St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1892-04-30
STATE NEWS.

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Alexandria has two daily papers, ths
Times and the Town Talk.
Leonard got 8 votes and Breaux / il
the parish of st. Martin.
Breaux received 81 and Leonard
votes in the parish Of Lafayette.
There was hail storm between here
and Alexandria, last week.
r. [. Hanson Jr., aged 43 years, dice
in Ascension parish, on the 18th inst
A meeting has been held in New
Orleans, to take steps to build a ric'
mill.
ID. J. Reid has been reelected sheriff
of Calcasieu; Coleman D. Welsh clerl
of court.
Felix VOORHEES,, Esq, has heen elect
ed judge of the district of ST. Martir
and Iberia parishes.
The debt of Louisiana was reported
at $33, 1886, ,497 in 1890, as against SI2,-
S65, All in 1880.
1t seems to be certainty that q
railroad will soon be built from New
Iberia to Abbeville.
James Fuller, aged go years, died
from the effects of horse kick in East
Baton Rouge last week.
Judge r. H. Marr, of New Orleans
last week, and it is believ.
ed that he was drowned.
J. w. sandiford, of Red River par.
ish, once member of the Legislature
died April 81, of pneumonia.
Editor Tetts of the Farmers Vidette
has resigned, and will publish an ALI
ance paper at Robeline, La.
Citizens of Jennings and vicinity in
Calcasieu parish, have formed stock
company to build rice mill.
G. A. Fournet, Esq, has been elect
ed Judge of the district of Calcasieu.
Cameron and Vernon parishes.
Four votes were polled for the lot
terry amendment in Rapides parish
Morris ought to send them a prize.
An oil mill is to be built on Red
river, opposite Shreveport, by stock
company with capital of 100000.
The Alexandria Daily Times has
changed hands, Mr.. A. D. Battle retir-
ing, and Mr.. FL. I'll. Heiner taking
charge.
The Baptist college which million
aire Rockefeller is to build in this
State, will probably be located at Alex
andria.
In quarrel at liquor saloon, re-
Gently at Homer in Claiborne parish,
Marshall Lewis shot and killed J. E.
Madden.
Last week a passenger train, between
Tangipahoa and Arcola, was boarded
by five armed highwaymen, and rob
bed of $500.
r. B. Weems, a merchant of Rapides
parish, was shot in the arm, Tuesday
last week, by a colored man named
Felix Williams.
Capt. I'll. +. Long, once Of this par
ish, now of Rapides, and Mrs. L. E.
of the same parish, were mar
ried April 10Th.
In the Monroe ward, Ouachita par.
ish, 1901 voters were registered at the
on the 10Th inst, they all
voted except one.
Mr.. A. j. Hertzog, of Natchitoches,
and Miss Sarah Hunter, daughter Of
R. P. Hunter, Esq. of Alexandria
were married last Tuesday.
The water is getting up there. On
the 25th a crevasse occurred near
Lockport on Bayou Lafourche, and
two breaks near Napoleonville.
The Alexandria Daily Town Talk
that DR.. Ewell Muse of that
place, left there a few days ago te
locate at Vile Plate in this parish.
On election day white man named
Tom Griffin was killed, another named
w. L. Sisson was wounded, and a negro
killed, in a shooting atfray in Franklin
parish.
In the senatorial and judicial dis
tricts of St. James, Ascension and As
Foster Democrats have been
elected judge, district attordey and
senator.
DIR. A. N. Pierce and DR.. F. E. Art.
aud, of Lake Providence, recently shot
at each other at close range a ball
struck the rib of the former, ranging
round to the spine.
A colored boy named Abe Thompson
shot and killed white boy named
John Mitchell, in New Orleans last
week in quarrel growing out of the
former having iostled the latter on the
street.
Phillip Baker, for the murder of Mrs
Nelson, wife of Neil Nelson, at Car.
rollton, on March 7th, 1891, was hang
ed at New Orleans, Friday last week.
Lightning struck barn on Mr.. o.
Leblanc's place, between Lafayette and
Abbeville, Thursday last week, killing
Aristide Langlinais and iniuring Gemas
and o. ]. Leblanc two mules were
killed.
Geo. Vests shingle factory was des-
troyed by FIRE, at New Iberia, Tuesday
last week and ]. R. Lanes cooperage
factory was damaged to the amount ol
about 5000. Value of the first $4,000
insurance $500.
The Welsh Crescent, a lottery sheet
died natural death on last Thursday
r. Harrison, its editor and publisher
in his valedictory announces that with
that issue his Journalistic career in
that town ceases and he bids the peo