The Progress., 1896-04-25

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Chambers reached Shreveport ana
was conveyed to the hospital. lie re
ccjvcd two shots in the neck, the
wounds hcing serious. bat not ncceS-
sarily fatal Romin has 'Iudod the
officers.
John Lumkins and Evan Lang, negro
section bands on the N0rthca','rn
road Ouarrclcd recently at lhh"
Woods. Lang drew his pistol ana Sh".
Iumkins In the stomach. iniiictinG !
serious wound The wounded man was |
brought to New Orleans and Lang |
made his escape.
At st. MartinsyiIIc the town council |
has granted a permit to Hall hur-
din to construct railroad switch
leading TO their saw mill This Will
be a great convenience 10 the mlll as
Il will enable it to ship lumber TO
outside points and run It's lu!l ca
pacity the year round,
Sheriff Broussard recently seized tho
property of the Lafayette Sugar Manu-
factllrlng company to satisfy ludG-
mcnt against 1t In favor OF Ike fei'el'
civil district court of New Orleans, in
the amount of $500. The refinery was
erected last year and was In operation
part of the grinding season.
The two groceries at the corner OF
Julia and Dryadcs streets, New Or
leans, conducted by D. NergeS ana
Charles CoI,raro, were broken into and
robbed recently. The thieves were ac-
COMMANDED by wagon. From Col
traro's place they stole about $40 worth
of groceries ad from the other place
they carried off $50 worth OF property.
The GrunCwald hote at New Or
leans was the scene of a pitiiul and
terrvble accident few days ago, by
which Miller Huger Reyolds, q bell
boy, lost his life through falling down
a shaft of The freight elevator. from the
fifth floor, and crushing in his skull
REYNOLDS was little fellow, Is years
, old, and was highly thought of by his
} employers.
Because he was poor and too 1rou;
to beg, F'rak Walter, a iourneymaT
, baker, suicided the other night in
I most novel manner at Pacific junction
n flag station on the Illinois Contra
, railroad, seven miles from New Or
! leans. When the body was first dis
covered hanging from a fiat car c'
the track it was thought that the poo
S fellow had met foul play, for the rca
: son that Walters knees were amoS
:. touching the ground. About his nee
L was q stout strap that had been buckle
= to one of the iron handles al the en-
OF the car.
The case Of the United States V
Barnett and Wenar came up IN IN
- United. States court at New Orleans II
- Gently. Judge Parlange presiding G
:. the demurrer submitted by MOTT
Marks. attorney for the defense. IN
Is q case in which the defendants a
. accused of using the United stat
-, mails for the purpose Of furthering Il
, interests Of q fraudulent scheme. II
-, scheme Is said to be the selling
= forged and fraudulent passes over e
!, Southern Pacific railroad, and t
80 mails are alleged tp have been us
70 for the purpose of informing colleagu
,t In the enterprise concerning uck'
sc sold or about to be sold.
1T At Morgan City the other day
ne fire alarm was sounded and flames We
In issuing from the two-story frame SIC
nd hpilding on Front street, owned a
by occupied by Jacques Lehman so
list The fire department was soon at Wo
hut the excessive heat burned some
the hose that was lying on the VIVA
zen interfering for few moments with
lie engines effective work. The Lenma
lie, building and stock were consumed
ne s,rrance about $4,000; stock valued
lcr $4,000. The hardware store OF Ma
hat J. NJ. Dyer was the next toburn.
'5N, Over had a $500 stock and carr
az $4,000 insurance The building
shy owned by Mr. Thos. Shannon and
ain insured for $1,000. In it was also
ana iewelry store of Mr. J. 7. Collins
MT was insured for $500, and VIII
'ot- about $500 1t is not known now
hat fire originated, but it has the ape
icer ance cf incendiarism. The total
you is estimated at about $4,000
but building occupied by J. X. BergeroI
or n coffee house and owned by Mrs
Trane of New Orleans, was con
erably damaged covered by insura
ma In the United States district C
has recently Amos Wheeler, colored
,inr East Baton Rouge. was convicted
,oor counts of forging pension attida
,o,., and wss sentenced TO four year
,red hard labor.
re- \ Six Legged Rabbit.