The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-03
LOUISIANA ITEMS.
From all PartJ OF the
Pelican State.

ago.
There is talk of erecting a central
sugar factory at Abbeyille.
Bayou Lafourche is now navigabIe'
A few days ago Charlotte Ambrose,
very old colored wowman, was
burned to death in her cabin on the
Boney place, one and ono-haIf miles |
from Spring Ridge.
The city charter of Shreveport is to
be amended.
A burly negro recently entered the
sleeping apartment Of Mrs. Elizabeth
Walch, a lady IS years old, on ben
Vile street. New Orleans, and grabbed
her by the throat, saying: "Hivo me
all Of your money or will brain you"
The dogs barked so furiously that he
became frightened and left
Four houses were burned at Shrcve-
port few days since.
Sheroveporttes are to have the
! Kirmess.
One day recently in New Orleans
there were nine births registered, six
marriages and eleven deaths.
On January 20 there was $945, 650,94
in the treasury of the city of New
Orleans.
All the houses of New Orleans are
to be remembered at once.
The police board of New Orleans
now has control of the police Of that
city.
The tax collectors of St. Bernard,
Catahoula, West Baton Rouge and st,
Mary have settled with State Auditor
Heard COR the fourth quarter of last
year.
The Louisiana Agricultural society
has just closed its annual session at
Opelousas.
Nicholas Liciachi, a year-old boy,
5 accidentally shot himself recently
y while out hunting near BreauX bridge.
- Simon +. Marx, aged II, one of the
. best known cotton factors in New Or
" leans, committed suicide recently by
e putting pistol in his mouth and pull
ing the trigger.
Gen Leon Jastremski of this state
'e has been appointed minister to Peru
IS and, accompanied by his wife, has lief
. for his post of duty.
d j. A. Sisk, an employee Of j. W
g Stallcup, jeweler at Shreveport
,r robbed his employer of q large mum
L. Der of watches and other jewelry SOM
j. time since and left the country. HI
has been arrested at Greenville, S. c
Ike Causey, the young negro, VIII
st three months ago cut Mr.. Clay Der
n nard, manager of the Nelson planta
ed ton in West Baton Rouge, across tn
is forehead with a caneknife, inHictin
i'd a wound from which Mr.. Bernard
ed still suffering in the New Orlean
he hospital, has been placed safely be
GO hind the bars in the West Baton Roug
Is jail.
W A. G. Lormand of st. Landry ha
been appointed notary public by Gov
N Foster.
no New Orleans fanciers have bee
L." enjoying bird and dog show. Their
lis were $50 dogs and about 600 chickens
20 The corner stone Of the new Tular
ilo University in New Orleans was laid
no few days ago.
thy The famous Link Waggoner is
re- jail.
Us The railway companies in New O
leans want to move the monument
Henry Clay so they can have
sly straight line.
~ Thad Howell, Henderson Wells al
~ Aleck Caldwell, colored, were jailed
" " few nights ago at Shreveport, charge
~, ~, with killing w. c. Clark at Reiser.
Ore Two New Orleans detectives a
,he rested Harry Lee, alias "Handson
SIS, Harry" few days ago in that cit
to 1t is said he is wanted in Brookly
the N. Y. for robbing a woman.
In Bossier parish, as elsewhere, a
q class of people who chase other pc
INK ple's hogs The sheriff has just Gag
an' two such.
re-
i've Arcadia wants development clu
ken The North Louisiana Agricultul
ing society held its last meeting recen
on at the experiment station at Calhor
W. Burglars entered the residence
I'd Congressman Robertson at Bat
nov Rouge a few nights since, but did l
one secure anything OF value.
}. Ex-United States Senator George
Edmunds of Vermont, accompanied
yer his wife, is in New Orleans. He
ons business before the state court of
rive peals. He is recognized as or
'uld lawyer.
,om Frank Moran took laudanum in n
f+or Orleans few days ago. as an al
II 1 e