The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1904-01-02
STATE NEWS.
Morriss NicoIls shot and killed Judge
Ed Hunt at WilliamSport.

Morriss NicoIls shot and killed Judge
Ed Hunt at WilliamSport.
The Louisiana Methodist Conference
meets next at Lake Charles.
Capt. John G, Green, q prominent
citizen of Hammond committed sui
eide at that place Il day}ast week.
President ROOSEVELT has sent to the
Senate the nomination of j. A. Thorn
ton rs collector of'customsin the Teche
district.
Andrew Fl. Wilson has been elected
president OF the New Orleans board of
%cqucatiou, to succeed E. B. krutts-
chuitt, resigned.
The grand juryat Natchitoches re-
turned Trt indictments and So ''not
true" bills and regret to report thatl99
other casee were continued.
An Internal revenue officer bounced
down upon five blind tigers in full OPP
The proprietors were made 70 pay an
internal revenue license.
The Board of Pensions concluded its
session at Baton Rouge on the 18th.
There are On tho roll 20G2 persons.
For the ensuing quarter there is on
hand $25,2S4,l IL. CesiGes this the
board has a balance OF 5,032,37.
A malicious person caused a loss of
$500 worth of sugar on L. N. Folse's
Texas place at Whitecas:le on Saturday
night. He entered the refinery and
poured acid into the cooling pans and
tdestroyed the sugar coutailied in
them.
Engineer Ed Kels lost his life in a
collision on the Kansas City Southern
between Many and Fisher Thursday of
fast week. He stopped his train and
crawled under the engine to tighten a
bolt. Another train came along and
struck his train and keIs' head was sew
cred from his body.
Clay Fairbanks was shot and killed
rat Florence, on Sicily Island in a street
duel with Prof. Tom Perrin. The
trangdy Occurred near The schoolhouse,
and is said to be the result of u long
standing feud. Fairbanks was q
planter and storekeeperof Florence, and
was II Of thu leading politicians in
Catalonia Parish.
tragedy marked the parish primary
election at Sandy Ford, ten miles fron
Covington Calvin Sharp was fighting
with Walter Allison aud Matthew Perry
attempted to separate them. John
Sharp, who is Calvin's cousin, came up
behind Perry and stabbed him in the
left slolder over the neck. Perry died
twenty minutes.
MIR. John Price late eff Scott who
invented and patented a holtiess fish
plate that binds rail roef. rails together
without bolts, has been Informed by tho
officials of the Illinois Central in New
Orleans where the inven-ion has been
undergoing Il through trial, that after
Il test of three months the invention has
proven most satisfactory. Mr.. Price
has been offered Il large sum for his pat
ent ii it proved successful.
Inhabitants of the little village OF
Illinois Place, fifteen miles from Lake
Charles, are having a very serious time
in their efforts to rid the surrounding
country of wild ANIMALS that have been
driven in by forest fires. Panthers.
bears and other ferocious animals are
| reported, and the nights are made
hideous with their cries. Parents will
not permit their children to leave the
house because the hungry animals have
already grown so daring that they ven-
ture into tho cattle pens and kill the
young cattle. Several narrow escapes
from death are reported. One of the
farmers recently ventured into the
swamp on a duck hunt and was attack
ed by a huge panther. A friend came
to his assistance and tae animal was
killed, The men of the community are
making strenuous effort To rid the