Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-01-10
Interesting and Newsy Items
From Our Exchanges.
ILLICIT STILL RAIDED.
Four children Struck by a.Train-
They Elect Delegates to the Alex
andria Meeting-Robeline Gone Dry
"A Murderer Reprieved.


between the cars at Collingston Satur-
day.
Mr.. John Fisher, Jr., of Ponchatoula,
has been awarded the fourth prize,
which is $40 worth of tools, for raising
the finest corn in Tangipahoa parish,
B. F. Avery & Sons.
A. B. Pickett, of Crowley, has pur-
chased complete outfit for the estab-
lishment of telephone exchange IN
Crowley, About fifty business houses
haye,alresdy subscribed.
NJ. r. Hayes, of Plaquemine Brulee,
Acadia parish, a brother of Postmaster
d. B. Hayes, of Crowley, was found
dead in the road Thursday morning,
death resulting from heart failure.
Prohibition put in its appearance at
Robeline, JAN 1. by the closing up OF
@. J. Smith and A. Hogue, two leading
saioonists, who will have to hunt some
place where things are'not so dry as ~
Natchitoches parish.
A local option election held Satur-
day at Slaughter resulted as follows:
Eighty-three for license and thirty
seven against. A great deal OF interest
was manifested on both sides. Every
thing passed off quietly.
Alexander Wbitmore land H. ID.
French, the engineer and conductor
who are charged with the killing of the
little girls at the Broussard accident
were bailed at Lafayette in the sum OF
81, 500 each. Judge Parkerson, Hon.
G. D. Gallery and S. r. Parkerson
signed as bondsmen.
Thursday afternoon small cart con-
tanning four children of H. Gireurd, in
which they we're returning home from
Broussard, was struck by fast train,
the horse killed and the children thrown
in different directions; two of them
were fatally and the other two seriously
injured.
The negro Sam Armstrong, who was
convicted of the murder of his wife
Virginia in Concordia parish last Aug
ust and sentenced to be hanged in vi
dslia Friday. was granted an indefinite
reprieve by Gov, Foster on the plea Of
insanity by the condemned. His men,
tai condition will be inquired into. 1t
is thought now that the original SEN
tence of the court will never be carried
out.
Upon the Recommendation of the
trial Judge and encouragement, Gov.
Foster has granted full pardon to
BENJAMIN Harrison, alias Ferguson,
convicted of grand and petit larceny
in Orleans parish, Jan. 10, 1894, and
sentenced to the penitentiarY for ten
years. Harrison's brother took the
pardon to the penitentiary and pre-
scented it to him as New Years pres
emit.
The Populists held meeting Thurs
day at Rice Cove, Vermillion parish
and selected representatives to the
Alexandria meeting, to be held on the
Sth instant. w. G. Cooch and II. @
Harrington were elected delegates
They have not decided on full loca
ticket vet, but will as soon as the Stat
meeting. is over A fusion is expected
They decided to put out a candidate TO
/, police juror, Justice of the peace and con
, stable for the third ward.
: Vermillion Camp No. Z, Woodmel
of the World, at Abbeville, in regula
session Saturday night elected the fol
] lowing officers to represent the cam
e for the ensuing year: H. X. Robinson
: council commander; o.. X. O'Brien
e vice-council; Leon J. Feray, banker
]. P. Leguenec, clerk; Vernon Cald
well. escort; DIR. G. J.. Edwards, cam
physician; Ned Bergman, Waterman
F. Leguenec, sentinel. The camp is i
? a prosperous condition, being only on
E year old.
: The Clubhouse of Mr.. d. Breaux, sit
uated about five miles west of Able
vile, burned to the ground Thursda
morning at Z o'clock. Mr.. Breau
had Just started ginning when the fir
was discovered IN the lint cotton bt
tween the gin stand and press. Their
was about fifty bales of seed cotton i
the mouse, HI VI WHICH, was puIhO
/ The fire is attributed to matches in tn
cotton. The Clubhouse snd machiner
was insured by the Gates & Graf
agency of New iberia in. the British
American for $1340. The cotton Wi
partly insured, but to what amour
could not be learned.
J. B. King, who swindled sever
parties at Biloxi, Miss, obtained none
from several merchants at Siden
giving worthless checks, and left befo
thew were returned. He was emple
ed by the New Orleans and Northeas
ern railroad company as drawtende
\ but claimed that he was only workiI
for pasttime on account of the sple
: did fishing Lake Pontchartrain afford
! It has been learned since his departu
7 from here that he was at one tin
\ superintendent of telegraph for
= branch of the Chicago and Northwei
! ern railway at Minneapolis, and sto
4 high in railway circles, but lost his
at the races. He has a wife and +
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