The Progress., 1894-12-29
LOUISIANA ITEMS.
Condonsr lions From all Parts of tho
Pelican State.

The a idltOrlum Atnlelic Cluo HAL
aqement of New Orleans has heen de-
clared by the coroner's jury respon>
sible for the death Of Andy Bowen,
the pugilist. DR.. Finroy, who was
with Bowen from the time he went
down until death, says Lavigne S
blow did not cause Bowen's death.
The witness said had Bowen slipped
and fallen without having been struck
at all and fall as ne did in the last
round the result would have been the
same. Following is the verdict:
"Deatn was due to hemorrhage
caused by conclusion OF the brain, and
the jury further finds it was neglect
on the part of the club in not having
the ring padded
r. T. Leland, grand patriarch OF
the Encampment Of Louisiana, and
Charles II. Brownlee, past grand pa
triarch and representative to the
Sovereign Grand Lodge OF the indie
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, who
reside in New Orleans, arrived at
Alexandria, recently. having prevl-
ously visited at Monroe, and visited
Trinne Encampment No. II, returning
to New Orleans the next day.
Recently a party Of men, all colored
were SEEMING at Spring bayou, near
Marksville. Two of them--Paulin
Toussin and Toussin Lavilli-sup-
posed to be under the influence OF
drink, were at one end of the seine
and at one end of deep place, when
they fell in and we're drowned, never
rising again to the surface of the
water. Their bodies were recovered.
Near Tickfaw station, on the Hi
nois Central Railroad, the body of an
unknown whiteman was found re-
Gently with his head severed by the
wheels OF passing train. and the
corpse was in state Of decomposl-
tion and partially devoured by hogs.
Coroner Craig viewed the body and
had it given a decent burial.
At New Orleans the other night +.
F. Siskorn, special agent of the Cen
trail railroad of Georgia, with head
quarters in Georgia, while under the
influence of whisky entered the Saza
rae saloon and a few moments later
whipped out a revolver and fired 9
shot into the ceiling. The police
hustled him off to jail.
While Mrs. William Caperton and
Miss Daisy Hunter of Houston were
out driving at Shreveport recently
the horse became unruly and threw
them from the buggy. Mrs. Caper
ton had her. wrist broken and was
otherwise injured, and Miss Hunter
received scratches and bruises in th'
face.
At Welsh, a town ten miles west o
Jennings, the citizens recently votet
on the question of license or nj
license for saloons. In total vOt'
of 70 there were 43 votes against ant
% for, with votes thrown out TO
Irregularities, making a majority 0
10 for prohibition.
At New Orleans the trial OF COun
cilmen Thrihiey and Kane are goin!
on. The evidence shows they aske'
for $1,000 in order to pass an ordl
nance granting a wharf and she'
privilege and that other members O
the council made similar requests.
> In New Orleans few days sine
. two detectives arrested a dappe
little confidence man and bogus chez
operator named George H. Howard
alias G. H. Holmes, alias M. H. Pul
vermacher, aged 25 years, who claim
St. Louis as his home.
Upon recommendation of the trit
, Judge and attorney general, q fu
!. pardon has been granted M. A. MOI
, ris, convicted before the criminal di'
y trict court of Orleans March, 1895
and sentenced to the pepitentiary fc
, one year.
: Sarah Lizzie and Annie Laur
Posey, who walked from Alabama
= New Orleans and from the latte
! place to Shreveport, have been place
: in the Genevieve orphanage at til
y latter place.
" At New Orleans recently Hem
Rung got drunk, went home, tire
chairs and dishes at his wife, threa
ening finally to cut her throat. III
h recorder fined him 500 or l2O day
= Gov. Foster has appointed H. !
u Davidson notary public for Calcasit
|. parish, and Benjamin P. Hebert co
- stable Second ward, St. Mary paris
=. vice +. H. Dumesneil, resigned.
= Recently at Franklin, man NAM
d w. S. Steel, was lodged in the pari
d prison on the charge of being da
v gerous, suspicious and demented, Al
70 died in jail during the night.
. The teachers are complaining
y Alexandria, as we'll as everywhe
=, else in the state, that parents do n
- take suffic lent interest in the educ
~ ton Of their children.
Of The hog-killing season is at ha
~ and with colder temneratllre tho