The Progress., 1896-09-10
LOUISIANA NEWS NOTES.

| on bond.
The Ella Andrews left the Marine
dry dock, Algiers, a few mornings ago
| and the steamer Warren went in. Work
will b4 done Immediately on her, as 1t
is rush job.
Mr.. Sulie BillandeauX was fOully as
sassinated the other night by unknown
parties while on his way home from
Opelousas. The cause of the crime is
unknown and no clue has yet been dis
covered.
Howard Parker, who some time ago
escaped from the asylum and went into
horse trading upon rather unsound
business principles was arrested sew
eral days ago at Alexandria and jailed
at Lafayette.
Lige Jackson, Richard Taylor and
Ophelia Green have been jailed at Bat
on Rouge under the charge of murder
ing Ike Custer, who was shot several
nights ago in his house at Zachary and
mortally wounded.
The other evening John and Fannie
Adams, both colored had row at their
home on Franklin street, which ended
in John cutting Fannie across the left
side with razor, inflicting an ugly
wound. John was arrested.
Mr.. Alcide Delpuech, Of New Orleans,
was looking at an old Colts revolver
which he has in his possession recent
ly, when it went off, wounding him in
the left breast, the bullet having lodged
in the region of the heart.
The other day young white girl
named Mary Ainsworth, aged Is years,
was arrested at the corner of Common
and Howard streets, New Orleans, and
locked up as a Juvenile vagrant. She
was a victim of morphine.
The report of the committee who had
charge of the festival recently given at
Pecan Grove near New Orleans for the
benefit of st. Joseph church, shows the
handsome net receipts of $2,011.21. The
Harvey mercantile booth alone turned
in $S65.10.
The eighth precinct station, New
Orleans, has for some days been almost
uninhabitable from it's resemblance to
a fertilizer factory. Four dead dogs
were found under the floor Of the sta
ton, which proved to be the cause of
the odor.
Two negroes named Charley Mains
and Montgomery Harris, got into a row
on Customhouse and Marais streets,
New Orleans, several mornings ago.
Mains fired several times at Harris,
wounding him on the arm. Mains was
arrested and locked up.
A train of the Shell Beach road back
ed down on a number of floats belong
ing to Peter and John Everett few
nights ago in New Orleans. The floats
were on neutral ground. Five floats
were more or less damaged and several
cars also slightly damaged.
A few days ago Mike Collins, residing
on the protection levee. Carrollton. was
held up and robbed by three negroes
on Coliseum street in broad daylight.
Collins was collector for Mr.. A. Hill
Amman, the slater, and was out collect
ing when robbed, $685. was taken
from him.
A woman, Meta Allen, was shot and
killed in Shreveport several days ago
by Essig White, both being colored.
Soon after the deed White surrendered
to Lieutenant Basch, alleging that he
was 'in bed with his wife fooling with
a pistol" He is in Jail on the charge
Of murder.
Recently Alex. Boyd, brakeman on
the ", S. & P. railroad while engaged
in hitching on some cars and switch
ing at Chenniere station, in some way
lost his footing and fell between the
cars, the wheels passing over his abdo-
men. His mutilated body was gathered
together and sent to his home in Ar
kansas.
Gus Johnson, a negro, was lodged in
Jail at New Orleans several days ago
on charge of assault with a danger
GUS weapon. Johnson had got into a
row with negress, and finding himself
unequal to her, picked up club and
struck her two blows on the left side
and back.
The other day, while the sloop Flirt,
having on board three ladies, two gen.
tlemen and negro boy, were cruising
about the lake and when near Spanish
Fort, the craft upset and all were
thrown overheard. The sloop Minnie
S., in charge of Captain j. Thomas,
happened to be near and succeeded in
picking them up.
Patrolman Mike Brown of the sew
enth precinct was very roughly handled
by a crowd of four negroes several
nights ago in front of John O'NeiI's bar
room, at the corner of BOrdeauy and