The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-12-08
LOUISIANA NEWS.


~ w. Feliciana Sentinel /: Mrs. L.
Aronstein's steam gin, which burned
Oct. %, is rebuilt and has commenced
operations.
II Thibodaux Sentinel: Terence
TAYLOR, colored, living near Lockport,
whipped his wife so badly that she
died d few days ago. Terence is in
Jail.
H Opelousas Journal ::m Andrew
Bradley convicted of larceny and sen
fenced to the peniteDtiary, died in
iail this week. His case was on ap-
peal to the Supreme Court.
n St. Bernard Eagle: A mule
was most cruelty killed with hay
fork by colored man named Moses
Fulton, for straying into his lot and
eating from asstack of hay there. 5'
mI Pointe Coupee Pelican: A
cOlored man, while at work feeding
a cotton gin, onsthe plantation of Mr..
Ed. Phillips, had his arm caught in
the saws and badly lacerated. He has
since died.
w st. Mary Enterprise: Mr.. Wm.
Bosworth's hand got caught in the
lcogs of two of the wheels of the en-
gine in his sugar house, and passing
through was mashed SO badly that
amputation became necessary.
T Iberia Sugar Botcl: Mr.. James
Grout was thrown from buggy. by a
horse running away, and considerably
bruised. Mr.. Phil. eMaleane, who
some weeks 'since5met with a similar
accident, having his collar ..bone. bro
ken, is nearly we'll. .ma
a. Catahoula Ne,rs The consta-
ble on Black river attempted to ar
rest a negro and as the latter said he
would not be arrested the constable
emptied the contents of shotgun
loaded with small shot into his shoul
der. Said constable is now in jail. n
n East Feliciana Pat Dem: A
five-year-old son of Mr.. Samuel G
Dixon, residing near Woodland, Miss.
ABOUT three miles beyond the Louisl
ana line, had his head SO badly
crashed between the band wheel ant
sever of the cotton gin as to cause al
most instant DEATH, Rev. DaVis
Pipes, an old citizen of this parish
died near Waco, Texas, Nov. Is.
n Natchhoehes Vindicator Their
are twenty six public schools in thi
parish, fifteen white and eleven col
ored One colored man stabbed an
other oyerfa game Of cards ron MI
Joseph Henry's plantation On
more coal OIL fatality can be reeorde'
for our parish. A colOred woman
flling a lamp at night, a child hold
ing brand of FIRE to light the pro
cess of death. Result, scorched wo
man and dead child. tt a55s
~ Morehouse Clarion A colore
man living on Mr.. Tom Parker's plan
.Gation, was accidentally silet one da
'last week. He died from the effect
of kis xounds- One morning lie
Gently the keeper of the parish jai
arrived there gust in time to preven
the escape of the entire number G
criminals. They by some means sc
cured tools with which to work an
had partly effected an outlet by, teal
ing ap the flooring and digging uu
der the foundation Of the building.
~ Tensas Journal: The gin q
the Hard Times plantation burned o
the 18th ult. The FIRE was caused b
the friction of the sawa between th
crate bars, the flames going thfoug
the fiue into the lint room. Was
Chisley, acoiored man who was
the lint room, was so badly burne
that he died of his injuries in fe
hours. Several mep and women VIII
were in the upper part of the gin pa
very. narrow escape, only savin
themselves by sliding dowp the rof
used for hoistiBg. the baskets of see
soutside the bailding.s Forty fis
bales of cotton were burned.