A bill isunow before the House making
an appropriation of $4,000 for the relief of
'the Catahoula flood sufferers.
A little daughter of Mr. G. Davis, while
at play in Catahoula parish, fell on some
oneaven ground and broke her leg.
Mr. C. H. Tronusale has leased the
Ouaohita Telegraph for two years, and
changed it from a daily to a weekly.
A tree being felled by Damas Gayant of
Covington, fell on his sister, who was
standing ne.,,killMg her instantly.
Samuel S. Robinson has been arrested
n New Orleans for robbinghis mother-in
law in Plaquemines parish of $4000.
Arthur Carter, an old negro, accidentally
shot and killed himself on the Fairfiedl
.l.antation, d few miles above Gretna.
y of Chinamen have rented four
on Caillou Island and are en
gaged in cati ~ 'g curing shrimp and
all kinds of fish for shipment to China.
Seenore Reson, a colored employe of the
Evangeline:Transfer Co., Plaquemine, had
his foot caught in a chain and his leg bro
*ken.
The Richmond 1Beacon gives the weight
of two ladies, who tip the scales at 212 and
222 pounds, as evidence of the health of the
parish.
Prince Martin. colored, shot and killet
the notorious Aleck Oulds, near the Bagley
'store, 27 miles from Shreveport over a game
of craps.
A colored man named Harvus Rogers
was found dead in the Trinity plantation
field, St. Charles parish, of homorrahge o
the lungs.
The eftizens of Alexandria propose tc
build theT. & P. railroad a first-class road,
from the present depot at Boiyce into the
town, free of charge.
A party of Negro hoodlums visited Hahn
ville one night recently, breaking up a ball
and beating a colored man, named Samuel
Campbell, unmercifully.
