The Progress., 1894-12-22
LOUISIANA ITEM D
Combinations From all Parts Oh WV
Pelican state.

ondensationS FROM "'A |
Pelican state. III
---- III
Senator Blanchard has introduced
bill directing the secretary OF '.o
reasury to refund to the ol''~e ~.
bank of Louisiana s257 'o'o' '"D
mount illegally exacted OF the oanN
IN 1s62 bv Gen. b. +. Butler com,
,nandinc the United States army az
New Orleans at that time; s'Vo'o,,
axacted in like manner by Gen Banks
in 1863 and $l,242,777 exacted oy
Gen. Candy, in 1866, with interest," y" a
mis- ann at the rate OF per cent
1he National Water Purifying CON- com, ,
pauy of New York has i'led d. a Sus
aoaiust the New Orleans w a'e,"o' ,' "o
connsnv for 1885, the alleged Valuo
Of a alter plant which they put n.y.
guaranteeing it to filter al, ,ne aorts
ter required This the ac'en'" 1an
claim the filter company utterly 10Y. .ho
ed to accomplish, consequently VIZ
water works company refused W 10 y,
ceiye the filter plant, hence 'ne '"'''
The aspirants for the clerksh'ps Oh
.ho district court for the parish OF AS
cen,,ion can now cool their heels on
tho outside unit! February. lS9'' az
least, as the present incumbent Mr..
Acbille Landry, has declared tna' nI 40
could not possibly clear his ounce y.
accumulated work until that oa'o' "s
which time, if he is still of the same
mind, he will tender his res'sn"'
ton.
L. Davis recently shot and killed
George Boya at the corner OF n Ians'
and ROYAL streets, New Orleans
navis WAS the crier and boya 'ne
denutv sheriff who were summary
, dismissed some days since by Judge
, Noise in consequence OF a special re-
, nort Of the grand jury duplicating
r them in the charge of tamperlng Will
I the petit jury list.
y Recently the sugar-house on SCUM
IS wood nlantation, As nsion paris
~ was demolished by acyIlone, ouryln|
10 six men beneath the ehrls; frah
d Iive1v was badly brui bed about tn
II head and had an ankle spraineo
<. MIR. Landry had his leg broken i
70 several places. Two negroes we'
10 9 mortally wounded and two o'ho'
X, severely hurt.
" The body Of the man who was our
ed to death by electric wires IN NC
Orleans recently, was ldent'hea
q the morgue as J. +. Jaworek' loc
e, furniture manufacturer s agent, WI
oh has figured prominently before VI
OF public of late as a witness before !
as Grand Jury and also in the impeac
Mt ment proceedings against the mayo
'y " A very heavy wind storm Stru
wn the Alhambra plantation in lberVi
nor parish, recently, q two-Story Or
for building WIS demolished. one nes
&C. was killed and three others wound
no. On Supplies plantation, near bay
,at Goula, the smokestack, boiler 81
~ and warehouse were blown down
the A fatal shooting ARRAY occurred
this Kilbourne, west Calhoun parish,
hed Gently. Frank Cawthorne' a II
the chant, was killed by q man mar
der Beyins and in the melee that follo'
lead it. is reported that two white mon
'olk two negroes were also wounded ne
'esA- however, fatally.
~ The police jury OF lberville pa
met and passed the following res
ton: "Resolved, THAT tho presto
$ 50 of this police jury is hereby out
!, of lied to take such legal steps as
'hite be necessary to secure the remov'
man. the leper hospital from the paris
ough Iberville.' y ... ..
naNo The governor has signed the d
,,';. warrant of Joseph Mouran, who
'H a, convicted of rape in Avoyelles pa
q: Sent. 8, last The execution
- = 30 dered to take place on Friday "a
=, y. 1895, between the hours OF noon
The 4 p. IN. y.......
which At Omega the other night
and damage was done by eye
;hick, Much cotton was destroyed |
Y are fields. Several negro cabins we
y are molished and others unrooted, bt
soles, other houses being destroyed.
The Ladies' Monument assoc
pithet was recently organized in Monr
Japs. erect marble shaft over the
ass OF of several hundred confederate
iendly who are buried in the Monroe
ina 10 terry.
49, tar. At Goshen recently Eustice v
- = noo was accidentally killed by v
,,ot ~ Masters. They were playing
Nv ' the pistol which accidentally went
mics" New Orleans Is now assured
,aux is ing a frst.class baseball clut
ippewa season for the reason mas
r "raw Powers will be at the head OF Il
rr. Doo. a rrominent