Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1895-10-04
NO. 33.


around New Iberia, and large quaint
ties are daily coming into that place
foi local sale, and gins are beginning
to run with full forces. The crops are
not up to the standard, still the yield
meets with expectations, and il classes
well. Competition among the buyers
is not over active, yet a ready marked
is fonnd by local produders.
J. II. Temple. for eighteen mcnthe
the station agent and operator of the
Illinois Central railroad at Hammond,
committed suicide last week. The
cause ascribed for the commission oil
the deed is dependency. Temple was
we'll known in that section, having for
years been connected with the road at
Amite, Hammond, jackson and Madi-
son, Miss. He was a Tennesseean and
was thirty-eight years old.
The Louisiana Industrial Institute
at Ruston, has opened up auspiciously;
President Prescott and Messrs. Rcbin-
son, Morton, Herget, and Miss Cole
man, we're kept busy all the day trying
to accommodate the applicants. There
are present now about 175 applicants,
and tho following parishes are repre-
sented: Claiborne, Lincoln. 0uobita,
jackson, Union, Catahonla, Coacozdis,
Bienville, De Soto, Morehouse, Caddo.
Richland, Bossier, Madison. West
Carroll, Webster and st. John
The police jury OF Rapides parish.
pursuant to notice Of the president.
convened in special session at the court.
house Monday afternoon and ordered
an election to be held in the Pineville
and Rigolette wards on Saturday, the
I'd of November proxirho, to take the
sense CT the property taxpayers Of
said ward as to whether or not Ave
mill tax for ten years shall be voted in
favor of the Kansas City, Watkins snd
Gulf Railway, provided the road is az
tended from Alexandria to Natohez,
Miss, and from Alexandria to Shreve-
port
The large splaning mill and sash.
blind and door factory, of @. W.
George and Co., New Iberia, hss been
totally destroyed by fire, the plant was
running with full force, and had just
completed and was packing 50, 900
order, all of which went mp with the
mill. The FIRE originated on the roof
and before the blaze was discovered it
had gained such headway that the mill
fire protecti,an MAS inadequate, and the
f>mee tr<>11 = repzdly that by ske
11po ~ rs A >p1z<anent rcnoh<,d tlas
scene il was beyond confrci. Thss
plant was very fine one, and has
several beautiful exhibits Of its work
in the Louisiana booth at the Atlanta
Exposition. The loss is $4,000.
Last week while Mr.. VIM. Twist.
citizen of RENDER, was walking on the
batture, he espied an alligator. Anz-
.ous to test the accuracy Of his double
barrel shotgun, with which he had
started out on hunt, he blazed away,
striking the saurian in both. eyes, COM
pletely binding him. As it continued
to wriggle and had got ashore, Mr..
othsr bsr-eI into the sIl;csior,s beed.
AZ 4 then Law motionless Mr.. Twist
Grabbed Il around the neck with hix
r;gbt hand. while = coIored man cau1bt
tbs tail Suddenly the anima; VIC
lentlv sanirmed and. sna1pinr his
laws cauebt Mr.. Twists left hand be-
tween his teeeh. with rare presence
of mind Mr. Twist stood On the sls;-
oator's hack and with his free hand
oanoht hold Of the animals nose. and
bv main strength pried omen the siliea-
TORS laws. and thus rele esed she Fesr-
f,,l orin The teeth had penetxats5
thro1cb the hand. and in one place
rassed throuoh the nail and finger.
Inc iono",ng plas were eI7a 60 =
New orleans py Ma1or valnes p. xain,
y. o A. ngn'nou'e ens'neef' s''on'n
and eighth districts, Friday, Tor recon
structing, erecting and delivering the
buildings for the Chandeieur light sts-