The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-02-10

~ Vermilion Bon her: So far as
we have yet heard, plant cane has
Kept well and plabteFs are anxious to
buy all they can find for sale. An in-
creased area of cane may be looked
for this year in this parish.
~ Assumption Chroaicle: The
handsome residence Of Col. Geo. Gar
nel, situated in this |arish, Was total
" destroyed 10y fire on the 3Ist ultimo.
The burning, we leaial, was entirely
accidental. A greater portion of the
furnitdie was saved, aHd the property
is,iusured for $1,000.
gR Madison Journal: Randolph
Barnes aud Stephen Greer, who mur-
dered Patrick Neville, in Mattingly
& Flowerree's ice house, ia Eicks-
burg, had their trial last week. The
jury rendered verdict of guilty, and
the prisoners were sentenced to be
hanged on the 23rd of March, A
difficulty occurred near Edwards De-
pot, Miss, between Hardy Flowers
aud King Sharbrough, in which Flow
trs was instantly killed, aud his son
Wiggins mortally wounded.
~ Richland Beacon. Feb. 3: Three
gin houses, with their contents, have
been burned in the southern part of
this parish within the last two weeks.
Mrs. Greenwell's was the first burned,
but we have not learned any particu-
lars as to the loss, except that it was
not insured. The peXt was that of
-hlr. E. IS. Sims, with about thirty bales
of cotton, most of which belonged to
the Bell brothers, ubon whom the loss
falls, very heavy. The last was that
of A. Dyson, suppo1ed to have ignited
from friction as the were ginning at
the time it took tird 1t was with diff
iculty the mules were saved. Mr..
Brunson's cotton pen, with his crop
in it, has also burned.
u Lafayette Adve rtiSer, Feb. 8:
Last Saturday, near bayou ToItue in
this parish, Jules Andre, colored, was
killed by the accidental discharge of
a gun in the hands of TOussaint, also
colored.- The killing of Emilien
Grange on the 25th ult., was a reck,
less aud cold blooded murder. He was
returning home from this town, in
company with his wife 10 hack, and
Just at nightfall horseman advanced
and without saying word, fired the
fatal shot and rode rapidly away. The
deceased and his vile recognized the
loreeman to be Lafayette Forman.
The coroner's inquest charged For
man with the murder, and he was ar
rested and incarcerated. After pre-
liminary examination he was re-
manded TO prisoner without bail.
70 Franklin San, Jan. 81: On
Wednesday last, Mr.. A. E. AHain,
proprietor of the wharf boat at the
mouth of Turkey Greek, was killed
by Joha P. Ma thews. The parties
had an alteration about some freight
in the course of which opprObrious
epithets were exchanged. Matthews
drew deIringer aud shot his antago-
mist, and continued firing at him with
revolver which he had been holding
in his hand during the alteration.
After Matthews first fred, Allain drew
derringer and shot at Matthews,
missing him, and then retreated into
the wharf boat, where he died in five
or ten minutes, a ball having passed
through the iugular vein. Allan was
an enterprising, Industrious gentle
man, a good citizen and Mason.
Matthews belongs 10 one of the most
respectable fami IS in the parish:
He disappeared q er the atfray and
has not been founy by the Sheriff up
to this writing.