The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-10-10
LOUISIANA NEWS hOIEo'

Several nights ago, frost Nllieu az
.aoto+;on around Mer Rouge. Some
,,aces ice was reported. Top co''oA
was Alasted. .-.,
NJ Hinman, the deaf mute p.ln',l'
who was indicted at Lake On'l ~.
,ome time ago for attempted rape was
acquitted recently ,o,,o
Heavy rains have 1alleN az
charles in the last few days. Calsas.t .u
narish has suffered an extended of0o'D
and the rain came in good '''i'e'
Arthur Wharton, negro laooFe',
eou into the hold Of a barge se'eia severe.
DAVIS ago. at the head OF Ih're s'iI ;ns
acr. Orleans and four OF his 'io'
were fractured. ,o,u
rno National Acid Works at New
Orleans was totally destroyed ny NV ,o
q few nights ago with cons'o.l avs .as
stock and valuable machinery ~
insured for $S4,ooo' uoun,
cororo, nights ago Mr.. Ernest Terry
{ Young medical student az anohea
:, nort had his face and hair scol leu,,
81 9, p p bis left arm and head dreauiu"'
e burned by a gasoline lamp on IRE
e negro section hand named 'on ,t
r,a,r. was stabbed in the leis
n s;de sf the abdomen the other nlsn o
]. ~ tho 2igolets, by another nes''
q" "ouod 1ohn Willis. Willis escaped
j., George Smith, colored, reached Ne"
lis or1e.ns the other day from St. Chafles
tn narish suffering from a bullet Wouno
e. IN the mouth. He was playing d na A..
IS. roon;ca when he was told to quit y,
Henry Harris He failed 10 s'op an ~,
"a, Harris attempted to shoot 'ne 'N'
se ment out of his mouth.
e ns The Sunday law violaters at ln' w,
IA IA $500, - whom four were indicted INT
cry other dav by the grand jury wet'
nal ma. brought to court and given an lmples
hey s;ve lecture by the judge and tolo' ow
rti. ing to pressing urgent business n
hey , ,,e,,,d MT them under $500 bonds I
s sy onnaar at the next term of court
the THOMAS J. Kennedy, the other ia!
and made an affidavit in court as"'n'
ects Henry Thilburger in Alglers LOT o'ea a,
ON mo and entering his house IN u
nro. nisht He was arrested and re'eas,
on's IN hond He had broken lnto u
ne" house where Kennedy was sieep'u
was wishing him to join him on d u''NN''
J. :on ~ spree. ~.
= a' III: An aped man who is wanted IN wv
sissippi City by the United STATES .o'
ano missioner for sending obscene 'e'''
,rge. through the mails was captured
ty, a Now Orleans recently and locked
lie C. OF The prisoner is professional tran
not .nd is thought to be mentaiy
She ranged. He considers himself q al'
9 sea healer.
! for most foul assassination took pl
two miles southwest Of Ruston seVe
EN- IT,. Oh niabtc ago the victim being Mr..
noted Beatty, who had the top OF MS IL
and literally blown off without warning
f q, i. q load of large buckshot fired 1ro1
n and gun while eating his supper al III
ed N with his family. No clew to the as
visit. sin yet.
some few nights ago a FARMER
From ~ W, Dana ont
= men, en-, GAINESVILLE, named w. }. Pope en,
, born the waiting room at the Jackson 81
Nj the ferrv at New Orleans for the pur
Iowned 'eiA' 49,. eo.rn +o Cretna. W
ss and or Taxing 'n0 W. ,r,o
waiting he fell asleep and on ava
etc. In ing discovered that a THIEF hao
les are his nockets and stole s1O2 in cash
Zerah, MS poche's anu
Mahol check for $685..
OF may Tho cotton seed house belongln
fv per. Tho Givanovich Oil company at NJ
~ and itoches was entirely consumed pS
tho other night. The building "
,e Book very large frame one, with iron
given, ond sidings and was considered
ould all nroof The fire was thought to b
pp of work of an incendiary. Loss
n those $4,000; insured for $4,000.
n n O %,at A few nights ago at Mrs. Ba
;. "His Penler's grocery store and par
Psalm corner Port and Where Streets
as ;s pro-, now Orleans, young man named nj
r critics Fostring, tirsmith by occup
her ex- was stabbed in the left side OF Il
'o tor r' IN. domen and dangerously wounde'
nd Mark and party of friends had been
Caesar; ing and got into a row over a
r nnm This is Of cards which resulted in the
olomon's ing.
ter, am ana spur is being built near T
station by the Iron Mountain Il;
etc. He company and force OF about I
vese s W six negroes was put to "o
,lways of the lob several days ago. me
the eari- Of that section of the parish n
cd: . rdes use for negro and will not lie
aey were work there. The negroes were
as count three notices by the citizens II
m nns and the other night the summe
-, ~ ~. ,,o. NJ ch0tgllnS and