St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1905-06-03
The Crop Pest Commission Unable So Far
to Find Boil KeeyIls.
NEx IBERIA LIQUOR LICENSE.
The 0aaehita RIVer On Boom-.Eafayette
Negro Cuts HIS Nlfe's
Threat.

pieces by Southern Pacific trai
last Wednesday night at Me
mentau.
The Estherwood correspondent
Of the Midland Enterprise say
that Estherwood is $25, 10000 bette
off than two weeks ago, owing t
the wonderful increase in the pric
of rice.
Messrs. I'll. E. Lewis and w. i
Lawson, OF Crowley, and Mr.. JohI
Taylor, of Rayne, have started
shingie mill on the Mermenta,
river. 1t Is to turn out loo,oo
shingles per day.-Rice Belt News
Six hundred and twenty-ont
shares OF stock at $5 per share have
already been subscribed towards
the Lincoln Parish Fair Associa.
tion, and the projectors say they
will have no difficulty In selling
the balance OF the stock.
Traffic over the Iron Mountain
branch from Collinston to Eldorado,
Ark.,.h been cut off by high water
In the Onachita River. The rail-
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road track at the point where it
crosses this river is under water
for ten or twelve miles, and the
water is still rising.
The Gall tells us that the corpor-
alton OF Eunice has bought new
grader, and that it is being used
vigorously on the streets OF that.
fiourishing western town. Moth
Ing like good streets, Bro. Gil.
Touch 'em up lively until all your
streets are graded and in pie order
fix.
Four of the saloons in New Iberia
have been closed under the deci-
sion of the supreme court uphold
Ing the city license law of 1904.
eFhe saloons refused to pay the IL
cense and suit was brought by the
city to collect it, with the result
that. Judgment was returned for
the city.
A special from Jonesvllle, La,
says that three miles from that
place wolves are working destrnc-
tion to sheep, young calves and
pigs, even killing large yearling
cattle. Four hundred men and
boys, armed with guns and clubs,
made a general raid ON the hum
cry animals, but succeeded in bag
ging comparatively small num-
Der.
Near Lafayette, Cleophas Minon,
a negro, killed his wife by cutting
her throat from ear to ear with a
razor and then blew out his own
brains with a shot gun. Jealousy
is said to have been the cause
OF this tragedy. Minon had threat !
ened to kill his wife and the officers i
were called to arrest him but be- t
fore they could do SO he rushed in s
the house and got in his deadly 9
work. f
&c. Smith was accidently shot
while taking part in a charivari !
party at Womack. Smith had :,
gone with a crowd to charivari d !
newly married couple and when f
the din was at its height some one d
rom inside the house fired a shot
run out in the air, the charge strik-
ng a gallery plate and glancing Z
downward into Smiths face. He =
8 seriously, though it is not Z
.hought fatally injured. y
Last week acting under author :
ty Of resolution adopted by the !.
'ity council, the city ATTORNEY :,
proceeded to collect 5000 from each ],
4 the liquor dealers of this city, as {,
'art payment Of the High License :
or 1901. DeBlanc & Landry, NJ. e
:. Smith, ]. Immergluck 4 Co., !
nd the Nereaux Saloon met the
emand and paid the amount.
)ther dealers, believing they had G
'ood legal grounds for resisting Of
he demand, refused payment. s,
his led 20 the City's closing of in