The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1901-11-02
NEWS IN BRIEF.

W.. OlenS narcr, IN old residerc
} 'n.I te. lied Al his home G,
vi. 10 i, a4ed 50 ears.
john s. Lanler, Jr., charged viii
embezzlement was acquitted by th'
jury in Baton Rouge last week.
| Former Senator Wolcott. Of Colo
RADIO, has resigned AS a member oI
the National Republican Committee
Fire destroyed the entire business
section Of ST. Joseph last Tuesday.
Oct. 20. The loss is estimated a,
$50, 200.
Mench MERCER, a wcll-knuwu
druggist of Carrolton. was runHc,j
over and killed bv an electric c3I
last Sunday.
The street car strike on the Car,
rollton line, in New Orleans. has
been settled and all the clrs are
now running.
A company with Il capital ot
$4,000 was organized in Thibodau&
last week to build and operate "a
most ginnery.
Ernest Pcttscaux, ana old cit.-
zen OF Ascension parish. died at his
hoE,e near DonalasOnvllle. on Oct.
10Th, aged - years.
Two life time prisoners. Robert
and Wm. Austin made their escape
from 4 convict firm in AvoyeIles Oh
Oct. Goth aud is still at large.
twenty-five persons and property
amounting To upwards Of 100000
is the awful result of fir" which &c
Cured in Philadelphia, Pa, Oh Octo
Der %.
Henry Anderson and Tom Riley,
two white men, were arrested Ia
Alexandria this week for breaking
INTO and robhin1 a car loaded with
freg bit.
Officer Charles DOYLE. Of New Or
leans, was shot and seriously wound. /
ed on Oct. 26th by JAS. McLaugh- |
lin, notorious hoodlum, who was
arrested and jailed.
The Alexandria fire department |
resigned in a body because the chief |
was fined S. for, sending in false
alarm fer the purpose of giving the
department practice.
While playing with al unloaded |
gun in Ruston last Sunday evening
Nelson Marlborough was shot and |
seriously wounded by one NcMulin,
his room mate and friend.
While endeavoring to loosen the
twelve inch pipe in the second Anse
LaEutte well, near Breaux Bridge.
the drllers twisted it completely eff
about $50 feet from the surface.
Ned Thomas shot and killed Sher
man Har"is at a dance given in
Thomas house, near CheneyviIlc.
Oh Oct. -. Harris was drunk and
attempted to force m entrance in
Tie house.
At a recent meeting of the Bank
RS Association of tie United States.
held in Milwaukee, Wis, NJ. Wa,
J. Knox, president Of the Bank Of
Baton Rouge, was elected first vice
president
Mr.. VIM. GonsoGlin, of Jeanerette.
and Miss Matte Boze. were mar
1t the home Of The brides mother in
New Orleans, On Oct. 18th. Both
he bride and groom are well known
n this section.
Ex-Sccretary of State Caleb Pow
rs, Of Kentucky, was again con
'ictcd as an accessory in the mul-
Ter of Gov. VIM. Goebel, in January,
800, and the second time sentenced
Q Imprisonment for life.
johnny Cox, colored employee
# Jacques Lehmann's Sons, of Nor
lily, while playing, recently, with
n "empty gun pointed it in
'layful way at Sing Furgeson, an
Their colored employee, the gun
7ent off killing Furgcson instantly. a
Clarence Hebert, a white man. was a
rrestcd in Lafayette recently, for 7
ruelDy beating bis wife. He pleaded II
Utility and was fined $3.50 and costs ?
+ be imprisoned nine months IN b
ne parish Jail subject to road work.
, negro was also fine So for shoot
lg craps.
An unknown white man was
)und on the streets, in Jeauerette. r
D Wednesday Iast,i an unconscious
,ndlIioD. He had been assaulted |
It'll club and his skull was irac
'rcd. Mayor Bracev had the I'M I
,rtnnate cared for and he was sent
The hospital in New Orleans.