The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1910-03-12
To Preyent Cruelty to Animals.

| Ing but the money was missed.
To Prevent Cruelty to Animals.
The Rev. H. E. Gilchrist, of the
New Orleans Unitarian church, and
a member Of the board of managers
for the Louisiana Society for the Pre-
vsntion Of Cruelty to Animals lee
tured at Lafayette on the good work
being done all over the country by
1.-The society and the ncsd OF orgaHiz-
3ing. d branch. sss: = Z 3.
School Rally Biggest Event Of Town.
The celebration of the parish
school rally at Amite was one of the
biggest events Amite has ever en-
joyed. Twenty-Five hundred persons
attended the event and every visitor
proclaimed this the greatest school
rally ever held in this parish. The
day was given over entirely to ath-
letic events and spelling contests be-
State Treasurer Buys Bonds.
The state treasurer has bought
! for the account of the free school
| fund $4,000 worth of the per cent
] 5uisiana bonds at par. The treas
urer frequently invests the school
funds In the state bonds for the ac-
count of the free school fund.
Fingers Severed From His Hand.
Roland Lee, white man at Baton
Rouge, while handling a feed cutter
had two of his fingers severed from
his hand by the blades Of the feed
cutter. He was given medical atten-
ton at the Baton Rouge sanitarium.
A biologist from Washington 10
collecting teal and mallard duck
should be Observation-Disclosures
gizzards in Louisiana in an effort to
determine whether national protec-
tion should be afforded the game be-
cause ducks minimize the red rice
pest.
Daniels Jacobs, of Lake Charles,
was appointed assistant general
freight and passenger agent of the
st. Louis, Iron Mountain and South
ern Railroad, with headquarters at
Alexandria and jurisdiction over the
Louisiana lines.
Miss Odelia Roussel, a Spanish
girl 20 years old, is thought to have
drowned herself in the Mississippi
River at Lutcher. Her bonnet and
one Of her shoes was found on the
bank.
]. NJ Gam, a merchant OF Var
nado, died at Bogalusa from wounds
inflicted by Deputy Sheriff Bob Car
son during a pistol battle between
two officers and four men whom
they tried to arrest.
Two policemen at Bogalusa were
shot and seriously wounded during a
pistol battle with four men who re-
sisted arrest for drunkenness. One
Of the attacking party was probably
fatally shot.
The wireless telegraph companies
in Louisiana will be assessed for
the first time this year by the State
Board of Appraisers.
At mass meeting at Natchitoches
entered protest against the proposed
removal Of the United States Land
Office from that place.
Tovoo nfr1 roanhn5 Ration
Rouge with baby "a hours old, born
at Gloster, and made an unsuccessful
effort to find a home for the waiA
The first two cars of gravel from
the Colfax pit were rejected by the
government expert building the mod
ell road at Baton Rouge.
tween the grades. Fourteen hun
dred school children registered, and
of these a large number were enter
ed in some Of the events.
The Louisiana Press Convention
will be held May 8, and at
Opelousas.
The Louisiana Farm Land Con-
gress will be held April 90 and 81
at Alexandria.
The recently appointed Tensas Ba-
sin Levee Board organized at Ray
Vile.
James Cook Davies, suspected safe
blower, dug his way out of jail at
Opelousas and escaped.
The class of the Yale Forest
School will study cut-over pine lands
hear Clarks, La.
Captain L. D. McLain, SO years
,ld planter and capitalist, died at
Monroe.
The Pietro Corado murder case
vas continued at Abbeville until
April 4.
John German, naval stores man
lfacturer, of Fayetteville, N. G. was
ound dead at Lake Charles.