The Progress., 1895-01-26
LOUISIANA ITEMS.
Condensaticns From all Parts OF u
Pelican State.

David Wright, charged by his al
vorced wife, Leona Wright, with Kid
mapping :heir little boy, has been
discharged by the court at New Or
leans. The husband produced a de-
cree of the civil court awarding MN
the custody of the child. The mother
took the decision much to heart anu
burst into tears, crying bitterly Ior
some time. She was finally led away
bv friends. The child is bright
little boy of about 4 years OF age.
VIM. Wedlock. trapper, left his
camp in Ouachita parish in charge
of a young negro named Levi few
DAYS since. On his return from Mon
roe, he found the camp had been ROB-
bed and on looking around found the
body Of Levi living thirty feet from
the camp, with gunshot wound IN
his breast. There is no doubt out
that the murder was for the purpose
of robbery, as the man had no known
enemies.
Quite sensation occurred at Able
Vile the other night A popular
drummer from New Orleans, in com
pany with the driver of a hack, en-;
ticed three pretty Octoroon girls or
that place out for ride and eloped
with them to New Iberia or some
other point. The poor Old mother IS
heart broken at the loss OF her girls
and has taken steps to capture the
ruuaways.
{ Governor Foster has appointed W.
C. Andrews police juror, sixth ward
Morehouse, vice Evan Turpin, deceas
ed: w. G. Dunn, constable, fourth
ward of Ouachita, vice r. +. Burch,
resigned; Louis LozaDo of Iberville, a
notary public; John Peters, alderman
of Clinton, vice w. A. Cain, resigned.
Alexander Bob and Willie Brown,
two negroes, quarreled at Bilieaud
sugar mills, near Brousard the other
morning. Bob struck Brown on the
head with a billet of wood and crushed
his skull, inhicting a fatal wound
} Bob was arrested and lodged in jai
at Lafayette.
A man by the name of Abe Prewit
was recently brought to Monroe ans
jailed by United States Deputy Mar
shall w. H. Martin, on the charge o
) passing counterfeit money in TIT
town of Delhi, where he was arrested
bv John Scott, the sheriff of Richland
At Forest Hill, Rapides parish the
q other night W. G. Ro&rk was sittin!
in his kitchen with his head against
= window pane playing with his bah!
r while his wife was getting supper, AM
was shot through the head by som
= unknown assassin. He died instantly
: The sawmill of Joseph H. Meeke
O and Ben Randolph at Forrest Hill
y Rapides parish, was destroyed by fr'
+ the other day, together with larg
d lot of lumber. The valuation OF tn
d mill was $4,000. There was no insul
IS ance.
. John Mcdonald, well-known char
u acter, who resides at No. al Howar
. street, New Orleans was arrested tn
y other morning charged with pickln
:: the pocket of Free erick Robinson a
u ! of IL
g. Guilty and punishment at death
,e was the verdict of the jury the othe
e. night in the case of the state vs.. A
or shire, at Crowley, for murder
or Deputy Sheriff Lyons on New Year
Is day at dance above Raynes.
vo Eight saw mill proprietors on tt
'lr Houston Central, Arkansas and Mort
ern railway met at Alexandria /
Gently and organized the Enterpri
is Lumber company, with capital sto'
n. OF $500, 900.
We The bicycles which are to be us
mp by the messenger boys in the spec
w. delivery department of the postotfi
Oh at New Orleans have arrived and M
they 60 in hurry.
Thomas Walsh bad character
for New Orleans, while resisting arr
ON recently was shot by Officer Liberia
81 in the leg. :, The officer acted in Sc
ere defense.
Thomas Crammer has the chars
Of being drunk. using obscene Ii
guage and insult and abuse piled
oy against him in New Orleans cou
cen
,;lls Enmodu Scarfa, colored. got til
the of living and took laudanum at N
In Orleans the other day, but was
alf vived and wil1Gecover.
ken John Dougherty fell from the TIE
The and Pacific elevator at Donaldsonv
are the other day and sustained pair
we're injuries about the head.
'lu. , William Rankin, got $50 or 81
ana DAYS before Recorder Whitaker
New Orleans recently for disturbil
defenseless woman.
been Miss Ella johnson was given a
let dict for $4,000 damages against
have Illinois Central railroad at Al
leas- City few day ago.