The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1875-03-20

it off and threw it into the yard, wller
i, deputy Sheriff Jerry Sullivan, arme,
with authority to search the premises
subsequently discovered it. A golt
watch, some valuable papers, and al
amount of money which were in tn,
coat had not been tempered with
which tends to confirm the assertion
of Grant that he had no. intention q
committing a theft. He has always
borne a good character, and no ont
disbelieves his statement. After an
examination of the case, Justice Viii,
kinson, as in duty bound, sent Grant
before the Parish Court under bond
Of 500, which was furnished. 1t is
thought the District Attorney will
enter q mol. pros.
! A man named Bob Gre was also ar
rested for supposed completely in the
taking of the coat, as he passed up il
a skif about the time the affair oc-
Cured, but his innocence was clearly
established by the discovery of the
missing property.
J! The ScHooLs.-The proceedings of
last Mondays session of the School
Board viii be found in another col
umn. The reports from the various
schools We're quite favorable and in
dications point to a more successful
term than has been yet held, which
must be encouraging to parents,
children and all friends of the e,lu-
cational work. The following is $
list of the teachers already employed !:
W. w. Buford, second ward school !;
Tye Kim Orr, third ward Miss Annie
NJ. Woods, Mrs. Quincy and Jas. H.
Protfitt, fourth ward; Miss Missouri
johnson and Peter A. Jones, fifth
ward John Dixon, ". A. Gautreau
and Arthur Burnett, seventh ward !;
Mrs. j. B. Fielder, eighth ward. A
highly accomplished teacher, will
shortly be appointed to fill the va
cancy III the first ward, and will
doubtless be appointed. As soon as
suitable building for school house
can be procured in the sixth ward, a
teacher will be employed and set to
work at once. We believe Mr.. E. c..
Palmer has rendered the Board the
use OF vacant house upon his Mount
Houmas place, and if this be so, his
generous offer will be gratefully ac-
cepted. Mr.. ID. F. Kenner and Gen.
J. L. Brent have alse expressed them
selves willing to aid in procuring or
constructing suitable building, and
the ward will not be long without a
school. DR.. A. B. Robertson was of
fered his former school in the eighth
ward, but having engaged his servi-
ces to Gen. A. S. Mansfield as mana
ger ID that gentleman's plantation,
the Doctor was compelled to decline
Unemployment. Two applications
for the vacancy are in the hands of
the supervising director and a teacher
will be selected within the next few
days.
Mr.. Solomon harmon informs us
that the residents Of his neighborhood
are anxious to build new school
house, and will agree to do all the,
work if the Board will assist them to
purchase the necessary lumber. We
have no doubt this proposition will
meet with the hearty favor of the
building committee.
Henry Loeb, Esq, lessee Of the
Stella plantation, below Donaldson
vile on the right bank of the river,
has offered the scllool-house Oh that
place free Of rental. Every where in
the parish the people of all classes
evince a disposition to assist the di-
rectors in their efforts to establish
good-schools, and the fact is highly
creditable to our community.
We learned this morning that, Mr..
Cornelius Braud had been re-em-
ploycd as teacher of the upper school
of the first ward. The. vacancy in
the lower school IS yet untitled.