The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-06-02
State News.
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From our Exchanges.

q large ana handsome structure
Alexandria is figuring on a new
high school building to costs j0OOC
Lew L. Burkett. architect, OF
Greenville, Ohio, is making
the plans.
Officer Nolan, of Shreveport, on
Friday, was shot by Mexican
named Peteteau, who was resist
ing arrest. Fortunately the officer,
was not seriously wounded.
A meeting of Senators and Re
preSentatives from S.-W. La, was
held last Tuesday, to discuss the
Pugh Canal Bill, but nothing def
mite was decided.
The new hotel beng constructed
at Monroe by +. Fudlickar has
been leased by Alex. Dreyburg, of
Pine Bluff, Ark, and under the
name of the Grand will be opened
on the 1st of September.
The Southern Pacific has built
new and rOOmy passenger depot
in Lake Charles, nearer the heart
of the city than the old one. The
proceeds from ticket sales of this
road there during April exceeded
by - 300 those of April, 1899.
Thursday morning the inspection
train pulled into Gucydan with five
coaches loaded with important per
sonages. We have no damages to
report, however, but rather believe
that the party mast have seen the
advantage of a short line from
New Iberia to Lake Charles via
Gueydan, and will soon decide to
build it.
The j. A. Bel Lumber company
have closed a deal for the lumber
to be used in the erection of an
other new rice mill to be erected
at Mermenteau Immediately.
This mill is being built by V.
Malgnaud & Sons, who are in
terested in various other enter.
prises at that hustling town.
The new mill is to be known as
the Mermenteau Rice Milling
COmpany.-L G.. American.
There is q big fight OH now in
New Orleans between the Inde-
pendent ice companies and the
Crescent City Ice Co. The indie
pendent companies have been sell
ling ice at 90 cents per 100 deliv-
cred, and the Crescent Co. have
put the price down to 10 cents,
delivered which is below cost.
This is done to force the indepen-
dent companies out of business.
When this is accomplished, which
it surely will be, the price will 90
way UP again, and out of reach to
many.
Shreveport.-A young man
named Chandler was found deal
OH Black Bayou, five miles from
Vivian, Saturday. Around his
neck was a strap, the end of which
was fastened to sapling. 1t is
said he was addicted to morphine,
and when under the influence
of the drug he fastened the
strap around his neck and to
the tree. As there was no indi-
cation of the struggle, it is bailey
ed the man died from the drug, of
which he took a greater quantity
than usual. However, it is a mys-
terry.
During the last session of the
State Normal School at Natchi-
toches there was an attendance of
4S7, of whom 36i are in the nor
NAL course, the remaining 1913 being
pupils of the model school. An
appropriation of $1,000 annually,
will be asked for from the state foI
its maintenance, and also that the
session be extended to twelve
months, the summer session being
for the benefit of teachers who car
not attend during the regular
course in which event $4,000 more
| a wear is asked for new building
and repairs. The passage of al
act providing for the appointment
by each parish, of one or two stu
dents whose expenses, not to ex