St. Landry democrat., 1888-09-01
LOUISIANA NEWS.

oiiuuIuus at k-iclsl some time since
were luuud guilty without capital pun
l>finieut d seuteuctu To lie lmulls
uniueut.
Mr. Robert Noteworthy, aged twent,
years. sou uf Prof. Noteworthy. o.
Jackson, uuitItuuk to win Tllump.
sons creek asler The Iecent storm AN.
Was drowned
Hon. Don Cutlery, who WAS though,
To tc lost uutlug Tie late storm wac
found safe and ouuuu at the mouth al
DAY GU Duiarye uu The coast OF Tie DAY
lsii OF ietreUoniIe.
Al Patouv,iIe, Iberia parish, on the
IS hist. Suiltc B,uuclleL was shot dead
10y ONE Gary.
Tue contractor has about completed
The Transfer sheds aud platform AL
AltXanLIla preparatory Tor The low
"ater period.
GA The % inst the assessor of Rip
ldes pa.l,u furnished his Tolls iluMlu
the total parociiihl a"sStssultut to ue
50 5o3 ,Ul1-An luclease un last year vi
ol4U.o2l.
The damage to the cane crop in por.
tlUus or the Stale Is said " be fully 20
per cent.
At Goldmau's Landing on the 18th
inst. john Il ,ss shot ANA killed Cta,les
Slouewall. Botl, are notorious cnalac-
lcIs.
At St. Martinsville, On the % inst,
the ANN evsaly Ut the death of Rev.
Father j. M. Jaus, for thi,ly-seven
years p,lest tor that paiisiI, was ccle-
Ulaled.
The Non-Partisan Prohibition Com
vtutlon me al hOnIUe on the 22ld,
with Col. l.. NJ. Kidd, OF Ruslun, ten
poiary Cnalrulau and Rev. VIM. Hart,
Ut Muntne, Temporary secietary.
Thomas W. Poole OF Claibnlne parish.
has ueen appointed State Commissioner
OF Immigration.
23I, alter eating Il tIealtY supper, Mark
Turner Tell and died very suddenly OF
lIeaiC disease.
Information has been filed by the
Encouragement, he being present. ut
lie preliminary ulal, against tile Holl-
man brothers tur the attempted killing
OF Siellf Roof Ut Catalonia.
Burglars lately attempted the MUIR
der uf MI. Daniel Mayer, OF Shreveport,
whose store they had robbed.
While attempting to save her child
Mis-. Devllle was drowned in Red river
near Maiksvi!le "a short time since.
Seven hundred armed men in St.
Martins parish came together on the
25th %dIsalming fifteen degrees aud
ordering certain disleputable chalac-
ters TO leave that section OF the country.
The 4th District Congressional Con-
velitlon will meet ut Shreveport Oh the
25th September.
Near louisville on the 2tst inst, r.
w. M"Clend0n, Jr., shot aud killed +.
B. Nixon. The trouble grew out of
family differences and it is claimed that
McCltnlOn stands justified by the COM
Imulity in wliicl, he lives.
On "Wednesday of last week the
Grover Cleveland, only mail steamer
between bayou Sara!i and New
Orleans, broke down on her downward
rip.
An item in an exchange says that
Turing the late storm lightning struck Il
wire fence, tr%ac1uting cypless posts and
mulberry posts nnscalhtd.
MULBERRY posts. might on this account
" recommended for use where wire
= used, but they are too scarce for gen
.ral Use.
On the % inst. tt,e Baton Rouge Wa
er Works Company began The work of
building tlleir steel water tower which
will be over one hundred feet high.
The verdict Of the %coroner's Jury
he Fee Town, Iberia parish, lint was
i,at they had come to their death by
wounds Inflicted by unknown ,
On the 22nd inst. Sheriff Bronssa,d ,
# Lafayette, rescued a DegrOe from a
'auuI of "reguia.nrs" who were con-
him ti.,ongi. the parish. They
opld chew nojuSt cause for their ac- !
on in the premises. 8
A negro recently employed by the ,
lnuisiana Electric Light Company at :
Orleans went to sleep on the belt
l%nniny over the wheels of tile dynamos c
'hici, furnish the power for the pri- !
ate lights throughout the city. The 4
ngineer, AS is the custom. started the t
light aynamos at 6 D.. M. and =.
'heD the engine started lie !.el!lng te- u
and the man was lmmed he 4
ween it and the large fly wheel. His Il
cad and breast we're fearfully crushed =
nd his arms aud one of his legs were =
roken. He died u few minutes after. +
II
1t is useless TO keep telling a sinner =
bout hell. He knows as mncl, of the n
rs is good for MIN. Tell him of 5
10 green pastures, running brnOks, :,
,ol spots and pleasant places of !"
and make hin, want to go n
iere with you.-N. Q. Picayune. c
Walter Whitman, the .'gool old gray 7
Oct" is recovering fast, and says his n
nv book, November Bougils," will te J
ut by the middle OF Septenber.-N. O. r
icayune. a
ROCEEDTNGs OF THE BOARD p