The Progress., 1894-09-22
LOUISIANA ITEMS.
CONVERSATIONS From all Parts OF '!'e
Pelican state.


cent Mcssrs Robert and ). y.
Jones we're appointed committee 10
ac. with the president Of the jury and
,thc district attorney IN carrying the
act into effect.
Some time since AtcXadria voted q
tax Tor an electric light and water
works plants. The city council on open
mo bids for the construction OF these
awarded the contract to the Southern
Electrical company OF New Orleans
for $4i, 900, the work to commence at
once, and to be completed IN SIX
months. The citizens Of Alexandra
are to be congratulated.
GOV. Foster has made the follow
ing appointments: Moses $, Levy
Justice OF the peace, Third ward,
lberville, vice Guy Herbert, resigned;
Leufroy Duplants, constable, Sew
euth ward, Terrebonnc, vice X. Rer-
ge~on, resigned; y. 7. Walsh, tax col
lector for the Sixth district OF New
Orleans, has been granted fifteen days
leave Of absence.
The governor has made the follow
ing appointments: }. y, Head, JUS
tice OF the peace, Third ward OF Bien-
vile, vice j. }. Sprawls, resigned.
r. H. .McGimpsy mayor OF Pinevillc,
vice W. l.. Morgan, resigned. Henry
Meyer Justice OF the peace, and John
Dee, constable, Second ward OF Pla'
ouemines, under act Il of 1891.
The police jury has appropriated
$4,000 towards the raising of the 80
900 by Rustor, Lincoln parish, for
the Industrial school. This leaves
$4,000 to be raised by the town of Rus
ton, which will be forthcoming, as
more than that amount has already
| been subscribed by the citizens.
Citizen W. b. Stansbury of New
Orleans recently wrote to the mayor
protesting against his signing a war
rant for $4,000 to pay for furniture
in the new court house and Jail, and
now the mayor awaits legal proceed
ings to establish fraud in the con-
tract as charged.
At Cbeneyviile the farmers have
been busy for some time putting on
Paris Green. The cotton crop is
already badly damaged. 1t rains
every day and washes the poison off.
! 1t is doubtful if some of the crops car
be saved from the ravages of the
worms.
At Waterproof, recently. during
heavy thunder storm lightning struck
the livery stable belonging to Capt.
a. P. Martin, of that place, doing con
siderable damage. Several persons
we're overcome by the shock, bu
none were seriously injured.
Mr.. Charles II. Shute. the paying
teller at the New Orleans National
bank, was elected at the annual en-
campment of the &. A. T., held al
Pittsburg, as junior vice commander
in-chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic.
The notorious Link Waggoner was
shot to death by u mob OF forty
masked men, who broke into the par.
ish Jail at Minden recently. Wag
goner had been at Monroe, but was
carried to Minden for trial.
A lamentable and depiorable acci
nent occurred few miles from
Compile the other evening, in which
a respectable young farmer. Daviol
by name, a white man, accidentally
shot and killed his wife.
70 Hoe, Chinese dude, late oil
New York, fell in love with Mrs. All
How, the wife Of Sing Lee of New Or
leans. Finally they eloped and Sing
is in great trouble. The runaway'
have been arrested
Henry Miller, q native of Germany
arrived at New Orleans the Other
night on the Texas and Pacific road
He came from Lafayette, where HI
sustained crushed leg while coup
ling cars.
Joseph Coltrara wronged Miss Lii.
Arms of New Orleans and then re
fused to marry her. After he wa
arrested and had laid in Jail one nigh
he repented and they were married
Charlie Hammel, while carelessl,
handling pistol, was shot in tn
right leg and painfully wounded tn
other night at his home, No. 242 Cam
street, New Orleans.
At New Orleans recently the hors'
attached to the hose cart OF engin
No. II became unmanageble durin
fire and demolished q letter box.
Another little girl has come t.
bless the household OF Gov. Foster
The governors family now consist
OF one boy and five girls.
A negro named Stokes Walters wa
, assassinated on the Whitworth place
. about three miles from Greenwood re
Gently.
, julius Alpplehaus was killed in
, late vrcck On the Shell Reach road