St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1905-06-24
news FROM ALL
over The STATE.
jockey Killed While Exercising Hefse on
Carencra Track.
BRIGHT FUTURE FOR new ORLEANS.
4 Baptist College Assured for Alexandria
Election for 0pelsasas Railroad Ordered
by YefmiIlon Police jury.

Archbishop Chapeile confirmed
800 children In New Iberia Sun.
day last.
An electrical storm at Thibo-
deaux last Sunday did much dam
age and injured several people.
A. Zorn, tailor, committed sui.
eide by shooting himself through
the mouth in Shreveport, last Sun.
day.
A burning gas well near Shreve-
port presents many Of the features
on a small scale of an active vol
cano.
State Bank Examiner Thomas is
sued a statement which shows that
133 Louisiana banks have total re-
source OF $71,473, 1898.
John Barrett, former minister to
Panama, predicts that New Orleans
will become world city on the
building OF the Panama Canal.
1t is claimed at Calhoun, small
Louisiana town, that several men
were poisoned by drinking beer
from keg in which dead moca-
sin was found.
The committee to whom was re-
ferred the matter of raising $4,000
to complete the $50, 900 subscription
necessary to secure the Baptist coli
lege for Alexandria have raised
the necessary sum.
Six mysterious burglaries have
been committed i'm Lake Chares
within a few weeks, and no clew
had been found until lately, when
il was revealed that all six OF them
were committed by nine-year-old
boy.
While exercising Louisiana
Henry" the well-known race horse,
ON the Carencro track, the jockey
Alton Roger, eleven years, old was
thrown and killed. The boy fell
when the runaway jumped a high
fence.
Pierre Didier, the fourteen year
old Spn OF L. 2. Older, was drowned
in Bayou Rapides on the 10th,
while in swimming with NUM-
Der of companions. His body was
recovered a. quarter of an hour
afterwards.
The building committee OF the
Citizens Bank OF Bnnkie, rejected
all the bids submitted for the con-
struction Of the new bank building.
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The bids ranged from $1,000 to
$1,000 higher than the committee
had decided to expend npon the
building.
The Jennings oil field is once
more wide awake over a 10,000-bar-
rel gusher brought by the Haywood
Company, it being their fourth well.
The we'll was drilled and completed
in twenty-five days by III. H. Jones.
The oil is of a fine quality and
thoroughly clean. The bringing
in OF this well will greatly increase
the work of the now busy pipe lines.
Ebert Sandoz, of Opelonsas, was
here during the week laying off the
new addition to town on the East
side OF the railroad. MIR. Sandoz
reports having his hands full of
survey work in this section and as
we know the young man personally
we are sure that thare is lots more
work out here that will fall into
his hands after he completes that
which he has on hand. In regards
to the addition to the town we
will have more to say about it later
on after the map is finished
Eunice Gall.
The police jury met Monday and
received the petition asking for an
election to vote on the special Ave-
mill tax In the third ward in sup
port OF the 0pelousas, Gulf and
Northeastern railroad. The cleo
tion was ordered and the date set
for July "a. Other routine bnsI-
ness was disposed of. The
surveyors who are laying off
the route of the new road are now