 8. Haven, of Shreveport, ls
preparing to erect a wagon anu car
riage factory in that city. 5
The Board Of Directors OF the Charity
Hospital at Alexandria desire to change
the institution into female seminary.
r. e. Maxwell, of Madison parish; has
shipped six thnnsand barrels OF Irish