The Louisiana populist., 1895-07-26
NO. 40.
LOUISIANA ITEMS.
COMBINATIONS From all Parts OF the
Pelican State.

and a committee from the Iberia
Parish Central High school associa-
tion. a chartered corporation, met in
joint session and adopted plans for
central parish high school building.
The joint committee has called for
bids, and they propose to start the
erection of the building at an early
date. 1t will be of brick, two stories
and 7-foot basement, and will be
equipped with modern appliances.
At st. Bridget's Catholic chapel.
six miles south of Thibodaux on the
Terrebonne road, fair was held re-
Gently. At 10 o'clock p. IN. a row
among some hOodlums occurred, du-
ring which some of the parties re-
ceived black eyes, whilst others en-
gagged in shooting pistols, by which
William Adam received bullet in the
arm. This caused the ladies to aban-
don the refreshment tables, and a
general retreat OF all the respectable
element present.
Frank Gilmore was waylaid and
shot, and probably mortally wounded
the other day near his home in Liv-
ingston parish. He states that Henry
Shredder and his two sons shot him.
Gilmore is the man who about a year
ago shot and wounded Edmond Rabe,
and thinking him dead buried him.
Rabe now lies in the charity hospital
wounded, having been shot three
weeks ago at Springfield by Charles
Facundus.
Gov. Foster has made the following
appointments: Edward l.. Newsham,
councilman of st. Francisville, vice
Maurice Wolf, resigned; Ameda S.
Leonard, constable OF the First ward
of West Felinciana, vice Samuel Rob,
deceased; Norbert Millet. constable
Eighth ward of Ibera, vice Charles
Agillard, removed from ward; Lloyd
e. Kirkland. commissioner of deeds,
residing at Chicago.
The tax collectors of st. Tammany,
Tangipahoa and Vermillion have made
their second quarterly settlement with
the state for the current year. The
collector of Cameron has made a
splendid final settlement for the year
1894, paying into the state treasury
100 per cent of his roll. He had no
deduction list and no property adjudi-
Gated to the state for delinquency.
A negro, Monroe Ivens. aged 10
years, killed white man, John A.
Brown, aged 80 years, the other day,
near Woodwork station, Rapides
parish. The news was telephoned to
Alexandria and Deputy Sheriffs Dun
ham and Ragsdale went down on a
handcar, captured the negro and
landed him in jail at Alexandria.
The tax collectors of the Second
and Third districts of Orleans have
settled with the auditor for the month
of June, and the collectors Of Caddo.
st. James, Webster, De Soto, Qua
chita, Avoyelles, Natchitoches, Ten
sas, Grant and jefferson parishes for
the second quarter of 1895.
At New Orleans. a young white
women named Lena Wenkle, aged 26
years, attempted suicide the other
evening by swallowing dose OF car
bolic acid at her residence. The am.
bulance surgeons ATTENDED her and
she will recover
Rev. Father Charles Richard oi
Chacahoula, has been arrested on
warrant charging him with having
outraged one of his catechism class,
a little girl IL years of age.
Judge Paguet of New Orleans re-
Gently fined John Kugler 800 or 12O
days for being drunk. disturbing the
peace, insult and abuse of lady. aud
using obscene language.
At Shreveport recently the first rail
OF the Kansas City, Shreveport and
Gulf railroad was laid on the levee
with ceremonies appropriate to the
occasion.
At New Orleans, the other morning,
a negro woman assaulted and rob-
bed 1O-year-old white girl on her
way to market She took her basket
and 81.
Smallpox at New Orleans, but it is
Rouge would not permit an excursion
from that city to land.
The Panama railroad company will
establish a steamship line between
New Orleans and Colon, Panama to be-
gin operations August /.
Eugene Givens has been arrested
in Tangipahoa parish on the charge oi
fogery and OF using the mails for
fraudulent purposes.
A negro was run over by locomo-
tive and killed at New Orleans re-
Gently. The engineer and fireman
were arrested.
A store and residence were con-
sumed by fire at Plaquemine recently.
Loss, $500; insurance, 500.
Albert PORTER. railroad hand, was
found dead sitting on bench at the
depot at Rayne recently.