The American guide., 1896-05-30

TO Benton, got the coroner and jury,
and went hack to the scene Of the
homicide. ')r. Lassiter said that he
did the sho ting because the negro re-
sisted tho whipping; that one of the
negro's HAMS became united and that
the negro attempted to strike him,
which caused him to shoot him. The
ball entered the negro's body Just un'
der the left nipple, The jury rendered
a verdict Of tistlfiable shooting
A feriious voyage.
Despite thu fact that vessels are not
infrequcntlyllost while en- route to the
Ger. .ral Ame fican coasts, small and ap
parently insjeure craft still persist in
venturing oil these troublous waters,
The smallestvesse that ever attempt
ed to reach that far-away land left
Algiers tho other day for Alvarado, 40
miles south o. Vera Cruz.
She is commanded by Capt. W. A.
Bell, and was built in Dubuque, Ia,
three years dlo. Tho Orion, for that
Is her name, is 50 feet long, i2-foot
beam I'D 3-fdIt depth Of hold her en-
gires uch cylinders, 2a-inch
stroke, uvus< ,non-condenscrs. The
Orion Is ownet by the Louisiana Mcr.
camille do sovpvento Co., and will be
used for towiiE coffee on the Alvarado
river. The OWNERS Of the vessel have
In cultivation i4,00o acres OF coffee
lands, and ha'<onc other boat that is
used for pr N-poses.
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Near Ro,., small station on the !
Kansas Citi, shreveport 4 Gulf rail- |
rond. Caddopalish, there Ia estn blished |
q tobacco fat three acres, on which
experiments J he scientific aud thor
ough cultur, ) lhe weed is being made
BY company p liollanders As is well
known, the to scco raised by the Dutch
In the East iIcs 10 famous through
out tho wor and the present man
ngcr OF tn small farm, Mr.. Witt.
vicie, has spe ia number Of years In
Java and Is experienced in tobacco
culture. lie Is well pleased with the
progress made, and II the experiment
should meet anticipations, which are
very promising, the company will en-
gage cxten sively in tobacco-growins
In that section Of Caddo parish, which
has all the necessary requisites OF soil
and climate, The experiment is being
made at cost Of several thousand
dollars.
The iiArbrech Refinery,
p II. segtra and Geo. Colgin. Of
Iberia parish, have donated 20 arperts
Of land, lyinglthree miles above New
Iberia, on the Spanish lake, to ths
syndicate who lately bought the Bar
breck Sugar refinery, Of Rapides, The
plant u,0oo tons capacity will be at
once removed to the new location, and
a narrow gauge railroad will be built
to connect II with the outlying sugar
farms.
Shreveport Public Schools.
The shreveport public schools have
closed for the season. The graduates
were. Kate Jones, Leonora Harris,
Leila Green, Mary Hawkins, Bessie
Burckctt, Flora Loeb and Minnie Stall
cup. There was jam OF people at the
graduating xcrcises--rclatives and
friends of the pupils AMI graduates OF
the school,
Deaf and on Railway Track.
Allen Dams, colored, was run over
and killed by q passenger train, east
bound, on the plantation Of Mr., A. H.
Gay, Just below Scymourvillc, not far
from Plaquemine. The deceased was
a wood-choppcr by occupation and was
entirely deaf
A Mezican Arrested.
A Mexican named Margueret ovaricc,
charged with.k khooting to kill negre
near Drousssrd, was Jailed at Lafa
yctte. Tho prisoner came from Calc@
sieu, where he belonged 70 that clasa
knows as "Redbones."
A Negro Leader Kills Himself
Joe Laundsrs, leader Of the negroei
In st. Johns parish, committed suicide
the other day, shooting In the centes
Of the forehead with revolver.
rhs Flssus Acquitted.
The triai d the Picous, charged with
the murder Of Alb and Harry O'Ncil
terminated a. baton Rouge with YER
diet OF acquittai. The case Occupied
three days Ia the district court.
a csssssl,s ssa,sae.a to jail.
A. Donaldsonviile, isaac Murray,
constable, was found guilty Of assault
with dangerous weapon, and sen
fenced to one month In the parish Jail
a Eilisr Captured.
Tom Thomas, who shot and KILLED
charlca BAmpaun, near shreveport, wa,
captured ns9< Lswisvillc, Ark. Both
shooter and victim urc coiorcd.
IN 5ehn Tonlcy.