The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-04-25
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was held at Alexandria. In his ad-
dress DR.. Irion, president of the State
board of health, gave resume OF the
work inaugurated by the State board
of health, and showed how the board
was seeking the cooperation OF the
medical profession and of the public in
general in all matters relating to health
and sanitation. He also referred to
| the work of the health conference, and
said the delegates were actuated solely
by humanitarian purposes and were
entirely unselfish.
When Otto Beigelsack of New Or
leans returned home from his work in
the evening he found his bride of few
weeks stretched unconscious on the
floor, pair of $500 diamond ear rings
belonging to her missing, and the
house ransacked. When she regained
consciousness Mrs. Beigelsack said she
had returned home late in the after
noon and heard some one in the house.
Upon starting out she was attacked
from the rear. A handkerchief satur-
ated with red liquid was stuffed in
her mouth when she was found by her
husband.
For about eighteen months 1t has
been declared by professional oil men
that oil abounds in the DeSoto field at
Spider, near Grand Cane. About a
year ago q stock company was organ
lied, and after boring twenty-five hun
dred feet the we'll was abandoned. 1t
is now declared that nature is about to
succeed where the oil company failed,
as w s. Gullett, president OF the
company, declares the we'll is running
real oil.
A good well has been brought in by
the National Oil Company in the south
western section of the Jennings oil
field. This well is flowing 1900 bar
rels daily of good fluid, and is one OF
The best wells in the field. The Ma
tional Oil Company was recently or
ganized, composed principally OF Jen-
nings msa, and this being it's first well
the stockholders are much encouraged.
A committee which is conducting a
campaign to have the next Legislature
drive horse racing from Louisiana has
prepared bill which makes it mis-.
demeanor, punishable by fine of sl0C
to $500, or Imprisonment o. six tc
twelve months, to encourage, promote
or assist in any form betting on horse
races in this State.
Col. William Murray, passenger agent
of the Illinois Central at New Orleans
is dead, aged IS years. Col. Murray
was one of the best known passenger
men in the United States. He was Z
Mason of high rank, member of the
governors staff, and for thirty years
had been leading member of the Re,
carnival organization.
Adjutant- General Stafford and Major
Is. NJ. Foote have just finished inspect
ing the State National Guard at St
Francisville. The guard was found be
low the standard which the officer,
would desire on account of lack of at
tendance and interest in military
affairs.
The board of trade of Baton Rouge
is working on scheme to have the
. trains of the Opelousas and Gulf rail
road make Port Allen their terminus
instead of Melville, as is now the case
The Austro- American steamship line
3 now operating into New Orleans from
Trieste, Austria, viii greatly increas,
: the number of steamers plying between
|. the two ports.
e The old question of parish division
e which is resurrected just prior to eacl
y session of the legislature, is again bein,
r agitated in st. Landry parish. 1t i
s now proposed to to create the parish o
n Evangeline, to embrace most Of the en-
tire western half of the present parisl
I. of st. Landry.
! Will Daniels and man named Mile
II became involved in fight near LAX
n Charles. Suggs Musgrcve, a bystander
jumped in between the men and en-
e deavored to part them just in time t
Il receive knife thrust through tn
n heart from Daniels, dying almost in
h stantly.
: A syndicate has purchased 1000
: acres of land in the parish of Webste
and is now engaged in colonizing thi
land with farmers from the Northwest
: The management Of the Coloard
!, Southern announces that trains owe
- that road will begin operation abou
n the 1st Of August.