The Progress., 1895-01-12
LOUISIANA ITEMS
From all Parts u
Pelican State.

n ii ems IlOuS s'o''
Pelican State.
,rho commissioners of the Red river
..h,falava and Bayou Boeuf levce
;atr;ct met at Alexandria tho o1he'
;oht to consider the extension 'ro"'
,ec II to March next OF the exam
cation Of 10000 acres of district
,yamp lands situated mostly III A'oy,
Hes and st. Landry parishes |n'In
oxnocted to be purchased by D. d.
,vons, a capitalist from Chicago
Recently in New Orleans at the cor
er of Lyon and Chestnut s'ree'''
>doIph Il. Mardock, an ex-mor'oF''ian
:, rho Carrollton road, shot ana III
family killed his wife as she was
coated before the fire reading q noVo''
md then turned the weapon on hi'''-
;clf and sent bullet through MS o""
,rain. There is no cause known lux
Inc horrible deed.
ON Christmas night at ball on
reu-miIe creek. in Rapides parish
Pink Burton stepped out to warm
himself by a log fire, and on ms re-
,urn to the porch he was shot by some
unknown person. lie staEgcreu ih'o
the house and sat down and metlca'
aid was summoned. His brother was
killed last Christmas eve year ago
in the same place.
Mayor r. r. Ninson of Shreveport,
who was arrested on Dec. % charged
with assaulting Mrs. McCarty, had
preliminary examination a lew uay9
AFRO. After a thorough investigation
the accused was honorably dis
charged. Mayor WILSON'S friends are
elated over his complete vlndlcatlon
of most grave and serious charge'
W. A. Thompson, we'll known
as Charley Mitchell's manager ana
who has been handling pure 1000
show, which collapsed, was arrested
at New Orleans on charge OF oD-
tanning money under Ease pretenses
recently, the complainant being D. H.
Allen, Ggho bought 5000 tickets on d
speculation.
The supreme court sitting at New
Orleans, having considered the petl-
ton recently presented by members
nf .he bar Of this state outside of the
CITY of New Orleans, orders that mere
after all appeals in civil cases snail
be placed on the same call docket ana
set for hearing in the order OF she'r
filing.
The steamer Mary Fisher, with a
tow of barges. ran into wharf boat
ut Bayou Sara the other night, strlk'
ing it dshlp and causing it to SINK
Immediately. The wharf boat was
valued at $4,000, and, together with
$40, 900 worth of freight, will prove
total loss. No insurance.
A fatal duel was fought in Nelson
barroom, corner OF Claiborne AM
Common streets. New Orleans, tn
other night between James Cook
well known character and ward poll
tician, and Charles Hudnall. employed
in the tax bureau of the city hall
Both men were killed.
Gov. Foster has appointed }. l.
Phillips justice of the peace OF tn
Fourth ward of St. Tammany parish
vice A. Verrett. who failed to qualify
John G. Wenzell was appointed jus
tice of the peace of the Firth wor
} of St. Tammany parish, vice W. (
Fountleroy, resigned.
Work on the Avoyelles, st. Lou
Q and Southwestern railroad is bein
I rapidly pushed through. There
0 already eight miles of grade throw
up ready for the ties and rails. III
grading will be completed to Bunk
in Il few days.
j. An unprovoked shooting occurre
n at dance two miles north of Rayr
T. station one night recently, in whic
n City Marshal W. V. Lyons lost h
A. life at the hands, it is alleged,
N Sylvester Abshire.
Is A crazy man giving his name as
IS w. Alton and claiming to be fro
vi Jaruselim, Texas, has been arrest
le in New Orleans. He said he was
ty his way to Washington to kill Pre-
rs dent Cleveland. ..
~ The plant of the Capital City Ra
way and Lighting company was 81
the other day by the sheriff unt
execution, and was purchased by
er Bank of Baton Rouge for 500, 900.
Nv At Lakeside the weather is repo
n. I'D beautiful, plenty OF flowers
"a bloom, butterflies on the wing 9
he enterprising farmers blowing for
ed rice crop.
ps. C. +. White and j. +. Coslett, t
ell smooth young crooks who have b.
rs, victimizing the hotels in north Lou
in ana, have been caught at Tallulah.
ISL The sugar planters OF Avoyelles
Rapides parishes have agreed to
male laborers 60 cents per day
women 40 cents for the year 1895.
~, horsa thief was shot and killed