The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-09-17
LOUISIANA NEWS NOTES.

| lew mornings ago lne HUI
daughter of Mr.. VIM. Gesell a residen
OF Baton Rouge. went with her mothe
to store and while there was restin
her hand on a counter when a DO,
fell on it. cutting off one of her fin
gers
The other day w. j. Mccall atttor
ney, was comitted by Recorder Adam
to the criminal district court under
bond of $3.50, on charge of breach Q
trust and ENLIGHTENMENT, preferred
by John w. Linville. No. 1916 Milan
street, New Orleans.
The ginhouse owned by Sol Elgut
ter, on Oak Grove place near Newell
ton, with about fifteen bales of cottor
and all the seed, was destroyed by
fire few evenings ago, while in Oper.
alton, caused by the saws striking 8
nail. Partially insured.
About 1900 negro excursionists from
New Orleans arrived at HOuma a few
days ago and took in the town. Two
women were run over by bicycles and
several bruised on the train, none Sc
riously. When leaving, several fired
a salute with their revolvers as the
train pulled out.
There is trouble on the Morgan line
in Algiers, owing to the proposed re-
duction of wages to the freight hand
lers. Heretofore these men have re-
cived 80 cents per hour for work be-
tween the hours of a. m. and S D..
m. and 40 cents per hour for over
time. The wages are cut to Is cents
straight.
The negro Henry Wilson or Louis
Flemming, charged by Sheriff C. Tay-
lor Cade of Iberia parish. with being
fugitive from Elm Hall plantation,
was arraigned before Judge Finnegan
and remanded pending the arrival of
papers for his transfer. He is sup
posed to be the murderer of w. ].
Willis, a foreman on the Elm Hall
plantation.
The town council of Plaquemine
met in regular session the other even
ing. The mayor appointed a commit
tee composed of Messrs. J. A. Herbert
Fred Baist, and Peter G, Wilbert. to
confer with the police jury in regard
to the criminal expenses of the corpo-
ration and to make contract to pay
the parish stipulated amount yearly
for the same.
A runaway accident occurred in
New Orleans the other afternoon in
which Mr.. Charles Clerc and Mr.. H.
were thrown from buggy
and both seriously injured. Mr.. Clerc
severe wound of the alb
domino! wall from which peritonitis |
is feared. Mr.. Englehardt had three
ribs fractured, together with heavy
of the left shoulder.
Several evenings ago while Charles
Birmingham, driver for the Secu-
r!ty Brewing Company, was delivering
beer at a grocery on Adele street, New
Orleans, notorious character named
Berrill, who hangs around
he store, deliberately fired pistol
shot at him. but without effect, and
hen fed. Birmingham claims that
Berrill shot at him without cause.
Recently W. j. Tonkin, a stranger
IN New Orleans, appeared before Re-
order Finnegan and swore out an atfi-
lavit against Jim Amadio, an ex-con-
net, for assault and battery and rob-
'ery. 1t appears that Amadio induced
rOnkin to go into small room at the
alters boarding house and while in
here grabbed him by the throat and
'eld him against the wall until he
Gould search his pockets, taking 1915
fter which he escaped.
Wright Wilson, negro, was arrest
d several mornings ago in New Or
cans, charged with numbering a ne
70 and negress just outside of Kent
rood at picnic. He had got into a
uarrel with another negro named
ticks; both were armed and had been
and Kicks suggested they ex-
hange weapons. Wilson found that
ticks pistol was out of order. Kicks ).
red and they tried to get away but
wilson secured shotgun from some
ne and shot Kicks, the bullet also .
enetrating the heart of a negress.
hitch was in the crowd.
The other night the store of Linus
uggan, in Catfish town, near Baton
ouge, caught on fire and was quickly
by the firemen. The
Ouse was not destroyed but the stock
as a total loss, worth about $500. !
he building was damaged to the
mount of $500. assurances 1000. $500 ,
4 the stock and $500 on tn house.
Several mornings ago the body of !
I aged negro woman known as old | 9