Lower coast gazette., 1909-10-09

LOUISIANA
AT A GLANCE

Father Emile PCut!ler OF New W.
celebrated his golden jubilee.
Leo Olivier, charged with he muir
der of DR.. Alien King, was placed Oh
trial al Franklin.
a c0ntrac; has bcta awarded to
work forty miles OF road IN East Ba-
ton Rouge parish.
Governor Sanders has fixed \ovem-
Der l6 for the cleo, ion pl sheriff III
81. Bernard parish.
The state will spend $4,000 in re-
pairing the storm damage % the Lou
isiana L.CreES' home.
The proposed combine OF country
rice millcrs in i.ouiSian1 is said to
have been abandoned.
Eight hundred witnesses were sum,
moned to appear before the grand
jury in session at Abhevillc.
A new dental college has been Or
ganiZed, to occupy the Old Senses
hospital building in New Orleans.
Rev. G. {. Kramer, temporarily at
Christ's church in New Orleans, has
accepted a call 10 Marshall, Tex.
Oyster fishermen who suffered
through the recent storm will be
granted time to pay state rentals.
1t is reported that the rice millers
of southwest Louisiana are about 10
effect a buying and selling organiza-
ton.
The grand jury at PlaQuemine in
dicted Ben MarionneauX, It ward N
stable, on the charge OF cNtortion III
office.
Steamboat service De; ween Baton
Rouge and Morgan City, Via the Pa
quemine locks, will be i~naugurated
October ).
The program for the dedication OF
the Massachusetts monument NO.
yember i a. Baton Rouge has been
announced.
r. D. Stewart of Baton Rouge was
appointed a member OF the l-oulsl-
ana board of appraisers, succeeding
the late John j. Wax.
The open air entertainment given
under the auspices Of Tie knights
of Columbus at Walters park, III
Opelousas, was a success from every
viewpoint.
w. +. Cooper has qualified as may
or of Winfield, to succeed }. u.
Pace, resigned. Mr.. Cooper was ap'
pointed by Governor Sanders 10 Ill
the vacancy.
The %Tallahatchie drainage board
in session at Tunica, Overruled the
objections to the issuance OF $oO0,oOl
bonds, and sold the entire issue t
Chicago parties.
The assessment rolls of Plaque
mine parish for 1909 received by tn
state auditor show a total assess
ment Of S2,509, sol, an increase O
1908 over 1908.
At the Farmers Union barbecue a
Kilbourne the organization of a trucl
growers association was proposed
and a movement was started for hole
ing a parish fair.
Governor Sanders removed HarVe
Campbell as a member OF the boar
{ of election commissioners for Eval
| geline parish, appointing Juste
l FontenOt 10 the place.
Edgar ]. Pinchon, a merchant
, Bopfouca, was called from his stor
and shot and probably fatally woun'
cd bv Toulouse FaCiane, a negro, VII
escaped with a posse in pursuit.
{ The E. %Sondheimer company, larg
+ lumber dealers of Memphis, Tenn
c have recently purchased tlmbt
[ enough to supply their mill for tt
n next ten years. The mill is now o
8 Grating at Millers, near Lake Prov
dence.
l The Gullett company of Mansfie
t and the Higgins Oil company
{ Beaumont, Tex, will sink anoih'
l. well in the De Soto oil fields. II
flow of oil and gas, mixed with sa
water. has increased c%0nslderaD
during the past few days.
= Rev. Father J. p. O'Slatjery Of
Gabriel has returned after an a
sence of four months spent in II
land and England, where he went
:, visit his parents and relatives.
;. found on his return that the rece
storm nearly wrecked the pref
j.. church at st. Gabriel, causing a da
- age of $500.
lie Activity resultant from a rece
Id drilling of a big oil producer on s.
I'd ton 10, between Belcher and Mo-
ingsport, in new territory, was d
Id closed by several real estate tral
or actions, one being the transfer
ay J. H. Thatcher of the Gulf Refini
tn company, owner of the new we'll,
a a lease on twenty-five acres for S5,(
cash.
In the district court at Plaquem'
Judge C. X. Schwing fixed the be
IS, of Dominick Guercio, an 1tali
on charged with cutting with intent
he kill, at $500, and that of his broth
=, Thomas GuerciO. as being an acc