The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1906-05-19
Gov. Blanchard has appointed

a notary public
General Auditor + O. Edwards
Genl Passenger Agent +. +.
battnS, Gcn'l Purchasing \ gent
n. l. randolph of the Southern
facllIc, came up from New Or
leans on the pay train "Wednesday
morning. Mr.. i +. Mousund,
resident engineer, Of Lafayette
accompanied HE general officers
IN Il ri p over the road covering
this pay division. Ihe object II
4 he Trip combined recreation. and
business
Mrs Aro'i ia Dalfcz, the woman
convicted Ct drowning her babe in
a cG0.ir, WAS sentenced to three
years IN stat" prison by Judge
Simon last Saturday. Opinion i
divided as to her guilt on limo
cencc under the courts CHARGE ia
tie Jury. but as the condemned
woman plead guilty to the throw
ing of the child in the coolie she
can consider herself fortunate in
escaping Il gteatar term AZ penal
S"rNrtrude, IS The maximum penal
u IS tWetfy years.
The game Of ball between tn.
ii!'ri rs nh the home team last
sunday Il. base bah park was a
close one Dit it recorded another
big goose egg in the score card
OF final results for the Grays. The
lillctteS pitcher banded our bows
blncI Of my>tc ious twis.rrs
that they cNu!dn't locate with a
sufficient degree Of certainty to
WIN ia" game, but managed to
hold TIE score down to to- Our
boys need more practice I hey
do no' get together often enough
TO hardly get acquainted.
The city council met Tuesday
evening after the SPECIAL mceting
as members Of the board of direct
orS Of the New iberia Southern
Drainage District, Councilman
Drlahoussaye in the chair. Among
other business transacted, a reSo
luton was passed authorizing q
o GntekunSt % survey about four
miles Of that portion of the canal
running through the sea marsh on
the extreme southern end of the
line now being dredgcd from Bayou
Carlin inland. The resolution au.
thorized the expenditure Of 5000
for HE survey.
While in New Ioeria Wednes
day, we heard it stated Oh good
authority that Mr.. sAugur. the
Electric railroad promoter has sue
ceeded fully IN financing the pro-
ject and in fact that he has already
let the contracts for the cOnStruc
ton Of tho road THIS information
was conveyed by letter from Mr..
Augur to a gentleman associated
with the project in New Iberia.
With three railroads an electric
railway and a navigable river. the
Teclie country will Outstrip every
other section in wealth and devel.
opment. We have the richest
lands in the state ami the climate
is deal.-The Coast Herald
In nelghb ring town, high
school graduate secured a position
as 4 reporter on a paper and the
following was the first and last
copy he turned in: ga bad boy
caught dog with fieckled face
and red hair bent on having fun af-
ter fixing him up to his liking sent
the poor creature up the street
bowling at every jump. lie ran
over horse with a tin can tied 70
his tail and the horse took fright
and tore up the street, knocking
down a lady earring a bucket Of
milk with buggy and broke her
ankle at the corner of Fifth street
and doing other damages besides
splitting the milk which wasn't
stopped until the mill was reached
owned by Mr.. Jones who was
killed while walking down the
street by a stroke Of lightning
with fence rail on his shoulder
so far back that a few of the old