The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-17
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LOUISIANA ITEMS,
CONVERSATIONS From all Parts of the
Pelican State.

~Ai' ""hho" NHltc Iudu lclI lntO I'M
river one night recently at New Or
leans. He was tished out by Herr,
HUBERT, Waterman of the ferry.
: The badly decompoSed body OF
man was found recently in the swan,
between the Orleans aid Butter canals
1t IS Impossible to distinguish whether
deceased was white or black, OWN
to the state Of the body. The remains
were taken in charge by the police.
The New Orleans grand jury con.
times to indict Recorder Whitaker,
New Orleans has home for waits.
1t is supported by the subscriptions OF
charitable people.
There is a row up between Re-
corder AucOir ind the police board in
New Orleaas.
! Secretary Carlisle ID now paying
the sugar bounty at the rat, Of 500
O0O peg day. o."
Miss NiatOr, daughter of Widow
Henononie Water, met with a terrible
late few days since at New Iberia.
While standing before an open fire
place her skirts caught fire, and she
was SO fearfully burned that within a
I lew hours death put ga end to her
'suEaring.
Inc supreme court OF the state of
Louisiana met in New OrleaEs few
days since. Hon. II. G. Miller was
5worTi in by Chief Justice Nichols as
associate justice vice Charles Par
%Iange, resigned, who is now Judge of
the United States circuit court.
Some unknow4 party stole a 500
diamond from gentleman's shirt
hront while l3d1ng on street car in
New CgleansEecently.
Every town in Louisiana should
have Development club patterned
after that at Shreveport. The De-
veIopment club of that city is doing
much valuable service for Shreveport.
The Madi Gras festival is over an1
the New Orleans folks have bucklcd
down te bushes again
New Orleans has a society fc2 the
prevention of cruelty to children. q.
Tom Smith, a negro, wanted in
Nicksburg for the murder of Ed. But
Ter, has been arrested at New OrleansS
Only one serious row occurred at
New Orleans on Madi Gras day. In
a shooting scrape Jean Ball was killed
and several others were slightly
wOunded.a a o. ~
A cylone struck Port Hudson re-
Gently, demolishing a number of
houses, uprooting trees and leve]inp
fences. On the Lombre place and0n
the Chambers plantation much dam
age was done. On the former the
dwelllng was unroOfed, the gin house
destroyed and several cahins wrecked.
One child was killed and four others
were wounded. On the Chambers
place number of c0lored people
were injured.
A hog got negro man down in
the suburbs of New Orleans recently
md cut horrible cash in his back.
The board of directors of the Con-
ederate soldiers home have passed
he following resolutions: Resolved.
hat the funds to be derived from the
ecture of Gen. John B. Gordon and
hose appropriated by the police iu- {
les OF the different parishes be con-
ldered as u special improvement
und. {
William B. Webb, a young man, was ,
tabled to death on Mardi Gras bv a {
egro named Gustave Mitchell, in a l
aIoon in 'retna, opposite New Or /
cans. The news OF his death was 9
elegraphed to his parents at Homer
nd ms sister and brother at Athens I
lltchell fed to the swamp. S
The Southwestern Traffic associa- l
on will meet at New Orleans on Feb y
nary 20. a
New Orleans has Young Mems c
uSlneSG league. They are all push u
IS. l
Inc Norwegian steamer Jart and S
lie American steamer Wanderer have
cen towed to Algiers and placed on
Dck. Is
William Brady, negro, was given Il
cot In the charity hospital at New tt
rleans a few days since. He became H
VOWED In quarrel with negro "
AIMED William Oliver, at Amesvijle a,
'HeFaon parish, and Oliver mashed :" oI
his skull with wooden pickett, v,
'ady may not recover. Oliver was D
rested. te
Willie Gould, alias Smith. q NEGRO = !,
rs lodged III the ninth precinct sta. ~,
'n' Aew Orleans, al an early hour CT
e other morning, charged with SC
ootlng at with intent to murder
aliclous mischief assault and bat B
ry on Mrs. johnson and dischargins Ii
earns within the city limits. NJ
The board of the New Orleans ia
ome for lncurables report that in til