The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-03-06
LOUISIANA NEWS NOTES.

ale being put in order
Shreveport is to have a new building
for Caddo engine house No. l.
The Democrats, of Lafayette parish,
have split and will run two tickets.
A lodge of Odd Fellows was institnt-
ed at Alexandria a few nights since.
The State Dental Society met at New
Orleans recently with a good attend
ance.
The Michigan editors stopped over
at New Orleans and took in the car
nivaL
New Orleans cops" arrest gambler
occasionally, and burglar everytime
they can.
Burglars and sneak thieves are still
quite energetic and successful in New
Orleans.
Charles Prados cut Charles Long in
the neck at New Orleans recently and
made his escape.
Twelve prisoners were taken from
Shreveport to the pen" at Baton
Rouge the other morning.
The people of New Orleans are now
talking about street paving as well as
political, municipal and state.
John Rousseau. alias Mustache, a
| tough negro, stabbed and instantly
1 killed a harmless negro named Dan
Bird in the Blue Goose saloon, No. 912
Poydras street, New Orleans, the other
eening.
Near Newellton, a gin, with about
100 bales OF cotton was consumed by
fire the other night. 1t was the pro-
perty of Mrs. NJ. B. Douglass. The gin
and cotton was partially covered by
insurance.
A few days ago in Jefferson parish,
Louis Bares, in fit of jealousy, cut
the throat of Miss Agnes Bitz. his
sweetheart, resulting in her death, and
then ended his own life by emitting his
own throat.
! A monument will be erected at
Thirbodaux to the memory Of the late
Charles NJ. Menard, who presided as
priest of the st. Joseph's Catholic
church at that place for more than
fifty years.
At Thibodaux recently whilst an
octogenarian colored woman named
Clarisse, residing on st. Charles street.
was kindling fire by the use of coal
oil, her clothes canght fire and burned
her so badly that she died in few
hours.
At Plaquemine, a few days ago. In
the district court Willie Zenon, ,colored.
a notorious sneak thief. was sentenced
to the penitentiary on three different
charges of larceny. getting six months
on one and three months on each of
the others.
The other night sacriligious thieves
attempted to break into st. Theresa's
church, corner Of Camp and Erata
streets, New Orleans, by cutting away
a portion of the door. They then at
tempted to pry it open with a crowbar
but failed.
Lee Colvin was shot and dangerous
ly, IL not fatally, wounded by Dan
Stevenson, as the result Of a quarrel
at a dance some fifteen miles north
west of Monroe the other night. Bad
blood existed between the young men
for some time.
|. Probably the cleverest hotel sneak
in the country is now in prison at New
Orleans, and with so much damaging
evidence against him, that 1t Is more
than likely that James Raymond, alias
Kelly. alias Wilson, alias the "Artful
Dodger," will serve some years in the
state penitentiary.
| At New Orleans, Ernest Erslew, a
brakeman on the Northeastern road,
met with a horrible fate the other
morning while in the discharge Of his
dnties. Erslew was thrown from the
top of a box car on which he was rid
ing, and his body fell directly beneath
the wheels. He was horribly mangled.
and death was instantaneous.
At A. o'clock the other morning a
fire was discoered in the drying kiln
of Mr.. Jules D Echoud' saw mill. about
two miles from Gibson on the Southern
Pacific railroad. A brisk wind was
blowing, and the fire could not be ex-
tinguished, and the kiln and lot OF
shingles were soncumed, valued at
$4,000. No information as to insur-
AT New Orleans the other morning.
while negro named Willie Randalls
was asleep in his bed at his home,
another negro named Will Murray,
alias Mexican Kid, entered his room
and cut him four times about the
body with a pocket knife. infiicting
painful wounds. Murray escaped.
The cause of the trouble was an old
grudge. 9r.I-
At Abbeville few days since man
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