The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-12-20

light and WaterWorks plant OF TINS
town, the result was 10 votes against.
representing an assessment of $22,'
sos, and 10 votes for, representing an
assessment of $131,320.
Judge r. Emmett Hingle, for twelve
years judge of the Twenty-Einth jill
dicial District, lost his life in Oak riV'
er, a deep bayou about twelve miles
back of Pointe a la Hacha when he
is believed to have lost his balance
and to have fallen overheard from
the gasoline launch.
New Orleans. - Joseph RosamanO,
the youthful bank teller, is to serve
SIX months in the parish prison, and
his brotherinlaw, Anthony ]. Bag.
gasse, must serve one year in jail, for
the theft of $4,000 from the Algicrs
branch Of the Whitney-Central Bank
and Trust Company.
Morgan City. - Succumbing to an
attack of appendicitis Mrs Philip
Hebert Of Rayne, La, died on board
a Southern Pacific train. Mrs. Her.
bert was accompanied by her huS'
Land and was en- route to the hospital
at New Orleans for treatment.
Patterson-Misses Coale and Mines.
public health nurses Of st. Mary's
parish, are examining the children In
the primary grades Of the Patterson
High School for defects of eyes, ears,
nose, throat, etc. Those who need
treatment are sent to q physician.
Lake Cha1les.-Rice marshes and
bayous in the vicinity Of Oberlin ara
rising from water from the Calcasieu.
which is flooding the lower streets of
The town. Many homes in the lower
levels. are completely surrounded
with water.
New Orleans. - Fire originating, il
is said, from lighted cigarette drop.
ped by negro passing through the
building, damaged the building, stock
and furniture of the store Of Victor
Valentinien to the extent Of approx
matelv $4,000.
Alexandria-The police jury of Ra
pides parish, at regular meeting
sold the bonds issued by four roaG
districts previous to the issuance q
$2,O40,0)O worth Of parishwide road
bonds, to Joseph II. Bentley.
PlaQuemine-The grinding season
is nearing the end in this section. TIL,
first factory to sound taps was tn,
Granada of C. C. Barton, Jr, on TIL,
J East Bank which has finished, havin!
, ground 1000 tons of cane into syrup
New Orleans. - Fourteen hundret
gallons Of alcohol, stored at the SeV
enth Street wharf and awaiting ship
ment to Triest Italy, have bee
drained through holes drilled in til
bottom of the barrels by thieves.
Monroe-Freight trains IN the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railway have been equiv
! ped with passenger coaches and wi
l carry passengers between Monroe an
s Alexandria and between Monroe an
e Vidalia and ColliDston.
New Orleans.-The historic Frenc
: Opera House, scene Of the debut |
n the United States of Adelina Pat
and whose audiences have heard tn
voices of Jean de Reske and Jenn
Lind, has burned to the ground.
n st. Rose-Charged with haVin
It shot George Marsha, young son {
d Mike Marsela, in the back sewers
y weeks ago, Joe Caronia of this plat
has just been released under bond.
r Shreveport valued ;
p thousands of dollars were stolen /
y burglars from the Buckalew Har
IS ware Company and from the Heaorr
Dry Goods Company store.
Of Monroe.-A complete system
Is good roads, which includes eve
lg main thoroughfare in the parish,
at bond issue of $1,eO0,0O0 was voted
a parish.wide election.
- New Orleans. Two white DO
Is entered the dry goods store owned
ct Harry Sherman, while Mrs. Sherm
Ia was marketing and stole FIVE bolts
or bingham worth $45. The you
o. thieves were seen leaving with t
plumber by a girl.
rs Baton Rouge. - Leander H Per
W has been commissioned judge Of t
er Twenty-ninth Judicial District Coz
"a at Plaquemine TO succeed the Ia
Judge Emmett Hingle.
De Shereyeport.--A. Martin, NJ
ne chant of Hosston. was slain in p
To- toll battle between a posse from Ho
to ton and two men sought for highw
robbery who resisted arrest at Mi
ct Denham Springs .-The Brown
As- tel, owned by F. W. Stafford, was
I'D stroyed by Ere Of unascertained c
ar gin, the occupants barely succeed
in getting out in time.
ap- Shreveport,-Fire caused, it is
OK. lieved, by defective wiring in
ity walls of an unusued laundry chute,
he few minutes threatened the VI
wing of tho Charity Hospital here.