The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-12-17
LOUISIANA NEWS.
Interesting Briefiets Gathered From Over
the Stale.

is encouraging the cane growers. The
rain and ~eet of the last few days has
been OF 40 material injury save rem
G.rin" the roads unusually bad for
hauling.
WinnSborO-l'. l.. Whitney OF this
place. general merchant, Monday made
voluntary assignment for the bene~
lit of his creditors: liabilities not
known. Low price of cotton and poor
collections the cause.
.Jack>on.--A blizzard OF rain. ~leet
and SHOW struck this vicinity about l
y. III. Friday and lasted till Saturday
night. At & Il. IN. Sunday the Their
lnemeter registered -. This is the
coolest ~wruin+r experienced here i'll
MANY years.
sSbreveporl.--.A shooting ARRAY oc-
cured Sunday evening on Texas street
and the l"ver. Dan Williams was
shot. and probably fatally. by Edward
Bryan. both negroes. The affray oc-
CURED over Il SIowhalling. Bryan fed.
but he was pursued and captured by
Constable NIclDuffce. after Il chase OF
over Three miles. Bryan is i'll jail
Cnlumbia.-A blizzard struck this
section Friday nornin. at daylight.
The wind was blowing Il gale from
the northeast ana IN >hSlt tihN
it brought a whirlw!nd of slet. turn
ms: 70 snow late in The evening. The
thermometer stood 4 t 20. and ice and
SNOW was plentliful everywhere but
the sun soon <h"ne ont and the snow
disappeared.
\a1cirucheS. - There was very it'll"
work done by the court this week.
owing TO the fact that ii was only
in. ian or rll
grand jury also adjourned until Mon
day. I'n-y investigated forty seven
cases and found twenty-seven true
bills. three of which are for murder
and ONE. for man$lIuShter.
New DrlranS-Shortly after IL
o'clock Saturday forenoon Il boy nam
ed Clement DeItcruiN. aged - years.
while crossing HE bridge. corner of
Constance and .Au,nnia streets. was
assaulted 10y an unknown negro boy.
who showed him off the bridge. Dele
croix tllcrtUpon struck the negro with
his fist. aud he did the nccr" drew
IL revolver ana shot pclecroiN in the
right hand. INJECTING Il painful wound
which WAS dressed Il, the Tour" inhrm-
AIRY. The negro escaped.
PIHuucnline.--A spell of two days or
very we, and disasrerahie weather
eliminated Saturday night in StlH
freeze. the thermometer at thea nlted
States engineers office of Pla4uemine
registering IS degrees. On account or
the rain. rollin. has been temporarily
suspended at almost all sugar houses.
GRAY fears are entertained for 1hat
part of the crop which is standing.
The. Mississippi river commission stop
ped ut Plaqueninc on their way south
and inspected the locks.
New Iberia.-I.icutenan Jas. \. Moss
of the United States regular infantry
in visiting his brother G. 7. Moss re-
siding here. was rendered by our cltI-
zenS a reception that surely warmed
the warriors heart. An address OF
welcome by Captain a. y. Muller or
the First Louisiana, a feeling offcrlnS
of the freedom Of our little city by
the Rev. G.. G. Kramer and a banquet
assured the guest that amid wars
stern alarms there rests for Its heroes
an rndearlug affection in the hearts
of those at home.
New OrieauS.--The Twenty-firSt judi
cial district court began the second
week of its regular term Monday. The
session Monday was devoted princi-
pallv to the trial of the suit entitled
ment company, limited. VS.. the steam
boat Lynn J. and Michael J. McSvee-
ney. in which plaintiffs were seeking
to recover canal tolls alleged to be
due. Quite a number of witnesses
had been summoned to testify in the
matter. and the suit was an INTEREST
ing one. 1t is believed the grand jury
will submit Il partial report, present.
IN. their findings in the various mat
tiers that have been under investiEa-
ton during last week.
uouma.- Sunday morning at about
80 o'clock Captain Dominique Palmie-
ri a prominent and respected citizen
and merchant Of this place. committed
suicide by cutting his throat with
pocket knife. No cause can be as
signed for this ash act other than that
deceased was suffering from Temporal